Often old friends and I get into spirited conversations about the many transformations in name and ownership of a number of Tucson area bars and taverns over the years. On numerous occasions I have been asked "why did they build a Hooters in the middle of a parking lot?", referring to the present location of Hooters-6335 E Tanque Verde in the Tripointe Business Plaza on the eastside. As far as I can remember, the building housing Hooters was there FIRST, and at one time, a HOUSE out in the middle of the desert until sometime in the late 70s and early 80s, when it became a series of restaurants, (Looking Glass? Scordato's?)I do know that there is a wine cellar under the floor in the building and during the early 80s friends and I used to go up stairs to the roof decks and party there, where there were tables. Anyone have any history on the building for some fun conversation?

Walt and I would be happy to volunteer for the 1953 diner shoot.

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I seem to recall it was "new" around 1966, prior to 22nd street expanding from two lanes to the divided road we know today. That road work was done in the 1967-68 period..real fun riding a bike to Palo Verde (early shift) in the darkness of Daylight Time in early '68.

I was at the Saturday "neon sign" lecture, and there was a mention of a "Loose Change" or "Spare Change" film that was made in Tucson.? I can identify a "Loose Change" film (9/11 Truther movie), but there's no suggestion it was made here.? Did I hear this right?

I'm not sure?Gus Balon's Restaurant existed in 1953. ? If I'm not mistaken it was built somewhere in the 60's.

Carlos, you are so wonderful!? Thank you for doing this, and staying on it for so long.? I love that last sentence...about messages left behind...

hugs and kisses,

Chill

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Tucson Modernism Week is an annual event celebrating the architecture, design, and culture of the postwar era.? The Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation is once again hosting historic modernist home tours, lectures, and parties.? Most of these events will be taking place along the original “Sunshine Mile”, which was Broadway from Campbell to Country Club.? New this year is a show of meticulously restored vintage trailers recently profiled in the Star...

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VanishingTucson members, this is a wonderful opportunity to experience thorough explorations of the era we discuss here.? Beyond nostalgia, TMW proudly proclaims the true historical significance of many VanishingTucson topics we are so fond of. ?I look forward to seeing you there.

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I have been a member of the group for quite a few years now even since moving from Tucson in 2007 after living there from the mid 1960's as a junior high school student to becoming a ' young' grandmother. We have made several trips visiting family and friends so we have seen the changes in the area in the last few years and the great thing about Vanishing Tucson is being able to read the messages that refer to some building or area in Tucson is being changed or torn down etc . My husband and I will try to place that area in our minds but sometimes we both have a different idea but I am usually right....of course LOL !!
We lived on the far SW side out on Valencia Rd west of Mission most of our years there but our first home was a tiny little 1 bedroom rental on W. Delta Rd between Nogales Hwy and South 6th Ave, we paid $55 mo. rent and our landlord ,an elderly couple had a larger home in front of ours. They treated us like their own family. They had a vegetable garden, fruit trees and a few chickens and were always bringing us things plus she was baking bread, pies, cookies etc nearly everyday and made sure we had enough too, which made my farm raised hubby a happy young man !!! They had a well on the property at the time and I can remember when the Water dept started coming around trying to make them stop using the well and even threatened to take them to court. Some county 'Goons' came to our door trying to get us to say we were getting sick from the well water and that we could sue our landlord for a lot of money and the health dept would back us up. That was the first time I seen my husband threaten to knock the ' heck' out of someone !! And he did quite good and I was real impressed to say the least....they never came back. Our landlord had a lawyer who was able to stop the county with a grandfather clause that until they sold their property or both had died their well could stay. Even after we were able to build our first home further out on Valencia a few years later and the wife had become a widow that well was still there and she still had a little garden but had to give up her chickens, I think she lived to be over 90 yrs old. The house is still there but not our little bungalow and that little water well is old history. We did thru over 40 yrs see a lot of changes on our side of town some good and some very sad, such as Midvale Farm. The rows of crops along Valencia, the Pecan orchard and my favorite old farm houses, painted so white you could see them glisten out there .

