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Governor’s Awards Presented for Arizona Public Archaeology and Heritage Preservation

TUCSON, AZ (June 24, 2011) – Dr. Raymond Thompson, Professor of Archaeology at the University of Arizona and director of the Arizona State Museum for 34 years, received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Governor’s Archaeology Advisory Commission. The book, … Continue reading

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People who strive to minimize “vanishing” throughout Arizona

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What would you put on Phoenix’s enDangered Dozen?

The Phoenix Historic Neighborhoods Coalition is accepting nominations for the 2011 “enDangered Dozen” of the most endangered historic buildings and sites in Phoenix. According to Donna Reiner, chair of the nomination committee, “We had some highs (Carl Hayden house) and … Continue reading

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This week’s email good, bad, and ugly (of Phoenix)

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I attended meetings all day yesterday and most of this morning, so I’m furrowing my brow about what to post here on Vanishing Phoenix since my Wednesday deadline is long past due. I’m guessing many of you, like me, alternated … Continue reading

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When looking for X, I find Y

If this happens to me, I’m sure it happens to you.  I’m searching for Topic X on the Internet, and Topic Y pops up.  Topic Y is just as interesting, maybe even more so.  Topic X takes a backburner to … Continue reading

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We interrupt this program…

The light bulb that lit up over my head this morning about what to write for today’s Vanishing Phoenix will just have to be switched off until next week. Things happen.  Something came up.  And it’s something you should be … Continue reading

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One big run-on paragraph about this morning…

Preservation buzz swirling around my coffee buzz continued this morning after yesterday’s heritage-fest post.  In one big run-on paragraph, let me hyperventilate… So this morning at my favorite midtown Phoenix coffee shop, I bump into Rob Melikian, co-owner of the … Continue reading

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All the (Preservation) News That’s Fit to Print

My predilection for list-making continues.  For a while, in the back of my noggin, I’ve been compiling a list of print media outlets doing an outstanding job in helping to get the word out about Arizona’s historic preservation efforts.  It’s … Continue reading

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Midcentury Marvels Book an Inspiration to Save Historic Buildings

Today I attended the public release of the book Midcentury Marvels, a much anticipated book on mid-century modern architecture in Phoenix by Don Ryden and other contributors.  The turn out was great and there were easily several hundred people there. … Continue reading

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Remodel or Preserve?

Yesterday Jim McPherson mentioned that the St. Francis remodel of Harold Ekman’s old office is not technically considered historic preservation.  It is in fact, adaptive reuse.  This is an important distinction that most people may not know much about.  So … Continue reading

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