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Families in My Neighborhood
Merrill Gardens at Tacoma 7290 Rosemount Circle, Tacoma, WA, United StatesDuring 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,…
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Notorious Tacoma
Parkland Spanaway Rotary Club 15803 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA, United StatesStep 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…
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Families in My Neighborhood
Weatherly Inn Tacoma 6016 N Highlands Pkwy, Tacoma, WA, United StatesDuring 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,…
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History of the Stadium Business District
Franke Tobey Jones 5340 N Bristol St, Tacoma, WA, United StatesWhat if a neighborhood story isn’t about headlines but by the people who unlocked the door each morning? Hear about Wright Park, Stadium High School and distinctive entrepreneurs who shaped…
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History of Stadium Business District
Brookdale Allenmore 2010 S Union Ave, Tacoma, WA, United StatesWhat if a neighborhood story isn’t about headlines but by the people who unlocked the door each morning? Hear about Wright Park, Stadium High School and distinctive entrepreneurs who shaped…
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Families in My Neighborhood
Bridgeport Place 5250 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, WA, United StatesDuring 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,…
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Notorious Tacoma
Cogir 8201 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA, United StatesStep 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…
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Rough & Tumble, The History of the Town of Ruston
GenCare Lifestyle Tacoma at Point Ruston 4970 Main St, Tacoma, WA, United StatesIn 1906, seven square blocks became something more than a dot on the map, they became Ruston. A small town shaped by the people of the Tacoma Smelting Company who…
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History of 6th Ave
Franke Tobey Jones 5340 N Bristol St, Tacoma, WA, United StatesWhen 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…
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Downtown Tacoma’s Alluring History
505 Broadway Tacoma 98403 505 Broadway, Tacoma, WA, United StatesEver 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…
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Tacoma’s Haunted History
Bridgeport Place 5250 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, WA, United StatesScience has no certain answer for what lingers inside Tacoma’s longstanding buildings after the doors are locked and the lights go out. But some say the past does not rest…
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Tacoma’s Haunted History
The Nosy Nif - A Wine Bar 2327 Tacoma Ave S, Tacoma, WA, United StatesScience has no certain answer for what lingers inside Tacoma’s longstanding buildings after the doors are locked and the lights go out. But some say the past does not rest…