Dec 28, 2008
It is a thorough treat and honor when I have the opportunity and privilege to write an article that is wholly unique to what is available elsewhere, and this is such an occasion. Some months ago, one of this blog’s principal benefactors, Mr. Dean Schirf,...
Oct 15, 2008
This article tells the story, at least a good part of it, of one of the most fondly remembered pieces of downtown-gone-by, John A. Brown’s Department Store, located (by its end) in a large part of the square block between Robinson & Harvey and Park Avenue...
Sep 1, 2008
NOTE: This very preliminary blog post was made in September 2008 and was not intended to be completed here. For the complete article about this 1903 Chamber of Commerce book, click here. First, the administrative “trouble” note. Somehow, I’ve managed...
Aug 26, 2008
Right now, we’re all wrapped up with last week’s approval and next-year’s construction commencement and 2012’s opening of the supertall Devon Tower, which, when done, will place our city in a relatively small handful of United States cities...
Aug 23, 2008
Before the Devon Tower project was approved at the August 20, 2008, OCURA meeting, Jon Pickard of Pickard Chilton Architects Inc., the Design Architects for the project, had this to say: “Height is fleeting. Beauty is not.” Related articles Initial Devon...
