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274 <main id="content" class="site-content" role="main" itemtype="http://schema.org/WebPageElement" itemprop="mainContentOfPage"> 275 276 <div class="bloghash-flex-row g-4 "><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 277 278<article id="post-7" class="bloghash-article post-7 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix-101-history tag-arizona-railroads tag-atsf tag-downtown-phoenix tag-golden-state tag-hassayampa-flyer tag-jon-talton tag-passenger-rail tag-phoenix-101 tag-phoenix-history tag-phoenix-union-station tag-santa-fe tag-southern-pacific tag-sunset-limited" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 279 280 281 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 282 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2025/05/phoenix-union-station-1/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="1024" height="687" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdeaab66b200c-1.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Phoenix Union Station" /></a></div> 283 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 284 285 286<div class="post-category"> 287 288 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix-101-history/" class="cat-3" rel="category">Phoenix 101: History</a></span></span> 289</div> 290 291<header class="entry-header"> 292 293 294 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> 295 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2025/05/phoenix-union-station-1/" title="Phoenix Union Station" rel="bookmark">Phoenix Union Station</a> </h4> 296 297</header> 298 299<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 300 301 <p><a class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdeaab66b200c.jpeg"><img decoding="async" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdeaab66b200c image-full img-responsive" title="6a00e54fdb30b988340263e9745b64200b" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdeaab66b200c.jpeg" alt="6a00e54fdb30b988340263e9745b64200b" border="0" /></a><br /> 302<span style="font-size: 13pt;"><em>Phoenix Union Station, circa 1975 (Photographer unknown).</em></span></p> 303<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>W</strong><span style="font-size: 14pt;">hen people talk now about a potential restoration of Amtrak to Phoenix, it’s insulting and unrealistic. Insulting because the plan is a stub to Tucson where passengers could board the every-other-day Sunset Limited (Although technically the Southern Pacific abandoned the “limited” name in the late 1950s. It’s unrealistic because the far-right Legislature would never fund such an effort. They despise light rail in Phoenix despite its popularity.</span></span></p> 304<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">What’s needed is a restoration of the former northern main line so passengers could go to Los Angeles and points east and Midwest, as well as daily passenger service. State support has enabled a passenger-train renaissance across the country, such as Amtrak California, the Amtrak Cascades in the Northwest, Heartland Flyer between Fort Worth and Oklahoma City, as well as  service between Chicago and St. Louis and Kansas City, Milwaukee, and Detroit.</span></span></p> 305<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Every form of transportation is subsidized; driving and flying â major contributors to human-caused climate change most of all. Yet under today’s far-right regime federal support of Amtrak is iffy.</span></span></p> 306<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Read on to when Phoenix enjoyed abundant passenger trains.</span></span><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></span></p> 307<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2025/05/phoenix-union-station-1/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 308 309</div> 310<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 311 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 312 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 313 314 <span class="author-avatar"> 315 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' decoding='async'/> </span> 316
317 <span> 318 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 319 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 320 </a> 321 </span> 322 </span> 323 </span> 324 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2025-05-23T16:26:23+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>May 23, 2025</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2025/05/phoenix-union-station-1/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>23</a></span></div></div> </div> 325 </div> 326 327 328</article><!-- #post-7 --> 329 330</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 331 332<article id="post-16" class="bloghash-article post-16 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 333 334 335 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 336 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2024/01/bright-lights-big-city/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="768" height="1024" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/6a00e54fdb30b9883402c8d3a8a6a6200b-7-768x1024.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Bright lights, big city" /></a></div> 337 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 338 339 340<div class="post-category"> 341 342 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix/" class="cat-17" rel="category">Phoenix</a></span></span> 343</div> 344 345<header class="entry-header"> 346 347 348 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> 349 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2024/01/bright-lights-big-city/" title="Bright lights, big city" rel="bookmark">Bright lights, big city</a> </h4> 350 351</header> 352 353<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 354 355 <p><a class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402c8d3a8a6a6200b.jpeg"><img decoding="async" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b9883402c8d3a8a6a6200b image-full img-responsive" title="Bright lights big city" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402c8d3a8a6a6200b.jpeg" alt="Bright lights big city" border="0" /></a></p> 356<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">I</span> </strong>flew down to Phoenix this past week for a book signing. Here are a few observations, make of them what you will.