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Re: Tucson Modernism Week is underway!
Am going with friends to copenhagen tomorrow then party friday at grant and tucson. Hope to seeyya!
"mistercopacetic@... [vanishingtucson]" <vanishingtucson@...> wrote: ? Hello All, Just a quick note to let everyone know that Tucson Modernism Week is here again! ?If you're not familiar, Tucson Modernism Week is dozens of events, all week long, all over Tucson, celebrating different aspects of the bygone postwar period. ?The same things we talk about here: Mid-century homes, buildings, signs, fashions, car culture, popular culture, design, etc., etc. There's almost too much for one person to see, but it's worth a try. ?Some events are free and others require tickets. ?Remember, your ticket cost goes directly to benefit the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation which works all year long, usually behind the scenes, to save the things in Tucson we all love. Here's a great way to contribute to a good cause, and get some entertainment and education at the same time.?? Looking forward to seeing you there again this year. Thanks, Carlos Please go explore the website and see all the activities. |
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Tucson Modernism Week is underway!
Hello All, Just a quick note to let everyone know that Tucson Modernism Week is here again! ?If you're not familiar, Tucson Modernism Week is dozens of events, all week long, all over Tucson, celebrating different aspects of the bygone postwar period. ?The same things we talk about here: Mid-century homes, buildings, signs, fashions, car culture, popular culture, design, etc., etc. There's almost too much for one person to see, but it's worth a try. ?Some events are free and others require tickets. ?Remember, your ticket cost goes directly to benefit the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation which works all year long, usually behind the scenes, to save the things in Tucson we all love. Here's a great way to contribute to a good cause, and get some entertainment and education at the same time.?? Looking forward to seeing you there again this year. Thanks, Carlos Please go explore the website and see all the activities. |
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Re: Tucson Modernism Week researchers needed
Hi Carlos
Although I have been a Vanishingtucson member for years I have not participated in very many discussions so you may not recognize me.... However, I am interested in helping you with research for the upcoming Modernism event. Please let me know how I can help. thanks, James Glinski |
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Tucson Modernism Week researchers needed
Hello All,
Thanks to everyone who has supported Tucson Modernism Week (TMW) in past years. There are many ways to help, but I have one need in particular.? I need a couple of people who can help me with some interesting web-based research in preparation for TMW this October.? Just a few hours a week for the next few weeks would help the project immensely.? If you're potentially available, please contact me off-board by email for more info. Thanks, Carlos carlos@... To remember what it was like last year, visit.... |
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Goodbye to our friend Walt
Dear Members, So sorry to announce that Walt, one of our very favorite original members of VanishingTucson has passed on.? My deepest sympathies to Evie, married to Walt for many decades.? If you don't know, Walt and Evie are our favorite couple, famous for Jitterbugging at any local event that played Swing or 50's music, especially charity events and fund-raisers.? They could be seen dressed to the nines, Walt in wing-tip dancing shoes, Evie in poodle skirt and cardigan.? Walt and I shared a love of vintage neon, among other things.? Walt was always eager to share stories and information with me.? He enthusiastically showed me vintage copies of "The Hellbox", which yielded many interesting advertisements (with racy photos), and information about the old Tucson Press Club. The Press Club members frequented Bugsy's on Stone in the 50's, which was owned by Evie's dad Chuck.?? Below is a link to a caricature of Walt from the mid-1950's. The resemblance still shows after all these years.? Caricatures of Walt, Evie, and many of the patrons adorned the walls at Bugsy's until the tavern was torn down for urban renewal. All of the surviving drawings are posted here. Walt and Evie contributed many memories to this Group, for which I will always be grateful.? Evie, please let us know if there is anything we can do for you. Sincerest condolences, Carlos |
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Re: remembering Amphi Shopping Center at 1st / Ft. Lowell
Matty's Toy Town was the name of the hobby shop.? I got my first Barbie there.? There were some other great stores in Amphi Plaza -
Goodman's Market, Goldwyn's, McClellan's.? I think Tropics of Tucson was in there at one time.? Jerrold Drug Store.? Karl's Shoes.? It was really the place to shop in the 60's, when a lot of stores were closed on Sunday. |
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Re: Forget Carmen Sandiego. Where's the Green Dophin???
