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

AIA Phoenix Metro tour of this new building at ASU Downtown.

I love photographing these old signs and murals. This was a hell of a photowalk!

An evening not long after this park opened to the public.

Phoenix Science & Heritage Park in Downtown Phoenix.

2015 visit

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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Inspiring ideas for Mother Bunch Brewing at Stewart Motors in downtown Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was not built.

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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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.

2008 AIA Southern Arizona Architecture Week Home Tour of the adaptive reuse of the MLK public housing project conversion to market rate apartments and retail addition in downtown Tucson.

In 2013 I studied the structure for a new brewery and restaurant. We were unable to acquire the property, and the brewery chose a different location with a reduced scope. The parent Stewart Motors Co. Building is currently threatened by demolition for speculative housing.

AIA Atlanta Convention tour of this John Portman masterstroke: Peachtree Center.

AIA Atlanta Convention tour of this John Portman masterstroke: Peachtree Center.

Inspiring ideas for Mother Bunch Brewing at Stewart Motors in downtown Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was not built.

AZ 360 Ability Center.

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

A second floor condo over retail along the historic Miracle Mile on McDowell Road in Central Phoenix.

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

Inspiring ideas for Mother Bunch Brewing at Stewart Motors in downtown Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was not built.

Inspiring ideas for Mother Bunch Brewing at Stewart Motors in downtown Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was not built.

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/

Connect with I-Open at:

• Web www.i-open.org/

• Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/I-Open/170817416694?ref=ts

• Google+ plus.google.com/110017968978391752616/posts

• Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/iopen/albums

• Livestream www.livestream.com/iopen/

• Scribd www.scribd.com/I-Open

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Greatest urban innovation ever.

Inspiring ideas for Mother Bunch Brewing at Stewart Motors in downtown Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was not built.

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.

The origin of Peachtree Center.

Inspiring ideas for Mother Bunch Brewing at Stewart Motors in downtown Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was not built.

327 w martin street, raleigh, nc

Pulitzer Foundation Arts Center in 2007.

Downtown Phoenix skyline through the years.

Inspiring ideas for Mother Bunch Brewing at Stewart Motors in downtown Phoenix. Unfortunately, it was not built.

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

A final 2015 walk through downtown Atlanta.

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/

Connect with I-Open at:

• Web www.i-open.org/

• Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/I-Open/170817416694?ref=ts

• Google+ plus.google.com/110017968978391752616/posts

• Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/iopen/albums

• Livestream www.livestream.com/iopen/

• Scribd www.scribd.com/I-Open

• Slideshare www.slideshare.net/IOpen2

• SoundCloud soundcloud.com/i-open

• Tumblr i-open.tumblr.com/

• Twitter twitter.com/iopen2

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• Vimeo vimeo.com/iopen2

Copyright 2005-2013 I-Open. Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works. Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), 2563 Kingston Road, Cleveland, OH 44118. Phone: 216-220-0172

Baseball games at Chase Field.

Downtown Phoenix skyline through the years.

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/

Connect with I-Open at:

• Web www.i-open.org/

• Facebook www.facebook.com/pages/I-Open/170817416694?ref=ts

• Google+ plus.google.com/110017968978391752616/posts

• Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/iopen/albums

• Livestream www.livestream.com/iopen/

• Scribd www.scribd.com/I-Open

• Slideshare www.slideshare.net/IOpen2

• SoundCloud soundcloud.com/i-open

• Tumblr i-open.tumblr.com/

• Twitter twitter.com/iopen2

• You Tube www.youtube.com/iopen2

• Vimeo vimeo.com/iopen2

Copyright 2005-2013 I-Open. Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works. Institute for Open Economic Networks (I-Open), 2563 Kingston Road, Cleveland, OH 44118. Phone: 216-220-0172

The origin of Peachtree Center.