[Source: "Apartment vote delayed," Kristena Hansen, Arizona Republic] — The saga continues for the redevelopment plan of a shabby apartment complex on Seventh Street in central Phoenix. The Phoenix City Council this month postponed a vote to give the developer and the residents of nearby historic neighborhoods more time to negotiate. The final vote has [...]
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Phoenix 7th Street PUD/”spot zoning” apartment vote delayed
October 28, 2008Grand opening set for Phoenix Steele Indian School Park’s restored Memorial Hall
October 25, 2008The city of Phoenix will celebrate the grand opening of the newly restored Memorial Hall at Steele Indian School Park on Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. Memorial Hall is one of three buildings remaining at the park from the Phoenix Indian School, a federally run school for Native Americans that previously occupied the site of [...]
Willo Grocery, Midtown Phoenix fixture, closes
October 22, 2008[Source: Pete Scholz, Arizona Republic] – The boom has gone bust for countless businesses during this economic downturn. The latest casualty was Willo Grocery, a fixture in the historic Willo neighborhood. ”I’d come here about every two weeks to eat at the restaurant for lunch and also to buy things at the bakery,” Rena Steele said [...]
Midtown Phoenix neighbors hold inaugural meeting, create website
October 7, 2008The new Midtown Museum District neighborhood association is now online. While the new website is still very much under construction now, it will be the group’s main source of information. If you have questions about the website, e-mail Edward Jensen, director of communications.
The inaugural meeting of the MMDNA was held last week at the Fairfield Inn [...]
Has Phoenix finally arrived? Feel the love.
October 3, 2008[Source: Robrt L. Pela, Phoenix New Times] — In Jason Hill’s Phoenix, the sun never sets. His paintings of the city — a vibrant Valley National Bank framed by a glowing sky; a dazzling Financial Center with a jet jauntily speeding past — are thousand-watt, high-color beacons that send the same, simple, not-so-subliminal message: Phoenix [...]
