r/PuyallupWA • u/EffulgentBovine • 20h ago

What is this parking lot even for?

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Mostly empty parking lot across the street from the library that could be used on the weekdays. So many people working on the street when there's all this space here. Just creating more heat

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u/BackPorchBlues 19h ago

You mean the AOB lot? It’s getting ripped up for a 140 unit apartment building so say goodbye to all that free public parking once the construction starts

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u/EffulgentBovine 19h ago

I just saw the Puyallup city website about it. Thanks

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u/EffulgentBovine 19h ago

What the actual fuck 🤬🤬🤬🤬

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u/Entraprenuerrrrr 18h ago

Do you know how much it costs to rent/buy in this town? we need more housing

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u/Unique_Toe 16h ago

The costs for the apt are going to be even high because it’s a new build apt.

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u/EverdreamJustPlays 1h ago

pfft...noooo its not because its a new build. its the stick on vinal floor. its PREMIUM!

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u/Rusty-Boii 16h ago

More housing won’t fix the problem at all. The housing needs to be affordable.

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u/Entraprenuerrrrr 16h ago

More housing means more affordable. Supply and demand. The effects wont be immediate.

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u/kiddlat_kid 18h ago

More housing with same price

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u/EffulgentBovine 17h ago

Where are we parking for all these downtown events? I'd rather park and even pay here than for this lot to be something else completely

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u/OnlyOneDontWasteIt 13h ago

No, less people

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u/Fialho_Demop 19h ago

Just wait. Parking will be non-existent shortly.

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u/Xrayone1 19h ago

I thought the signs all there say city employee parking

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u/jakeroot 15h ago

This is correct. This is not a public parking lot most of the time. Losing this lot barely affects the parking situation downtown, if it affects it at all.

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u/EffulgentBovine 19h ago

Yeah but it's not full at all.

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u/Strinck 17h ago

It’s also Sunday so the library is closed. It’s never full full, but it’s usually not empty when there are workers there.

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u/EffulgentBovine 16h ago

I took this on Thursday at noon while people were circling the Pioneer Park parking lot looking for parking when there are dozens of unused spaces in this lot.

Anyway, another user commented that it's going to be an apartment building so any future use for public parking is obsolete.

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u/drzoltar 11h ago

Just some context, old city hall used to be on this lot. After the new one was occupied, the city tore down the old one and turned it into a parking lot.

Councilmember Johnson used to park in it when he commuted to Seattle to sell shoes at Nordstroms.