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    Morgan Alexander
    (PHOTO COURTESY AMOCAT CAFE)
    Amocat Cafe: A new brew in Tacoma
    By Todd Matthews • June 3, 2010 12:00 am

    If Morgan Alexander is a familiar name to you, it’s probably because of his work as an historic preservationist advocating…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)
    Citizens initiative aims to build Tacoma streetcar
    February 22, 2010 12:00 am

    A group calling itself “The Committee to Build the Streetcar” announced today it has submitted a citizens petition to the…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma City Council will honor historic preservation award...
    May 19, 2009 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has announced this year’s recipients of Outstanding Achievements in Historic Preservation Awards….

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    A sore sight for anyone's eyes, this 1916 Craftsman bungalow in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood is slated for demolition. Despite few incentives to recycle and reuse the building's materials, the owner-developer and a preservationist have collaborated to make sure some of the materials are recycled instead of sent to a landfill. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Salvaging history in Tacoma's razed older buildings
    By Todd Matthews • August 19, 2008 12:00 am

    It’s safe to say the 92-year-old Craftsman bungalow near the corner of South 17th Street and Martin Luther King Jr….

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City's streetcar legacy will highlight Tacoma Historical Society...
    By Todd Matthews • August 18, 2008 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Historical Society announced recently its annual dinner and auction will be held Sun., Oct. 12 at the Tacoma…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    On wave of City Hall momentum, streetcar organizer...
    By Todd Matthews • September 25, 2007 12:00 am

    Since early-2005, Tacoma resident Morgan Alexander has been the face of a grassroots movement to restore a historic streetcar system…

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    (PHOTO ILLUSTRATION -- TACOMASTREETCAR.ORG)
    City Council committee postpones review of draft streetcar...
    By Todd Matthews • June 13, 2007 12:00 am

    Three weeks after findings of a feasibility study examining whether to restore a heritage streetcar system in Tacoma were released,…

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    Vince and Tom Mendenhall, son-and-father owners of Arlington, Wash.-based Historic Railway Restoration, outside a 1908 Turtleback streetcar that once operated on Tacoma streets. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Building History: A father-and-son team puts heritage trolleys...
    By Todd Matthews • June 1, 2007 12:00 am

    EDITOR’S NOTE: This article is second of a two-part series on Tom and Vince Mendenhall — the father-and-son team that…

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    Tom and Vince Mendenhall, father-and-son owners of Arlington, Wash.-based Historic Railway Restoration, inside a  Turtleback streetcar that once operated on Tacoma streets. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    End of the line, 130 miles north
    By Todd Matthews • May 31, 2007 12:00 am

    In the North Cascade foothills, just outside the town of Darrington, a stretch of Washington State Route 530 exists where…

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    (PHOTO ILLUSTRATION -- TACOMASTREETCAR.ORG)
    City Council committee onboard with streetcar feasibility results
    By Todd Matthews • May 24, 2007 12:00 am

    A Tacoma City Council committee yesterday voted to accept findings of a recent feasibility study that examines the idea of…

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