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773 BROADWAY, TACOMA

• 106 images. Hotel Winthrop (CONTINUED)
• TNT 3/8/1940 p.1 Kerstetter drops dead after speech T.Times 5/4/1940 p.6 Winthrop apartments attracting interest (interior il)
• TNT 5/12/1940 p.A7 Hotel apartment (upper floor suites available as apartments) (interior il)
• TNT 9/19/1940 p.7 (ad for the Helen Davis Clothing Store) (il)
• TNT 10/19/1940 p.1 Tacomans sail with "Annie" (world premiere of "Tugboat Annie Sails Again")
• TNT 5/25/1941 p.A7 Davis shop expanding
• TNT 4/10/1942 p.24 Hutchinson's (interior il of Hutchinson's >Specialty Shop at 767 Broadway)
• TNT 5/31/1942 p.A15 Formal opening (interior il of Debu Beauty Salon at 765 Broadway)
• TNT 9/15/1943 p.7 Men's shop at Winthrop (remodeling by O.L. Larson & Son, contr.) (interior il of Winthrop Men's Shop)
• TNT 11/15/1944 p.1 Hotel attack suit opens
• TNT 11/16/1944 p.1 Judge rules for hotel
• TNT 10/5/1945 p.1 Halt fire in Winthrop (on the fourth floor) T.Times 10/5/1945 Blaze routs 60 guests at Winthrop (interior il)
• TNT 12/9/1945 p.A1 Pigeons move into Winthrop, gunman paged
• TNT 2/15/1946 p.1 Damaging earthquake shakes Tacoma
• TNT 5/17/1946 p.1 Girl plunges or falls 7 stories to death; fatal leap follows party
• TNT 8/3/1947 p.A1 Strike cripples 2 hotels
• TNT 9/23/1947 p.1 Winthrop Hotel, Club strike ends
• TNT 10/31/1947 p.1 Western Hotels, Inc. leases Winthrop
• TNT 4/20/1948 p.26 Decoration job at the Winthrop nearly through
• TNT 10/2/1948 p.1 Film villian has fun autographing casts (il of Peter Lorre)
• TNT 12/24/1948 p.1 Chamber to move soon (Chamber of Commerce to take over space of former coffee shop)
• TNT 1/15/1949 p.1 Stunt marks opening of Dimes march (il)
• TNT 1/16/1949 It's a living ... bellhop
• TNT 2/6/1949 p.C9 New dining room at Winthrop on main floor (new "Daffodil Room" by Ketner Bros., contr.) (sketch)
• TNT 3/30/1949 p.12,13 New Daffodil Dining Room and Coffee Bar open (interior il)
• TNT 4/6/1949 p.1 Weather Bureau moving to Winthrop penthouse
• TNT 6/29/1949 p.1 Weather offices now at Winthrop
• TNT 9/21/1949 p.2 Trader Vic opens unique Sabre Room (modeled after on old English tap room)
• TNT 9/23/1949 p.6 Sabre Room opens (interior il)
• TNT 10/9/1949 p.B10 Footballs off roof not so hard to catch (il)
• TNT 7/10/1950 p.1 Big labor conclave opened (Washington State Federation of Labor convention)
• TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ...
• TNT 4/7/1953 p.D12 The Sabre, and its place in Tacoma (interior il)
• TNT 10/20/1953 p.B1 (ad for the Sabre) (interior il)
• TNT 11/15/1955 p.6,18 Sabre Room is reopened (interior il after remodeling by Arthur Morgan & Associates of Seattle, arch.)