</span></p> 357<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">â As my fictional character David Mapstone is given to saying, “Phoenix is beautiful at night.” Unfortunately, during the day the uglification of the garden city of my youth continues. Gravel has replaced grass with desert plants dying from the radiated heat. Few shade trees can be found (when one does, the temperature drops 10 degrees). This was an extraordinary warm January, a sign what’s to come. I can’t count the number of times I’ve told people that the Salt River Valley experience several hard frosts every winter â that’s why we didn’t have West Nile Virus.</span></p> 358<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">â Denial is widespread. Denial of the damage done to Phoenix. Denial of history. Denial of climate change. Denial of the peril our experiment in self-government faces in November. People live in their own tribes, with their distinct tribal beliefs. Very intelligent people I spoke with were shocked that I think Donald Trump will win the presidency again. It’s highly likely and the Republicans might win control of both houses of Congress.</span></p> 359<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Our cynical retired Front Page Editor argues that the Democrats should dump President Biden (or “Bye-done” as he says) in favor of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. She’s impressed me, too. But this is magical thinking. When incumbents are challenged they always lose the nomination, such as Reagan vs. Ford in 1976 and Ted Kennedy vs. Carter in 1980. The internecine conflict within the party only weakens it.</span></p> 360<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2024/01/bright-lights-big-city/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 361 362</div> 363<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 364 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 365 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 366 367 <span class="author-avatar"> 368 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 369
370 <span> 371 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 372 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 373 </a> 374 </span> 375 </span> 376 </span> 377 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2024-01-19T16:55:20+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>January 19, 2024</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2024/01/bright-lights-big-city/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>58</a></span></div></div> </div> 378 </div> 379 380 381</article><!-- #post-16 --> 382 383</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 384 385<article id="post-22" class="bloghash-article post-22 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 386 387 388 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 389 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/09/cities-past-and-future/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="1024" height="716" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/6a00e54fdb30b9883402b751b03d95200c-1024x716.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Cities, past and future" loading="lazy" /></a></div> 390 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 391 392 393<div class="post-category"> 394 395 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix/" class="cat-17" rel="category">Phoenix</a></span></span> 396</div> 397 398<header class="entry-header"> 399 400 401 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> 402 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/09/cities-past-and-future/" title="Cities, past and future" rel="bookmark">Cities, past and future</a> </h4> 403 404</header> 405 406<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 407 408 <p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" style="display: inline;" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402b751b03d95200c.jpeg"><img decoding="async" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b9883402b751b03d95200c image-full img-responsive" title="Cincy 2" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402b751b03d95200c.jpeg" alt="Cincy 2" border="0" /></a><br /> 409</span></p> 410<p><em><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Downtown Cincinnati at night, seen from across the Ohio River.</span></em></p> 411<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">A</span></strong> reader asked me to write about what Phoenix might learn from cities in the Midwest. Itâs a challenging assignment, also one freighted with paradox considering so many Phoenicians come from the same region. Nevertheless, I’ll put my shoulder to the wheel.</span></p> 412<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I lived in Cincinnati when I worked for the <em>Cincinnati Enquirer</em> in the 1990s. Churchill called it America’s most beautiful inland city decades before and I found it the same when I was there. So, this puts me in a position to examine advantages, challenges, and lessons. Like all Midwestern cities, Cincinnati is much older than Phoenix. It was founded in 1788, named after the Society of the Cincinnati, Revolutionary War veterans honoring the Roman general offered the dictatorship of Rome, but went back to his farm. He was an apt comparison to George Washington.
