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Article: Upper Tacoma, Wash., business district retains identity amid change.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- July 20, 2004
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By John Gillie, The News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jul. 20--When Morris McCollum first came to the Pacific Northwest nearly five decades ago, Tacoma's K Street business district was second only to downtown Tacoma in business activity.
The district was populated with hardware stores, banks, small department stores, appliance dealers, butchers, markets, cleaners, clothing stores and restaurants. But in the intervening years, the face as well as the name of the business district has changed radically.
K Street itself has been renamed Martin Luther King Jr. Way, and the business area at the top of the hill ...