This building is an often overlooked example of Phoenix’s mid-century architecture. Neil B. McGinnis Neil B. McGinnis was born in El Paso Texas in 1897. He spent his childhood in Missouri, and moved to Phoenix in 1912. McGinnis graduated from Phoenix Union High School and attended Occidental College in California before joining the Navy during World…
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605 East Grant Street, Phoenix AZ
605 East Grant Street has a long and storied history, with connection to some key figures in the Phoenix’s history.
David Owen on Great American Cities
A short video of author and New Yorker writer David Owen on “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” influenced his writing of “Green Metropolis.”
Robert Moses Meets His Match
It was Robert Moses plans for a Lower Manhattan Expressway in 1962 that Jane Jacobs perhaps was most famous for opposing.
Friday Five: Recommended readings from the week that was
Five great posts from the past week.
Friday Five: my favorite reads from the past week
Lots of great material to choose from this week. Here are five of the best:
Cars ≠ Freedom
Car companies sell freedom and mobility, but in fact offer only gridlock, poor land use, health problems, and global warming.
Suicide Lanes Kill Communities
This is the text of a letter to the editor I wrote in June 2008.
Urban Savoir-Faire
How do we take advantage of the benefits of the networked city, while keeping the concept of urban savoir-faire alive?
Saturday 6: a special edition of what I've been reading this week
So to make up for being a day late, I’ll include a bonus article this week. So here is the ‘Saturday 6’; a selection of articles I found interesting over the past week.