1969 Richards stock footage. Closer look by air at the 7-month-old Aladdin Apartments, located in the city's south end at 2112 So. 90th St. The upscale apartment complex, built by developer Oscar Hokold, was opened in September of 1968. Residents of the one and two bedroom units enjoyed such amenities as spacious bedrooms, wall-to-wall carpeting, soundproofing and dishwashers. All had views of the landscaped greens and swimming pool area.
1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of the Aladdin Apartments, 2112 So. 90th St., which were completed in 1968. Built by local developer Oscar Hokold, the units were all electric and rented for $135 and up. The Aladdin was centrally located, close to the freeway and mere minutes from the Tacoma Mall.
This aerial view of downtown Tacoma from May of 1969 centers on the block bordered by South 12th & 13th, and Pacific & A Streets; this block was the future home of the Bank of Washington Plaza. Most of the buildings on the block have been demolished. The empty lot across Pacific (toward the bottom of the photo) will be the site of the Park Plaza South Parking Garage, 1137 Commerce Street. The parking garage was built in 1970. The two tall chimneys, top center, belong to the Tacoma Steam Plant No. 1 (to the left) and the Consumer Central Heating Company. The bridge at the right crossing the the City (now Thea Foss) Waterway is the old 15th Street Railroad Bridge. (TNT 11-20-68, p. 1)
Aerial views; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); Banks--Tacoma; Building construction--Tacoma--1960-1970; City Waterway (Tacoma);
Closer look by air on April 29, 1969, of the 40th & Bridgeport Way area in University Place. 40th is the prominent road running vertically near the right side of the photograph; it is intersected by Bridgeport Way. University Place water tower is at very bottom to the left of 40th; University Village Shopping Center with large parking lot is on the right. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
This is the Menlo Park and Sunset Beach area. Gravelly Lake Dr. is believed to be the road running horizontally surrounded by trees and homes. April, 1969, aerial views of the University Place area requested by Puget Sound National Bank. TPL-9241
Aerial view of 40th & Bridgeport area in University Place. University Place's 400,000 gallon water tower is near mid-center; it is located on W. 40th between Bridgeport and Anderson. University Village Shopping Center featuring the Food King supermarket is slightly above and to the right of the water tower. Although University Place was becoming more developed by the late 1960's, there was still an abundance of wooded areas. Photograph requested by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial view of Bridgeport Way toward the Sound taken on April 29, 1969. Bridgeport Way is meandering through the woods as it makes a slight curve toward the center of the photograph. 40th St. intersects Bridgeport at upper center with the University Village Shopping Center and water tower visible. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
1969 Richards stock footage. Color aerial view of Export Pacific Co. By 1969, Export Pacific's address had changed from 900 Milwaukee Way to 1942 E. 11th, next door to the Brown & Haley Distribution Division. Still headed by Chauncey L. Griggs, the firm remained in the lumber export business while sharing the address with the Export Pacific Grain Co.
This is how the area around South 72nd Street and I-5 appeared by air in March of 1969. Wapato Lake off of Alaska Street is the large body of water nestled among trees. The cluster of buildings on the far left is the Roadway Inn of America under construction at 6802 So. Sprague. Nearby is a Standard Oil station. This photograph was taken for the Wapato Lake Development Company who had sought permission from the City Planning Commission in early February, 1969, to build a 234-unit lowrise apartment complex on a 12-acre site north of South 72nd between Alaska Street and the freeway. This would entail rezoning and be subject to approval from the city council. We find no record that this complex was built. (TNT 2-4-69, p. 10) TPL-9697
Aerial views; Wapato Lake (Tacoma); Express highways--Tacoma--1960-1970; Rodeway Inn of America (Tacoma);
Aerial view, looking north, of the Villa Plaza Shopping Center and various Lakewood neighborhoods on February 26, 1969. The shopping center, with its vast parking lot, is in the center of the photograph. At the bottom left corner is part of Clover Park High School with ball field. A portion of the Lakewood Center can be spotted on the left side of the photograph. Lockburn Junior High, Flett Dairy and Clover Park Voc-Tech are also visible. The Villa Plaza Shopping Center would be renamed the Lakewood Mall in 1989. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Lakewood--1960-1970;
