By Lynn Trimble | Phoenix New Times
There’s one less bungalow in Roosevelt Row following the demolition of the former Fifth Street Paint Supply site.
Phoenix-based artist JB Snyder, best known to many for his murals bearing bright, curvy blocks of color, shared news of the demolition on his Facebook page on Monday, November 12. “This is what my old house and art store look like now,” he wrote.
The bungalow was demolished by Desert Viking, a Phoenix-based developer that acquired several properties from the Pappas family to create a mixed-use development called The Blocks of Roosevelt Row, which will include retail, small business, and restaurant spaces.
Located at 915 North First Street, the bungalow was a staple of the Roosevelt Row arts scene for more than a decade. That’s where Snyder opened Fifth Street Paint Supply with friend and business partner Jeff Hoopes in January 2014. The shop was located in the front room of the bungalow, where they’d lived since 2012. Before that, the bungalow was home to Matt and Leslie Yazzie’s Longhouse art gallery.
