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625 COMMERCE ST, TACOMA

• 28 images. Old City Hall (CONTINUED)
• TNT 1/16/1966 p.A1 Old City Hall's heart beats again (sketch of proposal for civic center)
• TNT 3/18/1966 p.4 Civic Arts body adds life to City Hall plan (il)
• TNT 3/20/1966 Magazine p.12 Three kinds of standards shed light on doomed dome (il of lighting standards)
• TNT 5/5/1966 p.A1 Ford grant rumored for Old City Hall
• TNT 5/10/1966 p.1 Tacoma has job for Batman: Fix roof (pow!) of clock tower
• TNT 5/15/1966 p.A1 Tacomans suggest uses for Old City Hall; some say tear it down (il)
• TNT 5/24/1966 p.1 Protests halt ""demolition"" of City Hall
• TNT 5/25/1966 p.A1 Council hears City Hall hazards, agrees decision must be made<bt>
• TNT 5/29/1966 p.A3 Emily protests plans to tear down City Hall
• TNT 6/7/1966 p.1 Councilmen hear the bell toll in long look at Old City Hall
• TNT 6/8/1966 p.A1 Everybody talks about the Old City Hall, including City Council
• TNT 6/24/1966 p.1 Commission asks City to preserve City Hall
• TNT 6/27/1966 p.1 Council looks at costs on Old City Hall
• TNT 6/28/1966 p.1 Council takes sides on Old City Hall - but decision's a year away
• TNT 7/17/1966 Arts leaders look at City Hall condition (interior il)
• TNT 8/28/1966 Magazine p.16,17 Should it be saved or destroyed? (il)
• TNT 8/29/1966 City studies bid to repair tower ..
• TNT 9/14/1966 p.A1 Compromise for Old City Hall wins backing of deputy mayor
• TNT 9/23/1966 p.4 Revamp Old City Hall, councilman proposes (Richard G. Haley)
• TNT 10/13/1966 p.B1 Clock tower contract let (repairs by Earley Construction Co., contr.)
• TNT 10/28/1966 p.A6 Old City Hall roof raised in deeds, words (il)
• TNT 10/30/1966 p.A3 First City Hall sketch appeared 75 years ago (sketch)
• TNT 11/4/1966 ... before Civic Arts
• TNT 11/13/1966 p.A17 Why not put old tower on new building? (sketch of proposal by Alan Liddle, arch.)
• TNT 11/30/1966 ... plan hoped in 3 months
• TNT 1/25/1967 p.1 Ears left ringing by civics lesson
• TNT 2/21/1967 p.A3 School use of Old City Hall urged
• TNT 3/10/1967 p.A4 School board doesn't want Old City Hall
• TNT 3/28/1967 p.23 360 pre-schoolers may tour City Hall
• TNT 5/10/1967 p.A6 Old City Hall drive gets new support (sketch of proposal for performing arts center)
• TNT 5/28/1967 p.A4 Clock in Old City Hall chimes on time again (il)
• TNT 10/4/1967 p.C19 City moves quickly on tower roof (to protect clock works)
• TNT 4/19/1968 p.A1 Mayor, arts group declare war over demolition of Old City Hall
• TNT 5/3/1968 p.D9 Haley (Richard G. Haley) heads unit to save Old City Hall
• TNT 5/19/1968 p.A1 Old City Hall wins short demolition reprieve; hopes rise for saving historic structure (il)
• TNT 5/24/1968 p.C18 Zero hour lingers ...