• TNT 7/1/1956 p.D16 Engineer who opened Winthrop retires (il of John Glenn)
• TNT 12/4/1956 p.4 Woman sues Winthrop Hotel
• TNT 3/6/1957 p.D5 False fire alarm at Winthrop Hotel
• TNT 11/18/1957 p.11 Winthrop modernizes Crystal, Bayview Rooms (Bayview formerly the Wedgewood Room) (interior il)
• TNT 12/6/1957 p.B9 Fire started in hotel lavatory
• TNT 2/25/1958 p.1 $250,000 improvements in Hotel Winthrop plan
• TNT 6/22/1959 p.1 Labor absent as Kennedy speaks here (il of Senator Johh F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy)
• TNT 12/16/1959 Language troubles? Hotel staff knows 16
• TNT 9/15/1961 p.A1 Motel unit at Winthrop being studied
• TNT 4/19/1962 p.C5 (ad for appearance by the Ink Spots)
• TNT 7/25/1962 p.A1 Girl falls 8 floors to death
• TNT 11/16/1962 p.1 Winthrop Hotel may close doors Nov. 30
• TNT 11/18/1962 p.A1 Winthrop may keep running, owners say
• TNT 11/22/1962 p.A1 Winthrop to continue operating
• TNT 11/23/1962 p.2 New Winthrop manager congratulated
• TNT 11/24/1962 p.18 New manager plans to revitalize Winthrop
• TNT 12/4/1962 p.A9 Air of anticipation marks Winthrop change
• TNT 1/10/1963 p.14 New Winthrop elevators to be installed
• TNT 1/16/1963 p.C8 A change at the Winthrop (il of marquee being replaced)
• TNT 1/20/1963 p.A1 New Winthrop manager lists plans for complete remodeling of hotel (sketch)
• TNT 1/25/1963 p.8 Story behind clock sought by Winthrop
• TNT 2/12/1963 p.10 Winthrop won't change name, says operator
• TNT 2/22/1963 p.9 New marquee (il)
• TNT 3/3/1963 p.A10 Hotel to spend $60,000 on dining room
• TNT 3/29/1963 p.D1 Winthrop to elect new towers (il)
• TNT 4/2/1963 p.20 Impromptu picnic held at Winthrop (interior il)
• TNT 4/27/1963 p.11 New Winthrop rooms open to public Sunday
• TNT 5/1/1963 p.A6 New name chosen for Winthrop dining area ("The Three Keys")
• TNT 5/10/1963 p.A8,A9 Diners in for treat at new restaurant (interior il)
• TNT 5/16/1963 p.D12 Copter landing on Winthrop asked (sketch)
• TNT 5/20/1963 p.7 "Live" acts coming to hotel soon (in the Golden Sabre Room)
• TNT 5/30/1963 p.A8 (ad for the Sabre Room)
• TNT 6/16/1963 p.A8 The Winthrop Hotel Dinner Club
• TNT 8/7/1963 p.A1 Hotel suit asks million in damages (Winthrop sues the Western Hotels, Inc.)
• TNT 8/15/1963 p.B3 Winthrop installing new carpet
• TNT 10/20/1963 p.C18 (permit taken to remodel elevators)
• TNT 10/23/1963 p.A10 Winthrop Sabre Room 2nd expansion planned
• TNT 10/27/1963 p.B8 Hotel work progresses
• TNT 1/3/1964 p.3 Old Winthrop lifts go out of use today (interior il)
• TNT 1/22/1964 p.B3 (ad for Sabre Room appearance by jazz musician Billy Eckstine)
• TNT 2/2/1964 p.B11 Halls of Fame event at Winthrop Hotel (il of actor Pat O'Brien)
• TNT 5/10/1964 p.B10 Japanese restaurant to open here (Kokura Restaurant, named after Tacoma's Japanese sister city)
• TNT 5/31/1964 p.C15 Top designer hired for restaurant here (Kokura Restaurant, operated by Wm. Hamman, interior design by Dale Keller) (a restaurant in Tacoma's sister city of Kokura, Japan was named for Tacoma)
• TNT 6/7/1964 p.B4 Winthrop Hotel remodeling near $500,000 mark
• TNT 6/23/1964 p.13 Ink Spots open here
• TNT 7/6/1964 Most of new restaurant from Japan
• TNT 12/3/1964 p.B4 Mystery guest hits again
• TNT 12/9/1964 p.D8 Room damage nets 90 days
• TNT 2/28/1965 p.A15 First Winthrop Hotel manager returns (il of Ray Clark)
• TNT 3/24/1965 p.A1 Hotel Corp. takes control
• TNT 9/18/1965 p.18 Winthrop laundry moves (il of one-ton spin dryer)
• TNT 10/27/1966 p.1 Nixon sees firm RFK Demo hold (visit of future president Richard M. Nixon)
• TNT 11/23/1966 p.1 Hotel-ledge plunge kills Tacoma man
• TNT 11/24/1966 p.A2 Arson probed after fire at hotel
• TNT 2/24/1967 p.1 Single with bath, please (interior il of Shetland pony checking in)
• TNT 8/1/1968 p.A3 Hotel reports loss of $1,129
• TNT 2/2/1969 ... award for renovation
• TNT 4/2/1969 p.C15 Flash fire causes $1,500 damage (fire at McLean & Co. at 772 Commerce St.)
