According to the National Park Service, responsible for maintaining the National Register of Historic Places, no property listed on the Register would stay on the Register if descrecrated as originally proposed for Phoenix’s historic Sun Mercantile.
That doesn’t mean creative architectural design or adaptive reuse of historic properties can’t occur. Examples exist right here in Phoenix. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Facadism’
Alternatives to "facadism" exist right here in Phoenix
March 5, 2006Asian American coalition attempts to save Phoenix landmark and build a museum
March 3, 2006The San Francisco-based Nichi Bei Times published an article in their February 23, 2006 edition about the Save SunMerc Coalition’s effort to preserve the Sun Mercantile Building and develop an Asian American Museum. The author, Sam Chu Lin, contributes to various newspapers and reports for KTTV Fox 11 News in Los Angeles. The same article [...]
Row over Chinatown landmark stirs memories
January 21, 2006[Source: Angela Cara Pancrazio, Arizona Republic] – If Mary Lum’s Mesa house ever caught fire, she would grab the only thing she cares about: a plastic storage box overflowing with photos and documents, her great-grandmother’s green card and a hand-colored photo of herself with her sister Suzie taken in Hong Kong before they came to [...]
Groups appeal Phoenix City Council’s Sun Merc decision
January 19, 2006[Source: Save SunMerc Coalition] — On Friday, January 13, 2006, in order to preserve their right as citizens and associations to litigate and provide reasonable notice of their continuing claims and legal theories, a motion was filed in Maricopa County Superior Court by the following groups: Arizona Asian American Association, Arizona Asian American Museum Foundation, [...]
Lawsuit filed against City of Phoenix over historic building
January 19, 2006[Source: Syleste Rodriguez, KPNX Channel 12 News] — The fight heats-up over plans for a downtown development. Several groups are fighting to keep the Sun Mercantile building protected from high-rise developers. This civil suit is asking to preserve this site, once home to the only grocery wholesale business in the state. The future of this [...]
Architects of Sun Merc’s facadomy…
January 8, 2006According to the State Historic Preservation Office, much of the physical/architectural integrity of the Sun Merc Building exists. There will be a significant loss of original fabric if the proposed “facadomy” takes place. Therefore, the building will become ineligible for the National Register of Historic Places if the project proceeds.
In the photo above, taken [...]
