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is the website of El Encanto Estates Homeowners Association. El Encanto Estates was established in 1928. An oasis in central Tucson, it is on the National Register of Historic Places, a reflection of the district's novel landscape and architectural planning and the historic importance of its founding homeowners.
The Homeowners Association was established to promote the social welfare of El Encanto Estates and its environs.
The website has: archival information - history, photographs, maps, biographies; current and topical information - calendar of events, news, guest speakers, reports and calls for action on problems and politics; and general information - essays, web links.
Elencanto-tucson.com was frozen in its development, by vote of the EEEHA Board on April 8, 2002.
is focused on the dynamics of city growth and development, with particular reference to Tucson, Arizona. It provides: archival information, news, commentary, essays, photographss, maps, and selected links. Topics covered include: events developing from the inappropriate siting of a Big-Box store in the midst of three Historic-Register neighborhoods; an account of the development of a draft amendment to the Tucson Land Use Code, dealing with Big Box stores; traffic congestion; Luddites and privacy; tax assessment procedures; and Ising model analysis of developer-neighborhood interactions.
Urban-issues.com is relatively inactive at this time: the last changes were made in March, 2003.
has a collection of images of progenitors, descendants, and members of the McKay family of Spokane, Washington, and the Ruud family of Waterville, Washington. The families settled in Spokane and Waterville prior to 1900. Emphasis is on those born earlier than World War I. The nominal cutoff date for the images is 1945 -- a limit one expects will be violated in the case of recent photographs of general interest. The site contains also genealogical information.
Families intertwine. The collection includes images for members of families other than McKay or Ruud, including:
Bond, Jagy, Lamperti, Moore, Fowler, Pangborn, Brown, Ballard, Butts, Pratt, Schumaker, Lawton, Worcester, Black, Morgan, Southard.
The site is active at this time. About 300 images have been posted in six photogalleries.
provides short-term storage for files of use only to the Board of Directors of El Encanto Estates Homeowners Association.