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    Commission indefinitely tables Old Town historic district nomination
    Commission indefinitely tables Old Town historic district nomination
    By Todd Matthews • July 7, 2011 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma’s Landmarks Preservation Commission has decided to indefinitely table a nomination to designate Old Town Tacoma a…

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    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — June 2011
    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — June 2011
    July 5, 2011 12:00 am

    Here are the top five stories / pages read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index’s Web site during the…

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    Old Town Tacoma historic district nomination appears defeated
    Old Town Tacoma historic district nomination appears defeated
    By Todd Matthews • June 21, 2011 12:00 am

    An effort to designate Old Town Tacoma a historic district appears to be quashed. According to a postcard survey conducted…

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    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — May 2011
    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — May 2011
    June 2, 2011 12:00 am

    Here are the top five stories / pages read by visitors to the Tacoma Daily Index’s Web site during the…

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    Tacoma City Council: Wedge neighborhood is historic
    Tacoma City Council: Wedge neighborhood is historic
    By Todd Matthews • June 1, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council approved an ordinance May 24 that creates two overlay zones — a historic district and a conservation…

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    Downtown Tacoma's Old City Hall. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Inside Old City Hall
    By Todd Matthews • May 26, 2011 12:00 am

    The announcement Tuesday by the Washington Trust for Historic Preservation that Tacoma’s 118-year-old Old City Hall has been placed on…

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    Endangered Properties: A historic list no property owner wants to join
    Endangered Properties: A historic list no property owner...
    May 25, 2011 12:00 am

    The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation was in Tacoma Tuesday to share some ignominious news about Tacoma and Pierce County….

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    Tacoma's Old City Hall. (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Historic preservation group calls Tacoma's Old City Hall...
    By Todd Matthews • May 24, 2011 12:00 am

    The Washington Trust for Historic Preservation has placed Old City Hall in downtown Tacoma on its annual list of the…

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    Wedge Historic District  ordinance moved to May 17 Tacoma City Council meeting
    Wedge Historic District ordinance moved to May 17...
    By Todd Matthews • May 5, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council has moved the first reading of an ordinance that will create two overlay zoning districts — a…

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    "A lot of it is just getting out there and doing it," says bicycle ice cream vendor Jeff Smeed. "That's the beauty of being on a bike. If you're sitting there and not selling ice cream, go somewhere else. You know the neighborhoods. Go into the neighborhoods and parks where people gather." (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    A Sweet Business Deal? Tacoma's bicycle ice cream...
    By Todd Matthews • May 4, 2011 12:00 am

    Jeff Smeed looks at Tacoma in a way few other people do: in ice cream sales. When the weather is…

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    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — April 2011
    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — April 2011
    May 2, 2011 12:00 am

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    (IMAGE COURTESY DAVID BOE)
    Wedge historic district ordinance reaches Tacoma City Council...
    By Todd Matthews • April 29, 2011 12:00 am

    After nearly three years of public meetings, discussions, and debate, Tacoma City Council is scheduled May 10 to hear the…

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    TOP LEFT: A large Spanish Chestnut tree located on a parking strip near North Sheridan Avenue and North Fifth Street. It is estimated the tree was planted between 1890 and 1910 as part of a street beautification project; TOP RIGHT: A Catalpa tree, also estimated to date back between 1890 and 1910, looms over Frisko Freeze; ABOVE: A Cedar of Lebanon tree located near the historic Rust Mansion on North I Street is estimated to date back between 1905 and 1910. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Tacoma moves closer to creating its heritage tree...
    By Todd Matthews • April 21, 2011 12:00 am

    The City of Tacoma is moving closer to creating a heritage register to protect and honor some of its oldest…

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