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Lumber Mills & Delightful Dining
Cogir 8201 6th Ave, Tacoma, WA, United StatesA 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…
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Lumber Mills & Delightful Dining
Solstice 6414 N Park Way, Tacoma, WA, United StatesA 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…
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Downtown Tacoma’s Alluring History
Brookdale Allenmore 2010 S Union Ave, 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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Women Who Built Tacoma
The Lumora Theatre 724 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA, United StatesWhat 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…
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History of 6th Avenue
Asia Pacific Cultural Center 4851 South Tacoma Way, 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
Bridgeport Place 5250 Bridgeport Way W, University Place, 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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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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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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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…