412Cincinnati was the Queen City of the West, although the West moved on.</span></p> 413<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" style="float: right;" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402c1a6d2e2a3200b.jpeg"><img decoding="async" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b9883402c1a6d2e2a3200b img-responsive" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="CMC-Union_Terminal" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402c1a6d2e2a3200b.jpeg" alt="CMC-Union_Terminal" /></a>It has numerous advantages. Cincinnati is built on hills rolling down to the Ohio River, distinctive neighborhoods, a dense downtown, architecture jewels such as Union Terminal (above right) â now mostly a museum center but also served by Amtrak â <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-Rhine">Over the Rhine</a> which is a National Urban Historic Landmark, and major corporate headquarters, including Procter and Gamble whose offices are downtown. </span></p> 414<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Cincinnati’s numerous cultural institutions are crowned by music: The Cincinnati Symphony, Cincinnati Pops, Chamber Orchestra, May Festival, and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. In addition to UC, Cincinnati offers other universities in and near the city, including Miami, my graduate alma mater and one of the original “Public Ivies.”</span></p> 415<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/09/cities-past-and-future/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 416 417</div> 418<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 419 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 420 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 421 422 <span class="author-avatar"> 423 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 424 425 <span> 426 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 427 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 428 </a> 429 </span> 430 </span> 431 </span> 432 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-09-03T08:00:00+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - 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467…….AZ republicans are behaving like fanatical religious groups found in the middle east, whose only goal is to end public transit, if not in their lifetime maybe the life time of their great grandchildren.</span></p> 468<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">What in the hell drives these nut jobs nutty about public transportation???</span></p></blockquote> 469<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I will attempt to explain, although for regular readers this is familiar ground. In 2004, Maricopa County voters approved Proposition 400. It assessed a half-cent sales tax for 20 years to build new freeways, widen existing ones, expand highways and arterial streets, and fund transit. Of the total, 33.5% was intended for transit. Headlines in the <em>Arizona Republic</em> often use shorthand calling it “a transit tax,” when it’s really a transportation tax.</span></p> 470<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Legislative Republicans would have preferred to use the highly regressive sales tax exclusively for cars. But voters felt otherwise. The real hot button for Republicans was light rail, a modern technology and concept that was little understood by most in metropolitan Phoenix.</span></p> 471<p> </p> 472<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/05/gop-vs-wbiyb/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 473 474</div> 475<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 476 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 477 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 478 479 <span class="author-avatar"> 480 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 481 482 <span> 483 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 484 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 485 </a> 486 </span> 487 </span> 488 </span> 489 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-05-22T15:45:26+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>May 22, 2023</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/05/gop-vs-wbiyb/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>36</a></span></div></div> </div> 490 </div> 491 492 493</article><!-- #post-31 --> 494 495</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 496 497<article id="post-42" class="bloghash-article post-42 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix category-politics-arizona-phoenix" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 498 499 500 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 501 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/02/february-thoughts/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="768" height="1024" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/6a00e54fdb30b9883402b75170ecb8200b-768x1024.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="February thoughts" loading="lazy" /></a></div> 502 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 503 504 505<div class="post-category"> 506 507 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix/" class="cat-17" rel="category">Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/politics-arizona-phoenix/" class="cat-18" rel="category">Politics: Arizona/Phoenix</a></span></span> 508</div> 509 510<header class="entry-header"> 511 512 513 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> 514 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/02/february-thoughts/" title="February thoughts" rel="bookmark">February thoughts</a> </h4> 515 516</header> 517 518<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 519 520 <p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402b75170ecb8200b.