Saturday, April 07, 2007

Oh Big Box Mart...

Alicia reports that Tacoma, our next door neighbor (yes, that Tacoma, named after a Toyota truck and home to my alma mater, sort of) has become the victim of a horrible crime. (Clarification... not Alicia's neighbor, Alicia's 'hood. Me and Lori's neighbor.)

That crime? Wal*Mart's announced intention to attempt to build a Wal*Mart in downtown Tacoma. Downtown Tacoma? I just can't picture it. No, I mean downtown Tacoma. Where is that? What is considered technically downtown Tacoma. Is it where all the tall buildings are? If so, why would Wal*Mart want to come in and tear down a bunch of them in order to build a one-story monstrosity with miles and miles of campsites for all the RV-dwelling folk?

Alicia says that residents do want some large chain stores, but they're hoping for more Crate and Barrel less barrel o' bargains. So, I have the perfect solution. Wal*Mart should buy a really large seven story building. They can put a Wal*Mart in the basement and then Wal*Mart parking on the ground floor. On the next few floors, parking. And then above that, a mall, complete with the bigger (nicer) box stores they desire. (The Beverly Connection in Beverly Hills is like this, parking on a few floors with the stores above. It, however, does not have a Wal*Mart in the basement.)

2 comments:

Alicia said...

Not sure how real the WalMart speculation was ... but who knows. Made for fun chatter for awhile.

As far as where downtown was, you were in the midst of it when we all had breakfast! Theater District to Freighthouse, and actually, I think up to Stadium and Hilltop counts now, too. Come back and see us sometime ...

tacomachickadee said...

Not sure how real the WalMart speculation was ... but who knows. Made for fun chatter for awhile.

As far as where downtown was, you were in the midst of it when we all had breakfast! Theater District to Freighthouse, and actually, I think up to Stadium and Hilltop counts now, too. Come back and see us sometime ...