Wednesday, October 12, 2005
I figure most of the people who read this blog - all 4 of you - know this already: Barry Bard passed away last Friday. In my minds eye I see him now on the far side of the Styx, handing out goodie bags to new arrivals.
Merry Meet Again.
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On a lighter note, another legend of Arizona fandom slipped away this summer, or is at least greatly diminished: the notorious Anvil of God, aka Phoenix Civic Plaza North. Occupying two city blocks and designed by someone who had never stepped outside during a Phoenix summer, the plaza hadn't a stick of shade on it. It gained notoriety during a big con sometime in the 80's, a Westercon I think, where the hotel was the Hyatt Regency, on one side of the Plaza, and part of the programming was in the Convention Center on the other side, necessitating a ten-minute trek in the blazing July sun in 100-degree-plus weather. Imagine your last hall costume, then imagine running that gauntlet in your last hall costume. One con-goer was rumored to have suffered first-degree burns from her chain mail bikini, just walking from one convention space to the other!
Well, those days are over. A large annex to Symphony Hall is being built on the Plaza, directly across from the Hyatt. I wasn't able to get a good look Friday night, with all the scaffolding etc, but at the very least it takes some of the edge off that long walk.
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Merry Meet Again.
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On a lighter note, another legend of Arizona fandom slipped away this summer, or is at least greatly diminished: the notorious Anvil of God, aka Phoenix Civic Plaza North. Occupying two city blocks and designed by someone who had never stepped outside during a Phoenix summer, the plaza hadn't a stick of shade on it. It gained notoriety during a big con sometime in the 80's, a Westercon I think, where the hotel was the Hyatt Regency, on one side of the Plaza, and part of the programming was in the Convention Center on the other side, necessitating a ten-minute trek in the blazing July sun in 100-degree-plus weather. Imagine your last hall costume, then imagine running that gauntlet in your last hall costume. One con-goer was rumored to have suffered first-degree burns from her chain mail bikini, just walking from one convention space to the other!
Well, those days are over. A large annex to Symphony Hall is being built on the Plaza, directly across from the Hyatt. I wasn't able to get a good look Friday night, with all the scaffolding etc, but at the very least it takes some of the edge off that long walk.
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