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| Committee develops map/guide to historic districts - Arizona Daily Star Posted: 18 Dec 2010 11:04 PM PST The Old Pueblo will soon have a new map and guide of historic neighborhoods and sites, thanks to the grass-roots efforts of a committee made up of neighbors and organizations. The committee is developing a free map and guide with information about more than two dozen historic neighborhoods, sites and landmarks in Tucson. "Some of them are not a neighborhood, per se, but it's a historic district," said Alan Myklebust, from the Blenman-Elm Neighborhood Association. The Tucson Historic Map/Guide will be printed in the spring and distributed in places such as resorts, airports, shops, museums and galleries. Members of the committee started meeting last May after they came across a historic neighborhood map and guide from the Phoenix area, Myklebust said. Soon, most of the historic neighborhood associations joined the project. Now each association is writing a description for the guide about its own historic structures, home styles, famous people and events - anything interesting and unique to the area. Most historic neighborhoods here surround the University of Arizona and downtown, said Myklebust. Some of the more well-known are El Presidio, Armory Park, Iron Horse and Sam Hughes. To ensure the accuracy of the information, a core committee led by Jonathan Mabry and Jennifer Burdick, with the Tucson Historic Preservation Office, is working on the content. Brooks Jeffery, an expert in preservation and director of the Drachman Institute in the UA College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, has agreed to write the guide's introduction. "There isn't a map/guide product like this. … We found some maps and guides, but they generally aren't about the historic aspects of Tucson and the neighborhoods," Myklebust said. The project is strictly a nonprofit venture, he said, and may serve as a springboard for starting a historic neighborhoods coalition. As an artist and resident of a historic neighborhood, Erika Parrino said it's important to take pride in the many preserved old homes in Tucson. "A lot of cities don't have that, and the variety here is wonderful," said Parrino, who's completed most of the 20 drawings for the guide. Parrino moved from San Francisco to Tucson two years ago and lives in the Blenman-Elm neighborhood. She said getting involved with the project has helped her become familiar with the community. The committee is considering producing a website with additional information. For now it plans to print 25,000 copies of the guide. UA Healthcare is paying for the printing. "Each of the neighborhoods has its unique, interesting historic aspect … and that's what this project is all about," Myklebust said. Contact reporter Mariana Alvarado at 573-4597 or malvarado@azstarnet.com This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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