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Originally Posted by PHX31

Im not sure what you're talking about. Just pull up the 1949 aerials on the Maricopa county website and see. You either have zero clue, or are exaggerating on purpose. There were plenty more than just the "couple of blocks" as shown the picture you posted. There was a whole warehouse district near the tracks, streetcars, a historic Chinatown, blocks of typical lowrise businesses/offices/retail, in addition to the larger department stores, theaters, and taller historic office buildings. You know, a typical pre-war downtown for a smaller city.

We have had this conversation multiple times, if you want to claim a couple of blocks was some amazing downtown scene go ahead but its simply an exaggeration of what really existed.