30 images. Union Depot / Union Station (CONTINUED) TNT 1/24/1986 ... lots of local cash needed to save it TNT 8/29/1986 Union Station edges toward a legal face-lift (il) TNT 9/4/1986 p.B4 Museum eyes Union Station TNT 9/17/1986 Dicks' late move accelerates plan TNT 10/22/1986 Steve Miller Band uses Union Station for video (films "Turn the World Around") TNT 10/23/1986 Ceremony to kick off Union Station push TNT 10/25/1986 Light at the end of the tunnel (interior il) TNT 4/13/1987 Discussions first step to restoring Union Station to old glory (il) TNT 7/16/1987 City starts Union Station project TNT 8/18/1987 New "deal" offered on Union Station (from Washington State Legislature) TNT 8/19/1987 City: Three's a crowd on Union Station TNT 8/20/1987 State's Union Station role has its limits, Dicks says TNT 11/3/1987 Political disput brewing over Union Station redesign TNT 11/4/1987 State cash on the way ... TNT 12/9/1987 Union Station proposals draw frowns TNT 1/16/1988 State attaches strings to Union Station cash TNT 1/27/1988 Cost goes up on Union Station project TNT 2/10/1988 Depot funded; Tacoma accepts state's money for Union Station TNT 2/25/1988 County seeking more state help for Union Station TNT 3/6/1988 Federal court is bursting; Senate passes Union Station funding TNT 4/11/1988 City has high hopes for Union Station TNT 6/4/1988 Like weather, everyone talks about Union Station ... TNT 6/16/1988 ... plans roll slowly forward TNT 7/25/1988 Touchstone's plan for Union Station never got on track (sketch of proposal) TNT 8/28/1988 p.B12 Officials set to go on ... TNT 8/30/1988 Lawmakers: "Tough sell" for museum (il) TNT 9/20/1988 p.B5 Union Station sale due tonight TNT 11/12/1988 Union Station alive for a day (interior il) TNT 1/12/1989 Old depot may serve as a jail TNT 2/4/1989 Facelift party set ... TNT 3/11/1989 Union Station restoration pact reached TNT 3/18/1989 Museum scales down Union Station plan TNT 7/13/1989 Depot plan still lacks cash, land, court lease TNT 8/1/1989 City expected to OK Union Station lease TNT 8/2/1989 ... lease finally OK'd by city GTWY 8/9/1989 p.A7 Union Station makes way for courtrooms (remodeling by Merritt-Pardini / TRA, arch.) (il) TNT 1/4/1990 Bright as a new penny (il) TNT 2/8/1990 Federal officials to sign Union Station lease TNT 2/14/1990 p.B1 ... land deal ready TNT 2/24/1990 p.B1 Union Station embarks on a new trip ($34.5 million remodeling and addition project officially begins) GTWY 3/7/1990 p.B1 Amateur architects enliven Union Station TNT 5/30/1990 Union Station plans completed TNT 10/23/1991 p.B1 $1.8 million overrun ... TNT 5/13/1992 Delivering dots with dash; Union Station was home to those nimble-fingered magicians of Morse ... (interior il) TNT 5/15/1992 p.B1 Union Station is all dressed up for party (grand reopening celebration) (aerial il) TNT 5/16/1992 Train of memories fill station (interior il) TNT 6/24/1992 p.B1 City suit asks $1.3 million from BN (lawsuit over cleanup of environmental problems at site) TNT 9/2/1992 Feds' slow move to Union Station costs taxpayers TNT 9/22/1992 Union Station lease signed by city, U.S. TNT 11/13/1992 All nearly aboard at Union Station (interior il) TNT 2/2/1993 Union Station: Preserving history and resources (il) TNT 2/13/1993 p.B1 Victim of historic injury dedicates temple of justice (interior il) TNT 3/11/1993 p.B6 Stumped in Tacoma; dangerous trees cut (il) Tacoma's Monthly June 1993 p.13 Union Station project wins state award TNT 12/12/1993 p.H18 ... architectural honor award (il) TNT 3/24/1994 p.A1 Chihuly exhibit opens in Union Station ... TNT 6/29/1994 p.A7 Save Our Station activists seek funds to finance adjoining park (sketch of proposed Century Park) TNT 10/27/1994 p.B2 Union Station shares historic preservation award (National Preservation Honor Award) Seattle Times 4/16/1995 New shine for old optimism today, except for the fact there are no trains there, Tacoma's Union Station is more striking than ever (il) TNT 8/26/1995 p.C9 (mention in obituary of Mary Helen Tollefsen Haydon that Hans Gerhard