Phoenix Historic Neighborhoods Coalition to meet 6/25

Posted by JWM on June 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

The next meeting of the Phoenix Historic Neighborhoods Coalition will be held Thursday, June 25, 2009, starting at 7 p.m. in the Governing Board Room at Phoenix Elementary School District #1 (turn south off Palm Lane, just east of 7th St.; meeting room at northeast corner of the campus).  The major agenda items: Update on … Read more

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Bustling downtown Phoenix

Posted by JWM on June 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

More great photographs of downtown and metro Phoenix.  Click here to view more by Flickr photographer rejuvesite.

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Downtown Phoenix Deck Park Tunnel reduces lanes on weekends

Posted by JWM on June 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Doug Murphy, Ahwatukee Foothills News] — Heads up if you’re traveling in the downtown Phoenix area over the next several weekends. Interstate 10′s “Deck Park Tunnel” will be closed one direction at a time for three of the next four weekends while road crews perform regular maintenance on the fire detection system.  The one … Read more

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CenPhoTV for the week of 06/19/2009

Posted by JWM on June 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

A weekly video webcast about Phoenix living.  For more information, visit their website.

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Phoenix wins fifth All-America City honors

Posted by JWM on June 19, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Scott Wong, Arizona Republic] – Phoenix on Friday was named an All-America City, the fifth time it has won that distinction.  The city was one of 10 winners in this year’s national competition hosted by the National Civic League in Tampa, Fla.  The award recognizes cities that have developed programs promoting innovation and community … Read more

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Obama’s summer novel includes dreary passage about Phoenix

Posted by JWM on June 18, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Phoenix New Times and an observant reader] — The award-winning novel, Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill, famously being read this summer by President Obama, contains a rather downbeat assessment of downtown Phoenix: On our way out we passed through downtown Phoenix.  It was seemingly an uninhabited place given over to multilevel garages that, with their stacked … Read more

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Viewpoint: Reversible lanes in Phoenix keep traffic moving

Posted by JWM on June 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Arizona Republic editorial board] — The reversible lanes on Seventh Street and Seventh Avenue in downtown Phoenix can create safety hazards when rude or inattentive drivers use them.  That’s true of any city street.  But the reversible lanes do something a standard street design cannot: They move traffic efficiently during weekday peak hours, easing … Read more

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Phoenix leaders to fill city council vacancy… again

Posted by JWM on June 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

[Source: Scott Wong, Arizona Republic] – Here we go again… Gov. Jan Brewer’s decision Tuesday to tap Maria Baier as state land commissioner leaves another vacancy on the Phoenix City Council.  Just a few months ago, the council appointed Sal DiCiccio to replace Councilman Greg Stanton, who resigned to take a top job in Attorney … Read more

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