ca. 1979. Views in 1979 of the 2400 Block of Pacific Ave. On the left is 2401-05 Pacific, home in 1979 to the 24th St. Tavern. The building was constructed in 1927 as a store, designed by Heath, Gove & Bell, architects. On the right is the Hotel Merkle, 2407-09 Pacific. The building was built in 1913 and designed by Darmer & Cutting.

Hotel Merkle (Tacoma); 24th St. Tavern (Tacoma); Business districts--Tacoma--1970-1980; Business districts--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. View from railroad crossing to the backs of unidentified brick buildings, circa 1979.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; Brickwork--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979, prior to remodel. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Albers Mill, circa 1979. Acme Inter City Freight Lines occupied this building from 1978-1982. Prior to that, Inter-City Auto Freight was the main building occupant from 1945-1977. It was originally built in 1903 as a cereal mill with a warehouse added later. The above view, according to a reader, is pointing east between the north side of Albers Mill and the adjacent L-shaped building that was removed a few years before the Glass Museum was constructed.

Albers Bros. Milling Co. (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Railroad tracks run under an overpass, circa 1979.

Railroad tracks--Tacoma--1979;

ca. 1979. The east end of the 11th St. Bridge, now the Murray Morgan Bridge, circa 1979. Dedicated in 1913, the $600,000 steel truss lift-span bridge provides a link between the downtown business district and the industrial Tideflats area. It was renamed for Mr. Morgan, perhaps the Northwest's foremost historian, in 1997.

Bridges--Tacoma; 11th Street Bridge (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Unidentified industrial facility, circa 1979. Structure at center top has birds roosting on the roof and a tank in the front right. Enclosed ramps lead up to the structure. A railroad is below the pavement.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. A man sits on a window ledge in a storefront on Commerce St. and reads his book. Further down the block are the barber shop pole at Batann Barbershop, 1313 1/2 Commerce, and a neon sign for Pete's Tavern at 1315 Commerce.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; Barbershops--Tacoma--1970-1980; Pete's Tavern (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Written in chalk on a board in a fenced off area is "Local Improvement Distric (sic), Hard Hat Area." Photograph taken in downtown Tacoma circa 1979.

Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Interior shot of Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Interior shot of Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Commerce Street running behind the West Coast Grocery Co., right, at 1732-38 Pacific Ave. On the left hand side can be seen large buildings located in the 1700 block of Jefferson Ave., left to right 1731-37 Jefferson and 1721-25 Jefferson. The Carlton Hotel, 1552 Jefferson, can be seen in the distance left. This area is now part of the campus of the University of Washington, Tacoma campus.

Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980; West Coast Grocery Co. (Tacoma); University of Washington (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Pedestrian bridge over Commerce connecting the Harmon building (back of building pictured at left), 1938 Pacific, with the Harmon warehouse, 1949 So. C St.

F.S. Harmon Manufacturing Co. (Tacoma)--Buildings;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Union Station, circa 1979. Station opened in 1911 and is on the City, State and National registry.

Union Station (Tacoma); Railroad stations--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. The Carlton Hotel, circa 1979. The Carlton was built in 1909 by Anton Huth, from a design by architect C.A. Darmer. The hotel was also home to the Barbary Coast restaurant.

Carlton Hotel (Tacoma); Hotels--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. Covered seating area at an unidentified building, circa 1979.

Chairs;

ca. 1979. The Moorehavens Inc. Nursing Homes, circa 1979, at 1748 Jefferson Ave. Also known as the Jefferson House Nursing Home. The structure was built in 1945 as the Jefferson Center War Housing Project. The dormitory was of masonry construction due to the wartime shortage of lumber and was completed shortly before the end of the war. The building has been demolished.

Jefferson House (Tacoma); Nursing homes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Side view of the Shaub-Ellison Co. building, 1902 Pacific Ave., from the intersection of 19th and Commerce in 1979. South 19th Street between Pacific and Jefferson was closed to traffic and the 1931 era Art Deco Shaub-Ellison building was demolished in 1995 to make way for the University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. In the background are, left to right, 1908 Pacific- home in 1979 to American Plumbing & Supply Co., now part of the UWT campus; Harmon pedestrian bridge over Commerce St. connected to the Harmon Warehouse, 1949 So. C St.; the light colored Heidelberg Brewing Co., 2120-32 So. C St.; and the Snoqualmie Falls Power Co. Transfer House, now part of UWT campus.

Shaub-Ellison Co. (Tacoma); Automobile equipment & supplies stores--Tacoma; Vehicle maintenance & repair--Tacoma; Automobile service stations--Tacoma;

ca. 1979. A hand-lettered sign in the window above a boarded up pane advertises the location as "Kurt's Carpet," address unknown, while a more substantial sign notifies passerbys that the store is patrolled by K-9 Police dogs.

Security systems; Kurt's Carpet (Tacoma);

ca. 1979. Back of the Jefferson House Nursing Home, at 1748 Jefferson Ave. The structure was built in 1945 as the Jefferson Center War Housing Project. It was designed by the Tacoma Architects Association with Ernest Mock serving as supervising architect. It was completed just before the end of the war.

Jefferson House (Tacoma); Nursing homes--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Trees, weeds and tall grass near an unidentified house, circa 1979.

Weeds;

ca. 1979. Trees, weeds and tall grass near an unidentified structure, circa 1979, with "For Sale" sign from Family Real Estate.

Weeds;

ca. 1979. Very large tree and a truck at an unidentified location in Tacoma, circa 1979.

Trees--Tacoma; Trucks--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Photograph, circa 1979, of the C St. Cafe, top of building and signage. In the background is the tower and the top of the Carling (previously the Heidelberg) Brewery Co. at 2120-32 So. C St.

C St. Cafe (Tacoma); Restaurants--Tacoma--1970-1980;

ca. 1979. Rooflines, Tacoma, circa 1979.

Roofs;

ca. 1979. Rooflines, Tacoma, circa 1979.

Roofs;

ca. 1979. Glimpsed through a break in the foliage is the old St. Joseph's Hospital (left) at 1812 So. I St., circa 1979. Seen above the trees on the right is the new (1974) St. Joseph's Hospital at 1718 So. I St.

St. Josephs Hospital & School of Nursing (Tacoma); Hospitals--Tacoma--1970-1980; Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;