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    Washington Building
    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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    Community leaders gathered Wednesday to celebrate the ground-breaking ceremony for Community Health Care's new three-story, 54,000-square-foot building in the Hilltop neighborhood. (PHOTO COURTESY HILLTOP BUSINESS DISTRICT)
    Community breaks ground on Hilltop health care center
    April 12, 2012 12:00 am

    Tacoma Mayor Marilyn Strickland, Senator Maria Cantwell, Congressman Norm Dicks, and Hilltop Business District President Eric Crittendon gathered with community…

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    Tacoma Daily Index Top Stories — March 19...
    March 26, 2012 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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    Hilltop Regional Health Center. (IMAGE COURTESY COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE)
    Ground-breaking ceremony April 11 for $23M health care...
    March 22, 2012 12:00 am

    Community Health Care, a private, non-profit organization that provides access to quality health care for the county’s low-income and uninsured…

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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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    (PRESERVATION GREEN LAB)
    Study links historic preservation, environmental benefits
    February 6, 2012 12:00 am

    A report produced by the Preservation Green Lab of the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides the most comprehensive analysis…

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    "We can't deny that it's tough," says Washington Building investor and owner representative Michael J. Allan (right) of the current recession. "The economy is just terrible. Our vacancy is very high -- much higher than we would like it to be." Still, Allan and building manager David B. Morton (left) are working with a commercial real estate broker and a local bank to draw new tenants and make investments in the historic 85-year-old building in downtown Tacoma (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    High Hopes for Historic Tacoma Skyscraper
    By Todd Matthews • January 13, 2011 12:00 am

    Downtown Tacoma is fortunate to have a handful of old structures that could easily serve as witnesses to the city’s…

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    Old City Hall (left) and the Washington Building (right). (PHOTOS BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Historic Buildings, Historic Recession: Questions for Old City...
    By Todd Matthews • December 17, 2010 12:00 am

    Ask any commercial property owner in downtown Tacoma about their business, and they will likely tell you it hasn’t been…

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    Proposed 2011 U.S. budget would slash $25M in historic preservation funding
    Proposed 2011 U.S. budget would slash $25M in...
    February 1, 2010 12:00 am

    The 2011 budget proposal presented by President Barack Obama today aims to reduce the nation’s historic preservation funding by $25…

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    (PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)
    Year In Review: Historic Landmarks
    By Todd Matthews • December 24, 2009 12:00 am

    Much like last year, 2009 was a busy year for adding properties to the city’s historic register, as well as…

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