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Posts Tagged ‘Capitol Mall’

ASU College of Design dean leaving for Chicago

July 10, 2008

[Source: Arizona State University] — Wellington “Duke” Reiter, Dean of the ASU College Of Design, is leaving in August to become the President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  Dean Reiter was instrumental in creating ASU’s Phoenix Urban Research Laboratory in downtown Phoenix and spearheaded a planning effort by College of Design [...]

Wandering around Phoenix’s Capitol Mall

May 14, 2008

In November 2006, a team of ASU College of Design architects and urban planners presented the Capitol Mall Centennial Plan to the Legislative Governmental Mall Commission.  The plan makes key infrastructure and landscape recommendations directed toward the goal of revitalizing the Capitol Mall District as Arizona prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2012.  The Legislative [...]

Green buildings & sustainable development are different says Rypkema

May 11, 2008

To a crowd of 150 — including Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon, and former Phoenix Mayor John Driggs — Donovan Rypkema, Principal of Place Economics and well-known speaker on preservation issues, addressed “The Role of Preservation in Sustainable Development” at a National Preservation Month event on May 6 at the Arizona Biltmore [...]

Celebrate Statehood Day in the Capitol Mall area, Feb. 14

February 13, 2008

The 96th anniversary of Arizona statehood will be celebrated on Thursday, February 14, at “Museums on the Mall: Celebrating Arizona’s Statehood” at the Arizona State Capitol in downtown Phoenix, and two new exhibits about Arizona history will open.  Chief Justice Ruth McGregor will kick off the Statehood Day program leading the Pledge of Allegiance at [...]

Arts funding threatened; attend Arts Congress, Feb. 4

February 2, 2008

Join hundreds of other advocates from all over the state at the 2008 Arizona Arts Congress, Monday, February 4, 2008, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Senate Lawn, Arizona State Capitol.  Meet with legislators and talk about the arts’ positive impact on quality of life, cultural understanding, education, sense of community, and the bottom line contribution to [...]

2007 “Race for the Cure” brings thousands downtown

October 14, 2007

As shown in this home video, an estimated 50,000 Arizonans showed up in downtown Phoenix for the 2007 “Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure” to raise funds for the fight against breast cancer.