The Parkade

Architects, artists and historic preservationists love the Parkade which was built in the late 1960s. The parking structure was aded to the city's historic registry.

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Mon., Nov. 27, 2023

The Parkade and the upper floor of the Old National Bank Building cast a bright radiance over downtown Spokane on a frosty December night in 1967.

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In August of 1968 the Parkade, a 10-story parking and retail facility along the south side of Main, between Howard and Stevens, was about one-third cconstructed and scheduled to be finished by March of 1969. Here the two massive tower cranes move materials on the half-block building site. The Parkade includes parking for about 950 cars, and ground level retail quarters.

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Entrance ramp to Parkade, heading east on Main, rises up and over the sidewalk for a complete separation of motor and pedestrian traffic. Entrance to basement goes under the sidewalk in this 1967 photo.

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Landscaped Parkade Plaza is highlight of new structure. Several colorful shops, quaint lamps and a fountain are on the plaza, said to be "people oriented" in this 1967 photo.

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Color code helps motorists to mroe quickly find their autos. Parkade Center's features include the color coding of the various parking levels in the 10-level structure. The driver's ticket will contain the color of the level on which his car is parked. The facility has been built at a cost of $3.5 million in this 1967 photo.

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Looking west along Main under the projecting pedestrian "skywalk" one floor above street level, door-ways and windows of retail shops are framed by arches between support columns of building in this 1967 photo. P

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Construction is nearing completion on Fidelity Savings & Loan Association's 5,000-square-foot Parkade courtyard, designed to tie in with the 10-story Parkade parking and retail facility's Park Plaza in this 1967 photo.

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The first of the overhead walkways connecting the Parkade to businesses in adjoining blocks takes shape over the West 400 block of Main. The beams were set in place Friday and the floor of the walkway was begun. Also Friday another overhead walkway project spanned Main for the first time. It is the beam connecting the Spokane Club to its new athletic facility on Main in this 1967 photo.

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Soaring architectural style of nine-story Parkade with its sweeping columns, flaring cornices, spiral ramp and lofty elevator tower catches and holds the eye, even from afar in this 1967 photo.

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This immense parking bay, dwarfing Parkade President John G.F. Hieber at far left of picture, is only one-half of one floor of the immense parking facility. It occupies about an acre of ground in this 1967 photo.

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A lazy day is the right time for a bit of reading and reflection beside the crystal pool of a cool fountain in the heart of downtown Spokane. This quiet scene is in the usually crowded Park Plaza of the new Parkade parking and shopping center in this 1967 photo.

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An award for "excellence in the use of concrete" was presented recently to architect Warren C. Heylman, who designed the Parkade here. Grand award presentation was during a meeting of Washington Aggregate and Concrete Association at Glenden Beach, Ore. Contractor for the all-concrete parking structure was Sceva Construction Co. Concrete was furnished by Acme Concrete Co. A special award also went to Temple Beth Shalom, near Twenty-ninth and Perry, architect Walker & McGough in this 1968 photo.

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Suggestive of the setting for a space move, this is the latest link in Spokane's expanding downtown skywalk system as seen against a backdrop of the Parkade parking structure in this Apr. 3, 1978.

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Pictured here is the roof of the Old National Bank next to the Parkade in downtown Spokane in 1980.

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Vaulting Main along Howard is the first span of a "skywalk" system planned eventually to link a number of major downtown buildings with the Parkade parking and retail facility, shown here at right. The pre-cast concrete beams were lifted into place Friday. Another span in the first section of the overhead system will cross Howard to the Bon Marche on the northwest corner in this 1987 photo.

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Constructed in 1967 for $3.5 million, the 10-story Parkade Plaza Parking Garage was designed by Spokane architect Warren C. Heylman to accommodate 970 automobiles. 2017 photo.

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Parkade in downtown Spokane in 2017.

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The Parkade building photographed on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018.

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Downtown Spokane aerial photo of downtown buildings in 2018. The Parkade can be seen on the lower left.

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