We have waited so long for this day! This was my first visit to the restored and renovated Elks Temple in Tacoma. It was a multi-year project by the McMenamin brothers (more here). Urban Sketchers Tacoma met to sketch inside and out of this new property which just opened April 24.
I don't think I have enough superlatives to describe the amazing work they've done here. It's seven floors of spectacular. We'll go back again and again.
There were many sketchers today, only 3 of whom had been here since it opened on April 24.
There was work going on at the front, where I wanted to sketch the restored elk's head.So I went up to the first landing of the Spanish Steps, outside the Spanish Bar to sketch a detail of the exterior.
An hour later, the workers seemed to have taken a break so I had a view of the elk's head and the amazing antlers.
I didn't sketch any of the interior as I'll save that for bad weather days.
Lots of photos here
-- Kate Buike
I don't think I have enough superlatives to describe the amazing work they've done here. It's seven floors of spectacular. We'll go back again and again.
There were many sketchers today, only 3 of whom had been here since it opened on April 24.
There was work going on at the front, where I wanted to sketch the restored elk's head.So I went up to the first landing of the Spanish Steps, outside the Spanish Bar to sketch a detail of the exterior.
An hour later, the workers seemed to have taken a break so I had a view of the elk's head and the amazing antlers.
I didn't sketch any of the interior as I'll save that for bad weather days.
Lots of photos here
-- Kate Buike
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