Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Friday, February 28, 2014
4214 East Kings Road
We're in the middle of a bunch of boxes on a short stretch of Kings Road. (I've wondered why some streets have so many artistic mailboxes... is it “keeping up with the Joneses?” Someday I'd like to make a map showing all of the boxes I've photographed in Tucson and see if there's a pattern.)
This one...
...has handpainted flowers and vines over a salmon color. I snapped it on May 26th.
This one...
...has handpainted flowers and vines over a salmon color. I snapped it on May 26th.
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Monday, February 24, 2014
Friday, February 21, 2014
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
4038 East Whitman Street
We've switched from mailboxes along Water Street into the Poets’ Square neighborhood. (It's also sometimes called Poets’ Corner, but the city's neighborhood map for Ward 6 shows Poets’ Square... and the boundaries are also a square!)
Here's a black box with a desert scene in a circle in middle of its three-column post.
Monday, February 17, 2014
Friday, February 14, 2014
4149 East Holmes Street
If you came to the blog today looking for a heart-shaped (Valentine's) mailbox, sorry. The best I can do (this year, at least!) is a pink post. The box and the rest are turquoise-colored.
The “Location” box, where you can usually click to see an address, doesn't seem to be working as I post this week's entries. So here's a clickable address: 4149 E. Holmes.
Update: This mailbox is also shown in the April 6, 2017 entry.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
2702 East Edison Street
The home at 2702 E. Edison (which, for some reason, wouldn't show up in the “Location” box at the end of this entry) has both a weathered red mailbox with a zigzag design...
...and a long mural. (Click there to see the mural. It's today's post on the Tucson Murals Project blog.) I took photos of both on May 20.
...and a long mural. (Click there to see the mural. It's today's post on the Tucson Murals Project blog.) I took photos of both on May 20.
Monday, February 10, 2014
1710-1716 East Water Street
In the past couple of weeks, we've been looking at mailboxes along Water Street. The first was in the 800 block, just east of 1st Avenue. Now we're finishing this part of Water nine blocks east, in the 1700s, just west of Campbell. (There's more just east of here — as well as more sections of Water, here and there, including the last one I've found which is past Craycroft. I'm hoping to catch all of Tucson's creative mailboxes by some year in the future...)
Though I couldn't find any photos that look much like it, this design reminds me of something I'd find at a dock (without the mailboxes, that is). I found it May 20th on... where else? Water Street. The boxes are addressed 1716 and 1710.
Though I couldn't find any photos that look much like it, this design reminds me of something I'd find at a dock (without the mailboxes, that is). I found it May 20th on... where else? Water Street. The boxes are addressed 1716 and 1710.
Friday, February 7, 2014
1705 East Water Street
Last time, I posted a fish mailbox from Water Street. Here's another — a white box with fish on both sides:
More mailboxes from May 20, 2013 are coming next... though just one from Water Street.
More mailboxes from May 20, 2013 are coming next... though just one from Water Street.
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Friday, January 31, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Monday, January 20, 2014
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Monday, January 13, 2014
3645 North Stone Avenue
On the west side of busy North Stone Avenue is a mailbox that's probably caught your eye as you rode by. It's a dark brown metal color, wrapped by huge flowers and leaves.
(Though I'd spotted this place before, I finally took the photos on May 20th — by riding my bike along narrow Stone Avenue early in the morning, before there was much traffic. Bike lanes here are tiny, and there are no parallel side streets along this part of Stone.)
There's lots more iron work around the home. See the page 3645 North Stone on TucsonArt.info.
Friday, January 10, 2014
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Monday, January 6, 2014
2520 North Fontana Avenue
If you've been following the last few entries, you know that I was riding along North Fontana Ave. on May 20 of last year. And if you've already seen today's entry on the Tucson Murals Project blog, you'll know that there are handpainted murals on the porch. (If you missed it, click there.)
And here you can see the box. It's black, on a dark post set with square and rectangular tiles.
Friday, January 3, 2014
3307 North Fontana Avenue
On May 20th, I just happened to be riding far enough on Fontana Avenue that I spotted two similar mailboxes eight blocks away from each other. You saw the first box, at 2520 N. Fontana, yesterday. (If you didn't, you can click there.)
Here's the second box, the one farther north. It's black, with the house number and a saguaro between the posts.
