We met at Stadium High School yesterday morning. One of our members is moving away and requested this location. It's been 4 years since we last sketched there. That was my first time there. Parking is difficult but now the light rail has been extended and there is a station near by.
Construction started in 1891 but was halted. After life as a couple different venues, it was renovated and opened as Tacoma High School in 1906. More about the building here. "Stadium High School, commonly referred to as the Brown Castle, was originally intended by its financiers, the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and Tacoma Land Company, to be one of the finest luxury hotels on the Pacific Coast. Construction began in 1891, but due to the railroad’s financial failure, the hotel was never completed and was boarded up for a number of years before it was acquired by the Tacoma School District."
That first time I'd sketched the front elevation so today I wanted to do something different. I chose the perspective challenge of one of the side wings.
Unfortunately, we were hampered by successive rain showers. About 11:30 we finally gave up as there was little to no shelter. We had a hurried throw down and group photo, though 2 are missing.
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