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D155600-242
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- 1969-07-01 (Creation)
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1969 Richards stock footage. View by air of the Tacoma Mall Shopping Center and newly built Tacoma Mall Office Building on July 1, 1969. A new addition to the Tacoma Mall Shopping Center was the 6-story Tacoma Mall Office Building, 4301 So. Pine. Designed by Olympia architects Bennett & Johnson and built by Cascade-Olympic Construction, the 2.7 million dollar structure was one of the first new major office buildings to be built in Tacoma in many years. The building was 90,000 square feet of reinforced concrete and came equipped with soundproof walls and air conditioning. Three high-speed elevators could be utilized to transport quickly customers and staff alike. The large lot provided plenty of free parking. It was conveniently located just off Pine St. and like the rest of the mall, freeway access was close by. The Tacoma Mall Office Building is still in service 36 years after its grand opening in March of 1969. Also shown above are the major stores of the Tacoma Mall: the Bon Marche, Nordstrom Best, and J.C. Penney. (TNT 8-4-68, A-11, TNT 10-27-68, B-11)
Aerial views; Tacoma Mall Office Building (Tacoma); Office buildings--Tacoma--1960-1970; Tacoma Mall Shopping Center (Tacoma); Shopping centers--Tacoma; Bon Marche (Tacoma); Nordstrom Best (Tacoma); J.C. Penney Co. (Tacoma);