Move date for the Morin House
I e-mailed Dan Klocke inquiring about the move date of the Morin House. His response is below. I've never witnessed the move of an entire house so I plan to be out there that night. I'll take pictures for the benefit of the forum. Who knows... maybe I can help out in some way.
Mark Thanks for the e-mail. It is an exciting project and I am happy to be in the Roosevelt neighborhood. We just set a date of August 24th/25th-the Friday night/Sat morning. There will be activity in the evening but the house will likely not move until 2 am Sat morning. If there is bad weather it will be Sept 8/9. It should provide for some interesting photos to say the least. Thanks for your interest Dan |
Sweet! Make sure you post pics!
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Polly Rosenbaum Archives
Here is an exerpt from the article about the archives facility being build near the capitol. The full story is at the link below. Also, they include a nice animation with explanation of the approach to the building design and its purpose. I included a link to that as well. It's not building preservation but preservation of Arizona's history...I thought it fit in this thread.
http://southwest.construction.com/fe...7_feature4.asp http://southwest.construction.com/im...chivebldgb.wmv http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/a43d207b49.jpg History Lesson Arizona Archive Preserves the Past to Protect the Future By Scott Blair The $32.3 million Polly Rosenbaum Archives in Phoenix will preserve Arizona's important documents. The 125,000-sq-ft space will also treat and restore these materials through a variety of unique rooms, including a document blast-freezer and a fumigation room. Irreplaceable records of Arizona's history are being destroyed every day because of a lack of space to properly house them. That's the alarming message state archivists delivered to the Arizona State Legislature more than 10 years ago. After years of false starts, state lawmakers finally approved $32.5 million for the construction of the Polly Rosenbaum Archives and History Building, and construction began in January. "It's important for people to understand this building is not great-great-aunt Sally's diary of crossing the plains," says GladysAnn Wells, director of the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records. "As much as I might be interested in reading that, these records are what protect personal entitlements, property and water rights." The building is located on a vacant lot near the State Capitol on 19th Avenue and Madison Street, and is named for Arizona's longest serving state representative and a long-time advocate for historic preservation. |
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^ 1,500 for Phoenix.
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Phx HP office job opening
CITY OF PHOENIX HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANNER
Salary Range: $52,603 – $74,755 annualized Recruitment Dates: August 13 to September 10, 2007 (first review of applications) Requires two years of experience performing public or private planning, preservation or architectural work plus a bachelor's degree in architecture, history, planning, historic preservation, archeology, or a closely related field. Knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, historic architectural styles and building construction techniques is essential. Strong writing and communication skills and experience in working with government, non-profit boards and commissions is desirable. Experience managing historic rehabilitation projects, performing federal compliance work, and overseeing grant programs are preferred. Other combinations of experience and education that meet the minimum qualifications may be substituted. Coordinates and assists in the implementation of the City's Historic Preservation Program. Prepares and processes historic preservation zoning cases; performs design reviews of Certificate of Appropriateness applications; manages major rehabilitation work on city-owned historic sites; reviews city projects for compliance with city, state and federal historic preservation regulations; performs historic research and survey work; helps to manage historic preservation incentive programs; performs public outreach; prepares reports and makes public presentations; enforces the city historic preservation ordinance; and provides technical, architectural and historical design guidance to City staff, elected officials, citizens, boards and commissions. Some positions in this classification require the use of personal or City vehicles on City business. Individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely, possess an appropriate valid Arizona driver's license, possess personal insurance coverage, and have an acceptable driving record. Based on resume and cover letter. In your cover letter or resume, please describe your knowledge of the Secretary of the Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation, historic architectural styles, building construction techniques, and all other related historic preservation experience. Only applicants who meet the experience requirements will be placed on the eligible-to-hire list. Previous score cannot be reused. The City of Phoenix supports a drug-free workplace. After an employment offer is made, external applicants will be required to take and pass a drug test. Employment will be contingent upon successful completion of this drug test, and consideration of background, reference, and other job-related selection information. For more information go to www.phoenix.gov/jobs |
I would so apply for that if it wasn't a pay-cut even at maximum salary.
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I dunno what Combusean does, but sounds like he's the guy for the job.
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The Morin House did not move last night. This is not surprising given the rainy weather this morning. Looks like Sept 8/9 is the new target.
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Damn, I totally forgot about that. How's that, we have a couple weeks of clear weather and then Dean's moisture comes and effs it all up. Oh well, thanks for reminding me. I hope someone can get some pictures of the move (I'll be out at Lake Powell that weekend :))
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Here's a nice article from the Downtown Phoenix Journal to satiate us while news is slow:
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Anyone here frequent modernphoenix.net? Does anyone know who Walt Lockley is from that website? I was looking through this section of modern phoenix: http://www.modernphoenix.net/vnb/bimson.htm which is a little piece about the First Security Building and the top floor. I noticed the picture of the grass yard on the top floor was actually my picture. About 5 years ago I snuck into the penthouse of the First Security building when it was under renovation and discovered (my own discovery, not that it was a secret) that the penthouse had a roof-top yard complete with bushes and grass and everything. I even posted a picture thread here on SSP about my urban exploration exploits. It's amazing that me, of all people since I rarely post pictures, is having their picture "stolen", as the modern phoenix website says "text and pictures by Walt Lockley". Well, Walt, that one isn't your picture bud!
From modern phoenix: http://www.modernphoenix.net/vnb/ima...npenthouse.jpg From my camera 5 years ago: http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...p/DSC00600.jpg |
PHX31, I frequent ModernPhoenix.net but I dont know Mr Lockley personally. He used to have an amazingly awesome website (waltlockley.net I think it was) that had tons of pictures of Phoenix architecture along with lots of written history. Shoot him an email on there asking for credit and Im sure it'll all work itself out.
EDIT: VV Soleri's name is Walt, but its a different guy Im pretty sure...I seem to recall asking him (soleri). |
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So Im going to be doing a photo thread sometime in the next week hopefully showing Biltmore, Arcadia and the Papago Park Area (basically an East Phoenix catch all thread), but I thought Id share an odd house I came across:
http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/6015/dsc0059gd.jpg Now it wouldn't look out of place in Central Phoenix at all but this bungalow is on the North side of Missouri just a bit west of 20th St. I was surprised to see such an old building that far East. I wonder if this house formerly sat on a ranch or citrus grove or something. |
Looking forward to your upcoming E. Phx photos.
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Cool find, Hoover. I'm always surprised to find older homes far from the dowtown area. I imagine, like you are wondering, if they are remnants of long lost homesteads/farms. Looking forward to the rest of the pics.
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It occurred to me that the house could have been moved there from Central Phx...possibly?
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