07 March 2010
This is the first of a reoccurring feature we will cal: What The Façade or WTF Every once in awhile you come across a building that is really well thought out, contextual and pleasing to the eye. This is not the case with the building below. One of our readers sent us the image below with [...]
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04 March 2010
The days of vague plans for downtown Fresno are over. It’s time to get specific. his is the hope of the Swearengin administration, Downtown Revitalization Department, The Planning and Development Department and a diversity of private citizens. The contract for the Fulton Corridor Specific Plan and the Downtown Neighborhoods Community Plan were approved by Fresno City [...]
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02 February 2010
On the front page of Saturday’s (1/29/10) Fresno Bee there ran another success story of downtown revitalization. However, after I read through the story, there were a few key details that were left out regarding the San Joaquin Light & Power Corporation Building aka International Trade Center. Both in the article and at the State [...]
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19 January 2010
A few week back I stumbled upon the first blog post I wrote on Fresno Famous. That was two years ago. I wrote a handful of posts on Famous before eventually branching out and creating this site. It’s awesome to see that I’ve implemented many of those ideas set back then. We’ve made great [...]
18 January 2010
The American Institute of Architects, San Joaquin Chapter, invites you to attend the 2009 Architecture Design Awards Dinner and Presentation. This event will showcase architectural projects by local firms that demonstrate a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and which have produced a significant contribution to the built environment. This event is open to [...]
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14 January 2010
The video below was produced by friends of the owner, Vicente Aello and design/builder, Josh Ganshorn, of the remodeled 1968 Airstream Ambassador that was on display during the January, 2010 Art Hop. Check it out, it’s pretty retro & groovy.
