Is It Friday Yet?

Believed to be the oldest and/or tallest reinforced concrete building on the West Coast, the building at 1423 Pacific Ave in Tacoma, WA once spent a decade or three covered in brown aluminum siding.

Now, it’s been restored to its original 1907 look with the exception of the seismic retrofitting that’s all the rage these days. Or maybe those metal studs are remnants of the siding. Whatever.

Look closer:

Those are trailer hitches.

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