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1717 PACIFIC AVE, TACOMA

• 30 images. Union Depot / Union Station (CONTINUED) TNT 1/24/1986 ... lots of local cash needed to save it TNT 8/29/1986 Union Station edges toward a legal face-lift (il) TNT 9/4/1986 p.B4 Museum eyes Union Station TNT 9/17/1986 Dicks' late move accelerates plan TNT 10/22/1986 Steve Miller Band uses Union Station for video (films "Turn the World Around") TNT 10/23/1986 Ceremony to kick off Union Station push TNT 10/25/1986 Light at the end of the tunnel (interior il) TNT 4/13/1987 Discussions first step to restoring Union Station to old glory (il) TNT 7/16/1987 City starts Union Station project TNT 8/18/1987 New "deal" offered on Union Station (from Washington State Legislature) TNT 8/19/1987 City: Three's a crowd on Union Station TNT 8/20/1987 State's Union Station role has its limits, Dicks says TNT 11/3/1987 Political disput brewing over Union Station redesign TNT 11/4/1987 State cash on the way ... TNT 12/9/1987 Union Station proposals draw frowns TNT 1/16/1988 State attaches strings to Union Station cash TNT 1/27/1988 Cost goes up on Union Station project TNT 2/10/1988 Depot funded; Tacoma accepts state's money for Union Station TNT 2/25/1988 County seeking more state help for Union Station TNT 3/6/1988 Federal court is bursting; Senate passes Union Station funding TNT 4/11/1988 City has high hopes for Union Station TNT 6/4/1988 Like weather, everyone talks about Union Station ... TNT 6/16/1988 ... plans roll slowly forward TNT 7/25/1988 Touchstone's plan for Union Station never got on track (sketch of proposal) TNT 8/28/1988 p.B12 Officials set to go on ... TNT 8/30/1988 Lawmakers: "Tough sell" for museum (il) TNT 9/20/1988 p.B5 Union Station sale due tonight TNT 11/12/1988 Union Station alive for a day (interior il) TNT 1/12/1989 Old depot may serve as a jail TNT 2/4/1989 Facelift party set ... TNT 3/11/1989 Union Station restoration pact reached TNT 3/18/1989 Museum scales down Union Station plan TNT 7/13/1989 Depot plan still lacks cash, land, court lease TNT 8/1/1989 City expected to OK Union Station lease TNT 8/2/1989 ... lease finally OK'd by city GTWY 8/9/1989 p.A7 Union Station makes way for courtrooms (remodeling by Merritt-Pardini / TRA, arch.) (il) TNT 1/4/1990 Bright as a new penny (il) TNT 2/8/1990 Federal officials to sign Union Station lease TNT 2/14/1990 p.B1 ... land deal ready TNT 2/24/1990 p.B1 Union Station embarks on a new trip ($34.5 million remodeling and addition project officially begins) GTWY 3/7/1990 p.B1 Amateur architects enliven Union Station TNT 5/30/1990 Union Station plans completed TNT 10/23/1991 p.B1 $1.8 million overrun ... TNT 5/13/1992 Delivering dots with dash; Union Station was home to those nimble-fingered magicians of Morse ... (interior il) TNT 5/15/1992 p.B1 Union Station is all dressed up for party (grand reopening celebration) (aerial il) TNT 5/16/1992 Train of memories fill station (interior il) TNT 6/24/1992 p.B1 City suit asks $1.3 million from BN (lawsuit over cleanup of environmental problems at site) TNT 9/2/1992 Feds' slow move to Union Station costs taxpayers TNT 9/22/1992 Union Station lease signed by city, U.S. TNT 11/13/1992 All nearly aboard at Union Station (interior il) TNT 2/2/1993 Union Station: Preserving history and resources (il) TNT 2/13/1993 p.B1 Victim of historic injury dedicates temple of justice (interior il) TNT 3/11/1993 p.B6 Stumped in Tacoma; dangerous trees cut (il) Tacoma's Monthly June 1993 p.13 Union Station project wins state award TNT 12/12/1993 p.H18 ... architectural