Exploring Armory Park before air conditioning
Until the 1960s when air conditioning became readily available in Tucson homes which led to growth exploding in MidTown, the Armory Park Historic District was …
Author: carollightwood
Two missing Barrios and a historic chapel
To start at the beginning: every time I visit Barrio Viejo it seems to have expanded and gentrified a few more blocks south and east. …
Whoa! What happened to the Wishing Spot?
I was in Barrio Viejo to photograph a church and on my way home I stopped at El Tiradito, the Wishing Spot, located at 420 …
Is Amazon really out? And is Elon really right?
Part 2 Yesterday, Tuesday, December 2nd, there was a report that Amazon had pulled out of Project Blue and that Beale was looking to Meta …
Happy Birthday and other events in 2026
I’m jumping the gun by one day with this cake image set among the sunflowers and blue skies of Ukraine. It is to honor the …
9 Data Centers already exist in Tucson. Is one near you?
Part 1 This is a multi-part post. More coming in Part 2. After hearing that greater Phoenix has the largest number of data centers of …
Navajo Wash doesn’t look like a park to me
The continuing legal action by the Hedrick Acres Neighborhood Association (HANA) against the City of Tucson about the trash created by homeless people living in …
Another Day of the Dead altar: more subdued
Tucson’s Park Place Mall celebrated the Dia de los Muertos in a more limited fashion this year than last. Yes, like last year there was …
Angels and Sugar Skulls at Dia de Los Muertos at MSA annex
After doubts were expressed about having a Community Altar at MSA Annex this year, someone–maybe the MSA management–set up the tables for the Dia de …
Mayor Romero was at Cyclovia but where was the silliness?
Politicians turned out in force for the Tucson October Cyclovia and bicyclers, too. Only a very few bicyclists, however, were dressed in costumes unlike back …