THE PARADISE GARDENS
50th BIRTHDAY ISSUE

2010 HOME TOUR

• Our 6th Annual Home Tour in Paradise Gardens promises a Return to Paradise with about a dozen homes open on April 11, 2010. Call 480-994-2787 for tickets. Press 2 for the box office. This tour sells out every year, don't delay!

COVER STORY

• Piecing Together Paradise Gardens on its 50th Birthday. Al Beadle didn't want to be cited as the architect behind Paradise Gardens in North Phoenix, so why is he still getting credit 50 years later? David Tyda ventures out to set the record straight, and finds it's still kinda crooked.

TRACT HOME REPORT

• A recent windshield survey of Paradise Gardens four years after we last photographed it. Check out what has changed!

VINTAGE REPRINT

• The Paradise Gardens marketing brochure circa 1960, compares the model home illustrations to how the homes look today.

THE GOOD LIFE

• The Howell Home in 1964. Shows what an original Paradise Gardens Saguaro Model looked like, including kitchen and bath!

COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES

• Farewell, Mountain Bell. On September 27, 2009, Phoenix witnessed the demolition of Al Beadle's Mountain Bell Building. Our 360º coverage of the event includes historic photos, interviews with preservation specialists and the design community, a talk with Nancy Beadle and high-quality video of that fateful day.

• The Stewart Motor Company aka Circles Records by W.Z. Smith is the latest postwar modern masterpiece on the market in Downtown Phoenix.

MODERN FENCING

• A collaboration between Tonnesen, Inc. and the Kings creates a modern steel fence around their vintage Haver Home.

$25,000 MODERN PHOENIX INTERIOR DESIGN SCHOLARSHIP

• The Modern Phoenix Interior Design Scholarship is intended for a high school graduate, college transfer or adult learner to study Interior Design at The Art Institute of Phoenix. Deadline is March 15, 2010.