by Ryn Gargulinski | Mar 25, 2011 | Blogski Archives, column, environment, life, notable folks, heroes, odd pueblo
The destruction of the longstanding DeAnza Drive-In last April left yet another hole in the Tucson landscape, a hole frequently filled by new car lots, used car lots and Taco Bell. But fear not, nostalgia buffs, as a new drive-in is still in the works, with the latest...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Apr 8, 2010 | art blogski, Blogski Archives, danger, environment, life, notable folks, heroes, odd pueblo
The demise of Tucson’s DeAnza Drive-In theater is not the end of the drive-in in Tucson – at least not if local guy Charles Spillar gets his way. Spillar never even went to a movie there – but he wants to save it anyway. Well, he can’t save the whole...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Feb 23, 2010 | Blogski Archives, environment, life, odd pueblo
Tucson’s Miracle Mile has seen its share of transformations – not all of them good. What began as the showy gateway to Tucson and a prime stopping spot for families in the 1950s turned into an equally prime spot for drug dealers and prostitutes from the 1980s to the...