For Star subscribers: Empty asphalt and big boxes are two of the Tucson area's most abundant resources. We ought to turn more of it into housing, as at the old Sears on East Broadway and its adjacent lot.
You could practically walk from the Vail to Casas Adobes and never leave our cherished blacktop seas.
People are also reading… They're not far along in the project, but the whole idea has tantalizing potential for Tucson. Just think of all the underused or abandoned retail sites and lots, out East Broadway, south along I-19, north up the Oracle Road corridor. "It’s not a brand new idea, but it’s not broadly done. We’re carving our own path, to work with the city, work the mall owners and use our best judgment as to how to navigate this."
When I spoke to him last week, Council Member Steve Kozachik also brought up the Williams Center office complex along East Broadway. Offices, too, are increasingly vacant. "Every day we’re trying something different," he said."Any creative idea to solve the housing crunch and think about the way we do urbanism is welcome."
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