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D157786-2
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- 1970-06-22 (Creation)
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Progress photographs. An elevated view of the (National) Bank of Washington Plaza site at 1201-23 Pacific Ave. on June 22, 1970. Its neighbor, Puget Sound National Bank, is on the left corner. Large round pit will become the plaza's water fountain. The high-rise building is set back from busy Pacific Ave. by some 80 feet. The building had just been "topped" on June 12th with the hoisting of a living 15-foot Douglas fir onto the roof. This traditional ceremony signified structural completion of the now 24-story bank building. The tree would later be given to the Tacoma School District for planting on the site of the new Henry Foss High School. Photograph ordered by Donald M. Drake Co., Portland. (TNT 6-14-70, p. 1, B-9)
Progress photographs; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1970-1980; Puget Sound National Bank (Tacoma);