• TNT 8/26/1969 p.1 Hotel will house 50 UPS upperclassmen
• TNT 8/27/1970 p.A1 Winthrop Hotel sold (to the Conifer Co.)
• TNT 7/24/1971 Winthrop Hotel will convert to apartments (remodeling by Jacobson & Wall, arch.)
• TNT 8/1/1971 Winthrop Hotel lonely during its last hours
• TNT 6/22/1972 p.A1 Winthrop conversion start set for August
• TNT 7/15/1973 "New" Winthrop a boom to elderly (remodeling for senior housing by Norman Wall, arch. for the Conifer Development Corp.) (interior il)
• TNT 11/23/1973 p.A6 Hotel transformed into apartments (interior il)
• TNT 1/5/1975 Time Machine
• TNT 9/12/1976 The Winthrop - high hopes but it never made money
• TNT 5/20/1979 The Grande Dame stands jaded and jaundiced
• TNT 7/18/1982 Time Machine: Tacoma citizens built a modern hotel (il)
• TNT 7/25/1982 Winthrop Hotel became pride of Tacoma (il)
• TNT 1/27/1996 p.B2 Woman falls to her death down elevator shaft
• TNT 10/8/1996 p.C7 New downtown folk art store (The Art Shop opens at 783 Broadway)
• TNT 9/20/2002 p.B2 Man dies after apparent jump from 5th floor of building
• TNT 10/25/2003 p.D1 78-year-old Winthrop Hotel for sale for undisclosed price
• TNT 11/9/2003 p.B1 "New Winthrop" dream tempered by reality of housing needs
• TNT 11/13/2003 p.B1 Winthrop hides in plain sight, just waiting for restoration
• TNT 11/26/2003 p.A1,A9 The future of our past (il,interior il)
• TNT 12/2/2003 p.B1 Give vision, creativity a chance to work on Winthrop
• TNT 12/4/2003 p.B2 Housing Authority makes move for Winthrop Hotel
• TNT 12/11/2003 p.B51 Federal rules could help with restoration of Winthrop Hotel p.B5 Viewpoint: Low-income housing isn't best use of Winthrop Hotel
• TNT 12/14/2003 p.B11 Viewpoint: Winthrop is rich with potential for poor (il)
• TNT 12/17/2003 p.B7 Winthrop residents aren't problem; stereotyped thinking is
• TNT 12/21/2003 p.E1 Spokane resident shows saving an old hotel is achievable Business Examiner 12/22/2003 p.15 Winthrop was grand hotel of its day (il)
• TNT 12/28/2003 p.B7 Viewpoint: "Entitlement generation" plagues downtown Tacoma buildings: Winthrop residents are valuable assets (il)
• TNT 1/4/2004 p.B6 Insight: Safe, affordable diversity; Winthrop Apartments play important role in Tacoma's downtown core
• TNT 12/10/2004 p.D1 A chance to restore a landmark's glory (renovation proposal by A.F. Evans Development, Inc. of Oakland, CA)
• TNT 11/29/2005 p.B1 Winthrop might shine again on prosperous city
• TNT 12/14/2005 p.A1 City moves on Winthrop Apartments; Tacoma city officials threaten to evacuate ... if fire hazards aren't fixed ...
• TNT 12/17/2005 p.B2 Winthrop will stay open
• TNT 12/20/2005 p.B1 City Manager grilled over fate of Winthrop
• TNT 12/24/2005 p.B1 Winthrop up to code, officials say
• TNT 12/25/2005 Insight p.3 Viewpoint: Vibrant downtown depends on quick care of Winthrop
• TNT 1/12/2006 p.A10 Developer details Winthrop plans (il)
• TNT 1/17/2006 p.B1 Plan to restore Winthrop Hotel passes first test T.Weekly 2/9/2006 p.A2 City proposes guidelines for potential Winthrop buyer
• TNT 2/13/2006 p.B1 Mayor opposes Winthrop sale; Baarsma, others cling to dream of restoring hotel to former grandeur T.Weekly 3/2/2006 p.A1 Three groups interested in hotel for Winthrop
• TNT 3/22/2006 p.B1 Tacoma council split on plan for Winthrop Street Pluse Apr. 2006 p.1 Will the Winthrop close?
