ca. 1979. Door padlocked; pop art poster of Mick Jagger on door window, partial street number 1?07. Chairs sit on the tables inside, seen through glass windows.
ca. 1979. View from the intersection of 17th and Fawcett Ave., circa 1979. The house in the center of the photograph is 1554 Fawcett Ave. It was built around 1900. Directly across the street was the location of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 612, at 1555 Fawcett Ave. Seen in the background is the curved outline of the new (1974) St. Joseph's Hospital at 1718 So. I St.
ca. 1979. Donald McDonald double house, built 1888, at 1346 Fawcett Ave. The house was later further divided into apartments. On the left is a dry cleaners.
ca. 1979. Fawcett Ave., circa 1979, looking north. The last three buildings seen clearly on the left are, left to right, the Auditorium Building (1308-10), the Ford Building (1302) and the ornate turrets of the Samson Hotel (1152-56.) In 1979, the Auditorium and Ford buildings had been remodeled into one structure known as Crescent Hall. The more modern structure in the foreground of the left hand side of the picture is the Carpenters Building, 1322 Fawcett, which housed several Labor Union offices.
Auditorium Building (Tacoma); Ford Building (Tacoma); Samson Hotel (Tacoma); Cityscapes--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. Auditorium Building, 1308-10 Fawcett Ave., circa 1979. After a remodel in 1931 that combined the structure with the Ford Building next door, it was known as the Crescent Ballroom.
Auditorium Building (Tacoma); Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. Graffiti on an unidentified wall, circa 1979; includes the epitaph "Nixon in 1984," interesting because President Richard Nixon resigned in 1974 when faced with impeachment. The '84 election was between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale.
ca. 1979. Two story apartments believed to be located at 1528 Fawcett Ave., still standing in the midst of vacant lots. Prior to World War II, this area was part of the residential section of "Japan Town."
ca. 1979. View of window with "Jesus Saves" in the shape of a cross; a pasted up sign below the window identities it as the "Church Deliverance Revival Center;" Rev. W. Brock, pastor. Photograph taken in 1979.
ca. 1979. Donald McDonald double house, built 1888, at 1346 Fawcett Ave. The house was later further divided into apartments. On the left is a dry cleaners.
ca. 1979. Auditorium Building, 1308-10 Fawcett Ave., circa 1979. The structure was designed by architect Roland Borhek and built in 1921. After a remodel in 1931 that combined the structure with the Ford Building next door, it was known as the Crescent Ballroom.
Auditorium Building (Tacoma); Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980;
ca. 1979. Graphics of a native American hunting a buffalo adorned the outside of the J & M Tavern, 1344 Pacific Ave. The Tavern was located in the Cogswell & Meath Building built in 1908; Darmer & Cutting, Architects. The building was demolished around 1986 in a attempt to clean up lower Pacific Ave.
Building deterioration--Tacoma--1970-1980; J & M Tavern (Tacoma);
ca. 1979. View from the intersection of 17th and Fawcett Ave., circa 1979. The house in the center of the photograph is 1554 Fawcett Ave. It was built around 1900. Directly across the street was the location of the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE), Local 612, at 1555 Fawcett Ave. Seen in the background is the curved outline of the new (1974) St. Joseph's Hospital at 1718 So. I St.
ca. 1979. Two story apartments believed to be located at 1528 Fawcett Ave., still standing in the midst of vacant lots. Prior to World War II, this area was part of the residential section of "Japan Town."
ca. 1979. The skyline in 1979 was adorned with the ornate turrets of the Samson Hotel, 1152-56 Fawcett Ave. It was built in 1889 and designed by F.A. Sexton, architect. The Hotel was converted to apartments in 1928. After several fires, the building was demolished in 1989. The site, in 2007, is a vacant lot.
