The Other Station

03/17/10 A look back at a time when downtown Tucson was home to two active train depots by Dave Devine For almost a century, the Classical Revival design of downtown's El Paso and Southwestern Railroad Depot has been architecturally distinctive. "(It's) considered the prettiest in the U.S.," commented Viola Pyle Freeman shortly after the building opened in 1913. At the time, she was a new resident in ...

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Stealth But Not Silent

03/24/10 What impacts would the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter have on Tucson? by Dave Devine Representative Maximum Sound Level in Decibels (dB) Under the Flight Track for Aircraft at Various Altitudes in a Military Operating Area The U.S. Air Force in March held two open houses in Tucson, with the goal of gathering public input for an environmental impact statement on a proposal to bring the F-35 Joint ...

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Exuberance Abounds

07/14/10 Downtown Tucson Partnership head Michael Keith giddily insists that the future is quite bright by Dave Devine As he leads a walking tour of downtown's east end, Michael Keith certainly doesn't keep his opinions to himself. His optimism and exuberance for the area extends even to his T-shirt. It proclaims of the nearby Ice House, a rare successful downtown residential project: "Living in Tucson ...

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