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="IMG_0225" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b9883402b75170ecb8200b image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402b75170ecb8200b.jpeg" title="IMG_0225" /></a></p> 521<p><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">F</span></strong>ebruary was always my favorite month in Phoenix. I can't say exactly why. Winter was passing and the hot days hadn't yet arrived. Although the weather has changed because of ripping out citrus groves, shade trees, and grass ("turf") and replacing it with gravel and pavement, somehow this February remains magical. Above is a rainstorm over Park Central.</span></p> 522<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I'm here for the rest of the month, although between keeping up my day job as a columnist for the <em>Seattle Times</em> and seeing friends, I've been less attentive to the blog. Thanks for keeping things going on the previous open thread. Some thoughts:</span></p> 523<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">⢠The Super Bowl came and went. Although it was played in the taxpayer-funded, developer subsidizing stadium in a former cotton field in west Glendale, almost all the festivities centered on downtown Phoenix and the deck park. (Regular readers know I refuse to call it Hance Park because of its namesake's destruction of the center city when she was mayor; name the mountain preserve for her, which she richly deserves).</span></p> 524<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Anyway, this was a triumph for central Phoenix, which has reasserted itself as the center of this sprawling metroplex of lookalike super-suburbs. Light-rail trains (WBIYB) were packed with visitors. Restaurants and hotels did a great business. Scottsdale was irrelevant except for the corporate jet
524s at the Airpark (more than 200 private jets departed local airports after the big game). An Urber from Scottsdale to the cotton field was said to cost $500 on game day.</span></p> 525<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2023/02/february-thoughts/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 526 527</div> 528<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 529 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 530 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 531 532 <span class="author-avatar"> 533 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 534 535 <span> 536 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 537 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 538 </a> 539 </span> 540 </span> 541 </span> 542 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2023-02-13T15:45:48+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - 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I did know the city had more than recovered from the previous housing crash. Indeed, it was booming again. A dozen years ago, I predicted Phoenix would never recover from the crash. I don't like eating crow but if it's the sole item on the menu, so be it.</span></div> 579<div class="gmail_default"> </div> 580<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Much of what I did see made that crow taste better. Phoenix looked much healthier than when I moved to Portland in 2013.  The downtown had filled in with new high-rise apartment buildings and crowded clubs. The activity at night, in particular, was heartening to see.</span></div> 581<div class="gmail_default"> </div> 582<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">What I didn't see were the thousands of "unhoused" mentally ill drug addicts who have turned much of Portland into a dystopian hellscape. Yes, street people were on the sidew
582alks of downtown Phoenix, but without the trash, tents, and drug paraphernalia that have so deeply damaged Portland. Phoenix is relatively litter-free and unmarred by graffiti.</span></div> 583<div class="gmail_default"> </div> 584<div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Maybe it's the weather, or maybe it's because its political center of gravity is simply not in far-left field.</span></div> 585<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span></p> 586<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2022/02/death-and-life-of-sunbelt-cities/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 587 588</div> 589<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 590 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 591 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 592 593 <span class="author-avatar"> 594 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 595 596 <span> 597 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 598 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 599 </a> 600 </span> 601 </span> 602 </span> 603 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2022-02-08T13:58:28+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>February 8, 2022</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2022/02/death-and-life-of-sunbelt-cities/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>87</a></span></div></div> </div> 604 </div> 605 606 607</article><!-- #post-63 --> 608 609</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 610 611<article id="post-69" class="bloghash-article post-69 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix category-politics-arizona-phoenix category-politics-national" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 612 613 614 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 615 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/12/a-christmas-letter/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="971" height="1024" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/6a00e54fdb30b9883402942f8f4435200c-971x1024.gif" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="A Christmas letter" loading="lazy" /></a></div> 616 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 617 618 619<div class="post-category"> 620 621 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix/" class="cat-17" rel="category">Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/politics-arizona-phoenix/" class="cat-18" rel="category">Politics: Arizona/Phoenix</a></span></span> 622</div> 623 624<header class="entry-header"> 625 626 627 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">
