Today’s post is a little different take on my series of “Why This Building is Cool.” Today’s building doesn’t really focus on the building itself, but the way the business inside the building uses its parking lot. It’s a very … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, I heard Christine French from the National Trust for Historic Preservation speak about Recent Past Preservation at the Modern Phoenix Expo. Christine’s talk, titled “Born Modern: The Next Preservation Generation,” was particularly important to Phoenix … Continue reading
On Wednesday I interviewed Bob Frankeberger and Eric Vondy at the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office about “The Gap” that I mentioned in last week’s post. Bob Frankeberger is a formerly practicing architect who now works for SHPO. I had … Continue reading
In the past few months, “The Gap” has come to my purview. I have 18 years of experience and education combined in architecture but just recently I’ve been dabbling my fingers in the world of historic preservation. You would think … Continue reading
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Some time ago, I interviewed world-renowned architect Eddie Jones at his office in this Al Beadle building on 12th St. in Phoenix. One of the questions I asked him is why he chose to office out of this particular building. … Continue reading
This week I’m featuring Bethany Terrace Apartments, on Bethany Home Road, just west of 7th Street as part of the vlog series, Why This Building is Cool. As of this writing, I believe these apartments are for sale, so they … Continue reading
This week, as part of my vlog series “Why This Building is Cool,” I’m featuring the building that houses the Lindstrom Family Auto Wash at Indian School Rd. and 30th St.
This is the first in a video blog series called “Why This Building is Cool” that highlights under-appreciated historic buildings in and around Phoenix. I’ll show you why I think they’re cool and worth saving from demolition. Here’s my disclaimer: I’m … Continue reading
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On January 6, 2011, on his Vanishing Phoenix post “Red Alert!,” Jim McPherson mentioned that the remodel of the old Harold Ekman office into St.Francis Restaurant should not be considered historic preservation. This got me to thinking, why is that? … Continue reading
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Michael Levine to Michael Crow – A Question About Tearing Down Buildings
Today at the ULI (Urban Land Institute) Spring Real Estate Summit, at the end of ASU President Michael Crow’s speech, Michael Levine, a local developer of historic buildings, asked this question: “Can you tell me about the disconnect between ASU’s … Continue reading →