Until now, it looked like the Arizona desert would swallow a mid-century modern house designed by Phoenix architect Alfred Beadle.

Last month, Lynda Maze, owner of the 1958 White Gates House, convinced a Phoenix court to give her time to renovate her blighted property, which she had considered razing two years ago. The city retracted two blight citations that neighbors had filed against the house.

"I didn't realize it would take possession of my body," Maze says of the White Gates House. "I'm not a historian, but I just got the house, spent some time up there and decided, 'I've got to do something.'"

Wow! I'm one of the crew who banded together last year to lend Lynda a hand, a big pow-wow of sorts. Guys, the inside of this house is *gone*. The previous owner gutted it and completely scraped the surrounding property. Disgusting, really. But the area is *full* of teardown/mega-million dollar McMansions......... Thank God for Lynda !

Go see the thread on Project White Gates here: http://www.modernphoenix.net/forums/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=2445
- Justin (guest) 3-21-2008 1:37 am [add a comment]