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D157790-2
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- 1970-11-09 (Creation)
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Progress photographs. Rear and side view of the upcoming and nearly finished (National) Bank of Washington Plaza in November of 1970. Built utilizing the modern corporate form, materials heavily used were steel, concrete and glass. With 22+ floors, the emphasis is on the vertical as this skyscraper bypassed Puget Sound National Bank as the tallest building in town. By the time bank staff moved into the tower in mid-December, 1970, the bank had merged with Pacific National Bank of Washington. Later the name of the plaza would change to First Interstate Plaza and finally, after First Interstate was acquired by Wells Fargo in 1996, the plaza's new owners, Unico Properties, Inc., would re-name the tower the Wells Fargo Plaza. Photograph ordered by Donald M. Drake Co., Portland. (seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/1998/03/02/focus7.html)
Progress photographs; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1970-1980;