• TNT 6/14/1968 p.A2 Hearing weighs turning Old City Hall into arts center
• TNT 6/21/1968 p.A10 Arts group goes for Old City Hall
• TNT 7/13/1968 p.1 Old City Hall saga takes a new turn
• TNT 7/25/1968 p.A1 Mayor backs plan to save Old City Hall
• TNT 8/7/1968 p.A15 Somebody pulled plug on Old City Hall clock
• TNT 9/15/1968 p.C24 Take me out to the Old City Hall brawl game in council chambers
• TNT 10/18/1968 p.47 Mayor now favors Old City Hall sale
• TNT 11/16/1968 p.1 Old City Hall may become unique business building
• TNT 11/22/1968 ... proposal gets boost from CAC
• TNT 1/14/1969 Damage to city's clock by vandals
• TNT 1/28/1969 p.1 ... sale gets council's tentative OK
• TNT 1/30/1969 p.7 Competition develops for Old City Hall
• TNT 1/31/1969 p.6 Tacomans shape plan to buy Old City Hall
• TNT 2/1/1969 Old City Hall draws another proposition
• TNT 2/5/1969 p.A1 Four groups eye Old City Hall
• TNT 2/18/1969 p.33 Hunts against bids on hall
• TNT 2/19/1969 p.A1 Old City Hall goes to outside group (bldg. purchased by R.H. Hunts of Arizona)
• TNT 2/23/1969 p.A1 Old City Hall vital says Kong, Quasimodo (il)
• TNT 3/30/1969 p.C25 Old City Hall redesign job assigned (Jay Avery Davis of Portland, arch. and Werner S. Storch & Associates, Inc. of Portland, engineer)
• TNT 5/15/1969 p.A6 ... restoration starting next week
• TNT 5/30/1969 Old City Hall redesign job assigned (Jay Avery Davis / Werner S. Storch & Associates, arch.) (il)
• TNT 6/15/1969 p.A25 City Hall restoration progresses (interior il)
• TNT 6/20/1969 Old clock works again
• TNT 6/30/1969 p.A4 Old City Hall alive and rapidly recovering its vitality (sketch of remodeling plans)
• TNT 12/7/1969 p.C22 Renewal of Old City Hall to start Feb.1 (interior il)
• TNT 4/22/1970 ... renovation progressing
• TNT 9/20/1970 Renovation of Old City Hall is still very much alive
• TNT 12/29/1970 Economic timing hurts hopes for Old City Hall
• TNT 8/2/1971 New plan shapes for Old City Hall redevelopment
• TNT 8/4/1971 p.A4 Council OKs Old City Hall sale (creditors of Hunts purchase bldg.)
• TNT 2/14/1972 ... may yet be renovated
• TNT 8/16/1972 Old City Hall renewal details being shaped (remodeling by Barnett P. Schorr, arch.) (il)
• TNT 8/20/1972 p.C20 City Hall inspires fantasy (interior il)
• TNT 6/1/1973 ... to start in July
• TNT 6/3/1973 Old City Halls's charm savored
• TNT 6/10/1973 p.D17 Old City Hall project outlined by planners (sketch) Seattle Times 6/17/1973 Seattle group to renovate landmark (il)
• TNT 8/12/1973 Tacoma loses round to guess who! (bldg. loses a place on National Register to Seattle's Public Safety Bldg.) (il)
• TNT 9/16/1973 p.E2 ... resurrection miraculous
• TNT 10/9/1973 Its future, past to be linked ... (il)
• TNT 10/24/1973 Old City Hall put in its place (foot of land vacated to correct boundary)
• TNT 11/4/1973 p.E11 Redevelopment of Old City Hall on schedule (interior il)
• TNT 12/31/1973 ... renovated, looks to exciting future (il)
• TNT 1/3/1974 p.A2 Old City Hall responds to Olaf's tender care (Burke Davis General Contractors, contr. for remodeling)
• TNT 1/6/1974 A new life (sketch)
• TNT 3/28/1974 ... tours set
• TNT 5/12/1974 Old City Hall coming to life (sketch of remodeling proposals)
• TNT 6/1/1974 Old City Hall now officially "historic" (placed on the National Register of Historic Places) Progress Architecture Aug. 1974 p.50,51 Great Northwest revival
• TNT 8/29/1974 p.A3 Facelift for a queen (il)
• TNT 9/19/1974 Old City Hall gets status of landmark (placed on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places)
• TNT 9/22/1974 p.E1 An evening in Old City Hall (Tacoma Opera Guild hosts party) (interior il)
• TNT 9/26/1974 p.B6 Early opening set for finished Old City Hall (il)
• TNT 9/27/1974 Hazards delay grand opening
• TNT 9/30/1974 Festivities reopen Old City Hall (il,interior il)
• TNT 10/9/1974 ... now historic landmark
• TNT 10/30/1974 ... opening Saturday
• TNT 11/2/1974 Better later than never, chief cuts the rib-er-hose (official grand opening)
• TNT 11/3/1974 p.A4 Crowds help Old City Hall bubble to life (interior il)
• TNT 11/8/1974 Five new shops ...
