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Originally Posted by PHX31

Very true... it's horrible how much was torn down up here. If the areas torn down weren't over-zoned, downtown could be built into a sea of modern 3-5 story mixed used buildings with some of the left over historic building stock sprinkled in, which would be awesome. One thing I was thinking of for which Phoenix is pretty lucky is the amount of historic "skycrapers" the downtown area has. Westward Ho, Hotel Monroe, Orpheum Lofts, Old City Hall, Luhrs tower, Luhrs building, Security Building/Hotel San Carlos are all nice assets. The first two could really become something special. The Hotel Monroe was planned to have several cool bars and clubs, if you remember the plans. Hopefully it will someday finish renovations.

I'd love to see the Hotel Monroe in that fashion. BTW, has anyone heard what the height may be for the proposed hotel at the Luhrs City Center?