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Also surrounded by Tacoma, Fircrest was chartered in 1925, and remained Washington’s only remaining ‘dry’ community until a November 2015 election.
Lakewood, incorporated in 1996, lies on the southwest
edge of Tacoma, north of Steilacoom and maintains its own identity and police force. Tacoma seems not to wish to annex Lakewood, in my view.
a mixed use residential and commercial neighborhood. As
a kid throwing rocks at dead seals in this toxic wasteland, I would never have envisioned such a turnaround. Feisty Ruston remains stubbornly independent of Tacoma.
I can recommend the fascinating retrospectives, some referenced below, published by Arcadia and others,
covering many U.S. towns and cities, and documenting the neighborhood changes over the years. I have appended several at the end of this piece.
CHANGE
It is said that “the only constant is change.” When that change erases, ‘upgrades,’ or rebuilds the sources of our childhood memories, a rush of conflicting emotions ensues. Most of these places weren’t ‘my’ property, but nevertheless, I feel strangely attached to stuff that was cool way back then.
David Snell has served on the Pierce County Lawyer Magazine Committee for several years. He is a partner at the Law Firm of Small, Snell, Weiss & Comfort in Tacoma.
Ruston, a company town founded by William Rust to house his refinery workers and
their families, is surrounded on three sides by Tacoma, and the fourth
by Puget Sound.
The Spar
ASARCO. Children of 1960s and ‘70s North Tacoma will recall the loud Smelter whistle signaling shift change as it had for many decades before. This mill later closed, the tall smokestack imploded, and the property became a notable EPA ‘Superfund’ site. More recently, the locale has morphed into Point Ruston,
Eventually the Ruston copper mill and belching smelter were acquired by
REFERENCES:
Wicked Tacoma, Karla Stover 2021
Tacoma’s Waterfront, Gallacci and Karabaich, 2006
Old Tacoma, Gallacci and Tac. Historical Society, 2006 Downtown Tacoma, Gallacci and Karabach, 2009 Early Ballard, Pheasant-Albright, 2007
Vanishing Seattle, Humprey, 2006
Los Angeles’s Angels Flight, Dawson, 2008
Bunker Hill In The Rearview Mirror, Photo Friends, LA Public Library 2015 Tacoma, a Pictorial History, Martin and Kellogg 1981
Cemeteries of Tacoma, Reisinger, 2011 Washington State Place Names, Phillips, 1971 Historic Core of Los Angeles, Roseman et al, 2004 Seattle’s Luna Park, Naff, 2011
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