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    China delegates tour Port of Tacoma's clean air operations
    China delegates tour Port of Tacoma's clean air...
    June 15, 2010 12:00 am

    Delegates from China’s Guangdong Province will tour the Port of Tacoma this week to learn how efficient truck and rail…

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    Coke Oven Park listed as endangered historic site
    Coke Oven Park listed as endangered historic site
    June 3, 2010 12:00 am

    The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation Wednesday announced it has placed Coke Oven Park in the town of Wilkeson as…

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    (LARRY P. STRICKER & ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTS)
    Hotel, clubhouse envisioned for Chambers Bay
    January 20, 2010 12:00 am

    Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) last week with James Burkhouse, president and CEO of…

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    (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    TAM announces shortlist for museum plaza redesign
    June 29, 2009 12:00 am

    The Tacoma Art Museum announced today it has received 95 submissions in response to its recent call for design concepts…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    2008 Stories & Pictures — Historic Preservationists
    By Todd Matthews • December 22, 2008 12:00 am

    Beginning today and continuing through Dec. 30, the Index will feature a four-part series looking back at some of the…

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    Tacoma named Tall Ships Port of the Year
    Tacoma named Tall Ships Port of the Year
    November 19, 2008 12:00 am

    Tacoma was recently named Port of the Year for its hosting of this summer’s Tall Ships Tacoma Festival in July….

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    "We want to encourage private collectors to not just leave their stuff at home but display them at our society," says Tacoma Historical Society member Tom Stenger, whose collection of maritime memorabilia comprises a new exhibit at the society's downtown exhibit center. "There are great public collections. But our philosophy here is that we want private collectors to show their stuff so people can see their exhibits." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Ahoy History Buffs!
    By Todd Matthews • October 23, 2008 12:00 am

    Of the 200-plus photographs and artifacts that comprise “Shore Leave — Above the Tall Ships,” a collection currently on display…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)
    Puyallup 'House of Tomorrow' open to visitors Aug....
    August 5, 2008 12:00 am

    A 67-year-old Puyallup house once billed as the “Home of Tomorrow” will be open to the public this weekend. Visitors…

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    Historic Tacoma's Brett Santhuff.(PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Putting history in the Hilltop's future
    By Todd Matthews • July 18, 2008 12:00 am

    Of the many labels Tacoma’s Hilltop neighborhood has had to shake in recent years, one that it’s starting to recognize…

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    Port of Tacoma meetings streamed live via Internet this week
    Port of Tacoma meetings streamed live via Internet...
    March 18, 2008 12:00 am

    Starting March 20, the Port of Tacoma will make Commission meetings and study sessions available for viewing live and on-demand…

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    Washington State receives Lifelong Learning grant
    Washington State receives Lifelong Learning grant
    January 11, 2008 12:00 am

    Gov. Chris Gregoire announced this week the state of Washington has received a $75,000 grant to develop a program in…

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    Stratford Company asset director Mark Isner hopes that 7,500-square-feet, full-floor plates in the Washington Building will appeal to mid-sized businesses looking to headquarter or open a branch office in Tacoma's tight downtown Class A office space market. "We really feel like that is a tremendous opportunity, and something that doesn't exist anywhere in the downtown core," says Isner. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    New tenant, lobby renovation for downtown Washington Building
    By Todd Matthews • January 7, 2008 12:00 am

    On the 13th floor of the 82-year-old Washington Building, contractors are busy building what will soon be home to downtown…

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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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