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D165647-29
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- 1975-02-20 (Creation)
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Progress photograph of Schuster Parkway. Construction continues on Schuster Parkway (formerly Bayside Dr.) in early 1975 as a crane lifts material for the road bed. The old Northern Pacific Headquarters Bldg. (later City Hall Annex) with steeple and round roof can be seen on the left, mid-center and the new Continental Grain Terminal is visible in the distance. Contracts for Bayside Dr. were approved after years of legal challenges and political discussions in April of 1973. The Old Sperry Mill and grain silos were demolished as part of the preparation to build the 5.7 million dollar Bayside Dr. along part of the waterfront. The City of Tacoma also paid to relocate Burlington Northern's railroad facilities and also to relocate city utility poles. Bayside Dr. would be renamed Schuster Parkway in May of 1975 in honor of Public Works head Gilbert M. Schuster. Color photograph ordered by Butler-Jarvis Construction. (TNT 4-18-73, A-1 article)
Parkways; Road construction--Tacoma--1970-1980; Progress photographs; Hoisting machinery; Northern Pacific Headquarters Building (Tacoma);