[Source: Linda Helser, Arizona Republic] -- They're open and modern on the inside, but appear vintage and historic on the outside. The four new single-family infill houses just completed in the downtown Phoenix Garfield Historic District are proving to be all-around winners. A joint project of the Garfield Organization, Neighborhood Housing Services of Phoenix, and Phoenix's Neighborhood Services Department, the new construction infill homes were designed to fit in rather than stick out in an otherwise historic neighborhood dating back to 1883 through 1942."That's the most important feedback we got during neighborhood meetings," said Jonathan Peiffer of Roberts/Jones Associates, the principal architect who designed the four bungalow-style homes. "They wanted the garage in the rear and the big porch in the front and they wanted the houses to look like all the others in the neighborhood."
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