Downtown Historic Phoenix and North Central Homes
Connecting People to Condos, Homes and Historic Properties
We are beginning a series of of posts on several of the period revival home styles. Today’s post looks at what is arguably the most popular historic style, Tudor revival. When showing people homes in the various historic districts in Phoenix, AZ, clients are drawn to the often whimsical Tudor Revivals. In Phoenix, we are [...]
The mission of historic preservation in downtown and Greater Phoenix got a boost today. Robert Melikian and his new book Vanishing Phoenix were featured on AZCentral.com today. Urban Connection readers know how much we love this book and the fine work the Hotel San Carlos owner has done to bring historic preservation to the attention [...]
In a prior post we mentioned that CVS Pharmacy at CityScape in downtown Phoenix would be opening their doors at the end of July. Well… it is happening and we have the details for your enjoyment direct from the gang at Red Development and CityScape. He is the press release CityScape welcomes the opening of [...]
Congrats are deserved for local Artist, Al Price who was awarded the contract for a 200 ft public art sculpture for a new arena in Kentucky. Price, a former school teacher, has created many large scale urban art projects around the valley including a popular piece along the light rail in downtown Phoenix. The locals [...]
More good news for downtown Phoenix. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) just awarded Phoenix a $25,000 grant to make an area near the Phoenix Public Market more livable. Here is how the project is described by the NEA folks: The City of Phoenix will use its MICD25 grant to hire an artist-led team [...]
Have you thought about buying a historic home in downtown Phoenix. In years past the prices made this impossible for many. Now, however, short sales and bank owned historic homes have made ownership possible for many more people. I just ran a search of homes in the downtown region built prior to 1945 and a [...]
Several of our Urban Connection readers have asked us what AS IS means when buying a home or condo in the downtown Phoenix area. This comes up often when people are buying bank owned homes or short sales. Lender owned homes seldom offer the option of having repairs made to the home and the majority [...]
Short sales are big news in the real estate industry these days. With a large number of people owning more on their home/condo than its worth, folks are pondering a short sale as one of their options. This is evident in the downtown region with about 1/4th of all active listings being short sales. The [...]
