Hans Johnson Dept. & Variety Store -other occupants included: Marine Market Larry Arsuri Vegetable Market TNT 10/28/1946 p.1 $110,000 fire loss on K St. T.Times 10/28/1946 Two-alarm blaze early Sunday morn 363.37 T142O p.105 (account of fire on 10/27/1946)
K Street Department Store Hans Johnson, builder Jardeen Bros., contr. Chester L. "Chet" Olson, proprietor -brick -grand opening 9/5/1947 -also occupied by: Armstrong Grocery, Marine Market, A & G Choice Meats TNT 11/27/1946 p.14 permits TNT 9/4/1947 p.5,11 New store on K Street TNT 10/2/1947 p.1 Automobile goes shopping (interior il) City Directory (1947-1960) ----- Hammar's Apparel Robert S. Hammar, operator TNT 11/1/1962 p.B5 Hammar's to hold opening on Friday TNT 3/20/1968 p.C4 Ford dealers honor Hammar City Directory (1962-1969) ----- Manpower Job Orientation Office City Directory (1970) ----- Low Cost City City Directory (1971-1975) ----- Sid's Racquets, Balls & Things Sidney Williams, operator City Directory (1976-1978) ----- Hammar's Uniforms City Directory (1979-1996) ----- Everything $1.00 Store / Dollar Store T.Daily Index 10/1/1998 p.1 New business opens on Hilltop (il) ----- T.Weekly 9/8/2005 p.A2 Hilltop project several years from becoming reality (sketch of proposed Hilltop Renaissance Project) TNT 9/13/2005 p.B1 Council weighs whether to buy three properties TNT 9/15/2005 p.B1 Let's make a deal, city told T.Weekly 9/15/2005 p.A1 City poised to purchase Hilltop buildings (il) TNT 9/22/2005 p.B1 Tacoma to buy Hilltop parcels ----- Mr. Mac Ltd. TNT 4/23/2017 p.B1 Mr. Mac plans to stick it out, as long as the Lord wants me" (il) TNT 7/14/2017 p.A1 "Mr. Mac", Hilltop apparel icon opened Tacoma store in 1957 (death of Morris McCollum) T.Weekly 7/21/2017 p.A4 Community mourns passing of Tacoma icon Mr. Mac TNT 10/25/2018 p.A3 Mr. Mac will stay on the Hilltop for "a long, long, long time", new owner says TNT 10/8/2021 p.2A (ext il)
6 images. Dave Gross Block Heath & Gove, arch. -rehab c.1983 -occupants included: Frank Hart Jewelry, Tacoma Bootery, Woolworth's Dept. Store, Buster Brown Shoe Store, Stronge & Lightner Millinery, Fashion Bootery, Moler Barber Shop, Stanley's Shoes, Bender's Women's Apparel, Brotman Brothers Clothing, Tacoma Center Market, American Art Company, Fujiya Japanese Restaurant TDL 6/29/1913 p.20 Lease requires Gross to build TDL 10/19/1913 p.19 (mention) TDL 11/9/1913 p.19 (excavation) TDL 11/16/1913 p.19 First white baby's lot worth $40,000 (lot won in contest in 1872) TDL 12/14/1913 Ask bids for new Dave Gross Block TDL 4/12/1914 p.26 Retail trade is moving westward TDL 5/10/1914 (after 25 years on Pacific Ave., Frank Hart Jewelry to move to C St.) TDL 5/17/1914 p.13 (ad, Frank Hart Jewelry to move to C St., "the Broadway of Tacoma") TDL 5/24/1914 p.11 (ad for Frank Hart Jewelry) p.32 (il) TDL 6/14/1914 p.9 (progress) TDL 8/23J1914 p.9 (ad for Frank Hart Jewelry) (il) TDL 7/5/1914 p.23 (permit for icebox for Ellensburg Sheep Co. at 1128 1/2 Broadway) TDL 7/27/1924 p.B5 (alterations for Lee Bros. by A.W. Holmes, contr.) TDL 12/12/1924 p.A10 ... at home in new quarters (il of Buster Brown Shoe Store at 1122 Broadway) TDL 1/24/1926 p.E8 New business comes to city (Fashion Bootery takes space at 1128 Broadway, formerly occupied by Barton's Market) TDL 5/2/1937 p.B9 Building on Broadway is leased (Stronge & Lightner Millinery takes space at 1126 Broadway) TNT 9/3/1937 p.7 Remodeled bootery here wins praise (Fashion Bootery) TNT 1/10/1939 p.4 Store to be modernized Spellman Buster Brown Shoe Store at 1122 Broadway) TNT 3/7/1939 p.2 Buster Brown store is all dressed up (interior il) T.Times 3/7/1939 p.7 ... redecorated, renovated (interior il of Buster Brown Shoe Store) TNT 3/7/1943 p.A1 Daring Tacoma thief breaks glass, gets furs (incident at Bender's Women's Apparel Store at 1124 Broadway) TNT 8/15/1947 p.4,5 Open new store (il of Brotman Bros. Men's Clothing, "doorway to a man's world") TNT 8/12/1949 p.4 Reopening (il of Cole's Ladies Apparel, formerly Bender's Apparel) (remodeling by Rome Co., contr.) TNT 8/12/1951 p.A6,A7 Diamond Shop invites old friends and new (il) TNT 3/8/1953 p.B6,B7 New Buster Brown store opening Monday (remodeling by Rome Co., contr.) TNT 12/18/1960 p.B3 Out of Tacoma's past (il of the Circle W Market c.1915) TNT 12/11/1983 p.B2 Shoppers, shops were scarce at preview of Public Market (interior il of new Tacoma Center Market on Court C level) TNT 8/9/1984 Fruits of summer (interior il of Tacoma Center Market) TNT 9/26/1994 Portrait of success ... celebrates 10th year in downtown Tacoma (American Art Company at 1126 Broadway) TNT 1/16/2001 p.SL1 Granddaddy of the galleries; Rick Gottas' American Art Company ... TNT 4/2/1999 p.SL2 Fujiya still improving on its legendary cuisine (Fujiya Japanese Restaurant opened 4/2/1984 by Masahiro Endo) TNT 5/1/2015 p.GO4 Tacoma's one and only Fujiya (interior il) 710.5 T121A 1968 p.26 (il of Stanley's Shoes at 1128 Broadway) p.27 (il of Moler Barber Shop at 1122 Broadway) 720.28 T119TR p.59-63 (rehab c.1983 by Hewitt, Daly, Isley, arch. and and Gall, Landau, Young Construction Co., contr.) (il)
