According to the City of Phoenix Historic Preservation Office, the city’s Parks and Recreation Department has a number of facilities listed on the Phoenix Historic Property Register. Those highlighted in orange are landmark properties of exceptional significance. Those highlighted in red are parks with historic properties having the most severe condition issues.
Staff in both departments [...]
Staff of the City of Phoenix Development Services Department and Historic Preservation Office met with Phoenix Suns representatives to discuss retrofitting the historic Sun Mercantile Building at 232 S. Third Street for events related to the NBA All-Star Game slated for mid-February 2009. The building would be used for dining and food service during the game [...]
[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 [...]
[Source: Beth Litwin, Arizona Republic] – Local author Frank Barrios (pictured at left) and the Phoenix Museum of History invite you to a dinner and book-signing event for his new pictorial history entitled “Mexicans in Phoenix.” Barrios, a Phoenix native with family roots dating back to the 1800s, compiled 213 photos with captions highlighting the [...]
[Source: Barbara Stocklin, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Phoenix] – On May 12, the board of directors of the Embassy Condominium Homeowners Association met with City Historic Preservation Office staff to receive information on eligibility for historic designation, the process to have a property listed on the Phoenix and National historic registers, and the benefits [...]
[Source: Desert Living Magazine] — Family and friends think you’ve forgotten about them because you never send postcards when the reality is you’ve just never found a cool enough postcard to send … until now. The Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture Public Art Program has created a Historic Building Photography Project book with 20 [...]
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