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    "This place has stressed me out so much that I'm really sick," says Winthrop resident Jessica Creso. "I feel like staying here is hard and difficult. Even the air in the Winthrop is bad. It is stagnant." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: Jessica Creso
    By Todd Matthews • September 1, 2009 12:00 am

    It is difficult for Jessica Creso to see the Winthrop as Home Sweet Home. “This place has stressed me out…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Downtown Tacoma hill climb renovation under way
    By Todd Matthews • August 31, 2009 12:00 am

    Demolition is under way to make room for a renovation of the 12th Street hill climb connecting Pacific Avenue to…

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    "It's a big building," says Winthrop resident Kerry Hudson. "There are going to be some problems. You can't keep all the bad guys out, so to speak. In a low-income building, you have to live with that." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: Kerry Hudson
    By Todd Matthews • August 27, 2009 12:00 am

    Kerry Hudson moved from Spokane when he was nine years old, and grew up in the old Salishan housing development….

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    Winthrop residents cross Ninth Street outside their apartment building during a neighborhood clean-up effort Saturday. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Cleaning up a neighborhood, battling a building's reputation
    By Todd Matthews • August 25, 2009 12:00 am

    It is difficult to change the bad reputation associated with the Winthrop downtown, especially when the reputation sticks to the…

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    LPC will review First Baptist Church / Urban...
    By Todd Matthews • August 21, 2009 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is scheduled to hear a presentation Aug. 26 in support of adding the…

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    "It was kind of like my fate to live here," says Winthrop resident David Miller with a laugh. "Maybe when I die, I'll be a ghost in the hallways." Miller shares a studio on the eighth floor of the former historic hotel in downtown Tacoma with his cat 'Little Bit.' (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: David Miller
    By Todd Matthews • August 20, 2009 12:00 am

    David Miller’s past is intertwined with the former Winthrop Hotel. His late father Pat and 83-year-old mother Ailene were married…

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    "Parts of the Winthrop are bad, parts aren't," says Winthrop resident David Allen. "Just like every city. Some parts of some cities are bad and run-down, some parts are really good." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: David Allen
    By Todd Matthews • August 13, 2009 12:00 am

    Meet the first David Allen. He graduated from the University of Michigan with a degree in accounting, and owns his…

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    Brewery District Hotel Redux
    By Todd Matthews • August 11, 2009 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission is expected Wednesday to discuss design plans for a new hotel in the…

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    Tom Cashman, Executive Director of the Foss Waterway Seaport, is leading a development project designed to transform the Working Waterfront Museum into the Pacific Northwest’'s premier maritime heritage education and recreation resource center. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Preservationists push for regional maritime heritage area designation
    By Todd Matthews • August 10, 2009 12:00 am

    The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) is leading an effort to create the nation’s first maritime…

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    The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Historic hotel or housing? Tough economy shines realistic...
    By Todd Matthews • August 4, 2009 12:00 am

    A tough economy and an urgency to address decades of deferred maintenance have forced a key question to be answered…

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    Outdoor mural proposed for historic Rialto Theater
    By Todd Matthews • August 3, 2009 12:00 am

    The Broadway Center For the Performing Arts (BCPA), downtown Tacoma’s Urban Grace church, and a group of local artists known…

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    "I gave up smoking a few years ago," says Winthrop resident John Heffler. Better known as 'Yo-Yo Man,' Heffler, 52, has lived in the downtown high-rise for a decade. "I took up the yo-yo and gave up smoking. It really helps." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Voice From the Winthrop: John Heffler
    By Todd Matthews • July 30, 2009 12:00 am

    Ask most residents of the Winthrop Hotel if they know John Heffler, and they’ll likely tell you they don’t. Ask…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    One last pitch for alternative rail design through...
    By Todd Matthews • July 28, 2009 12:00 am

    Tacoma Dome District stakeholders turned out en masse Monday to oppose Sound Transit’s design plans for connecting commuter rail service…

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