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    Elk’s building
    (PHOTOS COURTESY CAROLINE T. SWOPE))
    Hilltop's Swedish Mission Tabernacle now historic landmark
    By Todd Matthews • April 12, 2012 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday that places the Swedish Mission Tabernacle building on the local register of…

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    Endangered Properties: A historic list no property owner wants to join
    Endangered Properties: A historic list no property owner...
    May 25, 2011 12:00 am

    The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation was in Tacoma Tuesday to share some ignominious news about Tacoma and Pierce County….

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma's Spanish Steps to vie for $125K historic...
    April 15, 2010 12:00 am

    Organizers behind “Partners in Preservation,” a program sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express, announced today…

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    This is one of many personal notes scrawled on the surfaces of downtown Tacoma's 1916 Spanish Steps (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    The Notes of Spanish Steps
    By Todd Matthews • September 30, 2009 12:00 am

    Downtown Tacoma’s Spanish Steps weren’t supposed to be like this: toppled and smashed decorative urns; columns broken as the result…

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    Tacoma City Council to consider Elks Building agreements
    Tacoma City Council to consider Elks Building agreements
    September 18, 2009 12:00 am

    Members of the Tacoma City Council are scheduled to consider resolutions on Sept. 22 that would authorize three separate agreements…

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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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    "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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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    LPC approves University-Union Club landmark nomination
    By Todd Matthews • April 22, 2009 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) April 22 approved a recommendation to add the 1890 University-Union Club building,…

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    (COURTESY PHOTO)
    Public hearing Feb. 11 for Carman Building historic...
    By Todd Matthews • January 21, 2009 12:00 am

    The first step toward renovating the former Carman Manufacturing Co. Building in Tacoma’s Dome District occurred Jan. 14 when the…

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    (COURTESY PHOTO)
    Developer seeks $1.5 million UDAG loan for Carman...
    By Todd Matthews • January 14, 2009 12:00 am

    The developer of an $11.2 million renovation of the former Carman Manufacturing Co. Building in the Dome District has asked…

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