Hello All,

As monsoon season winds down, here's a lightning photo to enjoy. It's also an example of a photo that is way too high-resolution for a Facebook page, and can't be uploaded to any of the photo sharing sites because it is probably copyrighted by someone.

Can anyone tell which street we're looking at, and which direction? Please let us know your clues. Find the photo in the Aerial folder. Here's a better URL than the first one I posted...


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Thanks,

Carlos

Hello All, again...

Formats are constantly changing, and websites come and go. Try not to worry about it. For now, a Yahoo Group still allows more high resolution photos than any other social media site, and more searchable messages than any blog.

From the day I started this site in 2004, I have been less concerned with internet popularity, and more concerned with the people we aren't reaching at all: the last of the older generation who don't have computers, or barely use them. That's why I'm still interested in the oldest, most stubbornly unchanging electronic medium: AM radio. Once we get a weekly VanishingTucson call-in radio show going, I'd be glad to popularize it across all internet platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Redit, etc.,etc. So please keep trying to find me a native or nearly native radio co-host. I'll do the rest.

Meanwhile, I'm so grateful to all of you who have put up with Yahoo's various problems over the years. Even those who have gone away have left behind great messages which could last forever.

Thanks,

Carlos

Hello All,

John might be referring to someone who posted something then changed their mind and deleted it.

There have also been changes to the VanishingTucson YouTube page. Watching videos is still easy, but uploading may not be possible using our old public password. Please send your video clips to me, and I'll upload them for you. Also still willing to come pick up your old 8mm movies and convert them to digital.

Speaking of format changes, I'd rather be doing a call-in radio show than a website, but I need to find a co-host who has lots of good memories and stories. Please contact me privately if you're interested, or know a good candidate.

Thanks,

Carlos

Are you having as much trouble as I am, trying to find anything in the group?? I got an e-mail notice about new comments in "Hospitals and Sanatoriums"...I cannot find where the comment is...nor does clicking the link in my mail take me to the photo.

It looks like Yahoo is trying to Facebook its way out of existence.

John H

That whole intersection is changing, what with the new CVS going in on the southeast corner (stupid, tear down a bunch of perfectly good buildings to put in yet another mega-drugstore, or gas station...now I'm seeing Goodwill open on every open spot, but at least they're taking over older buildings!) It's only the one half of that center, correct? Thanks for the heads up, had seen the caution tape going up so figured it had to be soon.

Architecture trivia time!

Back in the late teens, the Episcopal Church decided to build a beautiful church downtown. They asked an architect from Pasadena, who had come from the Boston area, to design it for them. What he built was Grace Episcopal church, the original building and rectory as well as a new church for the growing congregation on the lot next to the original. Several years and expansions later, that second church was taken down by the congregation, brick by brick, and rebuilt on University (then 3rd Street), near Stone. That same architect designed the Woman's Club Building and the residence of D. W. Isaacson in Paseo Redondo (torn down during the 1960's urban renewal project). That same architect went on to become a quite well-known church architect, designing several churches in Southern CA, Connecticut, Florida, and finally, Washington DC. His most well-known is his national cathedral, St Peter and St. Paul, where several presidents have attended services.

The original churches downtown and on Stone and University are long gone, but a new Grace Church was built on Adams Street by a local architect I believe in the 1960's. The Tucson Preservation Foundation's website (which is great by the way!) has William F. Bray as the architect of the original building, because he was the local supervisory architect, which they use if the architect who designed the building doesn't have a license to work in that particular state (same as the Lutheran Church near the University that a lot of folks think is a Joesler design, its actually a Lutheran church architect, with Joesler as the local supervisory architect.)

Anyhow....Phillip Hubert Frohman, architect, is our link to Washington, DC! Check out the photos of the original church next time you're at the historical society (can't seem to find a photo) and think of how lucky Tucson was to entice this amazing talent to what was then a very new city!

Are all coming down very, very soon. Not sure of the exact date. Get your photos, nostalgia, etc while you still can.

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