1969 Aerial view of the Villa Plaza Shopping Center. Prior to the construction of the massive Tacoma Mall, there was the Villa Plaza Shopping Center in Lakewood. The Villa Plaza was built in 1957 on the site of the former 200-acre Visitation Villa. By the mid-50's, Lakewood was growing in leaps and bounds and there was a need for more convenient shopping in the suburbs. The Villa Plaza was not the first "one-stop" shopping center in the area--that honor would go to the Lakewood Center--but it had more room for development and most importantly, plenty of free parking. Ads for the Villa Plaza constantly promoted the availability of its 4000 car parking lot. Major downtown stores J.C. Penney, Woolworth and Rhodes would open branches in the Villa Plaza, therefore lessening the necessity of suburban shoppers to venture downtown. Unlike the Tacoma Mall, which would open in 1965, the Villa Plaza was not contained under one roof although many stores were clustered within short walking distances. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1960-1970;
Aerial view of the Villa Plaza Shopping Center and surrounding Lakewood neighborhoods on February 26, 1969. Steilacoom Lake is in the background. St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church property near left bottom corner. Tenzler Library (now Lakewood Library) close to Gravelly Lake Dr. on extreme left edge. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1960-1970; Lake Steilacoom (Wash.); Neighborhoods--Lakewood--1960-1970;
View by plane of Villa Plaza Shopping Center and surrounding Lakewood neighborhoods on February 26, 1969. The Villa Plaza's 4000-car parking lot and congregation of large stores were major attractions. In 1969, the shopping center was twelve years old and facing competition from the younger Tacoma Mall Shopping Center. There was still room for expansion for the Lakewood facility but it lacked direct freeway access that the Tacoma Mall enjoyed. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1960-1970; Neighborhoods--Lakewood--1960-1970;
Another aerial view in a series of photographs of Lakewood's Villa Plaza Shopping Center taken on February 26, 1969. A McDonald's restaurant has sprouted up near an entrance to the large shopping center. A notable feature of the Villa Plaza is the immense parking lot, capable of holding 4000 cars. Customers could choose to park their vehicles near any of the 30+ stores and not worry about feeding the meter. Photograph ordered by Puget Sound National Bank.
Aerial views; Villa Plaza Shopping Center (Lakewood); Shopping centers--Lakewood--1960-1970; Parking lots--Lakewood; McDonald's (Lakewood);
February 24, 1969, aerial view of Holiday Inn, Fife. The large hotel, 3518 Pacific Hwy. E., was located on Pacific Hwy. across the street from Buck & Son Tractor. It provided plenty of parking for its guests and a rectangular swimming pool nestled between the hotel buildings. Swimmers and those relaxing under the table umbrellas could experience a sense of privacy from busy highway traffic. A large grassy area was available for guests - and small children - to stretch their legs. Photograph ordered by Sherwood & Roberts, Inc.
Aerial photographs; Holiday Inn (Fife); Hotels--Fife;
Aerial view of new rod mill at Kaiser Aluminum on February 24, 1969. Smoke billows from the new 500-foot stack. Kaiser's new aluminum rod mill began operations in December, 1968. Photograph ordered by Kaiser Engineers, Inc.
Aerial photographs; Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. (Tacoma); Industrial facilities--Tacoma--1960-1970; Aluminum industry--Tacoma--1960-1970;
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Viewed by air in 1969, automobiles look like toys piled in heaps at the General Metals of Tacoma scrap yard on Marine View Dr. N.E. A giant crane is positioned on a pier ready to hoist the junked vehicles. General Metals had moved to a 20-acre site on the Hylebos Waterway about 1967. TPL-5902
Aerial views; General Metals of Tacoma Inc. (Tacoma); Junkyards--Tacoma; Hoisting machinery; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial look at the Glacier Sand & Gravel Co. operations in 1969. Several cone-shaped mounds of sand and/or gravel are positioned in a semi-circle at the Glacier Sand & Gravel site on Taylor Way. The sand and gravel could be delivered to the plant by either barge as the site fronted the Hylebos Waterway or by railroad cars and consequently transported out the same way.
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of large Tudor-styled home with landscaped grounds taken in 1969. Another view of the same property is found at D155600, image 21c. The unidentified home is nestled among large firs. It is believed to be located in the Gravelly Lake Drive area of Lakewood. Although not shown in this particular photograph, the house would have a magnificent view of a pristine lake.
