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Raising Chickens in Tucson – Something to Crow About!

“Reprinted from the Pima County Master Gardener Sonoran Seasons Newsletter – Dec 2019” Raising chickens in Tucson has become easier since the Tucson City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved an urban agriculture text amendment to the city’s unified development code in 2015. According to the Arizona Daily Star the amendment reduced barriers to raising …

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Spanish Colonial Revival style Safford School designed by architect Annie Rockfellow, working for Henry Jaastad in 1917 in Tucson's Armory Park neighborhood.

Annie Rockfellow: A Master of Spanish Revival Architecture

Chances are, you haven’t heard of Annie Graham Rockfellow. Somehow, Arizona’s first female architect got pushed aside in local history for several decades. So, who is she? Annie Rockfellow was the first woman to study architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one year after they allowed women to enroll. After working back east for several …

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Front facing the corner of 6th Street and Campbell Avenue

Sam Hughes Place Condos – Luxury Living Next to UA Campus

About Sam Hughes Place at the Corner Sam Hughes Place is a mixed-use development, consisting of businesses and condominiums, directly across the street from the University of Arizona campus in the Sam Hughes neighborhood. You can’t get much closer to UA than this! It’s located conveniently at Campbell Avenue and 6th Street in Tucson, Arizona. …

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Miramonte Barrio Viejo - new homes in downtown Tucson

Miramonte Barrio Viejo – New Townhomes in Downtown Tucson

About Miramonte Barrio Viejo Arizona home builder Miramonte Homes is building 13 new townhomes in downtown Tucson in the historic Barrio Viejo neighborhood. The masonry homes are currently under construction at Meyer Avenue between Simpson Street and Kennedy Street, on what was previously 5 long-time vacant lots. Let’s take a look at Tucson’s latest infill …

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