[Source: Barbara Stocklin, City of Phoenix] – Staff of the City of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office met with Valley Metro’s light rail staff and consultants to map out an historic streetscape study that the Arizona State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) is requiring Valley Metro to complete as partial mitigation for the light rail project and [...]
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City, Valley Metro to conduct historic streetscape study
August 20, 2008Posted in Coordination of Planning, Historic Preservation, Transportation |
Tags: Barbara Stocklin, Carnegie Library, Central Avenue, Historic Preservation Office, historic streetscapes, Light Rail, SHPO, Valley Metro
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Renovations begin on downtown Phoenix Luhrs complex
August 13, 2008[Source: Barbara Stocklin, City of Phoenix] – The City of Phoenix continues to coordinate with Hansji Urban, Ltd, the owners of the historic Luhrs complex on the south side of Jefferson Street between 1st and Central Avenues regarding their rehabilitation work.
The street-facing historic windows on floors 2 through 7 of the Luhrs Building have been [...]
Posted in Downtown Vitality, Historic Preservation |
Tags: Barbara Stocklin, Hansji Urban, Historic Preservation Office, Luhrs Building
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Grand Ave.’s Paper Heart may beat again
August 6, 2008[Source: Barbara Stocklin, City of Phoenix] — Representatives of the city’s Historic Preservation Office, Development Services Department, and Office of Customer Advocacy met with Martin Lerma, owner of 750 Grand Avenue, to discuss rehabilitation plans for his property. The property, most recently the Paper Heart Gallery, was built in 1954-55 as an automobile dealership for Quebedeaux Chevrolet.
Designed by Los [...]
Posted in Downtown Vitality, Historic Preservation, Shopping |
Tags: Barbara Stocklin, Development Services, Historic Preservation Office, Martin Lerma, Office of Customer Advocacy, Paper Heart Gallery, Quebedeaux Chevrolet, Ralph Haver, Victor Gruen
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Renovation begins on 1926 A.E. England Building downtown
August 6, 2008[Source: Barbara Stocklin, City of Phoenix] — Renovation to the 1926 A.E. England Motor Car Company on the Phoenix Civic Space property has begun. Abatement work is almost complete on the interior, south side of the building, and asbestos-laden roof (now removed).
The photo at left, looking west from the front door on Central Avenue, shows the interior first floor’s [...]
Posted in Architecture, Downtown Vitality, Education, Historic Preservation, Parks & Open Space, Phoenix History, Sustainability |
Tags: A.E. England Building, ASU, Barbara Stocklin, Civic Space, Downtown Phoenix
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National Trust officials tour Valley for possible 2012 conference
August 4, 2008Kathy Adams and Lori Feinman of the National Trust for Historic Preservation flew into town last week to view Phoenix’s convention facilities; tour selected historic sites and neighborhoods in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tempe; and visit with area preservation advocates to determine Phoenix’s ability to host the 2012 National Preservation Conference. Meeting them at Sky Harbor [...]
Posted in Architecture, Downtown Vitality, Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, Parks & Open Space, Phoenix History, Sustainability, Tourism |
Tags: Phoenix, ASU, Downtown Phoenix, Midtown Phoenix, Phoenix Union H.S., Michael Nowakowski, Monroe School, Scottsdale, Jim McPherson, PURL, Downtown Phoenix Partnership, Historic Preservation Office, Barbara Stocklin, National Trust for Historic Preservation, San Carlos Hotel, Roosevelt Street, Debbie McCune Davis, GG George, Phoenix Convention Center, Palette, Tempe, John Driggs, Greater Phoenix Convention & Visitors Bureau, Greg Stanton, Orpheum Theatre, Modern Phoenix Neighborhood Network, Alison King, State Historic Preservation Office, Pueblo Grande Museum, Desert Botanical Garden, Kathy Adams, Lori Feinman, Jim Garrison, Sally Forrest, Hyatt Hotel, Wyndham Hotel, Rose & Crown Pub, First Presbyterian Church, Security Building, Wrigley Mansion, St. Mary's Basilica, Grady Gammage, Gammage Auditorium, Ellis Shackelford House, Hotel Valley Ho, Dan Klocke, John Jacquemart, Charles Fortenberry, Encanto Citizens Association, Southwest Association of Buffalo Soldiers, Arizona Historic Sites Review Committee, Karen Churchard
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Raising dough for an historic Phoenix bakery
July 8, 2008[Source: Barbara Stocklin, City of Phoenix] — The City of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office is working with an historic property owner to locate an investment partner, purchaser, or tenant with the resources to complete an adaptive re-use of the 1917 Lugo Bakery at 415 W. Sherman St. It’s a 2,000 square foot commercial structure, complete [...]
Posted in Diversity and Cultural Inclusion, Downtown Vitality, Historic Preservation, Neighborhoods, Phoenix History |
Tags: Downtown Phoenix, Historic Preservation Office, Barbara Stocklin, Adaptive reuse, Lugo Bakery
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