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Seeing through the Eyes of an Architect
Posted on 29 February 2012.
If you’ve ever known an architect, chances are he or she has some really cool and funky designer glasses. Let me give you some examples: So what makes an architect? Awesome glasses? Definitely. A slick bow-tie or black turtleneck? Check. But being an architect goes beyond the standard issue eye wear. Architects are put through a rigorous [...]
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Architect pledges major gift to Deaf Studies at CSUF
Posted on 26 January 2012.
Architect, Robert Nicol FAIA pledges major gift to advance Deaf Studies What: Fresno State to announce the receipt of the largest gift in the history of the College of Health and Human Services. Robert Duncan Nicol’s gift will support “The Silent Garden,” a project within the Department of Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies to cultivate communication [...]
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3 Remarkable Products from the Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference
Posted on 08 July 2011.
Recently, Enoch Sears, attended the Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference (PCBC) in San Francisco, CA, touted to be the largest building products tradeshow on the west coast. Below is his review. The show was half the size it has been in previous years, but still big enough to take up half of the Moscone Center. Many products [...]
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Reorganization of Downtown and Community Revitalization Department
Posted on 25 March 2011.
Below is an email being circulated from Craig Scharton. Until today he was the Director of the Downtown and Community Revitalization Department. His new position will be Assistant Director of the larger Development and Resource Management Department. That department included the Building and Safety Division, Code Enforcement, Housing Division and Planning Division. The department director is John [...]
Fulton Village framing begins
Posted on 16 December 2010.
Today, the first framing went up for the Fulton Village project by GV Urban. We had written about the foundation construction before. The thing I like about framing, is that you get to see the building grow relatively quickly.
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Digest This
Posted on 16 December 2010.
I have done a very poor job of late keeping you updated regarding Fresno’s built environmental in this blog. I’ve gotten busy growing a business and substituted in-depth blogging with micro-blogging through Facebook and Twitter. Please consider this my apology. Even thought I don’t really have the time. I thought I jot down a few [...]
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Mayoral Historic Preservation Awards 2010
Posted on 16 December 2010.
There is an awards presentation today during Fresno City Council session of the Mayor’s Biannual Historic Preservation Awards. These awards honor the projects and people that are helping to preserve Fresno’s built history. I am honored to be included among the awardees this year. Below is a list of all the awards. Come down to [...]
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Tower Geyser
Posted on 13 October 2010.
You may have read or experienced the geyser that erupted Monday at the corner of Olive and Wishon in the Tower District. It was the result of a water main being ruptured during the streetscape work. I didn’t see it myself, but the air did seem unsually misty on my bike ride to the office [...]
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Fulton Corridor charrette begins
Posted on 27 September 2010.
Here are some videos from Saturday’s visioning charrette. Much good discussion came out of this meeting. The highlight was the suggestion that we start dancing and stop whining. Please, make sure to make it to many of the charrette meetings as possible this week. Spcifically, make it to today’s meeting that focuses on the Fulton [...]
what lies beneath: Tower Streetcar Rails
Posted on 24 September 2010.
It just like nosy Tower District residents to go poking around the piles of rubble that is Olvie and Wishon this week. What did they find? Remnants of Fresno’s old streetcar rails, according to the TowerExchange listserve and Paula Lyod’s article is today’s Bee. - Ironicly Fast Track Fresno County is studying putting back streetcars that were [...]
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Tower District streetscape pilot project
Posted on 20 September 2010.
Update 10/7/2010 The project is progressing. Here are some photos snapped from on top of the Tower Theater by Bill Kuebler, the Tower District Marketing Director. Bill says the businesses are hurting but the end is in sight. Also, you may have heard/read about the trolley rails that were pulled up from under the road. Well [...]
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Fulton Village foundation
Posted on 20 September 2010.
From a ground breaking in late May of 2010, Granville Urban’s latest project Fulton Village is making strides forward. You will see the foundations popping up like rafts in a sea of dirt on the Fulton and Amador site anchored to the south by long time downtown standby, Tokyo Gardens. Building on a strong foundation is [...]
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Park(ing) Day finds a spot in Fresno
Posted on 16 September 2010.
PARK(ing) Day is an annual, worldwide event that inspires city dwellers everywhere to transform metered parking spots into temporary parks for the public good. This is being organized by a new design club and CSUF student magazine called Verge. To find out more about them check out their twitter, facebook and blog. After Park(ing) Day we’ll [...]
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BLUE BIRD grand opening in the Kress Bldg.
Posted on 07 September 2010.
Update 9/29/2010 Our call for a press conference for he opening of the Kress Building and the Blue Bird clothing store came true. Today, Fresno’s mayor Ashley Swearengin, District 3 Councilwoman Cynthia Sterling, and Redevelopment Agency staff joined Kress Building owner Robert Gurfield to celebrate the building’s opening with a press conference. The RDA Facade Improvement [...]
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historic hitching posts
Posted on 24 August 2010.
Have you ever noticed a horse hitching post at a home or business in Fresno? - Well the City of Fresno Historic Preservation Commission would like your help. They would like to identify the location of these hitching posts and explore developing a “thematic district” of the existing Hitching posts. Don Simmons, the chair of the commission [...]
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a modern movement
Posted on 29 July 2010.
Modernism was a movement. It encompassed art, architecture, culture, music. It substantially changed the world specifically the built environment. There is a subset of modernism that should be of interest to Fresnans. That is mid-century modernism. Interest in Fresno’s mid-century modern architecture has been growing slowly for a few years. On individual that has been an imputous [...]
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What lies beneath
Posted on 28 July 2010.
Cameron Sinclair of Architecture for Humanity can often be found half way across the world doing some good. Most recently he was in Cambodia. He posted the video below that I thought was interesting. It actually reminded me of what happened recently with the Kress Building. - When architectural progress goes bad from Architecture for_Humanity on Vimeo. -
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Creative Fresno: Bartender Challenge
Posted on 19 July 2010.
Creative Fresno has been a great mainstay organization in Fresno for several years now. When I boomeranged back to Fresno in 2006, the organization and members helped me find the right connections and places to be with lots of cool creative events. One of those events is the Bartender Challenge. It’s been a while but the Bartender [...]
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The Downtown Neighborhood Community Plan visioning & design workshops
Posted on 28 May 2010.
Here, along with CSUF anthropology professor Hank Delcore, we offer our take on the results of the Downtown Community Charrette held on May 10-15, 2010, by Moule & Polyzoides and the City of Fresno. Over at TheAnthroGuys we assess the charrette process. Please read both and leave your comment. There has been talk about revitalization [...]
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SHRC votes Fulton Mall eligible for the National Register
Posted on 30 April 2010.
UPDATE: 4:30 4/30/2010 Patrick Kolasinski has posted his review of the SHRC meeting. The nomination is an interesting one, because (unlike most historic resources), the mall is a) less than 50 years old, b) subject to an unusual ownership situation, and c) incredibly controversial. The mall was built in 1964 as part of an attempt to revitalize [...]
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