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The Gap Between Historic Preservation Architects and Regular Architects

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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Eddie Jones on Al Beadle

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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

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Bethany Terrace – Why This Building is Cool

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

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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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Lindstrom Family Auto Wash – Why This Building is Cool

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.  

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Mitchell & 16th Street: Why This Building is Cool

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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Demolished Buildings Apparel

Today on the way to Bill Johnson’s Big Apple restaurant at Van Buren and 37th St., my husband Paul and I passed the Log Cabin Motel.  The building was torn down, but the sign remains.  Paul didn’t know about the … 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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Arizona Builder & Contractor Magazine – A Lost Treasure

I’d like to follow up Jim McPherson’s fantastic list of publications that he posted yesterday with a plea to resurrect a publication that has been discontinued for a while now.  During the last two weeks I’ve been going through old … Continue reading

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How can we Celebrate Arizona’s Days and Ways Again?

I was looking through the Arizona Days and Ways Magazine earlier today at the Arizona Room at Burton Barr Library and I found this fascinating series of  reader’s comments about why Arizona Days and Ways concentrated so much on history … Continue reading

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