628 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/12/a-christmas-letter/" title="A Christmas letter" rel="bookmark">A Christmas letter</a> </h4> 629 630</header> 631 632<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 633 634 <p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402942f8f4435200c.gif" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="IMG-6308" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b9883402942f8f4435200c image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402942f8f4435200c.gif" title="IMG-6308" /></a></span></p> 635<p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><em>Illustrations by Carl Muecke</em></span></p> 636<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Here we are, hurtling toward a Democratic shellacking in 2022. And based on the voter suppression laws being passed by Republican-controlled legislatures around the country, they may never be in power again. For example, the Arizona Legislature has stripped the Secretary of State of the ability to certify elections. Now the Legislature itself will decide electors â here comes Trump in 2024.</span></p> 637<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834027880618cd5200d.gif" style="float: right;"><img decoding="async" alt="IMG-6335" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b98834027880618cd5200d img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834027880618cd5200d.gif" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;" title="IMG-6335" /></a>Electoral success depends on quick results by the Democrats, not only on infrastructure (which Trump never delivered) but also rebuilding the social-safety net and addressing climate change. Instead, the monstrous Sen. Joe Manchin has torpedoed much of President Biden's agenda. West Virginia is among the poorest states in the nation. It one of the biggest beneficiaries of Biden's Build Back Better programs, but no. Manchin revels in being essentially shadow president. The razor-thin Senate Democratic majority that leaves so much power in the hands of Manchin and Arizona's Sen. Kyrsten Sinema. Both should be Republicans for the damage they did. They are anything but centrists. But let's not forget the Democrat's self-inflicted wounds.</span></p> 638<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">These are nicely encapsulated on <a href="https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/bidens-annus-horribilis">Andrew Sullivan's Substack column</a>. (It's well worth a subscription). Here's some of the salient points Sullivan makes:</span></p> 639<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span></p> 640<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/12/a-christmas-letter/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 641 642</div> 643<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 644 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 645 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 646 647 <span class="author-avatar"> 648 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 649 650 <span> 651 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 652 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 653 </a> 654 </span> 655 </span> 656 </span> 657 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2021-12-20T15:50:34+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>December 20, 2021</time></span><span class="comments-link">
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I use the historic boundaries of downtown: Fillmore Street to the north; the railroad tracks to the south; Seventh Avenue and Seventh Street to west and east respectively. Click on a photo to see a larger image.</span></p> 689<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><strong>The early 1900s:</strong></span></p> 690<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdeeec474200c.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Washington_2nd_Ave_looking_east_Ford_Hotel_1915" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdeeec474200c image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdeeec474200c.jpeg" title="Washington_2nd_Ave_looking_east_Ford_Hotel_1915" /></a></span></p> 691<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><em>Looking east on Washington Street from the Ford Hotel. Redewill's music store was owned by the family that built the 1914 bungalow where we lived in Willo in the 2000s. We placed an Interior Department National Register of Historic Places plaque on it, the A.C. Redewill House.</em></span></p> 692<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><strong>The twenties:</strong></span></p> 693<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402c8d3accbbd200c.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Central_Ave_looking_south_from_Monroe_1920s" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b9883402c8d3accbbd200c image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402c8d3accbbd200c.jpeg" title="Central_Ave_looking_south_from_Monroe_1920s" /></a><br /></span></p> 694<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><em>Central Avenue heading south from Monroe Street, with the Hotel Adams the multi-story building on the left, and Central Methodist Church (ME, South), Heard Building, and Luhrs Building on the right.</em></span></p> 695<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><em> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402788046a4bd200d.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Second Ave and Washington 1929 McC" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b9883402788046a4bd200d image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b9883402788046a4bd200d.jpeg" title="Second Ave and Washington 1929 McC" /></a><br /></em></span></p> 696<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><em>Second Avenue and Washington in 1929. The awnings are on the red-brick Fleming Building. From left to right in the distance are the new Hotel Westward Ho, the Professional Building, and the Hotel Adams annex (McCulloch Bros. Collection/ASU Archives).</em></span></p> 697<p><span style="font-size: 13pt;">
