Sep 4, 2014

Big Businesses Come and Go, But Watermark Remains: Tacoma Gift and Greeting Card Shop Turns 40By C.R. RobertsTheNewsTribune.com

Tacoma, WA – After 40 years in business, Karen McGrath is throwing a party.

McGrath’s store, Watermark, began life as Phantasmagoria and was located at the Court C retail complex in downtown Tacoma. A move down the street followed, followed again by a move to 1107 A St. and later a trek a few doors down to its current location at 1115 A St.

The store is known mostly for its selection of greeting cards – from the sentimental to the risqué to the humorous variety that might make some people wonder how an idea like that ever occurred to anyone in the first place.

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