Tacoma Daily Index, March 30, 2015

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MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2015

Vol. CXXIV, No. 60

OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY OF TACOMA Devoted to the Courts, Real Estate, Finance, Industrial Activities, and Publication of Legal Notices Visit our Web site at at www.tacomadailyindex.com

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Tacoma Dome

Before Warhol's flower, Lyn Messenger drew diamonds on the Dome By Todd Matthews, Editor Lyn Messenger has a special connection to Tacoma. A local resident and architect for nearly 50 years, Messenger was a member of the original engineering and design team that built the Tacoma Dome, one of the largest wood"People still domed arenas in don't believe me when the world. What's I tell them, but the more, Messenapparent height was ger designed the cut in half," said local triangular, lightarchitect Lyn Mesblue, diamondsenger of the visual shaped pattern effect achieved by the that has covered triangular, light-blue, the Dome's roof diamond-shaped patsince the indoor tern that has covered arena opened the Tacoma Dome's to the public on roof since the arena April 21, 1983. opened to the public That roofin 1983. "It wasn't a top design could magic[al] idea. It was change soon. just kind of a realistic A campaign approach—'How do is under way to you make a building place artwork delook smaller when it is signed by the late a really big building?'" Pop artist Andy Warhol during the early-1980s atop the Dome. In February, Tacoma City Council voted to unanimously support a campaign to raise money for the project. The $5.1 million needed to see Warhol's work crown the iconic downtown arena will come from the private sector—not City coffers. If the money is raised, Messenger's design will be history. CONTINUED But Messenger isn't too ON PAGE 2 concerned.

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