I was thinking the same. I grew up in Washington, but live close to where Adam lives now... I was thinking when he said lake, I'm pretty sure that's the sound. I think it was just a natural assumption for Adam because here in Central Florida, there are so many huge lakes. (Washington also has a lot of lakes, so if you don't really know that Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia sit right on the bay, you might just think you're seeing a lake...idk. It definitely looked like the bay to me. 😆)
Pretty cool to see the birthplace for Bing Crosby. I love listening to his tunes especially at Christmas time.~~ That little drive thru church is really cute.
@@sarvaise He’s a pretty famous actor and singer from the 40s and 50s during the era when musicals were a thing. During Christmas his music from those musicals are played a lot.
You would love Port Townsend, WA. Take the Edmonds Kingston ferry over and it's about 45 minute drive or so. It's historic and amazingly beautiful. There's an old military base where an officer and a gentleman was filmed the hotel is still there also. And one of the most haunted places too supposedly.
You always find the coolest random places. We love watching your videos and following your adventures. I need to explore outside the theme parks more to see awesome and quirky places.
Crosby was born on May 3, 1903,[16][17] in Tacoma, Washington, in a house his father built at 1112 North J Street. In 1906, his family moved to Spokane in Eastern Washington state, where he was raised.[18] In 1913, his father built a house at 508 E. Sharp Avenue.[19] The house sits on the campus of his alma mater, Gonzaga University, as a museum housing over 200 artifacts from his life and career, including his Oscar
Love this video! We had the pleasure of living in Tacoma for over 6 years and it is truly a hidden treasure. So much spotlight for Seattle and Tacoma gets left in the dark. Thanks for covering this little gem of a city. Hoping for an Astoria/ Goonies / Free Willy / Kindergarten Cop video in the future.
I drive by that church everyday on the way home from work everyday and didn't realize that was there. That road with the signal into that area is pretty new as well so maybe that's when it showed up in that location. Also another worlds fair bit of info is the skyway buckets that were used at the worlds fair in Seattle were moved and re-established at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup. The main station for the skyride sits right an an intersection and you can see the buckets sitting there, usually covered up though to protect from the elements. when the fair isn't going on.
Good morning Adam!! I always shall you join you!! Places I probably will never see but I can go there via you!!! I really appreciate all you do in your vlogs, so cool!! Vintage stuff is amazing, love the church, pretty cool!! Thank you Adam!!
Have lived in the PNW/Seattle area all my life and Adam finds stuff that I didn't even know was there!!!!!! Honored to have you here, dude. Welcome! Sorry for the winter weather. I lived in Sumner for over 10 years, never knew there was a drive-thru church there. But that retention pond was just blocks from where I lived. And I had no idea that the old Bubbleator had ended up in Redondo. I was inside that many times as a child. City of Seattle must've sold it, it was built for the 1962 Seattle World's Fair, when I was 5 years old. Thanks, Adam!
We also have the Brown and Haley almond roca candy made in Tacoma. There's a little candy shop downtown next to where they make the candy that would be fun to visit if you come back to Tacoma. I really enjoyed the drive in church in Sumner. I'll have to check out Bob Hope's home since I live close by. Thank you very much, Adam, love your videos!
Yup, the Bubbleator was originally installed in what is now Climate Pledge Arena, in the Washington Pavillion. Then it moved to Center House (now the Armory), then to the house you saw. I remember when it was at Center House, and we would ride it up and down in the 70s
Awesome video for me to see. Grew up listening to guttermouth in tacoma. My friend Pete’s funeral was in the church at the beginning, he introduced me to punk rock. Thanks for the content Adam! Hope you enjoy your time in my city.
It's always surreal when my favorite youtuber visits the general area where I live and goes to places Im familiar with. I know exactly where that church is in Sumner (right off 410). I've been there a couple of times myself. Never knew they had a drive through church though. Keep being you, Adam!
Bing Crosby!! Wow, those old black & white movies with Bob Hope, starting Dorothy Lamour, the original love triangle trio. His song "White Christmas" one of the best song.
