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I was part of the crowd that gathered this morning at the Foss Waterway to celebrate the conclusion of the first phase of the $24 million overhaul of the Balfour Dock Building.
The 108-year-old building is one two remaining wood warehouses built by the Northern Pacific Railroad as a "Mile Long" wheat warehouse. It was hailed as the original "Port of Tacoma."
Phase 1 of the overhaul consisted primarily of construction of an esplanade. The Balfour Dock will serve as home to the USCG Eagle next month.
I'll have a full report in Friday's paper, including parts of my interview with Harry "the horse" Hilliard, an 88-year former longshore worker who went to work at the building in 1947.
In the mean time, I posted the photo above showing the building now, and a couple historical photos below.
UPDATE: My story didn't make it Friday's paper, but it's on our Web site now. It will run in Saturday's print edition.
