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Mayflower Lofts

Mayflower Lofts

If you have transvered the intersection of Tuolomne and Broadway, you have no doubt noticed the progress on the construction on the Mayflower building. We’ve written before about the interesting design from Pasadena based developers Jake & Romi. I got a sneak peak tour today with Jake (@JakeKojikian). Below are a sampling of photos. This where [...]

3 Remarkable Products from the Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference

3 Remarkable Products from the Pacific Coast Builder’s Conference

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 [...]

thank you for 3 years and counting

thank you for 3 years and counting

September was a good month. This blog was active, reporting and opinionating on various built environment issues. If you missed anything, here is the recap: BLUE BIRD grand opening in the Kress Bldg Park(ing) Day finds a spot in Fresno Fulton Village foundation Tower District streetscape pilot project potential: Central Valley Cheese Mayflower Hotel under construction what lies beneath: Tower Streetcar [...]

SHRC votes Fulton Mall eligible for the National Register

SHRC votes Fulton Mall eligible for the National Register

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 [...]

Kress Building unveiled after 60 years of hiding

Kress Building unveiled after 60 years of hiding

UPDATE: 4/7/10 The Fresno Bee has caught up with coverage of this fascinating building and interesting sequence of events that led to its discovery. Reporter, George Hostetter wrote the article that is feature on the website and on the front page of today’s paper. Though, you may notice that the story told below starting on March [...]

California High Speed Rail – Fresno station

California High Speed Rail – Fresno station

There is much anticipation for the California High-Speed Rail and the transformative properties it may have on Fresno. With state and federal money now allotted to the project, it is hard to curb my enthusiasm about the idea. After all we must be realistic that it will be several years if not a decade or [...]

Decade in Review: Top 10 in Fresno Architecture

Decade in Review: Top 10 in Fresno Architecture

Inspired by an article that John King wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle, we decided to do a Decade in Review article to identify the 10 best buildings representing Fresno architecture. Our parameters were that the buildings be in Fresno County with construction completed between 2000 and 2009. The reviewers were Joe Moore, president of [...]

Tweeting toward government transparency

Tweeting toward government transparency

13 January 2010

Tuesday 01/12/2010 I was interviewed by CBS 47 for a news segment regarding the City of Fresno’s use of twitter. Below is the embedded video. I’d like to know what you’re thoughts are on @CityofFresno tweets. Is this platform a good way to increase government transparency? How does Fresno stack up to other jurisdictions that [...]

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1968 Airstream Ambassador Remodel Exhibit

1968 Airstream Ambassador Remodel Exhibit

05 January 2010

1968 Airstream Ambassador Remodel Exhibit will be during Art Hop the 1st Thursday, January 7th 2010, 5-8pm. Will be at 1724 Broadway Ave. across from the Rainbow Ballroom.

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unemployed architects

unemployed architects

30 December 2009

A report of unemployment statistics through the 3rd quarter of 2009, released this week, finds the architecture industry is the hardest hit by the continued recession. - Job losses in the profession jumped 17.8 percent, bringing the total number of employed architects to 189,000 in the first three quarters of 2009, compared to 230,000 in the [...]

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Boomerang talk

Boomerang talk

27 December 2009

Below is the talk I gave at the Boomerang Reception held on 12/20/2009 at the CSUF Smitcamp Alumni House. I was the first speaker of the evening. The other speakers were Mayor Ashley Swearengin, CSUF President Dr. John Welty, FUSD Superintendent Michael Hansen, and FPU President Merrill Ewert. It was an honor to be [...]

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Iron Bird Lofts open house this weekend

Iron Bird Lofts open house this weekend

17 December 2009

As some downtown buildings just begin construction and others get a new lease on life, the Iron Bird Lofts opens its doors. - I ran into developer, Reza Assemi, Wednesday morning on my way back from the Bank of Italy press conference. He was busy giving direction to the concrete sub-contractor at Broadway Lofts

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Granville Homes moves dirt on Fulton Village

Granville Homes moves dirt on Fulton Village

16 December 2009

Tractors have been rumbling outside my office this week. I decided to walk over and snap some photos. I caught this one of Tommy Yoshioka, owner of Tokyo Garden, and construction worker look on as tractor pushes dirt around Granville Homes latest downtown project Fulton Village I was also lucky enough to chat with Darius Assemi [...]

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