Breakfast soon to be on the menu at Café a la C’art
La Cocina reopens with new management, menu
Phx. builder sets up S. Az. base on Stone Ave.
Java shop changes owners, name
Rialto adding patio bar
to east end of building
Office space ready for lease at Bates Mansion
Dinnerware set for new home, slightly farther east
Low-income housing credits boost W. Side development
Culture
Tucson Culture
Downtown is firmly established as Tucson’s cultural center. One of just 14 American cities to boast professional companies in theater, dance, symphony, and opera, Tucson is recognized for its strong arts community. Downtown is where these and other arts groups create and showcase their work.
The Downtown area is home to Tucson’s creative class. Tucson has more working artists per capita than any city in the United States, and many of them live and work in the Warehouse Arts District and other Downtown neighborhoods.
Tucson’s rich layers of culture are evident in Downtown’s architecture and in its neighborhoods. The Old Pueblo is the longest continuously inhabited community in North America, with evidence of organized settlement going back more than 4,000 years. Downtown is literally built over ancient pit-houses, and on the foundation of the walled city established as el presidio del Tucson in 1775.
