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    Building History
    Former Tacoma City Councilmember Thomas R. Stenger received the Tacoma Historical Society's Murray Morgan Award for collecting and sharing Tacoma history. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    3 locals receive Tacoma Historical Society awards
    April 11, 2012 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Historical Society has announced the recipients of this year’s Murray Morgan Award, Alan Liddle Award, and Star of…

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    (PRESERVATION GREEN LAB)
    Study links historic preservation, environmental benefits
    February 6, 2012 12:00 am

    A report produced by the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides the most comprehensive analysis…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
    Citizens initiative aims to build Tacoma streetcar
    February 22, 2010 12:00 am

    A group calling itself “The Committee to Build the Streetcar” announced today it has submitted a citizens petition to the…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Notable People
    By Todd Matthews • December 23, 2009 12:00 am

    In April, the Index interviewed long-time Wedge neighborhood resident Diane Walkup, who compared her 117-year-old home to a single-owner automobile…

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    Tacoma Historical Society will close downtown exhibit center
    Tacoma Historical Society will close downtown exhibit center
    December 4, 2009 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Historical Society (THS) announced today it will close its downtown exhibit center, located at 747 Broadway, later this…

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    "If we are to save historic buildings, it's going to take energy and people who care," says Tacoma Historical Society (THS) volunteer Heather Straub (right). Straub and THS Director Mary Bowlby have opened an exhibit about downtown Tacoma's notable historic buildings. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Building History: THS exhibit celebrates downtown Tacoma's architectural...
    By Todd Matthews • July 16, 2009 12:00 am

    Local history buffs will tell you that downtown Tacoma’s oldest buildings are more than bricks and mortar. Some carry the…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    On wave of City Hall momentum, streetcar organizer...
    By Todd Matthews • September 25, 2007 12:00 am

    Since early-2005, Tacoma resident Morgan Alexander has been the face of a grassroots movement to restore a historic streetcar system…

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    (PHOTO ILLUSTRATION -- TACOMASTREETCAR.ORG)
    City Council committee postpones review of draft streetcar...
    By Todd Matthews • June 13, 2007 12:00 am

    Three weeks after findings of a feasibility study examining whether to restore a heritage streetcar system in Tacoma were released,…

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    Vince and Tom Mendenhall, son-and-father owners of Arlington, Wash.-based Historic Railway Restoration, outside a 1908 Turtleback streetcar that once operated on Tacoma streets. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Building History: A father-and-son team puts heritage trolleys...
    By Todd Matthews • June 1, 2007 12:00 am

    EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is second of a two-part series on Tom and Vince Mendenhall — the father-and-son team that…

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