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The photos presented here show the proposed Wal-Mart building location. All photos were taken on February 12th, 2005. Clicking a photo will give you an enlarged view.

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This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

Note how small the hospital is compared to the propsed store.

 

This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

The area with the diagonal lines indicates where the parking lot will be located. Notice that the cemetery is being clearly encroached upon by the store.

 

This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

The area with the diagonal lines indicates where the store will be located. Notice how small the Bank of Whitman is compared to this monstrosity.

           
     
 

This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

Notice how small Safeway is in comparison to the proposed store.

 

This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

This is a closer view of the parking lot. Notice relatively small access road for the parking lot. How can this road support 11,000 trips per day (a figure that Wal-Mart estimates, not us).

 

This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

Observe the walls. The design of this lot requires very dramatic changes to the landscape to be implemented in order to support the enormous 1,000 car parking lot.

           
     
 

This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

This is a closer view of the store. Observe that it uses two large truck turn around areas which have been placed in close proximity to the cemetery.

 

This is a copy of the site plan prepared by CLC Associates, an architectural firm in Spokane Valley. This was obtained from records at the Planning Department office at City Hall.

This is a closer view of the store. Observe that it uses two large truck turn around areas which have been placed in close proximity to the cemetery.

 

Pullman City Cemetery looking out toward the proposed building location

           
     
 

The Wal-Mart location clearly encroaches on the city cemetery

 

Pullman City Cemetery is where many of Pullman's residents have loved ones buried. It is extremely close to the location of the 1000 car parking lot that Wal-Mart wants to build.

 

Fairmont road leads to the cemetery. Wal-Mart intends for this to be a part of how they will handle the increased traffic of 11,000 trips to Wal-Mart per day.

           
     
 

From Grand Avenue, you can clearly see the Wal-Mart location towering over Pullman.

 

The Wal-Mart location will tower 60 feet above Bishop Boulevard.

 

From Lincoln Middle School, the Wal-Mart location is clearly visible. There is concern about traffic displacement onto the streets near the middle school.

           
     
 

Very nice new luxury homes are being developed with an excellent view of the 29 acre Wal-Mart.

 

Safeway, Les Schwab, Rite Aid, and others are tiny in this photo, yet they are all fairly large locations. The Wal-Mart store will make them appear on the scale of a doll house.

 

A view from the hill. New luxurious homes will be able to see clearly the building and parking lot.

           
       
 

Neighboring shopping centers will be absolutely dwarfed by the enormous store location.

 

Many of Pullman's retail locations will be able to fit into the parking lot of the location alone. How can this possibly help to improve our economy? It is likely that many businesses will fail, creating a localized monopoly for Wal-Mart.