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The Point Defiance Pagoda-- from fire to repening

Published: Jan. 12, 2013 at 5:08 p.m. PST
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  • Metro Parks employees dressed as a wedding couple joined throngs at the reopening of the Pagoda in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, January 12, 2013. They are Angelica Duncan and Mason Quinn. It has been closed for remodeling a 2011 fire. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Metro Parks employees dressed as a wedding couple joined throngs at the reopening of the Pagoda in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, January 12, 2013. They are Angelica Duncan and Mason Quinn. It has been closed for remodeling a 2011 fire. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • Late afternoon sun didn't help much against the cold outside the newly reopened Pagoda in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, January 12, 2013. It has been closed for remodeling a 2011 fire. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Late afternoon sun didn't help much against the cold outside the newly reopened Pagoda in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, January 12, 2013. It has been closed for remodeling a 2011 fire. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • Kiyoko Bridges of Tacoma helps Ashley Jordan (left) and Cody Young make paper cranes in a downstairs room of the Pagoda in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, January 12, 2013. It has been closed for remodeling a 2011 fire. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Kiyoko Bridges of Tacoma helps Ashley Jordan (left) and Cody Young make paper cranes in a downstairs room of the Pagoda in Point Defiance Park, Tacoma, January 12, 2013. It has been closed for remodeling a 2011 fire. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • Firefighters use foam to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
    Firefighters use foam to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
  • At 5:20 a.m. firefighters work to extinguish a fire that hit the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
    At 5:20 a.m. firefighters work to extinguish a fire that hit the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
  • Flames are visible on the roof of the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
    Flames are visible on the roof of the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
  • Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
    Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
  • Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
    Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
  • Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
    Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the nearly 100-year-old Pagoda inside Point Defiance Park, in Tacoma, Wash. Friday, April 15, 2011.(Janet Jensen/Staff photographer). (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
  • A worker sanding a ridge beam of the Point Defiance Pagoda is framed by the graceful curved rafters of the historic building damage by a arson fire last year. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    A worker sanding a ridge beam of the Point Defiance Pagoda is framed by the graceful curved rafters of the historic building damage by a arson fire last year. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • The meticulous rebuilding and renovation of the nearly 100-year-old Japanese-style pagoda at Point Defiance Park nears completion Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The structure was damaged by arson in April 2011. A grand reopening party will be Saturday. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/Staff photographer)
    The meticulous rebuilding and renovation of the nearly 100-year-old Japanese-style pagoda at Point Defiance Park nears completion Monday, Jan. 7, 2013. The structure was damaged by arson in April 2011. A grand reopening party will be Saturday. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/Staff photographer) Buy this image
  • Mike Mintz with Wayne's Roofing works the lead around the terra cota roof tiles with a rubber mallet as final detail work is being done on the pavilion's roof on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Mintz expects the Chinese Reconciliation pavilion roof to be finish at the end of this week. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
    Mike Mintz with Wayne's Roofing works the lead around the terra cota roof tiles with a rubber mallet as final detail work is being done on the pavilion's roof on Tuesday, December 21, 2010. Mintz expects the Chinese Reconciliation pavilion roof to be finish at the end of this week. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/TNT)
  • Cory Cunningham of Steilacoom, left, Zack Stanton, of Burien, center and Michael Graham, of Seattle, right, a work crew, from Belfor, a fire and water restoration company in Seattle, carefully remove tiles from the fire-damaged Pagoda at Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma on Monday June 20, 2011. The historic lodge suffered significant damage in an April 15th fire. The crew will clean salvageable tiles and re-roof the structure using new tiles that will have a patina to match older tiles. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Cory Cunningham of Steilacoom, left, Zack Stanton, of Burien, center and Michael Graham, of Seattle, right, a work crew, from Belfor, a fire and water restoration company in Seattle, carefully remove tiles from the fire-damaged Pagoda at Pt. Defiance Park in Tacoma on Monday June 20, 2011. The historic lodge suffered significant damage in an April 15th fire. The crew will clean salvageable tiles and re-roof the structure using new tiles that will have a patina to match older tiles. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • The window sash weights of the Pagoda's windows sit in a box as contractor work crews repair the damage caused by a arson fire last year. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    The window sash weights of the Pagoda's windows sit in a box as contractor work crews repair the damage caused by a arson fire last year. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • Repaired masonry work is barley visible at right, as contractor work crews repair the damage caused by a arson fire last year at the Pagoda at Pt. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Repaired masonry work is barley visible at right, as contractor work crews repair the damage caused by a arson fire last year at the Pagoda at Pt. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • Seven thousand clay roof tiles sit in storage in the Pagoda's basement as contractor work crews repair the damage caused by a arson fire last year. Photos taken Tuesday September 13, 2011. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Seven thousand clay roof tiles sit in storage in the Pagoda's basement as contractor work crews repair the damage caused by a arson fire last year. Photos taken Tuesday September 13, 2011. (JANET JENSEN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • A worker finishes landscaping outside the pagoda at Point Defiance Park, which was damaged by arson in April 2011. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/Staff photographer)
    A worker finishes landscaping outside the pagoda at Point Defiance Park, which was damaged by arson in April 2011. (DEAN J. KOEPFLER/Staff photographer) Buy this image

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