As new developments and ambitious projects continue to line the streets of downtown Phoenix, it can be easy to lose sight of what once was.
Robert Young, owner of the 124-year-old Louis Emerson House on the northeast corner of Pierce and North Fourth streets, aims to ensure his historic property isn’t another victim of the area’s modernization.
On behalf of Arizona State University, the Arizona Board of Regents filed an eminent domain lawsuit earlier this month to seize Young’s property in order to build its new medical school campus…