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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A 'goddess' awaits her moment in the spotlight
    By Todd Matthews • August 30, 2011 12:00 am

    Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze Goddess of Commerce statue will publicly unveil the object on Weds., Aug. 31…

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    CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Griselda 'Babe' Lehrer (left) and artist Marilyn Mahoney (right) stand next to the Goddess of Commerce statue; The statue is currently in storage in a building along Opera Alley; supporters say it will be publicly unveiled on Weds., Aug. 31 at 4 p.m. at a permanent site near the intersections of South Sixth Avenue, St. Helens Avenue, and South Baker Street, in the so-called Triangle Business District and Theater District. (PHOTOS COURTESY TACOMA THEATER DISTRICT ASSOCIATION)
    Home at last for Goddess of Commerce statue?
    By Todd Matthews • August 18, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma’s itinerant Goddess of Commerce appears to have finally found a permanent home. Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze…

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    Economic development hopes on tap in Tacoma's brewery...
    By Todd Matthews • May 13, 2010 12:00 am

    A consultant hired by the City of Tacoma to examine development opportunities in the city’s historic brewery district has recommended…

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    Landmarks Preservation Commission rejects 'Goddess of Commerce' proposal
    By Todd Matthews • March 17, 2010 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has rejected a request to place a 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze statue…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA)
    Next stop for 'Goddess of Commerce' statue: Atop...
    By Todd Matthews • March 5, 2010 12:00 am

    Supporters of a plan to re-create the so-called ‘Goddess of Commerce’ — a statue that once represented Tacoma’s economy, adorned…

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    (PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA HISTORICAL SOCIETY)
    'Goddess of Commerce' project remains in limbo
    By Todd Matthews • October 28, 2009 12:00 am

    Supporters of a plan to re-create the so-called ‘Goddess of Commerce’ — a statue that once represented Tacoma’s economy, adorned…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    City considers public market to grow downtown retail...
    By Todd Matthews • May 26, 2005 12:00 am

    When Seattle-based consultant Maestri Design was hired by the City of Tacoma in 2003 to make recommendations for improving downtown’s…

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