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The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
A Building on the Brink: Add nuisance report,...
By Todd Matthews • August 19, 2011 12:00 am

A public nuisance order issued earlier this year by the City of Tacoma due to debris falling from the 12-story,…

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The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
A Building on the Brink: A line-item look...
By Todd Matthews • August 10, 2011 12:00 am

A May 2009 property condition assessment made public last week brought some sobering financial information surrounding the Winthrop Hotel, the…

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Downtown Tacoma's Winthrop Hotel. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
A Building on the Brink: Property report puts...
By Todd Matthews • August 9, 2011 12:00 am

A report that assesses the condition of the Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma provides a stark look at the severity…

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Last year, Crime Stoppers of Tacoma / Pierce County offered a $1,000 reward leading to the arrest of a serial arsonist at the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma. (IMAGE COURTESY CRIME STOPPERS TACOMA / PIERCE COUNTY)
7-year prison sentence for Winthrop arsonist
By Todd Matthews • April 23, 2010 12:00 am

A man who pleaded guilty in January to intentionally setting a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop apartment…

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According to Tacoma Police, the Pierce County Prosecutor's Office, and Winthrop residents, between Aug. 16 and Sept. 2, eight fires were intentionally set in different areas of the Winthrop, an 85-year-old, 12-story former historic hotel downtown. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
Accused Winthrop arsonist pleads guilty
By Todd Matthews • February 2, 2010 12:00 am

A man Tacoma police and Pierce County prosecutors allege intentionally set a series of fires last year inside the Winthrop…

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"This place has stressed me out so much that I'm really sick," says Winthrop resident Jessica Creso. "I feel like staying here is hard and difficult. Even the air in the Winthrop is bad. It is stagnant." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
A Voice From the Winthrop: Jessica Creso
By Todd Matthews • September 1, 2009 12:00 am

It is difficult for Jessica Creso to see the Winthrop as Home Sweet Home. “This place has stressed me out…

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Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — August 2009
Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — August 2009
September 1, 2009 12:00 am

Here are the top five stories / pages read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index’s Web site during the…

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"It's a big building," says Winthrop resident Kerry Hudson. "There are going to be some problems. You can't keep all the bad guys out, so to speak. In a low-income building, you have to live with that." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
A Voice From the Winthrop: Kerry Hudson
By Todd Matthews • August 27, 2009 12:00 am

Kerry Hudson moved from Spokane when he was nine years old, and grew up in the old Salishan housing development….

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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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"It was kind of like my fate to live here," says Winthrop resident David Miller with a laugh. "Maybe when I die, I'll be a ghost in the hallways." Miller shares a studio on the eighth floor of the former historic hotel in downtown Tacoma with his cat 'Little Bit.' (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
A Voice From the Winthrop: David Miller
By Todd Matthews • August 20, 2009 12:00 am

David Miller’s past is intertwined with the former Winthrop Hotel. His late father Pat and 83-year-old mother Ailene were married…

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