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New Times Article on Phoenix - Why do YOU love Phoenix?
This is a little late, as it came out in last weeks New Times, but it seems to be resonating with people as, over the past week, I have engaged in numerous conversations with friends, neighbors and colleagues about the cover article by Robert Pela (not to mention the cover photograph!). in particular the 'Love Phoenix or Leave Phoenix line seemed to raise some controversy.
[Source: Robrt L. Pela, Phoenix New Times] — In Jason Hill’s Phoenix, the sun never sets. His paintings of the city — a vibrant Valley National Bank framed by a glowing sky; a dazzling Financial Center with a jet jauntily speeding past — are thousand-watt, high-color beacons that send the same, simple, not-so-subliminal message: Phoenix is cool. Come see for yourself.
Laura Spalding’s paintings are more roundabout celebrations of our town. Onto old Arizona license plates and tin trays, she paints skies cluttered with telephone poles and electrical wires. Her cityscapes are testimonies to how amazing it is that Phoenix sprang up in the desert in the first place; homages to how it survived to become a prosperous, distinctive destination.
Georganne Bryant’s message is less subtle. Onto black, cotton T-shirts that she sells at her midtown boutique, she has had a local T-shirt artist silk-screen this legend: Love Phoenix or Leave Phoenix.
Something has shifted. Hill and Spalding and Bryant and dozens of others like them are having a public love affair with Phoenix. They’re opening cafes and launching Web sites and creating art that speaks of their pride in a city that most of us have gotten pretty good at mocking. Many of these folks would have us believe — and, perhaps, want to believe themselves — that we, the country’s fifth-largest city, have finally arrived. That Phoenix has at last, after decades of false starts and near misses, awakened from a slumber that lasted way too long.
Full article here
I also found the descriptions of why New Times Staffers live in and love Phoenix to be particularly interesting, particularly the sentiments tha Phoenix makes you feel welcome and that anything is possible here. -- both are illustrations of what RadiatePhx is achieving
I'd love to here what others thought of the article ans well as hear what drew you to Phoenix, or what has kept you here. In other words, your own Phoenix 'Love Story'
[Source: Robrt L. Pela, Phoenix New Times] — In Jason Hill’s Phoenix, the sun never sets. His paintings of the city — a vibrant Valley National Bank framed by a glowing sky; a dazzling Financial Center with a jet jauntily speeding past — are thousand-watt, high-color beacons that send the same, simple, not-so-subliminal message: Phoenix is cool. Come see for yourself.
Laura Spalding’s paintings are more roundabout celebrations of our town. Onto old Arizona license plates and tin trays, she paints skies cluttered with telephone poles and electrical wires. Her cityscapes are testimonies to how amazing it is that Phoenix sprang up in the desert in the first place; homages to how it survived to become a prosperous, distinctive destination.
Georganne Bryant’s message is less subtle. Onto black, cotton T-shirts that she sells at her midtown boutique, she has had a local T-shirt artist silk-screen this legend: Love Phoenix or Leave Phoenix.
Something has shifted. Hill and Spalding and Bryant and dozens of others like them are having a public love affair with Phoenix. They’re opening cafes and launching Web sites and creating art that speaks of their pride in a city that most of us have gotten pretty good at mocking. Many of these folks would have us believe — and, perhaps, want to believe themselves — that we, the country’s fifth-largest city, have finally arrived. That Phoenix has at last, after decades of false starts and near misses, awakened from a slumber that lasted way too long.
Full article here
I also found the descriptions of why New Times Staffers live in and love Phoenix to be particularly interesting, particularly the sentiments tha Phoenix makes you feel welcome and that anything is possible here. -- both are illustrations of what RadiatePhx is achieving
I'd love to here what others thought of the article ans well as hear what drew you to Phoenix, or what has kept you here. In other words, your own Phoenix 'Love Story'
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Comment by Claudia Bullmore on November 7, 2008 at 8:05am - I also feel encouraged when I read this article. Just have to keep the love flowing..
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