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    Oakland Elementary School ca. now. (IMAGE COURTESY TACOMA LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION)
    3 Heritage Schools: Final votes ahead for Tacoma...
    By Todd Matthews • October 15, 2014 9:35 am

    Three local public school buildings could become local landmarks by the end of this month.

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    An early photograph of the Shaw House in Tacoma. (IMAGE COURTESY SHARON WINTERS / KENDALL REID)
    Shaw House: Final vote ahead for Tacoma landmark...
    By Todd Matthews • October 14, 2014 12:16 pm

    Tacoma’s so-called Shaw House could become a local landmark by the end of this month.

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    Design plans to re-align South 17th Street near the University of Washington Tacoma campus. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    UW Tacoma: City awards $1.8M contract to realign...
    By Todd Matthews • October 8, 2014 11:52 am

    Tacoma City Council Tuesday awarded a $1.8 million contract for a public works project that aims to make it a…

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    The City of Tacoma will spend $10.5 million to rehabilitate the aging Tacoma Avenue South Bridge. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City awards $10.5M contract to repair aging Tacoma...
    By Todd Matthews • October 1, 2014 9:03 am

    Tacoma City Council Tuesday awarded a $10.5 million contract to Quigg Bros., Inc. to rehabilitate the aging Tacoma Avenue South…

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    The former Brown & Haley Warehouse. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Port of Tacoma: 5 contractors bid on former...
    By Todd Matthews • September 30, 2014 11:27 am

    Five contractors have submitted bids on a project to demolish the former Brown & Haley headquarters and warehouse on the…

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    Work could begin soon on a project to rehabilitate the 81-year-old Tacoma Avenue South Bridge. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    Structural work could begin soon to rehab aging...
    By Todd Matthews • September 26, 2014 10:14 am

    Structural work could begin soon on a project to rehabilitate the aging Tacoma Avenue South Bridge. Tacoma City Council next…

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    One building slated for demolition is the former Bob's Pier restaurant, located at 3320 E. 11th St. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Port of Tacoma to raze 10 structures on...
    By Todd Matthews • September 26, 2014 8:38 am

    The Port of Tacoma Commission Thursday authorized staff to move ahead on a plan to demolish 10 structures on a…

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    History Maker: As TCC turns 50, one researcher will tell its story
    History Maker: As TCC turns 50, one researcher...
    By Todd Matthews • September 18, 2014 1:31 pm

    A lot can happen in 50 years. Just ask Dale Coleman. For more than a year, the Tacoma Community College…

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    Work is under way to replace the roof on the 104-year-old former Tacoma Municipal Barn in downtown Tacoma. The building was recently added to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Roof replacement project under way for historic Tacoma...
    By Todd Matthews • September 17, 2014 10:23 am

    Work is under way to upgrade a downtown Tacoma building that was recently designated as a local historic landmark.

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    Port of Tacoma Commission OKs $325K for warehouse rehabilitation project
    Port of Tacoma Commission OKs $325K for warehouse...
    By Todd Matthews • September 11, 2014 1:51 pm

    An aging warehouse on the Port of Tacoma tide flats will soon be repaired in order to continue to meet…

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    The last days of the former Brown & Haley headquarters and warehouse on the Port of Tacoma tide flats are near. The sprawling, abandoned, and boarded up warehouse near the corner of East 11th Street and Thorne Road was home to the world-famous Tacoma candy maker for more than 40 years. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Port of Tacoma seeks bids to raze former...
    By Todd Matthews • September 8, 2014 10:53 am

    The Port of Tacoma is accepting bids on a $2 million project to demolish the former Brown & Haley headquarters…

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    Hoyt Elementary School ca. 1958. (IMAGE COURTESY TACOMA LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION)
    City's Landmarks Preservation Commission OKs historic nomination for...
    By Todd Matthews • August 22, 2014 10:06 am

    Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has approved a nomination to add three local public school buildings to the City of Tacoma’s…

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    The City of Tacoma plans to spend $9 million to rehabilitate the 81-year-old Tacoma Avenue South Bridge, which has deteriorated to the point of limiting traffic lanes, closing sidewalks, and reducing maximum vehicle weight restrictions. In addition to building a new concrete deck, guardrails, streetlights, and sidewalks, the rehabilitation project would replace the girders and paint all the steel members on the bridge. (IMAGE COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    2 contractors bid on Tacoma Avenue South Bridge...
    By Todd Matthews • August 19, 2014 1:42 pm

    Two contractors have bid on a project to rehabilitate the 81-year-old Tacoma Avenue South Bridge.

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