by Matt Baume • May 6, 2021 at 9:30 am
Can you identify which part of this development is historic and which part is new? BuildingWork
Get ready for a change of scenery around Pioneer Square, with plans coming together for the transformation of the old Metropole Building a handsome 19th-century building to get a thoroughly modern makeover.
Built in 1892, a fire in 2007 nearly destroyed the building, and it’s been an unoccupied eyesore ever since. But! It’s about to get a total revamp after being purchased by the nonprofit Satterberg Foundation, with new exterior features, including new windows, rehabilitated stone, and the construction of two new stories (which is nowhere near enough the developers should be allowed, if not encouraged, to add at least six).
Co-founder of R Digital Design and Wenatchi Wear, Mary Big Bull-Lewis outside of her warehouse in Wenatchee on March 2, 2021. She started her companies with her husband, Rob Lewis, and aims to educate people about Wenatchi history through their designs and apparel.
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and is republished here with permission.
Just outside her shop in Wenatchee, Mary Big Bull-Lewis can see the
Cascade foothills on the western edge of her hometown. Along
the crest, only a little bigger than the size of a thumbnail from
this distance, she can see Two Bears.
Once you spot it, it’s impossible to miss: The craggy rock