Spending a long weekend in Tucson
Conde-Nast Traveler magazine recently recommended Barrio Viejo in Tucson as a neighborhood to visit. That’s nice. The homes are historic and colorful, but one neighborhood …
Category: architecture in Tucson
The castle-owner next door–is he friendly?
While house-hunting in the neighborhood where I now live I drove around to see what kinds of homes were nearby and what people were out …
Flashback to the past at St. Xavier Mission near Tucson
Glancing off to the west from the 19 Freeway, I glimpsed what the St. Xavier del Bac mission must have looked like in the 1700s: …
A closer look at the historic Barrio Viejo
On Google Maps the area we all know as Barrio Viejo has the words “colorful homes” written on it in red. It’s so true and …
Is there a downtown Tucson? Not exactly…
About a year ago I spent an hour or so on a Sunday walking around and looking at what was happening along Congress Street. There …
Visit an Old West replica — no, not Tombstone
Once upon a time, Tombstone was a real town. Not anymore. As I wrote elsewhere, it is a fading theme park for aging cowboy fans. …
Elon Musk, your room is ready now
Back when rocket guy and space-voyager-wannabe, Elon Musk, was a still a teenager rattling around South Africa, a group of Americans decided to build a …
Walking my new favorite neighborhood
After watching volunteers from the Living Streets Alliance paint 6th Avenue by Armory Park in late October, I drove around the area and discovered a …
Where to get your $5 tree
A million new trees to cast cooling shade in Tucson by 2030 — that is Mayor Romero’s goal. It is a reachable goal and, in …
High Noon 2 Midnight + Horses and Hippie Art
If author Tom Robbins (Still Life with Woodpecker, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues) was going to invent a place for one of his characters to …