Hello Adam, the Rialto and Pantages theater signs looks better at night. Lit up! Love the vintage Bird car one of my favorites. There is a mural at 1150 Market Street. (Alice in Wonderland). So much to see in Tacoma, as far as movie locations, art, Dale Chuhuly glass art work. Ruston Way waterfront. Etc etc. let alone everywhere else.
Gorgeous area, love the weather there. Some call it "gloomy", and some call it "Cozy Time" ! If ever stop by that church I'm going to get out and shimmy thru. Shimmy Thru Church...ok I'm done back to work haha👍
I love the cobblestones but if you hit one of those pot holes wrong they will mess up your back. A little history on some of the building's downtown. The one with the clock tower is Old City Hall. It was city hall until the 1970s when they moved to the Rhodes Medical Art building, the building you showed around the 10:20 mark, which is now called the Tacoma Municipal Building. The lobby and stairwell of the municipal building still have the original Art Deco design. Old City Hall has been vacant for several years now but it's being remodeled into a co-working space. Just recently the started working on refurbishing the clock, which has it's own story to tell. If you believe in ghost and the paranormal, The Spar, the building in Old Town with the mural, and Old City Hall, especially the jail in the basement, are supposed to both be very haunted. The old parking garage that's covered in graffiti near Old City Hall is also supposed to be extremely haunted but it's tied more with the occult. It's definitely been nice to see downtown come back from where it was in the '90s. It wasn't in great shape and we were at risk of losing a lot of the old buildings down there. Lastly, Bob's Java Jive was in "Love You to Death" with Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix. The rumor is Keanu offered to buy it and move it to Hawaii but the own turned him down. You can still play pool at the same table they did in the movie.
As a small child I road the Bubbleator at the world's fair and for many years after the fair they kept the bubbleator as a elevator in the main food court building. It was fantastic.
The largest coffee mug I drove by that several times on my way to work never stopped in for a caffeinated hot beverage, a lot of interesting finds Adam . The faded signs were really cool I’m building a model railroad and I’m going to see if I can imitate faded signs on some of the old brick buildings I’ve made.
We have bars in the Pacific Northwest called McMenamins. There's one in downtown Tacoma called the Elks Temple. It is incredible, I call it our Disneyland of the Pacific , just because of how overly themed everything is. We have them here in Portland Oregon too, quite a few of them. McMenamins Edgefield here in Troutdale Oregon used to be a women's monastery. In fact at 7:46 you show the Elks Temple at the End of the Street it's the big white building at the End of the Street
Yes, I was hoping he would go in there. It's too bad he didn't see it. The tiki bar in the basement is quite spectacular. The whole place is pretty cool.
I would love to visit Washington one day, I just don’t like the rainy/cloudy weather, thank you Adam for letting me join you on your adventures. GREAT CONTENT !!!!!!! 👍🏼
Wa state is a poop hole. Stay away! The roads are bad, gun shots every night! Vandalism and car breaks in. Assault and theft. You can practically steal 50 cars and be jailed free.
So far everything's been so cloudy & moist up there in Washington. I forget how it was up there when my sister lived there. Rad vlogs so far up there! 👍
Think i would never of noticed the plaque at the "Bing" Crosby house, you have sharp eyes, a drive through church, that's a first, and the fact it hasn't been vandalised is good, bubbleater, bit like the inclinator at Vegas, thought you were having a seizure at the end Adam, great vlog Thankyou
Tacoma 😖 Seattle here! I hope that you enjoyed your time here. Bing was born in 1903. Will you visit Bruce & Brandon Lee's grave in Seattle's Capitol Hill? Jimi Hendrix is buried in Tacoma. I had ridden in that bubbleator hundreds of times as a little girl 🥰
We used to live around the corner from the Crosby house! “I Love You To Death” was filmed at a house not far from there. Saw Kevin Kline walking from his trailer to the filming site. When you were across the street from the Pantages & Rialto you may have been on the corner where his pizza place was filmed!
