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D120509-4
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- 1959-04-04 (Creation)
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On April 4, 1959, Tacoma Mayor Ben Hanson (left), assisted by I.L. Mullins, Greyhound Division manager, and Miss Tacoma Sherry Lee Holmes, cut the ribbon, declaring the new Greyhound Bus Terminal at 1319 Pacific Ave. open for business. The ribbon was snipped in front of several thousand spectators, dispatching the 7:30p.m. bus to Portland. Over 10,000 citizens passed through the terminal at its Open House, receiving souvenirs, competing for prizes and taking free bus rides to Seattle or the Puyallup daffodil fields. According to Mayor Hanson, the new bus terminal "sets a pattern for the redevelopment of lower Pacific Avenue." In a stroke of irony, the building was demolished in 2000 as part of the redevelopment of Pacific Ave. (TNT 4/5/1959, pg. A-16)
Greyhound Lines (Tacoma); Bus terminals--Tacoma; Greyhound Bus Terminal (Tacoma); Hanson, Ben; Mayors--Tacoma--1950-1960;