The building was re-skinned, probably in the early to mid 70s. I wasn't there at the time but from the look of it, that's my best guess. I moved to Tucson in "93 and moved away a couple of years ago. In all that time, the Pioneer was a fully functional but uninspiring office building, nearly all traces of its history lost. In the last ten or so years, a little bit of money was put into restoring the street level facade. That's better than nothing, but the entire building remains mummified behind a nondescript skin.
Inside the building, there are places one can find a few traces of the past. I'm sure it could be restored but the landlord, like Tucson itself, is way more focused on income than history. That's one of the reasons I moved away.
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