OP-tic

Turning an old chemistry lab into a destination art space isn’t exactly rocket science but did take artist David Therrien quite a bit of work. When he purchased the former home of the Arizona Testing Lab, which used to analyze crime evidence for the Phoenix Police Department, the building needed quite a bit of TLC. […]

Orpheum Theatre

Originally opened in 1929 as a vaudeville house and saved for posterity by a preservation movement that began with the Orpheum’s purchase by the City of Phoenix in 1984, this gracious facility reopened in early 1997 to great — and warranted — fanfare. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the building has a […]