Historic Chinese grocery, downtown Phoenix church to be transformed

A historic Chinese grocery store and downtown Phoenix church will undergo renovations after the City Council approved hundreds of thousands of dollars in grant funds to preserve the buildings. Yaun Ah Gim Groceries at Fourth Avenue and Tonto Street in the Grant Park neighborhood south of downtown and the First Baptist Church at Third Avenue and Monroe Street were given $200,000 and $137,000 from the Phil Gordon Threatened Building Grant fund. The program, named in honor of Phoenix's former mayor, aims to save historic warehouses and properties from deterioration or...