Old Town Residents Fight for New Road Access
After losing the battle to keep the Tacoma Avenue bridge, locals are now petitioning the city to condemn land for a new connection.
Old Town residents who fought the proposition of doing away with the Tacoma Avenue bridge, hoping thereby to get the Tacoma Land Company to offer to open up a street to connect 27th and C Street, are determined to have the road anyway, despite the fact that they lost their battle. A petition is now being circulated asking the city to condemn the street.
“Old Town residents... are determined to have the road anyway.”
This reflects a century-old tension in Tacoma regarding urban connectivity and the power of private entities like the 'Tacoma Land Company' over public thoroughfares. Just as then, local residents often find themselves fighting to maintain or create access in a rapidly changing city landscape.
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