• TNT 4/6/2006 p.B1 No villians, just good intentions in fight for hotel
• TNT 6/22/2006 p.B1 State funds go to Winthrop
• TNT 7/13/2006 p.A1 Winthrop deal clears political obstacle; mayor drops fight
• TNT 7/23/2006 p.Insight 1 Tacoma's future relies on its past (il)
• TNT 8/22/2006 p.A1 One hotel suitor wants to restore early glory ... a new prospect arrives on the scene ...
• TNT 8/31/2006 p.B1 Rich, poor both can win, and so can Winthrop T.Weekly 8/31/2006 p.D1 Developer envisions four-star hotel for Winthrop (renovation proposal by Quigg Brothers, Inc.) (il)
• TNT 9/2/2006 p.B2 Winthrop Hotel off open market; San Francisco developer (A.F. Evans Co.) negotiates new deal to try to buy Tacoma icon T.Daily Index 9/7/2006 p.1 A downtown corner at a crossroads; could future development of the Winthrop change a downtown neighborhood ? (il) T.Weekly 9/7/2006 p.D1 Winthrop could gain extra funding
• TNT 9/12/2006 p.A1 Winthrop suitor says he's up for deal with rival
• TNT 9/13/2006 p.B2 Vote on Winthrop has to wait T.Weekly 9/14/2006 p.D1 Council postpones decision ... T.Daily Index 9/20/2006 p.1 Another chapter for historic Winthrop Hotel (il)
• TNT 9/20/2006 p.A1 Landmarks could see renaissance; Winthrop Hotel closer to dream of four-star lodge (il)
• TNT 9/21/2006 p.B1 Council has trouble reading the tea leaves T.Weekly 9/21/2006 p.D1 Groups move forward with Winthrop plans T.Daily Index 9/22/2006 p.1 Spokane's Davenport Hotel provides one perspectice on Winthrop renovation T.Daily Index 9/26/2006 p.1 With clock ticking, developers move toward Winthrop Hotel vision GTWY 9/27/2006 p.A25 Harbor resident Tim Quigg loves hotels T.Weekly 9/28/2006 p.D1 Third tower possible for Winthrop
• TNT 10/1/2006 Insight p.1 The Winthrop: A return to glory ? (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 10/2/2006 p.1 Radio signal gone, but former Tacoma broadcaster tunes into Winthrop's future T.Daily Index 10/4/2006 p.1 TPD, downtown merchant efforts lead to Winthrop bust (il) T.Daily Index 10/12/2006 p.1 Hotel developers find ally in affordable housing community (il) T.Daily Index 10/17/2006 p.1 A glimpse inside the Winthrop (il,interior il) T.Daily Index 10/19/2006 p.1 Winthrop's renovation, 30 years ago T.Weekly 10/19/2006 p.D1 Figure to restore Winthrop higher than expected T.Daily Index 10/24/2006 p.1 Crucial week for Winthrop Hotel developers (il) T.Daily Index 10/30/2006 p.1 Winthrop Hotel developers appear to be out of negotiations
• TNT 11/3/2006 p.1 Prium may purchase Winthrop Hotel building
• TNT 11/3/2006 p.A1 Winthrop could sparkle again; new potential buyer ... (Prium Companies)
• TNT 11/12/2006 p.B1 Winthrop plan began with a guy with a vision (Tim Quigg)
• TNT 12/6/2006 p.B2 Winthrop deal grows sweeter
• TNT 12/16/2006 p.D1 Winthrop Hotel deal faces hurdles ... federal and city complications in the deal
• TNT 1/9/2007 p.B1 City prepares Winthrop loan
• TNT 1/10/2007 p.B2 City Council grants $2 million loan to restore glory to Winthrop Hotel T.Weekly 1/11/2007 p.D1 City council approves Winthrop loan
• TNT 1/14/2007 p.D1 A windfall for Winthrop - but what of the people? T.Daily Index 2/5/2007 p.1 Developers close another chapter on Winthrop Hotel (ownership transferred to Prium, Inc.) T.Daily Index 2/23/2007 p.1 Safe at home? ... managers try a new tenant amenity -- security (il) T.Daily Index 9/26/2007 p.1 Developer eyes City surplus property for Winthrop Hotel project T.Weekly 9/27/2007 p.A2 Prium exploring options for Winthrop residents
• TNT 10/2/2007 p.B1 Whote city should share housing duty
• TNT 3/25/2008 p.B1 Man found dead after Tacoma fire
• TNT 3/26/2008 p.B2 Cigarette left on chair caused fire ...
