St. Philip’s Plaza instead of Ukraine support
I mistakenly thought that the downtown Tucson demonstration in support of Ukraine was on Saturday. Instead, it was scheduled for Sunday when I had a …
Category: architecture in Tucson
What Tucson’s upscale rentals really lack
Opinion: The historic Rose of the Desert monastery in the Sam Hughes neighborhood is being transformed into the Benedictine, a place of ‘luxury apartment homes”, …
Surprises at Tucson’s oldest vintage market
When Grae Verlin purchased the Pantano Stables a few years ago, her vision for using the property clearly extended beyond stabling horses. Now called Medella …
This house comes in S,M,L and…
In the MidTown District of Tucson the post World War II brick ranch house reigns supreme. There are thousands of them in sizes small, medium …
A crafty Night Market at the MSA Annex
I had hoped that the MSA Annex Night Market would be a smaller version of the 626 Night Market, but it is not. Held in …
Lost Barrio: cacti faces and AirBnB furnishings
Tucked away in Barrio Antonio to the southeast of downtown, the Lost Barrio is a 3 block long, old brick warehouse that’s been converted into …
Visiting a cool historic train on a hot June day
This was the plan on a very hot June day: 1) Visit the Tucson Train Depot Museum because museums are air conditioned, cool and interesting. …
Historic 4th Avenue budget fashion, food, and broken hearts
The Spring and Fall Fourth Avenue Street Fairs are famous. I’d even heard of them in Los Angeles. But what does Fourth Ave. look like …
Breeze walls + whimsey near Mercado San Agustin
Across the Santa Cruz River from downtown the City of Tucson wiped out block after block of old homes some years ago, then in 2003 …
Ranching lives in the central Tucson Campus Farm neighborhood
During a recent discussion about potentially selling off the land at the University of Arizona’s Agricultural Center on Campbell Avenue a long-time resident described it …