I unfortunately do not remember the Green Dolphin, but do believe I would have loved it in its heyday.? The wonderful memories it evokes from friends who never met sound like you all are sitting somewhere together, sharing a round, and reminiscing :)? I too hate the recent loss of some wonderful buildings as I surveyed several in the 6th/7th area, including my beloved Small Planet Bakery building.? The owners were lovely in giving us all a party in which to say goodbye to the lovely old beams and bricks and even take home a piece of the past.? While I attempted to stay on top of the timing for the demolition, it was never announced, probably to keep those of us against the destruction away from the carnage.? I drove by the other night and it looks as if it was never there.? And while I don't have the many years of memories with it as those of you who enjoyed the Green Dolphin, I mourn its passing from Tucson's history. What is the meaning of progress when we must destroy so much of what people love and remember about a place we call home? For all of you, I will also add a cold one in tribute to your wonderful memories. Catherine |
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Re: Forget Carmen Sandiego. Where's the Green Dophin???
Cook....Thank you for your story, makes me think of the lost hangouts from my past in Cincinnat that I miss when I go back for visits.
Well since you can not have a beer to remener the grren dophin i will have an extra pint for you To good memories!! |
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Re: Forget Carmen Sandiego. Where's the Green Dophin???
What an awesome post and great surprise to see this. My dad, Marvin Hyman,?was the original owner of the Green Dolphin?until he sold it in 1981. Everything good you describe was solely because of him. Its demise was due to the new owners, of which two came after him.. When he sold it all of the features went with it so no idea what happened to the stuff including the Buffalo Head and tropical fish...I had the great fortune to grow up in that bar and as soon as I turned 19 (well maybe before) worked?with him. St. Patrick's day was the best!!
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Thank you for the great tribute to my dad. He would appreciate it
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Ken
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Forget Carmen Sandiego. Where's the Green Dophin???
My old roommate from UA was in town this weekend (he teaches at NAU but still has a place here in Tucson) and we were killing time between our morning constitutional walk around the campus and looking for a lunch place when we decided to check out some of our old haunts.?We drove by my fraternity house on 3rd Street where, what started out as just?the two of us?blowing off classes on a hot day, the combination of tequila, limes, ice and?my blender set up on the side porch would morph into a full-fledged?margarita party lasting well into the night.??Then we drove by my old ratty apartment near Warren & 8th.? Its balcony,?hanging precariously in the air?(one never parked?one's car under it when there was a party as there was only one bathroom and?when the line grew too long at the bathroom...),?was still there.? It missed the?new UA parking garage wrecking ball by a block.? However, when we drove down to Park & 10th, we were greeted by a newly graded lot where the Green Dolphin used to reside.??A venerable institution like the Dolphin, a building that?rightly should be on some registry of hallowed ground is gone and?a building that was old when I was in school?in the 60s still stands and?is allowed to be used for human habitation generating income?for some absentee landlord?? Where is the justice in that?? A quick check on Google Earth shows the Dolphin and the adjacent commercial building still standing on the otherwise razed city block in an image dated Feb 2017.? One of my first ROTC assignments (it demonstrated the importance of planning,?scheduling, and efficient use of manpower) was to take my hourly slot in a rotation that maintained a table and sufficient chairs on St. Patrick's Day so fellow cadets could drop by during the day, fight their way through the noisy, sweating crowd of students, and find a place to sit and enjoy a pitcher of green beer.? Years after I had graduated, done my time for Uncle Sam, gotten married, tried grad school, and attempted to live in Florida for a few interminable summers, we came back to Tucson and the Dolphin was still in business - barely.? It finally closed and I always wondered whatever became of the fiberglas surround around?the payphone situated in the dark grotto back by the toilets.? It was an glowing, iridescent seashell of such beauty and magnificence that it deserved to be preserved for posterity.? Of course, that's just the opinion of a former undergrad who spent way too many hours in what was, without a doubt in my mind, one of the premier reprobate college bars near the campus of the University of Arizona.? Ah, the memories?and past associations that old buildings evoke make progress seem like?a nasty word when those buildings disappear.??I'd raise a glass of green beer to the Dolphin but, my primary care physician says?I shouldn't have alcohol with?my new medication.? Nuts! |
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Historic home book project, featuring Blenman-Elm
I'm a Blenman resident who lives in a historic home, and you might be too. If your central Tucson house was around in the late 30s or early 40s, you're going to want to get involved in this book project, which is endorsed by the Blenman-Elm Neighborhood Association as well.
