tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28170135.post115749988253017960..comments2023-10-17T03:36:04.410-07:00Comments on BIA Blog: Another Meaning for 'Transient Hotel'?David Schroedelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14533965870997862752noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28170135.post-1157531514800730472006-09-06T01:31:00.000-07:002006-09-06T01:31:00.000-07:00I am hopeful that the council will vote to allow a...I am hopeful that the council will vote to allow and support the Tacoma community efforts to restore the Winthrop Hotel<BR/><BR/>There is now at least one very serious effort of few dozen professionals in Tacoma and Tim Quigg to restore the Winthrop Hotel. <BR/><BR/>The people I talk to overwhelming wish to see more historic restoration in Tacoma and specifically the Winthrop. <BR/><BR/>The Winthrop Hotel is probably the second or third most important historical building in Tacoma.<BR/><BR/>It is hard to believe we have to even argue that the Winthrop should be restored when there are so many other cities which have done so.<BR/><BR/><I>Many downtown stakeholders active in the ongoing debate over the Winthrop are afraid that the proposed action would effectively extinguish citizen efforts to restore the historical Winthrop Hotel</I><BR/><BR/>I sure hope that doesn't happen.<BR/><BR/>The people working on the restoration efforts need the council's support, not opposition. They are having enough challenges as it is.<BR/><BR/>Historic restoration takes some time to finance and deal with the low income housing and parking issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com