Friday, April 13, 2007
A major new public space for Lakewood
You can see the massive building going up as you drive past on Steilacoom Boulevard: a new student center at Clover Park Technical College. The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce board had a chance to tour the building Thursday. The chamber offices are only one parking lot away, so it was an easy walk. The building and grounds are nowhere near finished; the center won't open until early winter. But you can see wonderful spaces emerging.
Here are some photos that hint at the enormity of the new gathering spaces, and how open and airy the building will look when finished. A number of major Lakewood events will probably move to this building once it opens, so be prepared to see a lot more of it.
I'm going to take a stab at uploading a couple of small movies. These may or may not work on your computer, as they are Quicktime files (the free player is here). But if you can call them up, you will be able to see Clover Park's Tony Robinson talking about the new conference facility (which could seat 600-plus for dinner and 1,500 for a meeting) as well as a panorama I filmed from near the entrance of the conference room.
Here is the panorama.
Here's Tony talking about the conference room.
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Here are some photos that hint at the enormity of the new gathering spaces, and how open and airy the building will look when finished. A number of major Lakewood events will probably move to this building once it opens, so be prepared to see a lot more of it.
I'm going to take a stab at uploading a couple of small movies. These may or may not work on your computer, as they are Quicktime files (the free player is here). But if you can call them up, you will be able to see Clover Park's Tony Robinson talking about the new conference facility (which could seat 600-plus for dinner and 1,500 for a meeting) as well as a panorama I filmed from near the entrance of the conference room.
Here is the panorama.
Here's Tony talking about the conference room.
