Thursday, August 6, 2009

Union Station & More of Tacoma,WA

The Union Station was built in 1884.  It stayed active until 1984 when it became The Tacoma Courthouse.

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The Glass Art, by Dale Chihuly is displayed in the Rotunda of the Courthouse.

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The Statue marks the "New Beginnings" of the Courthouse on 100th anniversary.

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The walk to the Chihuly Bridge of Glass....

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The Crystal Glass Towers, more glass art work by Dale Chihuly.  

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This is the Chihuly Bridge of Glass....The ceiling is awesome....

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This is the ceiling!!!

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Then they have The Venetian Wall which is also artwork by Chihuly....

these pictures do no justice to the art....too much light.

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This is the Seaform Pavilion.....more artwork by Chihuly in the foreground before the marina.

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A beautiful sight from the bridge....Narrows Bridge and the Tacoma Dome.

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The Museum of Glass which we will tour later.

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This bridge is right over Interstate 705, kind of scary to walk the bridge but I am glad we did.

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We are back on solid ground and Manuel sets the timer on the camera.  

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I took the following picture yesterday...a different looking woodpecker....he has red on his head.   Is it a woodpecker?!

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Manuel and I had a wonderful day on his Birthday.   We have a lot to be thankful for.   God is So Good to Us.

1 comment:

ram and josie said...

Great pictures!! Enjoy the weather..it has been very hot down here.....

Glad you all had a great day for Manuel`s BD...

LUV YA!!!