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    TOP: Tacoma native Marshall B. Skidmore, with his son, Rob, in October of 1989, outside the Tacoma Daily Index's office on Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. Skidmore, who passed away on July 23, 2007, at the age of 83, owned the Index for 37 years (PHOTO COURTESY SKIDMORE FAMILY); ABOVE RIGHT: When our newspaper opened its doors in 1890, it did so inside a five-story stone-and-brick building located at 1110-1116 Pacific Avenue in downtown Tacoma. The building was demolished in 1931 to make way for a parking garage (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS / HISTORIC PHOTO COURTESY TACOMA PUBLIC LIBRARY); Forget iPads and laptops. An advertisement for a new electric typewriter ran in the Tacoma Daily Index on Oct. 8, 1964.(PHOTOS VIA TACOMA DAILY INDEX)
    122 Years Young: A milestone moment for the...
    By Todd Matthews • May 1, 2012 12:00 am

    Today is a milestone moment in Tacoma Daily Index’s history: the newspaper is 122 years old. The newspaper was first…

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    Washington Building manager David B. Morton (left) and investor and owner representative Michael J. Allan (right). In May, Community Health Care of Tacoma will move 52 employees to two full floors of the historic downtown Tacoma building. (FILE PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Community Health Care to move administrative staff to...
    By Todd Matthews • March 19, 2012 12:00 am

    Community Health Care of Tacoma announced today it will move its Administrative Services Office to the Washington Building in downtown…

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    Bricks, an elevator fly wheel, a fire hose reel, and an elevator operator controller are some of the 450 artifacts left over after the 1891 Luzon Building in downtown Tacoma was demolished in 2009. (ARTIFACT PHOTOS COURTESY CITY OF TACOMA / LUZON BUILDING FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    What's Left of Luzon? Report keeps tabs on...
    By Todd Matthews • February 22, 2012 12:00 am

    It can be difficult to find evidence of the historic Luzon Building in downtown Tacoma. Designed by famed Chicago architects…

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    (COURTESY IMAGES / PHOTOS)
    Hilltop Tacoma: A neighborhood gives a nod to...
    By Todd Matthews • November 16, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council approved a resolution Tuesday that officially changes the “Upper Tacoma Business District” to the “Hilltop Business District.”…

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    Tacoma City Council's environment and public works committee Wednesday approved a recommendation to add an elevator and staircase to the north side of the Murray Morgan Bridge in order to connect Dock Street and Thea Foss Waterway to 11th Street and downtown Tacoma. The approved design depicted here shows an elevator encased in a steel frame shaft with a switchback staircase mounted to the side. (CITY OF TACOMA)
    Tacoma City Council committee approves elevator, staircase for...
    By Todd Matthews • November 9, 2011 12:00 am

    Tacoma City Council’s environment and public works committee Wednesday approved a recommendation to add an elevator and staircase to the…

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    Tacoma's Murray Morgan Bridge. (FILE PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Murray Morgan Bridge elevator, staircase discussion continues
    By Todd Matthews • November 4, 2011 12:00 am

    Could the $57 million renovation of the 98-year-old Murray Morgan Bridge include a new elevator and staircase connecting Dock Street…

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    Pacific Avenue streetscape wayfinding open house Nov. 9
    Pacific Avenue streetscape wayfinding open house Nov. 9
    November 3, 2011 12:00 am

    On Weds., Nov. 9, the City of Tacoma, Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber of Commerce and Go Local will co-host a Pacific…

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    (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Downtown supermarket open for business
    September 7, 2011 12:00 am

    The doors of Tacoma City Grocer IGA, downtown Tacoma’s new urban, full-service supermarket, opened Wednesday morning at 7 a.m. The…

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    (IMAGE COURTESY CITY GROCER IGA)
    Milk. Eggs. Bread. Art? New downtown Tacoma supermarket...
    September 1, 2011 12:00 am

    City Grocer IGA, a new full-service supermarket in downtown Tacoma, has announced it will open on Weds., Sept. 7. In…

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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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