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Much information and analysis awaits unpacking.</p> 750<p>Phoenix grew 11.2% over the decade, the biggest increase of the 10 largest cities. Yet this was the second-slowest percentage growth rate in the city's history; only the 9.4% from 2000 to 2010, hobbled by the housing bust, was slower. By contrast, the city grew by more than 34% in the 1990s.</p> 751<p>The contest with the City of Brotherly Love was close. Phoenix clocked in with 1,608,139 only 4,342 more than Philly. The latter also continued to reverse its population loss, growing at 5.1 percent. Philadelphia benefited from the "back to the city" movement, where talented millennials and empty nest boomers chose vibrant, high-quality cities and corporate headquarters followed.</p> 752<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/202
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Phoenix, population 29,053, was too small to gain as much as Deco fans like me would have wished. But it managed to preserve most of its masterpieces of the era.</p> 801<p>Here they are (click on the photo for a larger image):</p> 802<p><strong>The Luhrs Tower:</strong></p> 803<p><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340278803cf498200d.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Luhrs_Tower_southeast_corner_standing_on_Jefferson_1st_Ave_1930s" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b988340278803cf498200d image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340278803cf498200d.jpeg" title="Luhrs_Tower_southeast_corner_standing_on_Jefferson_1st_Ave_1930s" /></a></p> 804<p>When most people think of Phoenix Deco they think of this 14-story masterpiece, the brain child of George Luhrs Jr. and connected to the Luhrs Building by an arcade. Located at First Avenue and Jefferson Street, it was designed by Trost & Trost of El Paso.</p> 805<p><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340278803cf4b4200d.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Luhrs Tower lobby" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b988340278803cf4b4200d image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340278803cf4b4200d.jpeg" title="Luhrs Tower lobby" /></a></p> 806<p><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340282e1156947200b.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Luhrs_Tower_lobby_elevator_Jefferson_1st_Ave_1954(1)" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b988340282e1156947200b img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340282e1156947200b.jpeg" title="Luhrs_Tower_lobby_elevator_Jefferson_1st_Ave_1954(1)" /></a></p> 807<p><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdee50f09200c.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Luhrs_Tower_facade(1)" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdee50f09200c img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdee50f09200c.jpeg" title="Luhrs_Tower_facade(1)" /></a></p> 808<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/202
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The <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/dining/2021/04/28/duke-photography-building-phoenix-could-be-demolished-raising-canes/4877272001/">Arizona Republic</a> reported the building <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/dining/2021/04/28/duke-photography-building-phoenix-could-be-demolished-raising-canes/4877272001/">is set to be demolished</a> and a Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers drive-thru built on the site. Duke is moving to the First Federal Building on Central in Midtown, taking its sign with it.</span></p> 857<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">This is wrong for so many reasons, no wonder nearby <a href="https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/dining/2021/05/17/iconic-phoenix-business-duke-photography-razed-raising-canes/5064952001/">neighborhood associations are opposing it</a> ahead of a June 17th virtual public hearing. One big concern is increased traffic, including dangerous turns on Seventh, which has been widened and had "suicide lanes" added for rush hour. A Kentucky Fried Chicken drive-thru on the northwest corner already causes collisions.</span></p> 858<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Beyond that, while the building is modest it fits into the remaining fabric of the streetscape. The Raising Cane would be another soulless off-the-shelf building, made for cars n
858ot for pedestrians. If the company really wanted to be a good neighbor, as it claims, it would build something appropriate to the nearby historic districts. Too many losses have already been allowed, notably the replacement of John Sing Tang's iconic Helsing's at Central and Osborn â right up to the street â by a Walgreens, set back by a surface parking lot and surrounded by a low wall, gravel, and rocks.</span></p> 859<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/05/duke-and-more-ponzi-dreams/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 860 861</div> 862<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 863 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 864 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 865 866 <span class="author-avatar"> 867 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 868 869 <span> 870 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 871 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 872 </a> 873 </span> 874 </span> 875 </span> 876 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2021-05-24T14:48:30+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>May 24, 2021</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/05/duke-and-more-ponzi-dreams/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>13</a></span></div></div> </div> 877 </div> 878 879 880</article><!