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Three Spokane parishes, All Saints Cathedral, St. Peter's, and St. James, merged on October 20, 1929, to form the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist. [2] Construction began on the present cathedral four years previous in 1925 and was structurally completed in less than a generation under the supervision of founding architect Harold C ...
Located on the west side of Downtown Spokane, the Riverside Avenue Historic District sits atop the crest of the hill rising up from the Spokane River Gorge to the north. The district's elevation is between roughly 1,860 and 1,880 feet above sea level, but it quickly drops off to the north of Riverside and falls more than 150 feet to the level ...
Development in the area began in the late 1880s and it quickly became one of Spokane's most elite neighborhoods, home to many of the young city's most prominent and wealthy families. Homes in the area were built facing northward, down the hill, which offered commanding views of the city center below as well as the surrounding terrain for miles ...
Spokane Arena was the sole venue for the 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Held January 15–24, it broke its own attendance record with 158,170 tickets sold during the ten-day event. Also, the Spokane Arena hosted the very first 2016 Team Challenge Cup, where athletes from North America, Europe, and Asia, competed against each other in ...
Spokane Coliseum (nicknamed The Boone Street Barn) [5] [6] was an indoor arena in the northwestern United States, located in Spokane, Washington. Opened in late 1954, [ 2 ] it had a seating capacity of 5,400.
Development of the Corbin Park area began in the late-1880s. Its first use was as the site of the Washington-Idaho Fairgrounds which was organized in 1886. The property was purchased from prominent Spokane pioneer John J. Browne in 1887 — Browne lends his name to another historic district in the city in its Browne's Addition neighborhood. The ...
As a part of a bond passed in 2014 to revitalize Riverfront Park, a new building was designed to house the carousel. The new building was designed with more space to queue and host events, and large windows to improve views of the Spokane River from the inside and views of the carousel from the outside. [6] The new space opened in 2018. [7]
Telecast is an American Christian worship band. The band began in Spokane, Washington , with songwriter Josh White , guitarist Brian Ortize, Marquis Ashley and Nick Tibbetts. [ 1 ] Telecast released its debut album, The Beauty of Simplicity , on BEC Records in 2003, and followed it with Eternity is Now on the same label in 2005.