HUCKLEBERRIES: Rising on high
A huge crowd jams the Coeur d’Alene City Council chambers to discuss a proposed high-rise on the waterfront in 1981.
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Developer Terry Phillips listens to residents who oppose his proposed Marina Place tower in 1981.
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Seated, from left, NIJC players Dick Schultz and Stan Oberg dine on cougar prior to a game with the Washington State frosh in 1966. The Cardinals are watched by, from left, Wes Hatch, Frank Evans and Dan Carney.
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The iconic Fish Inn, shown circa 1940, once was considered one of the top roadhouses in the country.
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The first edition of the weekly Coeur d’Alene Press was published Feb. 20, 1892.
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Editor J.T. Scott founded The Press in 1892.
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Manager Penny Swanlund of the Wiggett Antique Mall designs a window display to honor Operation Desert Storm warriors in 1991.
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Proposed in 2006, the 25- to 30-story Fernan Tower on Coeur d’Alene Lake Drive never left the drawing board.
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Fernan Tower location map.
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President Barry Schuler of North Idaho Junior College, left, and Gardner Teall of the North Idaho Museum discuss plans to convert the old Fort Sherman powder magazine behind them into a museum.
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High-rises in downtown Coeur d’Alene sprout like spring snapdragons today.
But there once was a time when a proposed 11- to 14-story condominium project on the lakeshore ignited local furor.
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