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City Council OKs $4M in South Tacoma Way upgrades

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

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)

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Tacoma City Council OKs Johnny's Seafood property sale

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

Pierce County's historic McMillin Bridge. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD / NATIONAL PARK SERVICE)

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Public hearing scheduled for McMillin Bridge historic landmark nomination

The Pierce County Landmarks and Historic Preservation Commission is scheduled next month to review a nomination to place…

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)

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Decision ahead on Johnny's Seafood property sale

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

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Nearly $4M in street improvements ahead for South Tacoma Way

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

Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories -- Dec. 5 - Dec. 11

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — 2012

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

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — December 2012

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

Year In Review: Hylebos Bridge Re-Opening

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Year In Review: Hylebos Bridge Re-Opening

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

Foss Waterway Park site cleanup. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Year In Review: Foss Waterway Park Funding

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

Downtown Tacoma's Pantages Theater. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Year In Review: Pierce County Historic Preservation Funding

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

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)

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Year In Review: Saving McMillin Bridge

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

Tacoma's South End Neighborhood Center. (PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Tacoma sells South End Neighborhood Center

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

City Council to vote on $1.25M for Tacoma bike, pedestrian trail

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City Council to vote on $1.25M for Tacoma bike, pedestrian trail

Tacoma City Council is scheduled to vote Dec. 18 on on a resolution to accept a $1 million…