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Work is still continuing on Western Boat Building's new shipyard on the Hylebos Waterway in 1969. The foundations of a new dock are being laid in place in front of the main plant. The roadway behind the large seven-acre lot is Marine View Dr. N.E. Western Boat had decided to move to its new location so that larger boats could be built in their modernized plant and once the dock was completed, repairs could be done on vessels dockside. TPL-9224
Aerial views; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma); Piers & wharves--Tacoma--1960-1970;
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of Eastern Oil operations in 1969. Storage tanks dot the landscape of the large site on Marine View Dr. N.E. facing the Hylebos Waterway. Although tentatively identified as "Eastern Oil," it is possible that this is actually the Sound Refining Co., located on the northwest edge of the Tideflats. Sound Refining began operations in 1967 as a crude oil refinery.
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Burlington Northern line. View looking north of railroad tracks and Bayside Drive next to Commencement Bay. Bayside Drive would change its name to Ruston Way at the Old Town Dock near the top of the photograph. Eventually, Bayside would be absorbed and made wider by becoming Schuster Parkway. Famous restaurant Top of the Ocean near top of photograph; it would be destroyed by fire in April of 1977.
Aerial views; Railroad tracks--Tacoma--1960-1970; Top of the Ocean (Tacoma);
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Unidentified group of buildings on the Hylebos Waterway viewed by air in 1969. Tracks are being built that lead from the water to probably transport logs in log boom. Many cars parked behind buildings.
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. Aerial view of the So. 19th & Tyler vicinity with Mount Rainier seen hazily in background. Cheney Stadium is on extreme right center with Heidelberg Field to its left. Henry Foss High School will be built in the wooded area close to both baseball fields.
Aerial views; Rainier, Mount (Wash.); Heidelberg Field (Tacoma); Cheney Stadium (Tacoma);
ca. 1969. 1969 Richards stock footage. This is the Western Boat Building plant on Marine View Dr. taken in 1969. Spread out on seven acres fronting the Hylebos Waterway, the bright blue and white buildings of the shipyard can be clearly seen in this aerial view. Log booms and stacks of logs may belong to Western Boat Building. TPL-6582
Aerial views; Western Boat Building Co. (Tacoma); Boat & ship industry--Tacoma--1960-1970; Logs; Hylebos Waterway (Tacoma);
ca. 1969. This "artistically modified" view of downtown Tacoma was created for the Downtown Tacoma Association in 1969. Along with the Bank of Washington building at 1201-23 Pacific Avenue, it shows a second high-rise building in the 1100 block of Pacific and numerous parking structures on Market and on the south end of Broadway. The building at the corner of 11th and pacific is at least twice the height of the Pacific First Federal building that was built on that site. Only the Washington Plaza (now Wells Fargo Plaza), which was completed in January of 1971, was built more or less as visualized.
Aerial views; National Bank of Washington (Tacoma); City Waterway (Tacoma); Commercial streets--Tacoma--1960-1970;
November, 1968, aerial view of U.S. Oil & Refining plant on Tideflats. Petroleum storage tanks dot the landscape, part of the 120-acre plot owned by the U.S. Oil & Refining Co. The plant was built on land just south of Lincoln Ave. Closest waterway would be the Port Industrial Waterway. Photograph ordered by U.S. Oil & Refining.
This aerial view of Tacoma looking north from South 19th Street was taken in November of 1968. The baseball field (lower center) is Heidelberg Field; the cleared land across 19th from the ball park is the future home of the Fred Meyer Department Store. ASARCO smelter's stack puffs a steady stream of smoke in upper center of photograph. Point Defiance is wooded area to the smelter's left. Photograph ordered by Morley Studios. TPL-3804
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Heidelberg Field (Tacoma);
North end neighborhoods featuring So. 19th & Mason Sts., looking toward downtown and Tideflats. Heavily populated north end still had some sections of woods; nearly all would be eventually developed into businesses and residential housing. Ballpark in right-center is Heidelberg Field. Bare land across So. 19th from ballpark will be a shopping center eventually featuring a Fred Meyer store. So. 19th extends through the woods until it intersects with busy Hwy 16. New road is being constructed west of Heidelberg Field. Photograph ordered by Morley Studios.
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Heidelberg Field (Tacoma);
Northwest view of north end neighborhoods around So. 19th & Mason. Ballpark on extreme right is Heidelberg Field. Area directly across ballpark on So. 19th will become a large shopping center eventually featuring Fred Meyer store. So. 19th will extend through the woods to intersect with Hwy 16. Also noted: the University of Puget Sound and its Fieldhouse are upper center on 15th & No. Warner. Photograph ordered by Morley Studios. TPL-3800
Aerial views; Neighborhoods--Tacoma--1960-1970; Heidelberg Field (Tacoma);