Tollefsen did the original floral design for the Union Depot rotunda) GTWY 6/2/1999 p.A2 Sound Transit unveils restored entrance UPS Puget Sound Trail 12/9/1999 p.1 Paul Bunyan, Babe to return to Marshall Hall (murals painted by artist Peggy Strong in 1943 for the Union Depot Servicemen's Lounge, donated to UPS in 1959) (il of mural) TNT 12/15/1999 p.SL1,SL3 Status of Chihuly exhibit is fragile; new sponsor must come forward (includes description of art work) TNT 2/9/2000 p.B1 Chihuly's glass art will remain at station ... at least through 2000 TNT 5/25/2000 p.A1 Chihuly glass art will stay T.Weekly 6/2/2000 p.1 Chihuly glass to remain for 20 years TNT 10/27/2000 p.B2 Pierce County gets special treatment on two TV shows (scenes for "Cops" and "America's Most Wanted" filmed at bldg.) TNT 12/17/2000 p.SL10 New Dale Chihuly glassworks on display at Union Station TNT 5/15/2001 p.B1 Spiffing up the Chihuly TNT 8/30/2001 p.SL1 Chihuly's "Big Blue" goes bye-bye; sculptor to replace Union Station chandelier TNT 10/23/2001 p.B1 City learns feds serious about ban on parking TNT 10/25/2001 p.B1 Harmless picture-taking sparks security personnel's overreaction TNT 1/10/2002 p.B1 Subtle soiree launches administration; the Baarsma blowout (interior il) TNT 2/21/2003 p.B1 Can't park, aren't safe, so boycott Union Station T.Weekly 2/21/2003 p.A1 U.S. Courthouse celebrates 10 years at Union Station TNT 3/2/2003 p.B1 Once nearly doomed, depot now symbol of city's rebirth TNT 8/22/2005 p.A1 Where's Century Park? Years of quibbles have delayed a downtown memorial to historic preservation ... TNT 3/8/2006 p.B2 Courthouse wing to honor Tanner (north wing to be named in honor of Judge Jack E. Tanner) TNT 9/28/2006 p.A1 Stop-work order for History Museum wall (Century Park project) T.Weekly 10/5/2006 p.A1 City order halts wall for Union Station activists (il) TNT 10/14/2006 p.B1 Glass might solve wall dispute TNT 12/6/2006 p.B7 Viewpoint: Compromise can put Century Park plan back on track TNT 1/18/2007 p.B1 Wall of honor spat nears end TNT 5/11/2007 p.A1 Then, now and for the future (interior il in 1979 and 2007) T.Weekly 9/2/2010 Know your public art: Washington State Liberty Bell replica (il) TNT 4/24/2011 p.A1 Tacoma's testament to history (100th anniversary feature article) (il) TNT 4/26/2011 p.A3 From battles won and lost, we affirm Tacoma's sense of place T.Weekly 4/29/2011 p.A3 Union Station turns 100 TNT 5/2/2011 p.A3 A century-old station (interior il) TNT 1/26/2017 p.A1 Union Station glass art there forever; Chihuly gives it to federal government (interior il) TNT 7/27/2022 p.1A Tacoma to transfer a city landmark to the feds for $1 (ext il) TNT 12/22/2018 p.A3 Honey, I shrunk Tacoma, Union Station and the kids (model railroad of Union Depot by Gail Hendrickson) (il)
30 images. Union Depot / Union Station Reed & Stem, arch. Hurley-Mason Co., contr. -grand opening 4/30/1911 -added to National Register 3/15/1974 -added to Tacoma Register by Resolution No.23098, 11/12/1974 -last train left station 6/14/1984 -remodeled in 1990-1992 for a federal courthouse by Merritt-Pardini / TRA, arch. -grand reopening 5/15/1992 -formerly 1713 Pacific Ave. -partial plans at TPL SEE ALS0: TPL Catalog/Clipping File TDL 7/17/1906 p.1 Another railway is coming here; magnigicent Union Depot will be built large enough to accomodate both the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific TDL 2/17/1907 p.15 Costly depot to be built TDL 6/2/1907 p.17 (architect Stem in Tacoma) TDL 9/1/1907 p.15 Plans for big station to be built at once (full page article) (sketch) TDL 6/14/1908 p.4 Council fixes City's demands TDL 6/28/1908 p.15 (sketch) TDL 8/2/1908 p.5 Will not grant City's demands TDL 10/4/1908 p.14 Outlook bright for new depot T.Times 1/14/1909 Depot deal settled TDL 3/7/1909 p.36 (il of excavation) TDL 7/25/1909 p.30 ... to begin building (il) TDL 8/1/1909 p.38 Gives Tacoma great showing TDL 8/15/1909 p.1 Begin on new Depot Pacific Builder & Eng. 9/25/1909 p.380 (floor plan) TDL 12/5/1909 p.43 (progress) TDL 2/2/1910 p.9 