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WOOING THE HEART OF PHOENIXTRIBKEN FACES A RUN-OFF WITH A TOUGH OLD BIRD

By Kathleen Stanton
Oct 23, 1991

NORTH-CENTRAL PHOENIX is an area of stately trees and solid homes which is often imagined as the heart of the city. Its residents cultivate this identity to a degree unparalleled in newer parts of town: Historic districts quilt the area's southern fringe, and North Central Avenue blooms with embellishments financed...
HISTORIC PRESERVATION TAKES TO THE SHADOWSWHEN IT COMES TO SAVING PHOENIX'S RAREST BUILDINGS, CITY HALL SENDS THE WORK OUT OF TOWN AND LEAVES THE LOCALS IN THE DARK

By Kathleen Stanton
Oct 16, 1991

OF THE 14 multimillion-dollar bond issues approved enthusiastically by Phoenix voters in 1988, the city's $15 million proposal to preserve its architectural heritage was uniquely ambitious. Never before had the city even considered devoting such resources to historic preservation. No one familiar with Phoenix's screwy sprawl would have believed the...
A QUESTION OF PROTOCOLWAS THIS MAN DOING PRIVATE BUSINESS ON PUBLIC TIME?

By Kathleen Stanton
Oct 9, 1991

When the City of Phoenix put a private consultant in charge of its international-relations program, supporters of then-Mayor Terry Goddard hailed the injection of free-enterprise energy into sleepy old City Hall. But some folks who work closely with the city's Office of Trade and Protocol claim the results fall more...
THE ZEROES ADD UP

By Kathleen Stanton
Oct 2, 1991

State land officials will continue defending a disputed land-giveaway law despite being slam-dunked by environmentalists in the state Court of Appeals. The decision to fight the appellate court's ruling was made last Thursday by state Land Commissioner Jean Hassell, and it was done with the blessing of Governor Fife Symington,...
THE BALANCE OF POWER

CLASSIC COUNCIL ENCOUNTER: NEIGHBORHOOD ACTIVIST VERSUS DEVELOPERS' ALLY

By Kathleen Stanton
Sep 25, 1991

IT STARTED unpromisingly enough in a kitchen in central Phoenix in 1986. Pat Coultrap and Mary DeConcini were venting their frustration over the proposed Esplanade development. They knew it would bring dense traffic and cut off their neighborhood's view of Squaw Peak, but developer Fife Symington had the city council...

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