The tour of the warehouse district began with breakfast on the top floors of the Luhrs building by Trost & Trost. Commanding view, and renovated for a Law Office.

Center of Peachtree Center by John Portman. AIA 2015 Convention Tour.

Photo: Betsey Merkel

Article: The Pop-Up Retail Model by Nicole McGee, Artist and Entrepreneur goo.gl/rc6rMe

Nicole McGee, is Co-Founder, Cleveland Colectivo and Artistic Director, Upcycle Parts Shop and Collective Upcycle, a pop-up boutique.

Nicole is an artist and entrepreneur involved in community revitalization for regional impact. Nicole sells her artwork directly to local neighborhoods in showcase pop-up boutiques. One store, the Upcycle Parts Shop, specializes in the creative re-use of business waste.

Visit the Shop online at www.upcyclepartsshop.org/

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Portman tour of the Marriott Marquis

Greatest urban innovation ever.

Downtown Phoenix skyline through the years.

Downtown St Louis 1992-1998

A townhome complex in north central Tucson by Bob Vint.

Photo: Betsey Merkel

Article: The Pop-Up Retail Model by Nicole McGee, Artist and Entrepreneur goo.gl/rc6rMe

Nicole McGee, is Co-Founder, Cleveland Colectivo and Artistic Director, Upcycle Parts Shop and Collective Upcycle, a pop-up boutique.

Nicole is an artist and entrepreneur involved in community revitalization for regional impact. Nicole sells her artwork directly to local neighborhoods in showcase pop-up boutiques. One store, the Upcycle Parts Shop, specializes in the creative re-use of business waste.

Visit the Shop online at www.upcyclepartsshop.org/

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401 w peace street, raleigh, nc

Photo: Betsey Merkel

Article: The Pop-Up Retail Model by Nicole McGee, Artist and Entrepreneur goo.gl/rc6rMe

Nicole McGee, is Co-Founder, Cleveland Colectivo and Artistic Director, Upcycle Parts Shop and Collective Upcycle, a pop-up boutique.

Nicole is an artist and entrepreneur involved in community revitalization for regional impact. Nicole sells her artwork directly to local neighborhoods in showcase pop-up boutiques. One store, the Upcycle Parts Shop, specializes in the creative re-use of business waste.

Visit the Shop online at www.upcyclepartsshop.org/

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A tour of the recently completed ASU Downtown School of Nursing by SmithGroup.

Photo: Betsey Merkel

Article: The Pop-Up Retail Model by Nicole McGee, Artist and Entrepreneur goo.gl/rc6rMe

Nicole McGee, is Co-Founder, Cleveland Colectivo and Artistic Director, Upcycle Parts Shop and Collective Upcycle, a pop-up boutique.

Nicole is an artist and entrepreneur involved in community revitalization for regional impact. Nicole sells her artwork directly to local neighborhoods in showcase pop-up boutiques. One store, the Upcycle Parts Shop, specializes in the creative re-use of business waste.

Visit the Shop online at www.upcyclepartsshop.org/

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Images from Downtown Chandler, following a tour of the new City Hall that was under construction.

A tour of the recently completed ASU Downtown School of Nursing by SmithGroup.

Downtown Phoenix skyline through the years.

2008 trip to this museum.

The Community Center is part of the 80 acres and ten years of building spawn by the 1965 capital improvements bond issue, in which two-thirds of the money was provided by the federal government as a Title I renewal project. The community center is composed of three buildings: a Convention Center with arena and exhibition hall, a 2,400 seat Music Hall, and the Leo Rich Theater with 575 seats. These buildings are placed around a spacious central plaza, design by Garret Eckbo of EDAW, with fountains and other water features, which unfortunately have not been well maintained.

Near downtown, Rochester's Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA) is laden with art studios and galleries, businesses and restaurants and residents of all kinds, and the community's premier arts and cultural institutions. As evidenced by this impromptu (and temporary) art installation crafted by the photographer and his son, the neighborhood exudes and inspires creativity.

The Community Center is part of the 80 acres and ten years of building spawn by the 1965 capital improvements bond issue, in which two-thirds of the money was provided by the federal government as a Title I renewal project. The community center is composed of three buildings: a Convention Center with arena and exhibition hall, a 2,400 seat Music Hall, and the Leo Rich Theater with 575 seats. These buildings are placed around a spacious central plaza, design by Garret Eckbo of EDAW, with fountains and other water features, which unfortunately have not been well maintained.

13 e martin street, raleigh, nc

Volunteers help to prepare the Cornhill Community Garden for the season's crop in Utica, NY.

Metropolis St. Louis "Get to Know Your Future Neighborhood" tour of the West End of St. Louis. There are some other photos of other tours and projects I was involved in with this organization.

Another afternoon at the Tempe Arts Center.

The origin of Peachtree Center.

A tour of the recently completed ASU Downtown School of Nursing by SmithGroup.

Part of the Modern Tucson 2013 Home Tour was this new re-development on the Westside of Tucson. This house is comprised of four rooms distributed around a courtyard to optimize natural light and ventilation on a tight urban infill site. The south façade is structural adobe, employing thermal mass to modulate interior comfort. A steel brise-soliel shades southern glass during the warm months but allows direct solar gain in the winter. Exposed masonry, steel, and concrete finishes require little long term maintenance, and custom steel elements add visual interest to the simple palette of materials and colors.

A final 2015 walk through downtown Atlanta.

Greatest urban innovation ever.

5th Avenue shopping corridor in Old Town Scottsdale.

Greatest urban innovation ever.

A townhome complex in north central Tucson by Bob Vint.

Center of Peachtree Center by John Portman. AIA 2015 Convention Tour.

Photo: Betsey Merkel

Article: The Pop-Up Retail Model by Nicole McGee, Artist and Entrepreneur goo.gl/rc6rMe

Nicole McGee, is Co-Founder, Cleveland Colectivo and Artistic Director, Upcycle Parts Shop and Collective Upcycle, a pop-up boutique.

Nicole is an artist and entrepreneur involved in community revitalization for regional impact. Nicole sells her artwork directly to local neighborhoods in showcase pop-up boutiques. One store, the Upcycle Parts Shop, specializes in the creative re-use of business waste.

Visit the Shop online at www.upcyclepartsshop.org/

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All that is left of the historic Bowman Hotel is the Grand Avenue façade. A new senior living facility and community center arise behind and along side. Work by Poster Frost of Tucson, a great story of preservation and adaptive reuse.

An evening at the Arizona Science Center.