A crowd gathered at dawn Saturday to watch contractors begin to demolish the 119-year-old Luzon Building in downtown Tacoma. According…
When the Luzon Building is razed this weekend, it will be a significant loss to Tacoma’s architectural history. The 119-year-old…
After recent structural assessments and no owner action to stabilize or rehabilitate the building, the City of Tacoma has decided…
The City of Tacoma announced today it will take emergency action to demolish the crumbling six-story, 119-year-old Luzon Building downtown…
The announcement this week that the six-story, 119-year-old Luzon Building downtown is in danger of complete collapse is one more…
For the few Winthrop residents gathered at Brick City last week to hear the latest news on the Winthrop Hotel…
The Ports of Seattle and Tacoma yesterday announced the results of a study that quantifies the carbon footprint of containers…
For local architects and history buffs, the six-story, 119-year-old Luzon Building downtown is a jewel. Designed by Chicago architecture firm…
Robert George “Bobby” Seale, an American civil rights activist who, along with Dr. Huey P. Newton, co-founded the Black Panther…
The Tacoma Daily Index concludes its look back at some of the significant people, stories, and photographs featured in these…
The Museum of Glass announced this week it is the recipient of the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG) Annual…
For local architects and history buffs, the six-story, 118-year-old Luzon Building downtown is a jewel. Designed by Chicago architecture firm…
!["The nice thing about a [passenger] train is you can see what the country looks like -- you can look right out into people's backyards," says historian, author, and retired railroad employee Jim Fredrickson, who has amassed a collection of passenger train memorabilia. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)](https://www.tacomadailyindex.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/070208_passenger_train1_web.jpg)
In the early-1940s, as a teenager at Stadium High School, Jim Fredrickson was a common fixture near Union Station in…
