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"Tacoma has got real folks. I can actually survive and understand this town," said graphic designer Art Chantry of his hometown. Chantry spent most of the 1990s creating posters and album covers for some of the biggest rock bands in the Pacific Northwest. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Art Chantry Speaks: The graphic design luminary on Tacoma, his new book, and why he's no artist

One recent Friday afternoon, Art Chantry, the graphic designer who created a look and style that singularly evoked…

Original House of Donuts opens in downtown Tacoma (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — July 2015

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

Vancouver Notch: Mount Rainier foothills could soon honor the late explorer

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Vancouver Notch: Mount Rainier foothills could soon honor the late explorer

A Pierce County resident wants to formally name a feature of the Mount Rainier foothills after Captain George…

Tinkertopia—the creative re-use center and alternative art supply shop—is owned and operated by husband-and-wife artists Darcy and Richard Ryan "R.R." Anderson. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Tinkertopia: Tacoma's DIY art supply store turns 2

For the past two years, Tinkertopia in downtown Tacoma has been the place where pine cones are turned…

Original House of Donuts opened Wednesday morning in downtown Tacoma. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Original House of Donuts opens in downtown Tacoma

The Original House of Donuts opened the doors to its new location in downtown Tacoma Wednesday morning.

The 112-year-old Mead House has been nominated to the City of Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. Perhaps equally as interesting as the home's long history and architectural pedigree is the amount of salvaged and historically significant material that comprise the century-old residence. (PHOTO COURTESY SUSAN JOHNSON / ARTIFACTS CONSULTING)

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Mead House: A Proctor area residence salvages Tacoma history

A single-family home built in 1903 and located near Tacoma's Proctor District has been nominated to the City…

"I love to take the bus," says local artist Lynn Di Nino, who travels between Seattle and Tacoma several times per week aboard Sound Transit's 590/594 Express bus. The commute inspired her latest exhibition, which is on display at Tacoma Public Library's Handforth Gallery. "The bus gets there faster than cars do. It takes 45 minutes and you couldn't drive your car for the price [of bus fare]." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — June 2015

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

A conceptual design for crosswalks in Tacoma's Lincoln International Business District. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)

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Open house offers early peek at Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project

The City of Tacoma hosted an open house Thursday to discuss the $4 million Lincoln Neighborhood Revitalization Project,…

A $6.9 million renovation of the former John R. Rogers Elementary School in Tacoma will turn the three-story, 108-year-old building into Destiny Middle School. The charter school will open in August with approximately 200 sixth-grade students. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Renovation revives shuttered, century-old Rogers Elementary School building

When contractors unlocked the doors to the former John R. Rogers Elementary School building late last year, they…

Tacoma City Hall shows support for Tollefson Plaza skateboarders

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Tacoma City Hall shows support for Tollefson Plaza skateboarders

The City of Tacoma is moving closer to temporarily lifting a ban on skateboarding in Tollefson Plaza as…

John Hathaway ca. 2007. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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John Hathaway: A Tacoma gadfly's voice goes silent

John Hathaway, the political cartoonist, Tacoma City Hall gadfly, and publisher of The New Takhoman, died this this…

The City of Tacoma recently completed a nearly $10 million project to build a 2,500-foot-long floodwall that aims to protect the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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Tacoma floodwall aims to protect wastewater treatment plant, Commencement Bay

The next time heavy rain falls and the Puyallup River threatens to overflow, employees at the City of…

Local artist Lynn Di Nino's exhibit at Tacoma Public Library's Handforth Gallery is entitled 'Riding the express bus Seattle/Tacoma' and consists of 14 vignettes of three-dimensional 10-inch, wall-mounted figures seated next to photographs of landmarks Di Nino captured using her smart phone while riding the bus between Seattle and Tacoma. (COURTESY PHOTO)

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Artist Lynn Di Nino's creative commute

For more than a decade, local artist Lynn Di Nino has traveled several times per week between Seattle…