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 …
Category: architecture in Tucson
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 …
(Not) historic San Pedro Chapel
I was driving across town a few days ago when I saw–obscured by a creosote forest–what was obviously a church of some kind, as you …
Behind Mercado San Agustin…a little bit of Italy?
They swept the ground down to bare earth in this old Menlo Park neighborhood, now called the Mercado District. Unlike in Barrio Viejo, all homes …
Where to make a New Year’s wish in Tucson
In Spanish it’s El Tiradito. In English, it’s The Castaway. And for decades it has been a place Tucsonans bring a candle and make a …
Painted Ladies gentrify historic Barrio Viejo
Just south of downtown Tucson is the Barrio Viejo which was built between the 1860s and the early 1900s by newcomers heading West after the …
Her quarantine is over!
Because of a family emergency, my niece flew from New York to Tucson three weeks ago to stay with me. My trip out to the …
Bighorn wildfire is approaching Tucson
UPDATE: 6 hours after I published this on 6/10/2020 the Pima County Emergency Management office notified residents of large parts of the Catalina Foothills and …
No sidewalk? No problem! Walk the streets
Since early March when I decided to seclude myself at home after a day at the races with a scary ending, almost all my exercise …
Stuck behind beautiful, handcrafted gates in Tucson
Arizona’s governor announced that the Stay-a-Home order will probably be lifted on May 15th. Personally, I do not care. I have no intention of going …