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Pioneer & Military Memorial Park
Sunday, November 29 at 10:00am - Tovrea Castle Garden Public Tours
Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights
Saturday, December 5 at 9:00am - 2010 Arizona Historic Preserva...
Northern Arizona University (du Boi...
Thursday, May 13 at 8:00am
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Arizona Preservation Foundation LITCHFIELD PARK: Will local sports tycoon, Jerry Colangelo, and his development partners put in a bid?
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The Wigwam Golf Resort & Spa in Litchfield Park celebrates its 80th anniversary on Thanksgiving. Days later, it goes to auction in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, a sign of the downturn that has hurt resorts Valley-wide.
Arizona Preservation Foundation heard from JanesWalkPhx that the National Register of Historic Places has created Google Earth layers, by region, for all its listed properties. Zoom in on Arizona!
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Google Earth layers of properties listed on the National Register are divided by region of the country as determined by the U.S. Census. To use a layer, make sure you have Google Earth installed on your machine and then download the layer(s) of interest.
Arizona Preservation Foundation NEWS FLASH from Linda Mayro, Pima County Cultural Resources Manager: "Today, at public auction, Pima County was the successful bidder to purchase the Valencia Site from the Arizona State Land Department for $940,000. The purpose of this acquisition is to ensure the preservation of this large Hohokam village site that...... is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, and also identified as a "Priority Cultural Resource" for conservation in the Pima County Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan and Comprehensive Land Use Plan." (Background information in the attached Arizona Daily Star article)
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Pima County hopes to capitalize on the low land values hitting commercial investors now as it tries to secure state funds to buy 67 acres on the Southwest Side for preservation.
See MoreArizona Preservation Foundation PHOENIX: The Urban brothers continue to recap Phoenix's historic districts... in this segment: Alvarado.
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Today we are continuing our exploration of the historic districts in downtown and uptown Phoenix, Arizona with a look at the Alvarado Historic District near Central and Monte Vista in downtown Phoenix. Before we talk about Alvarado, let's talk a...
Arizona Preservation Foundation NEAR CAMP VERDE: Now this is high-rise living...
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Conservation of the fragile environment of our state, along with preservation of its natural beauty, has brought us Montezuma’s Castle.
Arizona Preservation Foundation SCOTTSDALE: Flickr photographer lumirefl has "the (w)right stuff."
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Taliesin West is a 600 acre complex in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was designed and built by the American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1938. It was his home, and studio until his death in 1959. The Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture continues to operate here. I grabbed these images during a 90...
Arizona Preservation Foundation SIERRA VISTA: And then on December 6, it's the Holiday Tour of Historic Homes in the Fort Huachuca Historic District. Details here...
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Visit the turn-of-the-century homes, still occupied by officers, on the National Historic Landmark District of Fort Huachuca. These homes are beautifully decorated for the holiday season.
Arizona Preservation Foundation BISBEE: On Thanksgiving weekend, head on downt to Bisbee's 26th annual historic home tour. Details in the PDF linked here...
www.discoverbisbee.com
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This year's home tour will be on April 11th, 2010 and feature the swanky cool tract homes of Paradise Gardens. Features several homes that were on the 2006 tour, plus many more new additions!
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Arizona Preservation Foundation "Our natural resources, our financial resources, and our human resources. As long as these resources are not being properly used or protected - as long as our national assets are squandered or neglected - as long as our nation is living off its accumulated capital, so to speak, with no investment in the future - as lo...ng as these conditions prevail, we have no right to boast about efficiency and economy in government."
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This is a transcription of this speech made for the convenience of readers and researchers. A single text of the speech, in the form of a reading copy, exists in the John F. Kennedy Pre-Presidential Papers here at the John F. Kennedy Library. A link to page images of the reading copy can be found a...
Arizona Preservation Foundation is pleased as punch that we're almost to 200 Facebook friends. And even more pleased to keep plopping onto this Facebook page story after story of preservation efforts underway all over Arizona.
Arizona Preservation Foundation PHOENIX: What would make this National Register building even better... bring back pie!
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YUMA: How can you, your friends, and your family help? Visit and enjoy the park itself: http://azstateparks.com/Parks/YUQU/index
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Yuma Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park preserves everything from original buildings such as the commanding officer's quarters to wagons that carried supplies to Army posts around the Southwest. A rarer sight on the grounds these days is state employees: The park is now run not by the state bu...
Arizona Preservation Foundation PHOENIX: Another place where the arts and history converge to stimulate conversation between artists and the public.
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Artlink has teamed up with the Rosson House Foundation and local artist and ASU student Sean Deckert to organize a new First Friday Art Walk.
