A couple of years ago I was working on some of Anne Rysedale's projects (she was the only female architect in town for several years and did a lot of beautiful work), and today I found the old list I had been working on.? Now that I have home access to several old newspapers, I thought I'd try to fill in some gaps.? One of them was a shop she built for The Corral, over the years changed to Corral Western Wear, and some variations.? On Anne's list it shows that it was a free-standing custom retail store, so the 1950's location on Congress couldn't have been it, so I looked further back (there were no dates on the list unfortunately).? I found the original location opened in April, 1946, at 3557 E. Speedway.? Unfortunately I have found no drawings or photos as the ads only show a guy in western dress.? This location was closed, amid a lot of legal turmoil, for the widening of Speedway (sound familiar??) and moved to 51 W Congress (now a parking structure) that shared a building with Paulos Restaurant.? Sure would have loved to have seen this original building!? Carlos, any chance you can dig up a photo?
Catherine
