Keeping What Is Unique: Alternatives to Teardown Thinking



For a city that experienced much of its growth with the advent of cars and A/C, Phoenix's truly 'historic' building stock was quite limited until recently. Extremely restrictive zoning, rigorous reuse codes, and a constant insistence at reinvention have then done few favors to a city reticent to engage with its own history.
How do we now get in touch with our historic bones and build a culture of preservation?      Phoenix's historic preservation history has been checkered at best, with remarkable buildings by world-renowned architects, as well as local gems, equally considered ready for the bulldozer. Until recently, hyper-restrictive zoning and planning, the primacy of the automobile, and downtown construction schemes all took primacy over preserving historic buildings and culture.

For(u)m brings together a journalist, an artist/academic, an architect, a government official, and a developer to discuss how we got to this point, and how we turn around.

 

Featuring:

-Adriene Jenik, ASU Herberger Institute for Design & the Arts

-Eddie Jones, Jones Studio

-John Dougherty, Investigative MEDIA

-Bob Frankeberger, Arizona State Historic Preservation Office

-Michael Levine, Levine Machine LLC

 

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