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Commission seeks to be an 'interested party' as DOT plans demolition of highway-era complex; mitigation options discussed
Summary
Tumwater commissioners debated options to mitigate loss of a PWA-era Department of Transportation complex and voted to seek interested-party/consulting status with agency mitigation efforts so the city can be consulted about documentation, castings or selective salvage.
Commissioners and DOT staff discussed the history and physical risks of preserving a prominent concrete façade and associated plaques on a state-owned highway complex slated for demolition. A slide presentation and public comments framed the structures as PWA-era works (late 1930s public works projects) and described a distinctive monolithic concrete frieze that would be difficult to salvage intact.
A DOT representative described the technical challenge: the frieze is an…
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