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City Press building bought

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 9:02am.

The new owners plan to offer the building’s 27,000 square feet for retail, restaurant and office uses.

The Olympian

This is looking like it will benefit downtown.

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It makes sense -- it is such

Submitted by Rick on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 9:44am.

It makes sense -- it is such a prime location.

Wonderful location and buildi

Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 10:45am.

Wonderful location and building, this could make a huge difference for downtown. Hopefully they can get the right mix of businesses. I look forward to seeing what evolves.

What do you think the "right

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 10:58am.

What do you think the "right mix of businesses" would be?

One that is successful for al

Submitted by Sarah on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 2:53pm.

One that is successful for all concerned. Probably a mix of businesses that complement one another, to further encourage customers. Bookstore with coffee shop nearby is one example of that mix, might not be necessarily what that building and location needs.

If memory serves right, that

Submitted by stevenl on Tue, 02/07/2006 - 8:18pm.

If memory serves right, that building was the headquarters for the Daily Olympian in the 1950s-1960s. I remember taking a tour of it when I was a kid. It smelled of ink and was very noisy. There was a furniture store next to it, but that place transformed into a vacant lot after a dramatic fire ca. 1969-70.

indoor skateboard park and yo

Submitted by olympiagal on Wed, 02/08/2006 - 11:04am.

indoor skateboard park and youth community center. lets give something to the youth of our community. or something else thats fun, clean, safe, sober oriented and community oriented. especially for in evenings, at this point the whole downtown economy at night is based on alcohol. I say "paradigm shift" is needed here!

Don't we already have an outd

Submitted by The Fire Inside on Wed, 02/08/2006 - 1:52pm.

Don't we already have an outdoor skateboard park?

And a youth community center?

This from A Walking Tour of H

Submitted by stevenl on Fri, 03/17/2006 - 6:05am.

This from A Walking Tour of Historic Downtown Olympia:

Old Daily Olympian -- 1930 S.E. Corner of Capitol and State
The rectangular mission style building was one of prominent architect, Joseph Wohleb's most distinctive works. Wohleb came to Olympia from California around 1911 and was the city's most prolific architect for several decades. His predominantly stucco design Mission style incorporated tile insets, tile roofs, canopies and other Spanish detailing. The southern portion of the building along Capitol Way is a later addition.

It would be cool to have anot

Submitted by Robert Whitlock on Fri, 03/17/2006 - 3:23pm.

It would be cool to have another farmer's market in that location.

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