Journey through Tucson’s architectural evolution when downtown denizens open their doors for the Armory Park Historic District Tour. This self-guided stroll offers a glimpse at styles ranging from California bungalow and dainty Victorian to clever, contemporary, adaptations of vintage commercial buildings. (more below) Continue reading “It’s Home Tour Time”
Armory Park Plan Published
Susan Beirer and Steve Grede made a presentation to APNA last May regarding a plan to document and preserve the public landscape (streetscape) of Armory Park. At that time it was agreed that the final document would be added to APNA website when finished. That has now happened and now Armory Park Conservation Master Plan 2017 is available to be downloaded as a PDF. It has been published by the Heritage Conservation Program of the College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture.
The plan came out of Helen Erickson’s Preservation Planning spring 2017 class. Whatever your level of interest in Armory Park’s public spaces you will find something for you in this document. If your interest in the history and landscape is not too deep, scan through the pictures and read some of the related text. You will learn some new things about Armory Park. If you are deeply interested, you won’t want to miss a single word.
Contact Susan Bierer (sbierer@email.arizona.edu) with any questions.
2017 Treasurer’s Reports
Here are this year’s treasurer’s reports. If you have any questions please email me, David Bachman-Williams, at bachmanwms@gmail.com with your question.
Old Articles
I was just searching through the articles in the Old Articles category and realized that the way they are presented could be confusing. All of the articles appear to be written by the same person (me). That is not the case and all of the articles in this category were written by previous authors before I came to the site. When the site was moved to a new hosting platform, I also moved the years of previous articles so that our records and history would not be lost. Unfortunately, the transfer also identified me as the author of all articles, losing attribution to the actual authors. I could see no practical way to preserve the authorship information for so many articles.
If you would like to reclaim authorship of articles, please give me your name, contact information and the article titles. I will make the corrections.
2016 Financial Reports
Here are the monthly treasurer’s reports for APNA for 2016. These were not previously on the website because it was down for the last year and a half. If you have any questions please feel free to email David Bachman-Williams at bachmanwms@gmail.com.
Board Meeting, 14 February 2017
Here are the documents related to the meeting.
january-2017-treasurers-report
The minutes will appear here soon.
Welcome to Armory Park!
Welcome to the Armory Park, Tucson website, the official website of the Armory Park Neighborhood Association (APNA)! If you already live in Armory Park, you will find lots of useful information here. Please consider becoming an APNA member if you aren’t already one. Just click “Become a Member” to sign up. In addition to this website, we have an active listserv and a Facebook page. We have even on occasion been known to hand-deliver paper notices to the neighborhood on important issues.
If you don’t live in Armory Park, thanks for taking the time to check us out. Maybe you’re considering moving here? You should be able to get a lot of your questions answered – and maybe wind up with more questions than when you arrived.
The APNA Board holds monthly meetings on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (except January), at 6:30 PM at Safford School. Meetings are open to all residents. Attending them is a great way to stay informed about issues of neighborhood-wide interest. We encourage you to attend!
Merry Christmas
It may seem a little early for Christmas wishes but this is about Christmas past. Bill Duffy has announced the results of our 2016 Armory Park Holiday Lighting and Decoration Contest WINNERS! The pictures were too much for the listserv so you can see them here. This is Bill’s message:
The judges have spoken, and the votes have been counted! We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Armory Park Holiday Lighting and Decoration Contest. First, three categories the judges decided to add after they toured the neighborhood. Each of these three will receive a $10 Gift Certificate from Johnny Gibson’s Market. 1. Best Front Entry: 714 S 3rd Ave. (Sorry – this is the one winner the judges forgot to take a photo of!)
It's Alive
This website is gradually coming back to life. As happens in most volunteer organizations, circumstances have changed for those previously doing the work. That means that functions that have worked well in the past have deteriorated or stopped working altogether. No updates have happened since 2015. Continue reading “It's Alive”
ARMORY PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT TOUR 2015!
When: Noon-5 p.m., Saturday, November 14, 2015
Starts At: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 545 S 5th Ave.
Benefits: Armory Park’s own Neighbors Feeding Neighbors Program
Cost: $20.
You can buy tickets at St. Andrew’s on tour day. Or to pay in advance, click on the following link and designate “Home Tour” for your donation. Print your receipt and bring it to the home tour. That will serve as your ticket: https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=237455932
For information call 520/730-7919, or email armoryparkstudio@cox.net
Now that we have that out of the way, a bit about our neighborhood…
Journey through Tucson’s architectural evolution on Saturday, November 14, when downtown denizens open their doors for the Armory Park Historic District Tour. This self-guided stroll offers a glimpse at styles ranging from California bungalow and dainty Victorian to clever, contemporary, adaptations of vintage commercial buildings. Continue reading “ARMORY PARK HISTORIC DISTRICT TOUR 2015!”
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