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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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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma moves closer to Spanish Steps rehab
    By Todd Matthews • April 1, 2010 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has approved the specifications for a million-dollar rehabilitation of Tacoma’s historic Spanish…

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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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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Momentum continues for Spanish Steps rehabilitation
    By Todd Matthews • July 27, 2007 12:00 am

    It is arguably the most neglected pedestrian walkway downtown. Sure, the zig-zagged hill climb connecting Pacific Avenue to Broadway –…

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    Nudist wife should show tact,  cover up in front of non-relatives
    Nudist wife should show tact, cover up in...
    August 7, 2006 12:00 am

    Dear Annie: I am 34 and my wife is 24. We’ve been married for two years and I am the…

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    Tacoma resident Dan Borba with his inventions.  Borba manufactures barrels to harvest rainwater. (Photo by Todd Matthews)
    Pennies From Heaven: Rainwater harvesting an environmental (and...
    By Todd Matthews • November 30, 2004 12:00 am

    For Tacoma resident Dan Borba, his greatest idea literally fell out of the sky. Five years ago, while thinking of…

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    This week in Dana Greenlee's column~ Women pack up travel adventure online
    This week in Dana Greenlee's column~ Women pack...
    By Dana Greenlee • August 31, 2001 12:00 am

    Whether planning a business trip to New York or a Hawaiian vacation to coincide with Tacoma’s first cold snap, it’s…

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