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    One design for the $9 million Tacoma Avenue South Bridge rehabilitation includes concrete guard rails. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    $9M rehab could mean long-term closure for Tacoma...
    By Todd Matthews • January 22, 2013 1:44 pm

    A $9 million rehabilitation project scheduled to begin later this year could close the Tacoma Avenue South Bridge for 12…

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    City Council OKs $4M in South Tacoma Way upgrades
    City Council OKs $4M in South Tacoma Way...
    By Todd Matthews • January 16, 2013 2:16 pm

    A significant stretch of South Tacoma Way is slated to receive major improvements as a result of two grants totaling…

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    Pacific Seafood Co. plans to invest approximately $1.3 million in improvements to the Johnny's Seafood Co. building located at 1199 Dock Street, including the construction of a new cafe and bistro. (IMAGE COURTESY BCRA)
    Tacoma City Council OKs Johnny's Seafood property sale
    By Todd Matthews • January 16, 2013 10:23 am

    Tacoma City Council voted Tuesday to approve a plan to sell a parcel of land along Thea Foss Waterway to…

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    Pierce County's historic McMillin Bridge. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
    Public hearing scheduled for McMillin Bridge historic landmark...
    By Todd Matthews • January 15, 2013 10:49 am

    The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is scheduled next month to review a nomination to place the 79-year-old…

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    Pacific Seafood Co. plans to invest approximately $1.3 million in improvements to the Johnny's Seafood Co. building located at 1199 Dock Street, including the construction of a new cafe and bistro. (IMAGE COURTESY BCRA)
    Decision ahead on Johnny's Seafood property sale
    By Todd Matthews • January 10, 2013 10:55 am

    A decision is expected to be made next week on a proposal for the City of Tacoma to sell a…

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    Nearly $4M in street improvements ahead for South Tacoma Way
    Nearly $4M in street improvements ahead for South...
    By Todd Matthews • January 8, 2013 10:04 am

    A significant stretch of South Tacoma Way is slated to receive infrastructure improvements as a result of two grants totaling…

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    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories -- Dec. 5 - Dec. 11
    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — 2012
    By Todd Matthews • January 2, 2013 9:00 am

    Here are the top 10 stories read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index’s Web site during 2012, as reported…

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    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — December 2012
    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — December 2012
    By Todd Matthews • January 1, 2013 1:00 am

    Here are the top five stories read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index’s Web site during the month of…

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    Year In Review: Hylebos Bridge Re-Opening
    Year In Review: Hylebos Bridge Re-Opening
    By Todd Matthews • December 31, 2012 10:00 am

    For more than a decade, the locked and upright platforms of the double-bascule Hylebos Bridge literally served as walls.

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    Foss Waterway Park site cleanup. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Foss Waterway Park Funding
    By Todd Matthews • December 28, 2012 10:00 am

    Tacoma City Council approved a resolution in September that freed up money needed to complete a soil remediation project at…

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    Downtown Tacoma's Pantages Theater. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Pierce County Historic Preservation Funding
    By Todd Matthews • December 24, 2012 10:00 am

    Eleven local organizations with stakes in historic preservation received a financial boost in October when Pierce County Council approved nearly…

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    The McMillin Bridge's concrete trusses are monumental in scale and allow pedestrians to walk through them. "There's almost a cathedral-like experience when you walk through those trusses," says Chis Moore of the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. "There is an architectural element to the McMillin Bridge that is missing in other bridges. It doesn't have the ‘Erector Set' look that steel bridges have. It has this cloistered effect when you walk under those sculptured trusses." (PHOTOS COURTESY HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)
    Year In Review: Saving McMillin Bridge
    By Todd Matthews • December 17, 2012 10:00 am

    In November, the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation submitted a nomination to the Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission…

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    Tacoma's South End Neighborhood Center. (PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    Tacoma sells South End Neighborhood Center
    By Todd Matthews • December 12, 2012 1:11 pm

    Tacoma’s former South End Neighborhood Center has a new owner. Tacoma City Council voted Tuesday to approve a resolution to…

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