• TNT 5/11/2008 p.B1 A confident Tacoma welcomes the Winthrop Hotel (il) T.Daily Index 6/2/2009 p.1 Inside the Winthrop: commanding views from the former hotel's penthouse suite (il) T.Daily Index 6/4/2009 p.1 Winthrop history, development ideas equally storied (il)
• TNT 6/4/2009 p.A1 Winthrop project another victim of recession T.Daily Index 6/16/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; after 15 years at downtown's most notorious address, Glenn Grigsby has seen it all T.Daily Index 6/26/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop T.Daily Index 7/15/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; Nanette Colby's urban experience T.Daily Index 7/30/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; the ups and downs of the "Yo-Yo Man" (il) T.Daily Index 8/5/2009 p.1 Historic hotel or affordable housing? (il) T.Weekly 8/6/2009 p.A2 THA interested in Winthrop T.Daily Index 8/13/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop ... David Allen T.Daily Index 8/20/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop; David Miller ... T.Daily Index 8/21/2009 p.1 Crime Stoppers offers $1,000 reward for Winthrop serial arsonist T.Daily Index 8/25/2009 p.1 Cleaning up a neighborhood, battling a building's reputation (il) T.Daily Index 8/27/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop ... Kerry Hudson T.Daily Index 9/1/2009 p.1 A voice from the Winthrop ... Jessica Creso
• TNT 9/3/2009 p.A3 Two new fires at Winthrop Apartments
• TNT 9/4/2009 p.A3 More fires at apartments brings total to eight
• TNT 9/5/2009 p.A3 Arrest made in Winthrop Apartments fires
• TNT 9/9/2009 p.A3 Papers say suspect set fires to attract cops T.Daily Index 9/10/2009 p.1 Winthrop resident named Safe Streets Superstar (il of Glenn Grigsby)
• TNT 9/14/2009 p.A3 He's a neighborhood watcher ... group to honor Winthrop resident (il of Glenn Grigsby) T.Daily Index 10/23/2009 p.1 Living on edge; inside the Winthrop arson investigation T.Daily Index 12/29/2009 p.1 Year in Review: Winthrop Hotel T.Daily Index 2/2/2010 p.1 Accused Winthrop arsonist pleads guilty T.Daily Index 4/23/2010 p.1 7-year prison sentence for Winthrop arsonist (il)
• TNT 4/23/2010 p.A4 Man sentenced to 7 years for Winthrop Apartments fires
• TNT 5/23/2010 p.D1 Winthrop's role in a new Tacoma (il) T.Daily Index 8/17/2010 p.1 Leaving the Winthrop; after 15 years at downtown Tacoma's most notorious address Glen Grisby moves on (il) Ranger 10/21/2010 The building that surrounds the ballroom (interior il)
• TNT 7/17/2011 p.A1 Unraveling an empire; Prium Companies (il) T.Daily Index 8/9/2011 p.1 A building on the brink (il) T.Daily Index 8/10/2011 p.1 A building on the brink; a line-item look ... hefty deferred maintenance bill T.Daily Index 8/19/2011 p.1 A building on the brink; add nuisance report, falling debris ... (il)
• TNT 8/19/2011 p.A1 Bank seeks receiver for Winthrop
• TNT 11/3/2011 p.A1 Latest move by Prium: Bankruptcy for Winthrop
• TNT 2/3/2013 p.B1 Hot water gets Winthrop tenant into more of same T.Weekly 5/10/2013 p.A5 Editorial: Aging Winthrop Hotel has amazing potential
• TNT 6/6/2014 p.A1 California company in line for Winthrop T.Daily Index 1/26/2015 p.1 Landmarks Commission briefing planned for historic Tacoma building (il) T.Daily Index 1/28/2015 p.1 A glimpse inside the penthouse suite, Crystall Ballroom (interior il)
• TNT 3/7/2015 p.A3 Second elevator breaks, forcing tenants to move
• TNT 4/1/2015 p.A11 Winthrop could see $20 million renovation
• TNT 5/7/2015 p.A1 Sale closes for Tacoma's Winthrop hotel (purchased by Redwood Housing Partners of California) (il)
• TNT 5/24/2015 p.A1 A reawakening for Tacoma silent film! Long-lost "Eyes of the Totem" undergoing restoration for a local September screening (il)
• Year Built: 1940
• Decade Built: 1940s

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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