In the Arizona Republic article on Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s “trial balloon” idea to raise city revenue by installing slot machines at Sky Harbor, reporter Casey Newton noted that numerous residents wrote to the newspaper with their own fund-raising ideas.
For example, reader Lori Haskell suggested Phoenix develop and sell a coffee-table book highlighting unique buildings and architecture. “The [...]
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Raise city coffers! Buy Phoenix coffee-table books!
July 26, 2008The “brass” versus the “troops” re the Duke (Reiter)
July 24, 2008It appears that there’s a bit of a disconnect of opinion concerning the downtown Phoenix “legacy” left by ASU College of Design Dean, Wellington “Duke” Reiter. The “brass” (ASU President Michael Crow, Phoenix City Hall, and Arizona Republic) see it one way; some “troops in the field” see it another.
Oh, what’s Jon Talton writing about Phoenix these days?
July 18, 2008Well, the big question that former Arizona Republic columnist, Jon Talton, asks is, “why does the Wall Street Journal cover certain Phoenix issues in more depth than our local press?” Two recent examples (both real estate related): the Mortgages Ltd. affair and Le-Nature tenant-in-common investment (now the “big white elephant,” literally and figuratively, at 615 N. 48th St.).
Angela Pancrazio, chronicler of Phoenix stories, passes away
June 29, 2008[Source: Arizona Republic] — Angela Cara Pancrazio, a Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist who later became a writer and video storyteller, died June 19, 2008 at her home in Phoenix. She was 51. Angela chronicled many “slice of life” stories about the city she called home and its people.
Angela was a member of the Oakland Tribune team that won a [...]
Why should we care about Arizona’s future?
June 27, 2008[Source: Dan Shilling, Community Columnist, Phoenix Republic, June 6, 2008] — Visit the Decision Theater at Arizona State University and you’ll discover an amazing tool that helps citizens, students, professors, and elected officials appreciate the ecological challenges facing us. Don the 3-D eyewear, and the facility’s computer wizardry will display on huge wraparound screens elegant [...]
Restoring pieces of Phoenix history (Republic editorial)
June 16, 2008[Source: Arizona Republic, June 16, 2008] – Phoenix, a city once smitten with everything new, is now romancing its older sections as a way to preserve, beautify, and energize. And this time, it’s not just talk. That’s evidenced by a series of actions that implemented a plan to make “adaptive reuse” more common and easier [...]
