Editing Tacoma, Washington (section)

====Hooverville====
At the intersection of Dock Street EXD and East D Street in the train yard, a [[shanty town]] became the solution to the growing scar of the depression. Tacoma's [[Hooverville]] grew in 1924 as the homeless community settled on the waterfront.<ref name="hooverville archive 40-74">''Tacoma News Tribune''. Tacoma Hooverville Archive, September 4, 1940 – July 24, 1974. Northwest Room Special Collections and Archives, Tacoma Public Library. Tacoma, Washington.</ref><ref name="hooverville archive 24-40">''Tacoma Daily Ledger''. Tacoma Hooverville Archive, July 18, 1924 – September 4, 1940. Northwest Room Special Collections and Archives, Tacoma Public Library. Tacoma, Washington.</ref> In 1927, Tacoma's Hooverville was coined "Hollywood" due to the type of crimes at the camp.<ref name="hooverville archive 40-74"/><ref name="hooverville archive 24-40"/> The population boomed in November 1930 through early 1931 as families from the neighboring McKinley and [[Hilltop, Tacoma, Washington|Hilltop]] areas were evicted.

Collecting scraps of metal and wood from local lumber stores and recycling centers, families began building shanties (shacks) for shelter. By 1934, alcoholism and suicide were a common event in the Hooverville<ref name="hooverville archive 40-74"/><ref name="hooverville archive 24-40"/> that eventually led to its nickname of "Hollywood on the Tide Flats", because of the [[Hollywood (film industry)|Hollywood]]-style crimes and events taking place in the camp.{{explain|date=May 2017|reason=What was a "Hollywood-style crime" of the 1930s?}}

In 1935, Tacoma received national attention when [[George Weyerhaeuser]], the nine-year-old son of prominent lumber industry executive [[J.P. Weyerhaeuser]], was kidnapped<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/weyer/weyer.htm |title=Famous Cases: The Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping |work=Federal Bureau of Investigation |access-date=March 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312011205/http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/famcases/weyer/weyer.htm |archive-date=March 12, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> while walking home from school. [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] agents from Portland handled the case, in which a ransom of $200,000 secured the release of the victim. Four persons were apprehended and convicted; the last to be released was paroled from [[McNeil Island Corrections Center|McNeil Island]] in 1963. George Weyerhaeuser went on to become chairman of the board of the [[Weyerhaeuser Company]].

In 1940, after eviction notices failed, the police department attempted to burn down Hooverville.<ref name="hooverville archive 40-74"/><ref name="hooverville archive 24-40"/>

In 1956, the last occupant of "Hollywood" was evicted and the police used fire to level the grounds and make room for industrial growth.<ref>Anderson, Hilary. "A Tale of Two Shantytowns." ''Columbia: The Magazine of Northwest History'' 26, no. 2 (Summer 2012): 10-14. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost.</ref><ref name="hooverville archive 40-74"/><ref name="hooverville archive 24-40"/>