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    Study: Job creation, affordable housing follow historic preservation...
    February 16, 2011 12:00 am

    The Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation (DAHP) is highlighting the results of a recent study by the…

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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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    Winthrop Hotel resident Glenn Grigsby. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Winthrop Hotel
    By Todd Matthews • December 29, 2009 12:00 am

    For nearly 200 people living on fixed incomes, the 84-year-old, 12-story former Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma is an oasis….

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    The Winthrop Hotel in downtown Tacoma. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Living On Edge: Inside the Winthrop arson investigation
    By Todd Matthews • October 23, 2009 12:00 am

    For most residents of the Winthrop apartment building in downtown Tacoma, just living day-to-day is hard enough. The 12-story, 84-year-old…

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    Winthrop resident Glenn Grigsby accepted a Safe Streets Superstar Award this week with his mother Mary Court. Grigsby, two other individuals, and one community group were honored at Bethlehem Baptist Church on Portland Avenue during an event that also marked the organization's 20th anniversary. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Winthrop resident accepts Safe Streets award
    By Todd Matthews • September 16, 2009 12:00 am

    Winthrop resident Glenn Grigsby accepted the Safe Streets Superstar Award for Outstanding Block Leader or Strategic Partner during a breakfast…

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    Winthrop Hotel resident Glenn Grigsby. (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Winthrop resident named Safe Streets Superstar
    By Todd Matthews • September 10, 2009 12:00 am

    Safe Streets, a private, non-profit organization that unites neighbors against crime, announced Tuesday it has named Winthrop resident Glenn Grigsby…

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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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    "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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