• TNT 11/24/1974 The Foundation, new night-life for Tacoma'
• TNT 12/15/1974 Putting art in perspective (interior il)
• TNT 12/21/1974 The 34 flavors of Old City Hall (bldg. directory) T.Review 2/5/1975 ... 81 per cent leased
• TNT 5/4/1975 A city hall for "Liverpool of West" (il)
• TNT 5/10/1975 ... cornerstone unearthed (il)
• TNT 5/23/1975 Old City Hall to fly Betsy Ross banner
• TNT 5/27/1975 Ol' Betsy flies here (il)
• TNT 6/27/1975 What's happening in Old City Hall (sketch)
• TNT 8/27/1975 p.A3 City Hall clock hands anticipating a workout (interior il)
• TNT 9/4/1975 Tacoma's back on tower time (interior il) T.Review 9/17/1975 Chimes charm city clock T.Review 10/8/1975 Old City Hall saved
• TNT 10/13/1975 Paint Old City Hall
• TNT 10/18/1975 Landmarks approved ...
• TNT 11/27/1975 Historical photographs to decorate City Hall
• TNT 3/11/1976 Gutter trouble at Old City Hall (il)
• TNT 4/3/1976 ... managerial firm quits AIA Journal June 1976 p.30 An old city hall is filled with shops (il,interior il)
• TNT 10/5/1976 Old City Hall in red, but fights for life Progressive Architecture Nov. 1976 p.67 Remodeling portfolio (Barnet Schorr Co., Inc., arch. and Patrick A. Gordon, project arch.) (interior il) Argus 11/5/1976 Old City Hall makes a run for the money (il)
• TNT 11/16/1976 A timely filming at Old City Hall (Pacific NW Bell Telephone television commercial) (interior il)
• TNT 11/25/1976 Owners say they'll spend $200,000 on Old City Hall
• TNT 11/30/1976 Time Machine (il)
• TNT 1/14/1977 p.B13 ... to get state marker
• TNT 1/30/1977 Old City Hall has come a long way since 1893
• TNT 5/12/1977 Tacoma historic district proposed
• TNT 9/27/1977 Saturday market set for Old City Hall
• TNT 4/7/1978 Here comes the Wolfman (appearance by the radio personality Wolfman Jack)
• TNT 4/18/1978 Old City Hall fights city hall for parking
• TNT 4/19/1978 ... will get pay parking lot
• TNT 5/12/1978 Angle parking added ...
• TNT 6/23/1978 Wanna tour Old City Hall clock tower?
• TNT 6/25/1978 Why not walk a block?
• TNT 6/28/1978 Showdown at Old City Hall: Mama LaMoyne creamed building manager Jim Brewster (il)
• TNT 7/13/1978 ... parking plan given
• TNT 7/15/1978 Bells await parking lot OK
• TNT 7/19/1978 Old City Hall parking posts "partial" win; merchants walk for parking issue T.Review 7/25/1978 Old City Hall's salvation rests on more parking, >owner asserts (il)
• TNT 9/13/1978 ... parking plan OKd
• TNT 9/16/1978 ... owners vow parking facility support
• TNT 2/19/1979 p.B1 Ghosts in Tacoma? It's no laughing matter
• TNT 2/20/1979 Parking lot ceremony set
• TNT 2/23/1979 Parking space headed up (il)
• TNT 8/5/1979 p.A5 Despite vacancies, owner "bullish" on Old City Hall (interior il)
• Year Built: 1966
• Decade Built: 1960s

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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• 625 COMMERCE ST, TACOMA