honor award (il) TNT 3/24/1994 p.A1 Chihuly exhibit opens in Union Station ... TNT 6/29/1994 p.A7 Save Our Station activists seek funds to finance adjoining park (sketch of proposed Century Park) TNT 10/27/1994 p.B2 Union Station shares historic preservation award (National Preservation Honor Award) Seattle Times 4/16/1995 New shine for old optimism today, except for the fact there are no trains there, Tacoma's Union Station is more striking than ever (il) TNT 8/26/1995 p.C9 (mention in obituary of Mary Helen Tollefsen Haydon that Hans Gerhard Tollefsen did the original floral design for the Union Depot rotunda) GTWY 6/2/1999 p.A2 Sound Transit unveils restored entrance UPS Puget Sound Trail 12/9/1999 p.1 Paul Bunyan, Babe to return to Marshall Hall (murals painted by artist Peggy Strong in 1943 for the Union Depot Servicemen's Lounge, donated to UPS in 1959) (il of mural) TNT 12/15/1999 p.SL1,SL3 Status of Chihuly exhibit is fragile; new sponsor must come forward (includes description of art work) TNT 2/9/2000 p.B1 Chihuly's glass art will remain at station ... at least through 2000 TNT 5/25/2000 p.A1 Chihuly glass art will stay T.Weekly 6/2/2000 p.1 Chihuly glass to remain for 20 years TNT 10/27/2000 p.B2 Pierce County gets special treatment on two TV shows (scenes for "Cops" and "America's Most Wanted" filmed at bldg.) TNT 12/17/2000 p.SL10 New Dale Chihuly glassworks on display at Union Station TNT 5/15/2001 p.B1 Spiffing up the Chihuly TNT 8/30/2001 p.SL1 Chihuly's "Big Blue" goes bye-bye; sculptor to replace Union Station chandelier TNT 10/23/2001 p.B1 City learns feds serious about ban on parking TNT 10/25/2001 p.B1 Harmless picture-taking sparks security personnel's overreaction TNT 1/10/2002 p.B1 Subtle soiree launches administration; the Baarsma blowout (interior il) TNT 2/21/2003 p.B1 Can't park, aren't safe, so boycott Union Station T.Weekly 2/21/2003 p.A1 U.S. Courthouse celebrates 10 years at Union Station TNT 3/2/2003 p.B1 Once nearly doomed, depot now symbol of city's rebirth TNT 8/22/2005 p.A1 Where's Century Park? Years of quibbles have delayed a downtown memorial to historic preservation ... TNT 3/8/2006 p.B2 Courthouse wing to honor Tanner (north wing to be named in honor of Judge Jack E. Tanner) TNT 9/28/2006 p.A1 Stop-work order for History Museum wall (Century Park project) T.Weekly 10/5/2006 p.A1 City order halts wall for Union Station activists (il) TNT 10/14/2006 p.B1 Glass might solve wall dispute TNT 12/6/2006 p.B7 Viewpoint: Compromise can put Century Park plan back on track TNT 1/18/2007 p.B1 Wall of honor spat nears end TNT 5/11/2007 p.A1 Then, now and for the future (interior il in 1979 and 2007) T.Weekly 9/2/2010 Know your public art: Washington State Liberty Bell replica (il) TNT 4/24/2011 p.A1 Tacoma's testament to history (100th anniversary feature article) (il) TNT 4/26/2011 p.A3 From battles won and lost, we affirm Tacoma's sense of place T.Weekly 4/29/2011 p.A3 Union Station turns 100 TNT 5/2/2011 p.A3 A century-old station (interior il) TNT 1/26/2017 p.A1 Union Station glass art there forever; Chihuly gives it to federal government (interior il) TNT 7/27/2022 p.1A Tacoma to transfer a city landmark to the feds for $1 (ext il) TNT 12/22/2018 p.A3 Honey, I shrunk Tacoma, Union Station and the kids (model railroad of Union Depot by Gail Hendrickson) (il)
• Year Built: 1986
• Decade Built: 1980s

Abbreviation Key GTWY - Peninsula Gateway, TDL - Tacoma Daily Ledger, TDN - Tacoma Daily News, TNL - Tacoma News Ledger, TNT - Tacoma News Tribune

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