Editing Tacoma, Washington (section)

===Downtown revival===
[[File:Tacoma WA aerial.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Aerial view of Tacoma, Washington, the Port of Tacoma, and [[Commencement Bay]]]]
Beginning in the early 1990s, city residents and planners took steps to revitalize Tacoma, particularly its downtown. Among the projects were the federal courthouse in the former [[Union Station (Tacoma, Washington)|Union Station]] (1991); Save Our Station community group; Merritt+Pardini Architect (1991); Reed & Stem Architects (1911); the adaptation of a group of century-old brick warehouses into a branch campus of the [[University of Washington Tacoma|University of Washington]]; the numerous privately financed renovation projects near the campus; the [[Washington State History Museum]] (1996), echoing the architecture of Union Station; the [[Museum of Glass]] (2002); the [[Tacoma Art Museum]] (2003); and the region's first light-rail line (2003).<ref>Lawrence W. Cheek, [http://www.seattlepi.com/visualart/218718_architecture05.html On Architecture: Tacoma's downtown renaissance stumbles with the bland Marriott Courtyard], ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', April 5, 2005. Accessed online December 5, 2009.</ref> The glass and steel [[Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center]] opened in November 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gtctc.org |title=Tacoma GTCTC - Home}}</ref> [[America's Car Museum]] was completed in late 2011 near the [[Tacoma Dome]].

The [[Pantages Theater (Tacoma, Washington)|Pantages Theater]] (first opened in 1918) anchors downtown Tacoma's Theatre District. [[Tacoma Arts Live]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.broadwaycenter.org |title=Broadway Center for the Performing Arts}}</ref> manages the Pantages, the Rialto Theater, and the Theatre on the Square. Tacoma Little Theatre (opened in 1918) is northwest of downtown in the Stadium District. Other attractions include the Grand Cinema, McMenamins Elks Temple, and the Landmark Temple Theatre.