Through the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation (THPF) I'm creating a book and website of mid-century Tucson homes, then and now.? Remember my murals and "Snapped on the Street" book featuring people strolling Downtown Tucson's streets in the 40s and 50s? That was one of the best-selling local history books in Southern Arizona. This shows where those people lived, drawing from photo albums from old mortgage records of the Valley National Bank. UofA architecture professor R. Brooks Jeffery will write and help edit.? This book will be like a time machine that shows how we as a culture have changed and how we have stayed the same. It's archaeology in plain sight. And your home might be included, since they are all from central Tucson!? Here¡¯s the link: Watch the video and read the story -- I'm really excited about it. If you like what you see, please pledge ASAP on this Kickstarter page; I need to gather a whole lot of money for THPF to be able to move forward and print this book. Donations are tax deductible, and all sales of the book will benefit the many great programs of THPF.? There are many levels of involvement and premiums you can select. And if you pledge in the first week, you can even choose a level that gets you a PDF version of the book a month before publication at a discounted price!? Thanks for the interest!? Steve Farley |
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Re: remembering Amphi Shopping Center at 1st / Ft. Lowell
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re: "I used to go shopping [at Amphi Plaza] at Lucky's. There was a small strip of grass behind the store with a swing set." It's sad how such a neat idea -- kids get to play while parents/ carers shop unhassled by wee ones easily seduced by shiny packaging -- would never get off the drawing board today. Not missing the cigarette smoke in stores, though. Cheers, Les. -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 1/23/17, Arica Milan aricamilan@... [vanishingtucson] <vanishingtucson@...> wrote:
Subject: [vanishingtucson] Re: remembering Amphi Shopping Center at 1st / Ft. Lowell To: vanishingtucson@... Date: Monday, January 23, 2017, 11:27 AM I used to go shopping there at Lucky's. There was a small strip of grass behind the store with a swing set. My younger brother would play there while I shopped. I would even smoke inside the store. This was around 1967, the end of some of the aisles would have ash cans for your cigarette butts! I was 18 y/o We always shopped for groceries there even though we lived across from Safeway on Grant and First. We loved Amphi Plaza. |
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Re: remembering Amphi Shopping Center at 1st / Ft. Lowell
Hello All,
Thanks Arica for the great memory. ?Does anyone remember the vacant lot to the east of Amphi Shopping Center? ?I know it was sometimes used for a Rodeo, but I don't know how often, or how many years ago. ?Later I think a circus stored their stuff there in the odd season. ?Remember? Thanks, Carlos ? ---In vanishingtucson@..., <aricamilan@...> wrote : I used to go shopping there at Lucky's. There was a small strip of grass behind the store with a swing set. My younger brother would play there while I shopped. I would even smoke inside the store. This was around 1967, the end of some of the aisles would have ash cans for your cigarette butts! I was 18 y/o We always shopped for groceries there even though we lived across from Safeway on Grant and First. We loved Amphi Plaza. |
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Re: remembering Amphi Shopping Center at 1st / Ft. Lowell
Arica Milan
I used to go shopping there at Lucky's. There was a small strip of grass behind the store with a swing set. My younger brother would play there while I shopped. I would even smoke inside the store. This was around 1967, the end of some of the aisles would have ash cans for your cigarette butts! I was 18 y/o We always shopped for groceries there even though we lived across from Safeway on Grant and First. We loved Amphi Plaza. |
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Re: The Outlaw, 144 W. Lester
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On Dec 29, 2016, at 2:02 PM, cfw61@... [vanishingtucson] <vanishingtucson@...> wrote:
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The Outlaw, 144 W. Lester
This bar went by many names over the years, now an empty lot.? Today while cleaning out some of my late father in law's things I found an old matchbook for when it was Outlaw.? The area code was still 602 :)? On the inside of the cover it reads "Meet an Outlaw" and a place to put your name, address, phone number and a rating scale of 1-10.? Not sure if this was a way to find a date or ?? Anyone have any memories of the place or know when the building came down?? I found this one photo (anyone know the rider :)? ) but would love to see an exterior photo.
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Re: Snob Hollow
All very interesting accounts of Tucson's early history! Being a native and third generation Tucsonan, it's always nostalgic to recall this history, some of which I lived through. My grandfather, an attorney, had an office in the Valley Bank Building downtown. He was also a member of the Elk's Club in what was the Manning residence on Paseo Redondo. I vaguely recall times spent there swimming in the club's pool and dining in the club with my parents and grandparents. I regret not having spent more time talking with my grandfather about the development and evolution of Tucson.
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