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  • Lumber Mills & Delightful Dining – The History of Ruston Way

    Patriots Landing 1600 Marshall Circle, Dupoint, WA, United States

    A beautiful stretch of Commencement Bay has been home to the well-loved Top of the Ocean restaurant, Fourth of July celebrations, Cummings Boat Company and over 30 lumber mills through…

  • Tacoma Confectioners – Why Tacoma is So Sweet

    The Village Senior Living 4707 S Orchard St, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Why Tacoma is So Sweet – We are talking about candy – the kind that sticks and brings you back to being eight years old. Hear the surprising truth: some…

  • South Tacoma History

    Bridgeport Place 5250 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, WA, United States

    This area was known as Edison to honor Thomas Edison, a friend of the railroad owner, before transitioning to the name South Tacoma. The Northern Pacific Railway moved its railway…

  • The History of 6th Ave

    Merrill Gardens 7290 Rosemount Circle, Tacoma, WA, United States

    When Tacoma’s streetcars were still humming and the Narrows Bridge gateway began here, 6th Avenue was already doing what it still does best. Moving people through, connecting neighborhoods, keeping the…

  • Notorious Tacoma

    Merrill Gardens at Wright Park 5 S G St, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Step into Tacoma’s shadowy past. Have you heard about the 1951 vice raids – the kind of story that doesn’t just make the headlines, it rearranges a whole city. Hear…

  • Lumber Mills & Delightful Dining

    Cogir 8201 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States

    A beautiful stretch of Commencement Bay has been home to the well-loved Top of the Ocean restaurant, Fourth of July celebrations, Cummings Boat Company and over 30 lumber mills through…

  • Lumber Mills & Delightful Dining

    Solstice 6414 N Park Way, Tacoma, WA, United States

    A beautiful stretch of Commencement Bay has been home to the well-loved Top of the Ocean restaurant, Fourth of July celebrations, Cummings Boat Company and over 30 lumber mills through…

  • Downtown Tacoma’s Alluring History

    Brookdale Allenmore 2010 S Union Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States

    Ever feel downtown Tacoma whispering? Streetcars once rolled out from the transportation barn, carrying the city forward. A child was christened on the girders of the Rust Building – steel…

  • Women Who Built Tacoma

    The Lumora Theatre 724 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, United States

    What if Tacoma was built twice…once in lumber and brick and again in courage? Meet the first female doctor, an imaginative entrepreneur, the first female voter, a creative teacher and…

  • History of 6th Avenue

    Asia Pacific Cultural Center 4851 South Tacoma Way, Tacoma, WA, United States

    When Tacoma’s streetcars were still humming and the Narrows Bridge gateway began here, 6th Avenue was already doing what it still does best. Moving people through, connecting neighborhoods, keeping the…

  • Downtown Tacoma’s Alluring History

    Bridgeport Place 5250 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, WA, United States

    Ever feel downtown Tacoma whispering? Streetcars once rolled out from the transportation barn, carrying the city forward.  A child was christened on the girders of the Rust Building – steel…

  • Families in My Neighborhood

    Merrill Gardens at Tacoma 7290 Rosemount Circle, Tacoma, WA, United States

    During the 1910's residents of Tacoma wanted the peace and quiet of the suburbs before the suburbs became popular.  Craftsman homes on the corner of North 13th and Stevens Street,…