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5915 6TH AVE, TACOMA
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- 3 images. Highland Hills Shopping Center Lyle Swedberg, arch. Woodard Construction Co., contr. Miss Frances Black, landscape designer -Big Bear Market opened in 1955, shopping center completed in 1956 -grand opening 12/12/1956 -originally called Highland Hill Shopping Center -original occupants included: Big Bear Market, VandeKamp's Holland Dutch Bakeries, Arlin's Shoe Store, Circle R Beauty Salon, Hanford Optometrist, Highland Hill Barber Shop, Highland Hill Cleaners, Highland Hill Maternity Shop, Highland Hill TV, Jay's Donuts & Coffee House, Lads' & Lassies' Clothing, O'Brien Apparel, Roy's Shoe Repair, Sun Drug Co.
- TNT 3/13/1955 p.A1 Shopping center for West End
- TNT 5/8/1955 p.B10 Shopping center (aerial il under construction)
- TNT 9/13/1955 p.25-27 Super Big Bear opens Wed. at 6th and Pearl (il)
- TNT 7/6/1956 p.8 Shop center planned on 6th Avenue
- TNT 10/28/1956 p.C17 New shopping center (il under construction)
- TNT 12/11/1956 p.B1-B8 Highland Hill center to serve West End (il)
- TNT 1/31/1957 p.A6,A7 Highland Hill celebrates opening of several new stores, shops (il)
- TNT 2/23/1957 p.1 Armed robber, 14, nabbed (at the Big Bear Market)
- TNT 5/23/1957 p.A8,A9 Highland Hill TV opens Fri.
- TNT 7/30/1957 p.8-11 Four brand new stores
- TNT 8/5/1957 p.1 Daylight bandit sticks up store (Big Bear Market)
- TNT 3/27/1958 p.B7 (ad)
- TNT 10/2/1958 Highland Hill notes 2nd anniversary
- TNT 9/30/1960 p.6 Highland Hill Shop Center will expand (addition by Thomas Albert Smith of Seattle, arch. and L.M. Baugh, contr.) (sketch)
- TNT 11/1/1962 p.B6,B7 Valley Paint opens third Tacoma outlet (il)
- TNT 2/1/1963 p.A5 Northwest Radio new home (il)
- TNT 3/6/1963 p.A1 Masked bandit foiled in grocery store holdup (Lucky Store)
- TNT 6/13/1963 p.A4,C11 New sports supply firm to open doors (the Sports Supply)
- TNT 6/27/1965 p.A15 (permit taken for Safeway Store and Wigman Store by Nickum Properties, builder)
- TNT 8/18/1965 p.A13-A15 Wigwam Store to open in Highland Hill (sketch of proposed Wigwam Store/Safeway Store addition)
- TNT 2/9/1966 p.A6 Award given to Wigwam
- TNT 3/1/1966 p.19 Supermarket opens in Highland Hills area (interior il of Safeway Store)
- TNT 3/2/1966 p.C7 Grand opening (sketch)
- TNT 3/13/1966 p.A25 (permit taken for bldg. relocation)
- TNT 7/18/1966 p.B1-B3 New drugstore to open doors at Highland Hill (il of Pat 'N Save)
- TNT 9/29/1966 p.A12 Mini-auto center reopens (iinterior il)
- TNT 11/14/2000 p.D1 New stores mean full occupancy for an old shopping center
- TNT 3/29/2006 p.D1 Gottschalks corner flattened - Hair Masters stands alone (il)
- TNT 10/27/12007 p.D1 Wrecking ball takes down Highland Hill Gottschalks Ranger 11/8/2007 Active culture (article on LA Fitness) 710.5 T121A 1967 p.18 (il of Monsoon Restaurant)
- Year Built: 1956
- Decade Built: 1950s
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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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