Architect comes to inspect work TDL 3/20/1910 p.7 (progress) T.Tribune 5/20/1910 p.2 100 narrowly escape death; three 90-foot derricks at Union Depot crash to ground, injuring one man TDL 6/5/1910 p.15 (progress) TDL 6/12/1910 Award station sub contracts TDL 8/10/1910 p.5 (il under construction) TDL 8/21/1910 p.37 (progress) TDL 10/30/1910 p.40 (il under construction) TDL 11/20/1910 p.4 (progress) TDL 1/1/1911 p.28 (il) TDL 3/26/1911 p.37 New terminals almost ready (il) TDL 4/30/1911 (grand opening, feature article) (il) TDl 1/9/1912 Suppl. p .12 ( il) TDL 12/14/1913 p.23 40th anniversary of railroad coming to Tacoma (il of first depot and Union Depot) TDL 10/16/1922 p.1 A. Warren Gould drops dead in Tacoma (dies at the depot) TDL 12/5/1931 p.1 Union Depot remodeling started; N.P. prepares for establishing of division headquarters here ... T.Times 5/10/1933 New Union Station master came to city 45 years ago TNT 3/28/1934 More than 18,000 visit new U.P. train here TNT 11/10/1943 p.5 Lounge for service men (on balcony) (interior il) TNT 12/10/1943 p.6 Lounge is now open (interior il) TNT 12/12/1943 Junior League "clerks" to help pay for mural (mural in servicemen's lounge by artist Peggy Strong) TNT 4/5/1944 p.1 Murals painted for service men's lounge (two Paul Bunyan scenes by artist Peggy Strong) TNT 4/10/1944 p.5 "Babe" runs away (il of mural) T.Times 12/20/1944 Christmas carols attract interest at Union Station TNT 7/8/1945 Union Depot canteen tops in war service TNT 12/23/1945 p.A1 ... and on earth Peace ... (il of CPS choir on balcony) TNT 1/25/1946 p.8 Man hurt by falling glass TNT 11/20/1946 p.5 USO Lounge at Union Depot is closing doors TNT 3/19/1947 p.4 Will improve Union Station TNT 11/30/1950 p.C2 Fire hits baggage room TNT 3/2/1952 p.A16 Air raid shelters ... TNT 10/7/1952 p.1 Ike scores graft in talk here (visit of Dwight D. Eisenhower) TNT 10/10/1954 p.A11 Cops solve art mystery TNT 5/5/1957 Terminal busy place in early-day Tacoma (il) TNT 4/29/1965 p.A1,A5 Violent earthquake rumbles across NW; Tacoma damaged (il) TNT 9/25/1966 p.B13 (interior remodeling) TNT 3/12/1967 p.D2 56 years later: Heart Dance to be allowed in NP Depot (il) TNT 4/9/1967 p.D3 Architects to revamp Depot for Heart Ball (interior il) TNT 5/14/1967 p.D1,D3 Union Depot to be ball scene (interior il) TNT 5/21/1967 p.D2 Ball is heart warming party (il) TNT 5/24/1967 Opening of city's Union Depot was a ball, too, woman recalls TNT 5/28/1967 p.D3 City's heart beat quickens at ball (il,interior il) TNT 5/5/1968 Magazine p.3 Monument to an era (il) TNT 12/11/1968 p.A14 Depot glows and glitters for charity ball (interior il) TNT 2/21/1969 p.A19 Union Depot, fire station next in line for debate on future TNT 5/14/1972 Down by the station TNT 6/18/1972 Father Time takes a toll (il,interior il) TNT 8/14/1973 Historic site sidetracked by leak in depot dome TNT 8/15/1973 Depot here needs landmark status (interior il) TNT 8/29/1973 p.A4 Officials eye Union Depot architecture (interior il) TNT 9/9/1973 Historic site? (sketch) TNT 12/7/1973 Task force head wants depot saved TNT 12/9/1973 Festival marks 100 years of railroading in Tacoma TNT 12/17/1973 p.A4 Pitch made to act now, save station (interior il) TNT 1/5/1974 How about BN depot as a classy city hall? TNT 3/28/1974 National historic status assigned to Union Station (bldg. placed on National Register) TNT 5/29/1974 Station to get face-lift (sketch) TNT 7/21/1974 "Rehabilitation" possible for old Union Station TNT 7/28/1974 p.D12 Union Station redevelopment plan a winner (architectural design contest) TNT 8/2/1974 p.A3 Union Depot to be cited as hazard TNT 9/8/1974 BN shopping center planned for depot TNT 10/31/1974 Union Station now a landmark (placed on Tacoma Register) TNT 2/23/1975 $14-million development will center on Union Station (sketch of proposal) TNT 6/8/1975 Union Station to keep charm (sketch of rotunda plan for "Depot Gallera" project) TNT 5/27/1976 p.A12 Hoopla to launch new tourist center (il) TNT 11/18/1976 p.C9 Tacoma waiting for action on Union Station