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    Dale Wirsing
    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City Council to vote on Cain Promenade, Gilbert...
    By Todd Matthews • November 23, 2009 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council is scheduled Nov. 24 to consider a resolution that would name a pocket park located north of…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City Hall park to be named for late...
    By Todd Matthews • October 29, 2009 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) yesterday approved a recommendation to name a pocket park adjacent to City…

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    The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Winthrop history, development ideas equally storied
    By Todd Matthews • June 4, 2009 12:00 am

    For the few Winthrop residents gathered at Brick City last week to hear the latest news on the Winthrop Hotel…

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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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    "Anytime I was someplace and there was a postcard that had anything from Tacoma, I bought it," says Tacoma native John Graham, who has collected vintage postcards for 40 years. His collection is presently on display at Tacoma Historical Society's exhibit center downtown. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    "Wish you were there . . . "
    By Todd Matthews • April 27, 2007 12:00 am

    The tones are softer, the colors muted, but it’s all there. Arranged on a multi-paneled carousel inside the Tacoma Historical…

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    Historic Tacoma board president Sharon Winters outside Old City Hall. "The city is at a very vulnerable time right now," says Winters. "It's a very exciting time for Tacoma, but also a very vulnerable time for the old structures in town." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    History Makers
    By Todd Matthews • November 21, 2006 12:00 pm

    EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared in the Tues., Nov. 21, 2006, edition of the Tacoma Daily Index. It was…

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