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Historic Tacoma has nominated the Browne's Star Grill (left) and Pochert (right) buildings in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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Year In Review: Historic Hilltop Buildings

Two century-old buildings in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood received renewed interest this year.

The historic Kellogg-Sicker Building and the Pochert Building in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood. (PHOTOS COURTESY CAROLINE T. SWOPE / HISTORIC TACOMA)

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Tacoma City Council approves historic Hilltop properties sale, development plan

Tacoma City Council approved a resolution Tuesday to sell two city-owned historic buildings as part of a development…

Tacoma council committee to consider Hilltop property sale, development project

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City Council vote ahead for historic Hilltop properties sale, development plan

Tacoma City Council is expected to vote Tuesday on a resolution to sell two city-owned historic buildings as…

Historic Tacoma has nominated the Browne's Star Grill (left) and Pochert (right) buildings in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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2 Hilltop buildings could be added to Tacoma's historic register

Tacoma City Council is expected to vote later this month on a resolution that would place two buildings…

Historic Tacoma has nominated the Browne's Star Grill (left) and Pochert (right) buildings in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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2 Tacoma Hilltop buildings move closer to historic landmark status

Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing in April on a nomination to place the Kellogg-Sicker…

Pochert Building blueprint. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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Tacoma commission to consider historic landmark nomination for Browne's Star Grill

Historic Tacoma, a non-profit organization that advocates for historic preservation, announced Thursday that a nomination to place the…

Historic Tacoma has nominated the Browne's Star Grill (left) and Pochert (right) buildings in Tacoma's Hilltop neighborhood to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places. (PHOTO COURTESY HISTORIC TACOMA)

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Hilltop's Browne's Star Grill building nominated to Tacoma's historic register

Historic Tacoma, a non-profit organization that advocates for historic preservation, announced Wednesday it has prepared a nomination to…

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Tacoma commission rejects landmark de-listing request

Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission Wednesday rejected the request made by a homeowner to remove her 105-year-old home from…

(PHOTOS VIA CITY OF TACOMA HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE)

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Latest Recession Victim: Landmark Tacoma home?

A Tacoma homeowner citing economic hardship is scheduled today to ask the City of Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission…

(PHOTO BY TODD MATTHEWS)

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A 'goddess' awaits her moment in the spotlight

Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000 bronze Goddess of Commerce statue will publicly unveil the object on Weds.,…

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)

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Home at last for Goddess of Commerce statue?

Tacoma's itinerant Goddess of Commerce appears to have finally found a permanent home. Supporters of the 700-pound, seven-foot-tall,…

(COURTESY PHOTO)

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Landmarks Preservation Commission rejects 'Goddess of Commerce' proposal

The City of Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) has rejected a request to place a 700-pound, seven-foot-tall, $122,000…

(PHOTO COURTESY CARMAN FAMILY ARCHIVES / TACOMA LANDMARKS COMMISSION)

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Tacoma City Council will decide Carman Building landmark nomination

The City of Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission Wednesday unanimously approved a recommendation place the 1890s-era Carman Manufacturing Co.…