Lakewood City Hall Merritt & Pardini, arch. Absher Construction, contr. Imad Bahbah, project manager -old Safeway Store/Ernst Bldgs. on site demolished -ground breaking 12/4/2000 -dedicated 11/30/2001
TNT 11/24/1998 p.B1 Lakewood picks City Hall site (Mount Tacoma Dr. S.W. site proposed) Lakewood Journal 4/22/1999 p.2 City Hall will be at city mall
TNT 2/3/1999 p.B2 Architects chosen to design a Lakewood City Hall
TNT 2/10/1999 p.A1 Mall: $1 fee for City Hall land; Lakewood Mall offers 5 acres for permanent site
TNT 7/8/1999 p.B1 Lakewood to buy another 3.4 acres at mall; site of Safeway store will become part of new city hall Lakewood Journal 7/23/1999 p.7 City buys more land for City Hall, rough designs are done (map) Lakewood Journal 12/3/1999 p.1 Architects close in on final City Hall design (sketch)
TNT 12/25/1999 p.1 Lakewood plan at $13.9 million (sketch) Lakewood Journal 2/18/2000 p.5 Here's the lastest on City Hall (sketch)
TNT 2/18/2000 p.B1 Lakewood ready to bite bullet on city hall cost (sketch)
TNT 2/29/2000 p.B1 Lakewood reviews, reaffirms City Hall
TNT 3/5/2000 p.B1 City Hall project proceeds without final council vote
TNT 3/7/2000 p.B1 City Hall opponents take to streets
TNT 7/12/2000 p.B4 Lakewood City Hall will have Northwest style (computer generated il) Lakewood Journal 8/9/2000 p.6 Work continues on new City Hall building
TNT 8/16/2000 p.B4 Council reviews design touches for City Hall (computer il)
TNT 11/8/2000 p.B1 City Hall contract awarded
TNT 12/3/2000 p.B2 Groundbreaking for new city hall, municipal building set for Monday
TNT 12/5/2000 p.B1 Work begins on disputed new City Hall
TNT 1/22/2001 p.B1 Pierce College heads to Lakewood City Hall; city to rent extra space ... T.Daily Index 10/23/2001 p.1 (il under construction) Business Examiner 10/29/2001 p.21 Critics rain on plan to unveil new City Hall
TNT 11/20/2001 p.B1 City Hall fails to please all
TNT 11/28/2001 p.A6 Dedication and open house (il) T.Daily Index 12/4/2001 p.1 New Lakewood City Hall dedicated (il)
TNT 12/5/2001 p.B3 Officials hope Lakewood City Hall impresses critics (il)
TNT 1/31/2002 p.B1 New City Hall addresses access (il) Federal Way Mirror 12/7/2002 p.1 Municipal facility in city center boosts visits to Lakewood shops (il)
TNT 3/23/2003 p.B1 Lakewood files suit over new City Hall ... $396,000 sought from architectural firm 979.778 D921L p.2,127 (il)