Gig Harbor Civic Center Burr, Lawrence, Rising & Bates, arch. Porter Brothers Construction, Inc., contr. -opened 9/23/2002 -grand opening 10/11/2002 TNT 3/14/2000 p.B4 Architect firm picked for city hall complex ... to demolish Henderson Bay GTWY 3/15/2000 p.A7 City Hall architects chosen GTWY 12/20/2000 p.A3 Civic center takes on historic net shed look (sketch) GTWY 2/14/2001 p.A13 City draws civic center design to conclusion (il of model GTWY 3/21/2001 p.A11 City takes over old HBHS land TNT 6/13/2001 p.A1 Council picks builder for civic center projectr TNT 7/21/2001 p.B2 Artists with visions of public art sought for new civic center GTWY 10/10/2001 p.A10 (il under construction) TNT 12/25/2001 p.B2 Art to adorn new city center (artists Doug Fillbach, Lavonne & Geo. Hoivik and Gary Jackson selected) GTWY 6/26/2002 (il under construction) GTWY 9/4/2002 p.A1 GH civic dream nearly finished GTWY 9/11/2002 p.A20 Center design draws from harbor's past TNT 9/17/2002 p.B2 ... Civic Center opens Sept. 23 GTWY 9/18/2002 p.A1 Civic Center becomes a reality ... city art celebrates the sea in glass. bronze and steel designs (il) TNT 9/24/2002 p.B1 Gig Harbor constructs a city hall for its future (il) GTWY 9/25/2002 p.A14,A15 Civic Center christened at council meeting (il) GTWY 10/2/2002 p.A3 GHPD gets up to snuff with new building in Civic Center GTWY 10/9/2002 Special Grand Opening Suppl. (il) GTWY 10/16/2002 p.A1,A5,A18 Welcome to tomorrow's Gig Harbor (il) TNT 11/27/2002 p.A1 Civic Center insurance costs rise GTWY 12/1/2010 p.B8 Rankin Brothers keep roofs over client's heads (il) GTWY 4/6/2017 p.A1 City: No cover-up surrounding center's certificate The Peninsula Gateway 2/3/2022 p.2A Gig Harbor Civic Center, court reopen to public after covid-related closure (ext il)
Harbor Heights Elementary School |Charles V. Rueger, arch. Anderson Construction Co., contr. TNT 8/17/1952 p.C14 Peninsula's pride (sketch) TNT 8/24/1952 p.B14 New county schools ... TNT 2/8/1953 p.A2 Open house at Gig Harbor (il of faculty) TNT 4/7/1953 p.E16 Peninsula country (il) TNT 5/2/1954 p.C13 Planting days event at Harbor Heights School TNT 9/25/1955 p.C16 Peninsula schools completing another phase of expansion (il) TNT 7/10/1960 p.B4 Peninsula schools being improved (remodeling by Charles Rueger & Associates, arch.) TNT 11/8/1964 p.A14 Board eyes wing plan for school TNT 12/3/1964 p.A5 Contracts let by Peninsula School Board TNT 1/21/1965 p.A5 School wing going up at Gig Harbor (addition by James Harris & Wm. Reed, arch. and Standard Constuction Co., contr.) (sketch) TNT 4/22/1966 p.45 Contract let on Peninsula school job (addition by Paige Construction Co., contr.) ----- Henderson Bay High School GTWY 10/22/1997 p.A1 School site to sell for $2 million; GH gets future city hall site ... (to be demolished) TNT 3/14/2000 p.B4 Architect firm picked for city hall complex ... to demolish Henderson Bay TNT 6/15/2000 p.B2 Gig Harbor will dedicate new skateboard park Friday TNT 6/17/2000 p.B1 Wheeled paradise opens in Gig Harbor (skateboard park by Jon Ortgiesen, arch.) GTWY 2/14/2001 p.A8 Tumbling legacy (il of demolition) GTWY 2/28/2001 p.A15 Deconstructing Henderson Bay (il of demolition) *GTWY Gig Harbor residents to vote on property tax increase (ext il)