-- #post-98 --> 881 882</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 883 884<article id="post-99" class="bloghash-article post-99 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix-101-history" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 885 886 887 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 888 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/05/downtowns-pivotal-1970s/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="1024" height="676" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/6a00e54fdb30b988340282e102a501200b-1024x676.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Downtownâs pivotal 1970s" loading="lazy" /></a></div> 889 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 890 891 892<div class="post-category"> 893 894 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix-101-history/" class="cat-3" rel="category">Phoenix 101: History</a></span></span> 895</div> 896 897<header class="entry-header"> 898 899 900 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline">
901 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/05/downtowns-pivotal-1970s/" title="Downtown’s pivotal 1970s" rel="bookmark">Downtown’s pivotal 1970s</a> </h4> 902 903</header> 904 905<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 906 907 <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340282e102a501200b.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Downtown1969" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b988340282e102a501200b image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340282e102a501200b.jpeg" title="Downtown1969" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>B</strong></span>etween the <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2013/03/phoenix-101-what-killed-downtown-part-i/">long series of civic missteps</a> that murdered downtown Phoenix and <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2018/05/filling-in/">its recent rebirth</a> of sorts, the 1970s loom large. As the decade began â shown in the photo above â much of corporate Arizona and the energy of the city <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/01/when-midtown-cooked/">had shifted to Midtown</a>. </span></p> 908<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The city opened the brutalist Phoenix Civic Plaza (so named because the Phoenix Civic Center was at Central and McDowell with the library, art museum, and "little theater"). The new complex offered a convention center, Symphony Hall, and sun-blasted open space. It was intended to revive downtown, but its "super blocks" destroyed the fine-grained, human-scale of the old urban fabric, including <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2011/05/phoenix-101-the-deuce/">much of the Deuce</a>. That fabric was characterized by eight or nine steps between doorways to shops or offices shaded by awnings.</span></p> 909<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Walter Bimson of Valley National Bank gave downtown a vote of confidence, insisting the new headquarters tower be build there rather than at Central and Osborn. The other big banks followed. Two new hotels were also built. But it was a catastrophic 10 years for historic preservation. The gallery below tells some of the story. Click on a photo for a larger image.</span></p> 910<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340282e102a518200b.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Civic_Plaza_rendering_Monroe_2nd_St_looking_southeast_1970" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b988340282e102a518200b image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340282e102a518200b.jpeg" title="Civic_Plaza_rendering_Monroe_2nd_St_looking_southeast_1970" /></a><br /></span></p> 911<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">A rendering of Phoenix Civic Plaza. The shade trees in the foreground of Symphony Hall never happened, leaving an uninviting frying pan. It did show the concert hall's signature lobby chandeliers to advantage, lost now to the new Convention Center.</span></em></p> 912<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/05/downtowns-pivotal-1970s/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 913 914</div> 915<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 916 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 917 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 918 919 <span class="author-avatar"> 920 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 921
922 <span> 923 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 924 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 925 </a> 926 </span> 927 </span> 928 </span> 929 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2021-05-17T15:45:53+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>May 17, 2021</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/05/downtowns-pivotal-1970s/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>18</a></span></div></div> </div> 930 </div> 931 932 933</article><!-- #post-99 --> 934 935</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 936 937<article id="post-106" class="bloghash-article post-106 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 938 939 940 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 941 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/03/toward-a-desert-aesthetic/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdec5ce85200c-1024x683.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Toward a desert aesthetic" loading="lazy" /></a></div> 942 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 943 944 945<div class="post-category"> 946 947 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix/" class="cat-17" rel="category">Phoenix</a></span></span> 948</div> 949 950<header class="entry-header"> 951 952 953 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> 954 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/03/toward-a-desert-aesthetic/" title="Toward a desert aesthetic" rel="bookmark">Toward a desert aesthetic</a> </h4> 955 956</header> 957 958<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 959 960 <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdec5ce85200c.