Go to Greenville South Carolina and visit the chapel called The Pretty Place .. what a view you have there especially at sunset have you seen photos of it ?
You got me researching the drive through (doesn't make sense but I love it) church. This may be the only one as I could only find info on drive IN churches which became popular when covid started.
That's so cool you were in Sumner. We live 5 minutes from the drive thru church. I think I've drove through it once. I met my husband ant the church there. If you ever make it back you'll have to go to Craft 19 (crepes place) or Home Town Charm. Glad you got to see a little bit of the town.
When you went to the bubbleator, you were so close to where I live! Funny to see it from a vlogger’s viewpoint. I’m enjoying your Seattle area adventures.
Tacoma has preserved a lot of old buildings. I'm glad that you got footage of the advertising murals that are on the old brick walls. Seattle also has a lot of old brick buildings as well. Unfortunately developers are tearing down all of those old buildings in Seattle. They are putting up boring condo tower's that no one lives in.
@@RailPreserver2K They have to make them expensive to keep out the undesirables like thugs and criminals. Do you want drug addicts living in your building? Not me.
Interesting about Bing and your job with video recording... Bing and AMPEX developed the first video tape recorder (1952) and it was color. Later B+W recorders were made to reduce price and problems. 🧐 The Cosby Electronics building (still there) is across from the Roxy Theater and the Cosby Building on the Sunset Strip, West Hollywood.
The dispute surrounding Crosby’s year of birth was later dropped when Saint Patrick’s Parish Church found records of Harry Lillis Crosby’s baptism in 1903 with earlier birth recorded on May 3rd, 1903.
Very curious to know which States you'll be driving through and filming in as you make your way through the Country back to the East Coast. Since I never get to stray too far from my house in NC I just watch you travel and pretend I'm with you lol. Where we going Adam ?
Around 23 years ago, I was in a Christian metal band that played in Tacoma. Our vocalist was from there so we stayed a week at his parents house. At home in Oklahoma we were on a 40 or 50 day streak of triple digit temps. In Tacoma it was sunny and 70 degrees the whole week. Our vocalist's father kept telling us that we had no idea how lucky we were because as much as people talk about the amount of rain they get in Tacoma and Seattle, it is actually worse than people say. It rained on us once for 20 minutes the entire time we were there! Welp, that's my story! Stay punk folks!
I used to love riding in the bubbleator when I was little in the 60s. It would take you from the main floor in the Center House down to the bottom fl which was like a very small World Showcase with gift shops selling items from around the world. The Seattle Center was bopping back in the 60s.
Wow I live in the area and I never knew much of this information. I’ve worked in many of those downtown Tacoma buildings installing communications. Those basements are very interesting.
Hey Adam welcome to the PNW you should head a couple hours North up to Vancouver Canada! It would be amazing to have you here go on a Sea Plane with Harbour Air, take in a Hockey game or even head to one of the local Ski hills! Plus so many film sites to see. From Elf, Deadpool, Predator, Rambo, Bates Motel! I can go on and on!
You could also visit university place, smaller city near tacoma, we hosted the pga tour in 2015 at chambers Bay golf course, it has a nice long trail that wraps down by the water
Old Tacoma is full of history, do your home work on the port and rail road. It build Tacoma and Seattle back in the day. Tacoma was a rail town and soon after a port town.
Those murals you were admiring, like the one that said one dollar a week , were actually paintedback in the late sixties early seventies, when that part of town functioned as a sort of artist colony with shops and coffee house's. with music, the next time you pass thru WA. you should go up to Seattle in the old town part called Pioneer Square and see if you can track down that tavern there where on Sunday morning they had the "Five Schooners for a Buck" Special.
My beloved home! Lots of pop culture things in Tacoma -- including the school, home and many shooting locations from 10 Things I Hate About You, locations of early Nirvana/shows.
You were right in my neighborhood I live in the the old hotel across from the coffee shop holy crap you were in my neighborhood that is flipping awesome
