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April 2004 view of Browns Point and cottages below Marine View Drive
(Hasselblad XPan camera, 45mm lens, Fuji Rala film) |
Let us continue our quick September 2025 tour of Tacoma's waterfront. After exploring the commercial harbor on an overcast September day, I drove along Marine View Drive (Rte 509) to Browns Point. The bluffs rise steeply up from the road, but some new suburban developments have been carved into the hillside.
(Click any picture to enlarge details.)
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Tank Farm vista and Double-brested cormorants, northeast Tacoma
(Kodak Panatomic-X film, 250mm ƒ/5.6 Sonnar lens, yellow filter) |
I think I would not opt to live above a tank farm, but they do have a nice view to the west of the harbor and downtown Tacoma.
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| Trucking company, 1749 Rte 509 (80mm ƒ/2.8 Planar-CB lens) |
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| Unknown chemical storage, 1749 Rte 509 (100mm ƒ/3.5 Planar lens) |
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| Chipping machine, 1748 Rte 509 |
The southern part of Marine View Drive is lines with industry and material handling companies.
Further north, the bluff rises steeply to the east, but the narrow beach has some cottages and year-round housing. Former pullouts with a view of the bay are now blocked and signed with "No Parking Any Time." I assume this was to keep off the homeless RVs and cars.
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| Beach cottage, Marine View Drive |
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| Watch kitties on patrol (100mm ƒ/3.5 Planar lens) |
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| Hubcap heaven? Or just good stuff? |
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Cranes at Washington United Terminals from Marine View Drive
(250mm ƒ/5.6 Sonnar lens, yellow filter) |
I took these phots on Kodak Panatomic-X film with my Hasselblad 501CM camera and various lenses. Glazer's Camera in Seattle developed the film. I scanned it with a Minolta Scan Multi medium format film scanner.
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