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56th & Tacoma Way: The 1950s Automobile Age

Merwin Peters
By  Merwin Peters
56th & Tacoma Way: The 1950s Automobile Age
Historic images: Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room — Richards Studio Photographs

Before freeways and shopping malls reshaped Tacoma, this South Tacoma corner was selling a different vision of the future—chrome, neon, Chevrolet, and life built around the automobile.

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  • Merwin Peters

    Merwin Peters

    Wade Mercer has been watching Tacoma change for six decades. He covers the streets, the coffee shops, and the decisions that shaped this city — including the ones nobody voted on. Third Place contributor. Then & Now correspondent.

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