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May 9, 2021 by Kevin

1958 Hallcraft Homes advertising section: “This is Livin’!”

This special advertising section appeared on July 20, 1958 in the Arizona Republic to introduce with the catchphrase “This is Livin’!” The designs featured “Cindarella gables” with sweeping window and entry overhangs, and a “flow of line which introduces to homebuilding in the Valley of the Sun a graceful and distinctive charm of a kind […]
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August 14, 2014 by Kevin

You can’t go home again… except now you can, Part 2

Back in time for another Throwback Thursday #TBT flashback/flashforward. In the latest incarnation of Zillow sales histories are online, including photos and descriptions from past marketing listings. So I went back to the house that I spent the bulk of my childhood in, from Kindergarten through sophomore year in high school. Turns out it was most recently […]
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April 10, 2014 by Kevin

You can’t go home again… except now you can.

Going back home to check on things is easy with Google Earth at hand. In a box of old photos I came across recently there were a few photos of our old house back in Scottsdale. Based on the paint colors I’d date the photos to the late 70s or very early 80s. It was […]
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