(I normally don't show saguaros, but this coincidence made the boxes worth showing.)
Thursday, January 2, 2014
2507 North Fontana Avenue
This plain white box has its house number and a saguaro between the posts:
I found it (and the box at 3307 North Fontana; see tomorrow's entry!) on May 20, 2013.
P.S. The last half of last year was sooooo busy that I had to cut the number of mailbox “posts.” But I'm back on my bicycle, and I'm hoping to get back to posting boxes every day — at least, every weekday.
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
Monday, December 30, 2013
Santa Koala, 3202 East 28th
We started 2013 with a koala bear mailbox, at 3202 East 28th Street, complete with branches and leaves. When I rolled by last Friday, the 27th, I saw that the owner had added some Christmas cheer to the street.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
2345 East Elm Street
In case Christmas Day in Tucson doesn't turn out to be bright and sunny, the photo in today's Tucson Murals Project post, Maybe a mural, part 49: Giant flowers on Elm will brighten up your day.
There's also a mailbox at 2345 East Elm, but it's not quite as spectacular as the flowers:
Homeowners at 2345: Thanks for the art… and the box!
PS: I've been super-busy these past few months. There just hasn't been time to post many mailbox photos. I'm hoping to break away a day, soon, to post a lot of the backlog of boxes. Please check back!
There's also a mailbox at 2345 East Elm, but it's not quite as spectacular as the flowers:
Homeowners at 2345: Thanks for the art… and the box!
PS: I've been super-busy these past few months. There just hasn't been time to post many mailbox photos. I'm hoping to break away a day, soon, to post a lot of the backlog of boxes. Please check back!
Sunday, December 1, 2013
Pantano River Park (at Speedway)
Is it the World's Biggest Mailbox? Well, it doesn't actually hold mail, so… maybe not:
It's just east of the Lowe's store on Speedway & Kolb. There's a map and some overall info on the Pima County website. The November 12, 2012 Arizona Daily Star article Tucson Oddity: Postcard tiles, 'mailbox' send welcome message tells more.
I took this photo on November 13th. There are more photos on the Tucson Murals Project blog in the April 21, 2010 entry.
It's just east of the Lowe's store on Speedway & Kolb. There's a map and some overall info on the Pima County website. The November 12, 2012 Arizona Daily Star article Tucson Oddity: Postcard tiles, 'mailbox' send welcome message tells more.
I took this photo on November 13th. There are more photos on the Tucson Murals Project blog in the April 21, 2010 entry.
Friday, November 22, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Monday, October 28, 2013
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
2711 East Lee Street
Why does this red-and-white mailbox have a post that's around ten feet high? The top reminds me of a place to hang flags or pennants. (If you know better, please leave a comment below or send me email.)
I spotted it (hard not to miss it!) on May 13th at 2711 E. Lee Street.
Update (June 19, 2019): Donna Reardon emailed us the story of this mailbox:
This is my childhood home I grew up and lived in for 18 years. My father made this mailbox and post. He was an certified welder and iron worker. The reason why it’s so high is that it was a light for the front yard. Of course the light on the top is long gone. It was pretty neat in the 1960’s. We didn’t have any street lights and the yard was very dark.
Thank you, Donna!
Friday, October 4, 2013
Another box that rocks: 2209 North Tucson Boulevard
I'm back from a trip out of town (without my mailbox photos to post). But now the boxes are back!
On January 2, I posted a box that rox — actually, a mailbox on a pile of rocks. Here's one on a post (made of concrete?) that's (almost) covered with flagstone:
I unearthed it May 13th.
On January 2, I posted a box that rox — actually, a mailbox on a pile of rocks. Here's one on a post (made of concrete?) that's (almost) covered with flagstone:
I unearthed it May 13th.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
2602 East Mabel Street
Instead of putting your mailbox outside the wall around the front of your home, why not put it in the wall — so you don't have to go around to get your mail?
The owner of this mailbox did that. It's embedded in the stuccoed wall (and covered with stucco itself) next to a bright green and dark lavender gate. I rolled by (and stopped!) on May 13th.
The owner of this mailbox did that. It's embedded in the stuccoed wall (and covered with stucco itself) next to a bright green and dark lavender gate. I rolled by (and stopped!) on May 13th.
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