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More than 40 businesses would be displaced if Sound Transit follows through with plans to locate Link station at Freighthouse ...
One of the options that Sound Transit is considering for the light rail expansion would result in the demolition of the more than 100-year-old building.
Historic preservation in Tacoma — or, rather, how we tend to think about historic preservation — is at a crossroads. For decades, it’s been generally viewed as an effort to maintain the city ...
Downtown Tacoma was once home to a grand hotel. Now 100 years old, the building has seen much change. When it was conceived in the early 20th century, the people of Tacoma had high hopes for the ...
TACOMA — Michael Sullivan has this theory about historic old buildings: They're not just mute collections of wood and glass and brick and steel; they're storehouses of memories. As such, ...
Since then, a second letter, dated April 4 and sent to Tacoma's historic preservation officer, notes 69 more people have signed the petition in opposition.
The building is on the city’s register of historic landmarks and cannot be demolished without the approval of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, McKnight said in 2019. That process includes ...
Oct. 12—Owners of a historic office building in downtown Tacoma once home to a major employer are planning another reinvention of the site. This time, the change is fueled by decreasing demand ...
TACOMA -- Wrecking crews demolished a historic building in Tacoma after a last-ditch preservation effort failed. An excavator began bashing the 119-year-old brick Luzon building on Saturday. The ...
Tacoma's historic Washington Building, at 1019 Pacific Ave., is now the site of 156 new apartments and 12,000 square feet of retail/commercial space. Renamed The Astor, the 18-story building ...
Wrecking crews demolished a historic building in Tacoma after a last-ditch preservation effort failed. An excavator began bashing the 119-year-old, brick Luzon building on Saturday.
A fire that broke out in a historic building in Tacoma on the July 4th holiday left a pile of rubble in its wake, prompting an outpouring of emotion from longtime admirers of the site. The blaze ...