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Category: architecture in Tucson

Where to get your $5 tree
architecture in Tucson / Nature in Tucson / Tucson

Where to get your $5 tree

by carollightwoodSeptember 2, 2022July 30, 2025

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 …

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High Noon 2 Midnight + Horses and Hippie Art
architecture in Tucson / Art in Tucson

High Noon 2 Midnight + Horses and Hippie Art

by carollightwoodJuly 3, 2022July 30, 2025

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 …

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St. Philip’s Plaza instead of Ukraine support
architecture in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

St. Philip’s Plaza instead of Ukraine support

by carollightwoodMarch 9, 2022July 30, 2025

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 …

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What Tucson’s upscale rentals really lack
architecture in Tucson / Historical Tucson

What Tucson’s upscale rentals really lack

by carollightwoodJanuary 26, 2022November 8, 2023

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”, …

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architecture in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson

Surprises at Tucson’s oldest vintage market

by carollightwoodSeptember 7, 2021November 8, 2023

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 …

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This house comes in S,M,L and…
architecture in Tucson / Tucson

This house comes in S,M,L and…

by carollightwoodJuly 10, 2021November 8, 2023

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 …

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A crafty Night Market at the MSA Annex
architecture in Tucson / Festivals in Tucson / Tucson

A crafty Night Market at the MSA Annex

by carollightwoodJune 27, 2021November 8, 20233

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 …

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Lost Barrio: cacti faces and AirBnB furnishings
architecture in Tucson / Art in Tucson / Tucson

Lost Barrio: cacti faces and AirBnB furnishings

by carollightwoodJune 22, 2021August 1, 2025

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 …

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Visiting a cool historic train on a hot June day
architecture in Tucson / Arizona / Tucson

Visiting a cool historic train on a hot June day

by carollightwoodJune 11, 2021November 8, 2023

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. …

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Historic 4th Avenue budget fashion, food, and broken hearts
architecture in Tucson

Historic 4th Avenue budget fashion, food, and broken hearts

by carollightwoodMay 19, 2021November 8, 2023

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 …

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