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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015
Vol. CXXIV, No. 201
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Tacoma Theater District Art installation aims to illuminate Broadway
By Todd Matthews, Editor When property owner and commercial real estate broker Eric Cederstrand arrived in Tacoma 16 years ago, he found a two-block stretch of Broadway—between South Ninth Street and South 11th Street—in need of attention. "Broadway was dead space," he recently recalled. "Once a vibrant pedestrian corridor, it had become dark and vacant." Cederstrand and his uncle, Ken, began to purchase property in the two-block area—the former Woolworth, Kress, and Payless buildings—with an eye toward redevelopment and an appreciation for public art. "My uncle introduced me to the arts when I was around ten years old," Cederstrand added. "Art is Awesome. It has shaped me into the person I have become. It has impacted me as an "I think what I'm individual, in my business trying to do is aesand in my projects." That interest contin- thetically improve the space," said Seattleues today with a major based artist Jonaart installation proposed than Clarren of an for that same two-block art installation he is stretch of Broadway in creating for a blank downtown Tacoma's Thebuilding facade in ater District downtown Tacoma's The work is being creatTheater District. ed by Seattle-based sculp(PHOTO BY TODD tor and painter Jonathan MATTHEWS) Clarren. It consists of a trio of three-dimensional metal, laser-cut half-spheres that range in diameter between three feet, five feet, and eight feet, and feature an intricate design pattern. The pieces will be bolted to a blank facade situated between the historic Kress Building, located at 934-936 Broadway, and the historic C. N. Gardner Building, located at 928-930 Broadway. The Kress Building was designed by architect E. J. T. Hoffman, built in 1925, and added to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places in 2006 (see "Council adds buildings to register of historic places," Tacoma Daily Index, March 30, 2006; "Resolution would add buildings to register of historic places," Tacoma Daily Index, March 27, 2006; and "Kress Building gets historic nod from City," Tacoma Daily Index, Feb. 23, 2006). The C. N. Gardner Building was designed by architect George W. Bullard, built in 1907, and added to Tacoma's Register of Historic Places in 2001. Current building tenants include the United States CONTINUED Geological Survey WashingON PAGE 2
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