Re: wow, more tear downs!
Hi All,
Thanks to Gretchen for the heads-up. Yes, the U of A has leveled an
entire city block of historic homes at Cherry and Seventh. Luckily I
was able to get a few pics of the last house (half
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mistercopacetic
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Enchantment
Has anyone read "Enchantment of Everyday Life" by Thomas Moore? In
one chapter he talks about our need for ruins. The gist of it is, if
we completely erase our past, then we don't have a clear way
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Teresa Cox Horton
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wow, more tear downs!
With dismay, I watched as 4 more houses went on 7th st. and Cherry.
Looked to be from the 20's-30's. More parking.
Next up, 30 more from same era may go for widening of Bdwy to EIGHT
lanes.
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gretchenannjane
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Re: anyone remember the El Capitan????? (attn: Gretchen)
El CApitan!! Yep I recognize it by the photos, is it vacant?
Went to the meeting for an hour. Of note, Starbuck will displace the
4 houses on the SE corner of Campbell and Broadway. They are from
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gretchenannjane
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Re: Viva El Capitan!
I need to refresh my memory bank.Go to the end of Ina
where this religious group of Brothers had a wellsite
and home.Non Assessable to the public.But just before
you got there was a guest ranch,big
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Bob Puariea <c2s0naz@...>
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Re: Viva El Capitan!
Remember Black Sambos on Broadway.
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Bob Puariea <c2s0naz@...>
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Viva El Capitan!
Hi All,
Thanks to Kitty for the address and info. I found it, and took a few
pictures. See folder in thr Photos section at your left.
The El Capitan is a great example of a what used to be quite
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mistercopacetic
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El Capitan
El Capitan refers to the following:
In 1955, located at 322 N Park Ave, I located "El Capitan
Apartments."
They were owned by C T Bohun (aka: Bohen) and the phone number was
31930.
This location is
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Kiersten Hardesty Carrillo <kittykiersto1@...>
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Re: anyone remember the El Capitan????? (attn: Gretchen)
How bout Clark Gables house on Grant and Madelyn
Circle?South side of Grant.Still there
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Bob Puariea <c2s0naz@...>
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anyone remember the El Capitan????? (attn: Gretchen)
Hi All,
I recently saw an interesting reference to an old place called the "El
Capitan" in our Rincon Heights Neighborhood Association Newsletter.
It intrigued me, so I attempted to figure out
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mistercopacetic
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Re: anyone remember Boke's Drive-In?
my son says you will need to do it with a 98 OEM disk and just reinstall windows 98----??? call us at 326-2384 you also can search microsoft web site for ms paint program---I sure hope you can
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carolyn hammond
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anyone remember Boke's Drive-In?
Hi All,
I found a wonderful picture of Boke's Drive-In. Before I posted the
photo, I drove by the location to see what's there now. It's a
parking lot.
I also found another 1940's picture of
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mistercopacetic
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Re: Drive Inns
Sharis still open and serving,Ads on TV from time to
time
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Discover Yahoo!
Stay in touch with email, IM, photo
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Bob Puariea <c2s0naz@...>
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Re: Drive Inns
Re: Shari's Drive-In:
"Does anyone know if "Shari's 1st Ave. Drive-In" still has car-service?
How long has Shari's been there?"
In 1978, Shari's Drive-In was June's Drive-In. June actually cooked
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William V. Sutherland <wvsaz@...>
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Re: Drive-inns
Hi All,
What a great topic! I'll look for old pictures. I added a scan of
the drive-in listings in my 1948 Tucson Business Directory. How about
those names? I love the spelling of Central
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mistercopacetic
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Re: Drive-inns
Had to email my mom, and this is what she remembers.
Drive-ins !!!!!!!!
How about:
"A & W" on Speedway
"Polar Bar" on Speedway and almost next door on Speedway
was "Marco's"
"Pat's" on Speedway, S
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Kiersten Hardesty Carrillo <kittykiersto1@...>
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Re: Drive-inns
Wasn't there a spaghetti place in an old train car too? I am 36 years old,
but seem to remember a spaghetti place in a train...
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From:
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Kelly <2corinthians517@...>
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Re: Drive-inns
Don't forget big Bobs and Johnnies on 22nd was only place open after
12:00.
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c2s0naz <c2s0naz@...>
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Drive-inns
Hi All,
Just wondering if anyone remembers the old drive-in resturants in
Tucson? Everyone remembers Johnnies, but how about Richies,
Hasty-Tasty And Duffies where they gave you a pizza shaped like
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lb1940
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(No subject)
In the early '70's a midwesterner crashed with me for a few days on
his
way to join the SLA (insurgent-fanticists and Patty Hearst
kidnappers)
California, he said he'd been inspired by the movie
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david corker
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