Phoenix is days away from opening the controversial parking lot at the site of the old Ramada Inn on Taylor Street between First and Second streets. And it could not finish it without one last controversial splash – literally.

Leakage problems at Margaret T. Hance Park caused a 12- to 18-month delay in plans to build central Phoenix’s first skate park, a Phoenix landscape architect said.

Civic Space Park was given a 2011 Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence last week for contributing to Phoenix's urban community, a biannual national award earning the park $10,000 to be used for improvements.

Just a stone's throw away from Postino Winecafe is the newest Craig DeMarco concept: side-by-side businesses Windsor, a neighborhood restaurant and bar, and Churn, an ice-cream parlor.

The dean of the Walter Cronkite School has been named vice provost of ASU Downtown and top-level vacancies in two other Downtown colleges are being filled with interim appointments, the university announced Friday.