The previous Gig Harbor Now and Then column brought up the subject of one of Gig Harbor’s prominent commercial buildings. It’s the one straight off the north end of Pioneer Way, across Harborview Drive. The masonry-faced structure was built in 1930 as the Novak building. The question asked of the building is:
Why does the exterior masonry on the street end not match the rest of the building?
Answer: The street end was rebuilt after a truck crashed into it.
The question garnered zero response from readers. The likelihood is that no one managed to get through 1,300 words on the topic of truck transmissions, so didn’t see the question of local history at the end. I knew that column wouldn’t be popular, but I felt it was an appropriate introduction to today’s column…