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Vol. CXXIV, No. 112
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2 Hilltop buildings could be added to historic register
Photo Courtesy Historic Tacoma By Todd Matthews, Editor Tacoma City Council is expected to vote later this month on a resolution that would place two buildings located in the Hilltop neighborhood on the city's register of historic places. If approved by city council, the resolution would place the Kellogg-Sicker Building, located at 1114-16 Martin Luther King Jr. Way and the former home of Browne's Star Grill, and the Pochert Building, located at 1110-12 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, on the Tacoma Register of Historic Places. Both the Kellogg-Sicker Building and Pochert Building date back to 1906 and 1904, respectively, and were designed by pioneer Tacoma architect Carl August Darmer. Both properties, which sit vacant today, were purchased by the City of Tacoma in 2005. Historic Tacoma, a nonprofit organization that advocates for historic preservation, placed the buildings on its "Watch List" of endangered properties. Historic Tacoma submitted the nominations last year. During a series of public meetings earlier this year, Tacoma's Landmarks Preservation Commission found the properties eligible for Tacoma's historic register and recommended city councilmembers formally include the properties on the list. Tacoma City Council is tentatively scheduled to vote on the resolution during its meeting on Tues., June 25 at 5 p.m. at the Tacoma Municipal Building, 1st Floor, 747 Market St. A copy of the pending agenda is available online at cms. cityoftacoma.org/cityclerk/Files/CityCouncil/ Pendings/2013/Pd20130625.pdf. Meetings are streamed live online at tvtacoma.com and broadcast live on TV Tacoma.
Crews remove scrap vehicles from Commencement Bay Photos Courtesy Global Diving & Salvage Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) officials report workers have made significant progress in removing about 30 crushed vehicles that spilled from a barge into Tacoma's Commencement Bay earlier this year. According to DNR officials, Global Diving & Salvage began removing the vehicles June 5, retrieving 17 of the vehicles that had fallen into the bay during the first day of recovery. Work continued last week, and crews expected to finish recovering all vehicles
and associated debris by the end of the day. On Feb. 24, a 250-foot Amix Marine Services barge anchored in Commencement Bay began listing and taking on water. The barge had stacks of crushed cars on it and many of them fell into bay, which measures 242 feet deep. The area where the cars sank is on state-owned aquatic lands, which DNR manages, and is leased by Foss Maritime. "We are very concerned about any potential harmful effects the scrap cars and other debris may have to the marine environment," said DNR aquatic lands manager Stephanie Lorenz. "As steward and manager of more than 2.6 million acres of state-owned aquatic lands, we are committed to preserving the state's resources and protecting habitat. Leaving the toxic-laden cars in the bay was not an option." DNR officials noted observant staff at Foss Maritime quickly notified the owner that the barge was taking on water, which kept the situation from getting worse. The Washington State Department of Fish & Wildlife, Washington State Department of Ecology, DNR, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Coast Guard, and the City of Tacoma worked together to expedite the removal of the cars and debris.