General Phoenix Metro Discussion Thread

[Obadno]

So unfortunate some of those old Victorian buildings were not preserved.

[muertecaza]

Originally Posted by combusean

So cool. I always had the sense there isn't much to see that hasn't been posted before, but new additions to the Memory Project definitely aren't that. Keep any you see coming.

Here are some others from the same collection that this forum might like:

Downtown



Residential



Osborn School (formerly at Osborn/Central, replaced by the Punchard Building in the 1960s)



Residential



Historic Phoenix Union High



This house looks like some of the historic homes that remain on Roosevelt, but I can't place it. The street sign appears to say 600 (?) block of N. 1st Ave., which would put it around 1st Ave./Filmore. Historic aerials show it might have been where the ASU dorm is now? Not sure though.



Crazy that we had better grounds at the Capitol 100 years ago than we do now (only half kidding):



Crazy to think the Salt used to flood down to where the Capitol grounds



Haven't tried to pinpoint this one but the label says Thomas/7th



Former Water Users' Association building, used to be near Van Buren/2nd Ave where the YMCA is now (https://www.henrytrost.org/buildings...sers-building/)

[azcats]

Did you know that in the 70s - there was serious consideration to leveling Willo? This was the time when there was debate on how the Papago Freeway was to enter into Phoenix. You might be able to find drawings - where the freeway was going to be elevated coming through central Phoenix. Now, Palmcroft and Willo are some of the most desired neighborhoods in Phoenix.

[combusean]

Originally Posted by muertecaza

Here are some others from the same collection that this forum might like:

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This house looks like some of the historic homes that remain on Roosevelt, but I can't place it. The street sign appears to say 600 (?) block of N. 1st Ave., which would put it around 1st Ave./Filmore. Historic aerials show it might have been where the ASU dorm is now? Not sure though.

By the massing and driveway, this looks like the NEC of 1st Ave and Fillmore where the Westward Ho expansion sits on now, photographed before the Ho itself. I wonder what this was, looks awfully big to be a house.

Casa de Rosas is at the SWC of 7th Ave and Thomas and still there as part of the church complex. Interesting how stately this building looks but disappears into the modern urban jungle.