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D134992-1
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- 1962-06-17 (Creation)
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Exterior exposure of Allied Arts Building. Originally the site of the Northern Pacific Railroad headquarters and later purchased by the City of Tacoma for use as an annex and Public Safety Building, the building at 6th and Pacific was empty by 1962 as law enforcement agencies had moved to the new County-City Building on Tacoma Avenue South. Architect Alan Liddle had proposed the transformation of the building into an art center. Allied Arts of Tacoma accepted a 15-year lease from the city and took formal possession of the old Public Safety Building on November 30, 1961. Now called the Allied Arts Center, remodeling commenced in March, 1962, and dedication of the building would follow on June 4, 1962. View of remodeled building; plywood "fins" protruding were painted in bright shades of blue, yellow and off-orange in contrast to the chocolate brown outer walls. The first floor would be the headquarters of the Tacoma Convention Bureau and Housing Information Center. Photograph ordered by Douglas Fir Plywood Association. (TNT 11-30-61, p. 1, TNT 6-3-62, p. 1, TNT 6-5-62, p. 3)
Allied Arts Building (Tacoma); Public Safety Building (Tacoma); City Hall Annex (Tacoma);