project TNT 2/6/1977 Time Machine TNT 2/20/1977 Area landmarks (sketch) TNT 4/15/1977 Tourist center to serve travelers TNT 5/3/1978 Succor for the weary traveler (interior il) TNT 12/3/1978 Union Station shopping center "on back burner" TNT 12/12/1978 CP student designers picture Union Station as nightspot TNT 6/12/1979 Team to study city's Union Station area TNT 7/8/1979 Study will push historic building reuse TNT 4/6/1980 p.E1 Union Station plans sidetracked (il) TNT 1/18/1981 p.F9 A magnificient monument, but the roof leaks; Amtrak's moving out of Union Station in June ... (il,interior il) TNT 6/21/1981 p.E3 Union Station called "demolition by neglect" TNT 10/4/1981 p.A15 Another move underway to save Union Station TNT 10/14/1981 City urged to dicker for old Union Station TNT 10/21/1981 City to begin Union Station talks TNT 2/28/1982 Railroad may ask Spur redesign TNT 4/18/1982 p.B12 Talks, tours ... TNT 5/1/1982 Spur rerouted to benefit station TNT 5/2/1982 Time Machine (il) TNT 5/6/1982 ... symposium scheduled for Saturday TNT 5/9/1982 Tacomans discover historic Union Depot (il) TNT 5/11/1982 Hope for BN action ... TNT 5/12/1982 Council delays action ... TNT 5/26/1982 New Spur plan would interfere with trains, Amtrak says TNT 7/4/1982 p.E8 Has railroad abdicated right to aging depot? Strege thinks it has ... (il,interior il) TNT 12/11/1982 p.A3 Redevelopment study hits rut (sketch) TNT 4/8/1983 A trellis for Union Station? (sketch) TNT 6/30/1983 ... redevelopment hinges on public investment TNT 7/3/1983 p.F4 Key questions keep Union Statin facelift sidetracked TNT 7/13/1983 Planner: Union Station idea delays Spur year at most TNT 11/12/1983 Five city council members back plan to buy Union Station for $1; citizens group (Save Our Station/SOS) also supports proposal ... TNT 11/13/1983 p.A11 "Other Dome" is a vital link to new growth (by Tim Strege) (il) TNT 11/15/1983 Urgency cited in pleas to save Union Station TNT 11/16/1983 City decides to offer a dollar for Union Station T.Facts 11/17/1983 Save Our Station (il) TNT 11/17/1983 Big hurdles stand in way ... TNT 1/11/1984 ... land could cost city a bundle TNT 1/24/1984 Bill would help fund work ... TNT 1/26/1984 ... work delayed by jurisdictional doubt TNT 3/9/1984 Union Station bill resurrected TNT 3/13/1984 Glacier Park seeks partner for Union Station project TNT 3/18/1984 p.E9 Union Station is much like history book of Tacoma's "glory days" TNT 5/20/1984 Last call for Union Station (il,interior il) TNT 6/5/1984 Centennial sculptor Larry Anderson finds his work tough but satisfying (il of "New Beginnings" sculpture to be installed at Union Depot) TNT 6/15/1984 Last stop for Tacoma's Union Station (il) TNT 6/17/1984 Union Station posters available (posters designed for National Preservation Week) TNT 6/21/1984 Mediator being selected in lawsuit over Spur, Union Station concourse TNT 6/26/1984 DOT soon to raze concourse at station TNT 6/30/1984 Group files two motions to block state from dismantling concourse TNT 7/7/1984 ... concourse saved, to await court decision TNT 7/17/1984 Union Station request brings only one plan TNT 8/4/1984 Station concourse may fall on weekend TNT 8/5/1984 Wrecking ball rolls in with a rush (il of concourse demolition): Disney firm eyeing depot TNT 1/13/1985 p.C5 Convert station into a courthouse (letter to the editor by Seymour Johnson) TNT 2/12/1985 p.B4 Dicks: Use Union Station for U.S. courthouse TNT 2/13/1985 p.B2 Depot: Tacoman glad his letter helped TNT 7/25/1985 p.B1 Union Station may have its day as courthouse TNT 7/26/1985 p.B2 "Let's get involved", official says ... TNT 8/24/1985 p.B5 U.S. official view station conversion favorably TNT 01/26/2017 A1 Union Station glass art there forever; Chihuly gives it to federal government (il) 333.7 Un28U 333.7 Un28U2 352 T117T 7/20/1912 (il) 385 N814N 720.979 Si11E 748.2 C435C p.121 Chihuly at Union Station (il) 748.2 C435CP Chihuly projects 748.2 C4357H p.88-93 (Chihuly at Union Depot) 917.97 R27 (il) 979.7 B868B p.73 979.7788 AL566T p.68,69 (il) 979.7788 C8607U
