June 2020

Historian and curator Robert Melikian was frustrated and sad. He said last week that he wanted to rid the world of what he called "the negligent demo," a trend that rewards owners of historic buildings for letting those buildings rot.…

The downtown Phoenix building that once housed Steinegger Lodging House, Golden West Hotel, and Newman's Cocktails may soon be demolished.The Phoenix Historic Preservation Commission voted at its June 15 meeting not to initiate historic…

Two unique late 19th-century buildings remain downtown within a few blocks of each other near East Monroe Street. One is the famous Rosson House, built in 1895, and the other is the Steinegger Lodging House, built in 1889.The latter…