U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park

Last week, the City of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department announced that Garco Construction, NAC Architecture and Berger Partnership together with Marc Fornes/THEVERYMANY won the $14.5 million contract to design and build the renovation of the Pavilion.

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Mon., May 1, 2017

Garco construction has been awarded the contract to restore, redesign and rebuild the US Pavilion in Riverfront Park.

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Garco construction has been awarded the contract to restore, redesign and rebuild the US Pavilion in Riverfront Park.

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1975-Workmen place vinyl canvas over huge tear in the roof of U.S. Pavilion in Riverfront Park. The City of Spokane inherited the structure from the federal government and along with it, the $100,000 repair costs. Birdair, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., is fixing the rip for $39,000 while a local firm has bid $59,000 to adjust and repair tension cables of the pavilion. The structure will be the center of Riverfront Circus, and entertainment project recently approved by Spokane voters in a levy election.

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1976-U.S. Pavilion 1974 Expo, Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington

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1977-Tear in Roof of U.S. Pavilion, Riverfront Park, Spokane, Washington

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1978-Riverfront Park Ice Palace

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1978-Spokane has found contrasting results from the winter of '77-'78. Plenty of snow and rain have fallen to resupply the drought-plagued rivers of the area and the Spokane River falls are returning to more familiar sights. But a few tough snowfalls split the covering to the Pavilion in Riverfront Park, leaving gaping holes and a City Council perplexed as to what to do with them.

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1978- in Roof of U.S. Pavilion, Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA

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1979-Riverfront Park-damaged Big tent tepee

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1979-Pavilion. In February 1979, city crews began to tear down the tattered white vinyl for good.

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1979-The 225-foot boom crane at right is a temporary addition to the skyline over Riverfront Park. The crane, with an operator and rigger, has been rented for $65 an hour to remove the 100,000 square foot tattered vinyl roof atop the Riverfront Park Pavilion by hoisting workmen to the top of the 140-foot high structure to cut the fabric away.

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