Downtown Picture and Map

For an interesting perspective on downtown Tacoma I recommend the Map and Aerial Photo foldout published by the Business Examiner, with sponsorship from Prium, the City of Tacoma, Metropolitan RED, Colliers, and others.

First, some buildings that are not yet complete are filled in with computer imagery, which means that you can see Jay Heights and Hannah Heights as if they were already complete and blended in with the skyline.

Second, it's an unusual place to put a camera, looking west from over the Foss and a couple hundred feet up.

Third, it puts some locations on to some of the Metropolitan RED projects, including the Sharp Building, which Derek at Exit133.com already mentioned. In fact, as I was searching for information on the company and the building, I discovered that Exit133 had already covered the release of the map, the interesting highlights, and the Sharp Building two weeks ago.

So I'm a little behind the times in getting ahold of the publication. But it's still worth blogging about.