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    Caroline Gallacci
    'Vanishing Tacoma': New book highlights city's changed urban landscape
    'Vanishing Tacoma': New book highlights city's changed urban...
    November 14, 2013 11:46 am

    Two local writers and historians have written a book that aims to shed light on the history of Tacoma and…

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    Tacoma commission rejects landmark de-listing request
    Tacoma commission rejects landmark de-listing request
    By Todd Matthews • September 15, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission Wednesday rejected the request made by a homeowner to remove her 105-year-old home from the city’s…

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    (PHOTOS VIA CITY OF TACOMA HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE)
    Latest Recession Victim: Landmark Tacoma home?
    By Todd Matthews • September 14, 2011 12:00 am

    A Tacoma homeowner citing economic hardship is scheduled today to ask the City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to remove…

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    (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Door-to-door letter campaign drives Old Town Tacoma historic...
    By Todd Matthews • April 19, 2011 12:00 am

    A battle over the history — and future — of a neighborhood is brewing in Old Town Tacoma. One group…

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    Katie Chase and Susan Johnson, architectural historians at Artifacts Consulting in Tacoma, are currently working on a survey of historic properties and sites in Pierce County. "This might be the first time the county's history is down in one document," says Chase. "I don't want to miss anything." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Pierce County's History Detectives
    By Todd Matthews • October 15, 2009 12:00 am

    On a bright and cloudless Tuesday morning in October, Susan Johnson and Katie Chase, two architectural historians, walked down a…

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    An improved historic preservation program in Pierce County could help Midland community activist Stacy Emerson, who stands in front of a former feed terminal, one of several old buildings slated for demolition. For two years, Emerson has tried to get her own 1918 building, the oldest commercial property in Midland, on Pierce County's historic register. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Behind The Times: Nevermind the buildings. Can Pierce...
    By Todd Matthews • April 2, 2008 12:00 am

    The fact that it’s been 20 years since Pierce County took an inventory of its historic properties speaks to a…

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    Tacoma Historical Society executive committee members Patricia Mannie and Dale Wirsing hope local history buffs will attend the society's fund-raising inaugural dinner and auction. The event -- entitled 'Going, Going, Saved' -- is scheduled for Sun., Oct. 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Temple Ballroom at the Landmark Convention Center, and includes a presentation by Jim Merritt of Merritt Arch, who will discuss planned renovations for the former Elk's Temple. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A bid for Tacoma's historic stewardship
    By Todd Matthews • October 3, 2007 12:00 am

    Attention local history buffs: You might want to clear some shelf space in your home. The Tacoma Historical Society has…

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