Vanishing Tucson

Here's something different. Casey, a web developer in the next cubicle over sent me a couple links that just really interesting to see. The first link is a Flickr page Magic Carpet Golf, Tucson AZ. The info for the page tell us that "This mini golf course closed after about 50 years in Tucson on Speedway Blvd. Members of the group Vanishing Tucson got permission to visit it one last time to photo document the statues before they are razed."

For those you who have not visited Flickr, it's a Web 2.0 site where you can host your pictures (images, actually). Without putting you not techies to sleep, it gained popularity in part due to letting the users define the keywords (tags) describing their images.

What I find so interesting, and is likely as interesting to anyone involved with Tucson history and culture is Vanishing Tucson. Seems it is a group of people dedicated to capturing Tucson landmarks before the wrecking ball reducing them to a memory. Check out the images on Flickr, read boingboing's "Flickr photoset of last days of Tucson minature golf course," and a backstory blog entry. Maybe you'll even want to post a comment.