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D & RTheater
John Yonich an Aberdeen High School graduate living in Bellevue is restoring the D & R Theater to the 1920s-era for live concerts. The plan includes an open market next door creating a commons area that has been missing for many years. Originally, Yonich bought the theater because he wanted the parking lot. Yonich salvaged the lighting and the seats from the demolished Aberdeen High School Auditorium.He has plans of attracting retailers to the surrounding area.
The Morck Hotel and restaurant was a classy establishment during the roaring twenties with a reputation for being Aberdeen's landmark. The Morck hit hard times in the 1970s when the grand old hotels lost popularity to motels with off-street parking and downtown communities.Renovation of the 82-year old hotel include major portions of the surrounding two blocks will provide over 50,000 square feet of retail space for unique shops. Plans incude a 125-seat steak and chop house, an 85-seat bistro and martini bar, the resurrection of the Highlander Lounge in the hotel with servers wearing kilts, a coffee shop, day spa, brewpub, galleries, book store, florist, a 300-car, multi-level parking structure and up to 50 market-rate condominiums. When completed the project is estimated to have a value of over $30 million. It will be an elegant commons to meet up with friends for a chat and to enjoy a step back into 1924, withh luxuries including door attendants andbellhops. Development has been stalled due to a legal battle between the developers. John Yonich hopes to be able to take the project over independently.
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Morck Hotel
The Morck Hotel and restaurant was a classy establishment during the roaring twenties with a reputation for being Aberdeen's landmark. The Morck hit hard times in the 1970s when the grand old hotels lost popularity to motels with off-street parking and downtown communities.Renovation of the 82-year old hotel include major portions of the surrounding two blocks will provide over 50,000 square feet of retail space for unique shops. Plans incude a 125-seat steak and chop house, an 85-seat bistro and martini bar, the resurrection of the Highlander Lounge in the hotel with servers wearing kilts, a coffee shop, day spa, brewpub, galleries, book store, florist, a 300-car, multi-level parking structure and up to 50 market-rate condominiums. When completed the project is estimated to have a value of over $30 million. It will be an elegant commons to meet up with friends for a chat and to enjoy a step back into 1924, withh luxuries including door attendants andbellhops. Development has been stalled due to a legal battle between the developers. John Yonich hopes to be able to take the project over independently.
This is the street side showing the front entrance.  | The plan is to install radiant heat in the floor. It is too costly to heat from the top because the ceilings are 22' high. This is the pool that is filled in with rock and topped with dirt. It has not yet been covered with cement. | The second story balcony meeting room.The big green pipes are the air circulating ductwork.  |
Hoquaim Aquatic Center
Hoquiam Aquatic Center is located centrally in the downtown corridor of Hoquiam.
Three years ago, a private enterprise purchased the Hoquiam Aquatic Center, with an unusable former community pool. A business occupies the upstairs balcony area. With the high ceilings in the building, the owners challenge was how to best utilize the former pool space. Through an expert consultation, they found the best way to heat the space is through radiant heat in the floor under the cement floor where the pool was. The existing natural gas boilers provide radiant heat from the floor. A twelve by fourteen foot roll up door in the rear of the building provides access for large trucks and trailers to carry out the room. The main floor has a lobby and entryway located beside the stairway, two locker rooms with bathrooms and showers, two storage rooms and a small laundry room. The second floor accessible only by the stairway has over eight thousand square feet on the main floor and an additional three thousand square feet on the second floor. The question is what is a good use of the space. Would it be a good area to develop for community activities? Warehouse storage? Business development? Roller rink?
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Clark's original site was built in 1923 as a service station and small store called "Ma & Pas' Place." It still sits today in the same location in the tiny town of Artic, Washington in Grays Harbor County. When the Raymond Highway was built, now Highway 101, in the 1930's, the workers needed a place to eat and truckers needed a place to gas up. The Johance Withrow family ran this establishment as a restaurant, tavern, service station, and grocery until the mid 1950's when it was purchased by Don and Francel Wolfe who focused on building up the restaurant end of the business and started the popular hamburger business.When Kathy and Rich Pacana bought Clarks Restaurant in 1997, they closed down for nine months to “remodel,” however when the reopened doors their customers were delighted to find visually “nothing had changed” to their customers. The renovation was behind the scenes for things like wiring, plumbing and new kitchen equipment. The clients still found the ambience and environment that they had enjoyed for generations. The improvements they made ultimatetly made the business safer, cleaner and more efficient.
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