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Tucson barrios" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdec5ce85200c image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bdec5ce85200c.jpeg" title="Tucson barrios" /></a><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">O</span></strong>nce upon a time defining beauty in Phoenix was relatively easy. <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2009/06/phoenix-101-the-old-city">The old city</a> was shady, grassy, and well landscaped. From there moved circles of citrus groves, flower fields, pastures, and farms in one of the most fertile alluvial river valleys in the world, and finally stark beauty and abundance of plant and animal life in the wettest desert in the world. No other city looked like Phoenix. It was magical and lovely.</span></p> 961<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Now this is largely gone. Even in the historic districts ahistorical desert landscaping is creeping. For most of the metropolitan area, built an acre an hour, the look is concrete, asphalt, gravel, and shadeless palo verde trees. Oh, and "shade structures"
961 that provide little shade. Lookalike faux Tuscan tract houses in "master planned communities" offer postage-stamp lawns and wide driveways (the old driveways in Willo were two strips of concrete). Tens of thousands of shade trees have been felled, whether by diktat of the Salt River Project or to create the six-lane-plus highways called "city streets."</span></p> 962<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Curiously, these single-family houses are built on the same layout as most American homes. But with gravel instead of a lawn. No wonder the temperature has risen 10 degrees over the past 50 years and the summers last longer. When I was given a tour of Verrado â <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/19/opinion/a-nation-of-villages">where David Brooks saw the future</a> â the developers bragged how they had copied Palmcroft, for that was the kind of living their surveys showed buyers wanted. But it doesn't work, for this sunblasted development in Buckeye lacks the real Palmcroft's beautiful trees, grass, hedges, and flowerbeds.</span></p> 963<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/03/toward-a-desert-aesthetic/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 964 965</div> 966<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 967 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 968 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 969 970 <span class="author-avatar"> 971 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 972 973 <span> 974 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 975 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 976 </a> 977 </span> 978 </span> 979 </span> 980 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2021-03-22T14:18:52+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>March 22, 2021</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/03/toward-a-desert-aesthetic/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>20</a></span></div></div> </div> 981 </div> 982 983 984</article><!-- #post-106 --> 985 986</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 987 988<article id="post-113" class="bloghash-article post-113 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix category-phoenix-101-history" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 989 990 991 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 992 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail">
992<a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/01/when-midtown-cooked/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="635" height="794" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/6a00e54fdb30b988340278800f458f200d.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="When Midtown cooked" loading="lazy" /></a></div> 993 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 994 995 996<div class="post-category"> 997 998 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix/" class="cat-17" rel="category">Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix-101-history/" class="cat-3" rel="category">Phoenix 101: History</a></span></span> 999</div> 1000 1001<header class="entry-header"> 1002 1003 1004 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> 1005 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/01/when-midtown-cooked/" title="When Midtown cooked" rel="bookmark">When Midtown cooked</a> </h4> 1006 1007</header> 1008 1009<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 1010 1011 <p><a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340278800f458f200d.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="GB Bldg 1964" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b988340278800f458f200d image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340278800f458f200d.jpeg" title="GB Bldg 1964" /></a></p> 1012<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /><strong><span style="font-size: 18pt;">M</span></strong>idtown wasn't planned. It simply escaped…any coherent city planning, zoning, or vision. Some say it was Phoenix's attempt at Los Angeles' <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilshire_Boulevard">Wilshire Boulevard</a>, the nearly 16-mile avenue from downtown LA's financial district to Santa Monica. Maybe. But Phoenix never had the economic power or urban assets to support its version of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miracle_Mile,_Los_Angeles#Museum_Row">Museum Row on the Miracle Mile</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_City">Century City</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreatown,_Los_Angeles">Koreatown</a>, Beverly Hills, Westwood with UCLA, and subway lines. Wouldn't want to become another LA.</span></p> 1013<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The two are comparable in that both were the sites of a majority of post-1960 skyscrapers. In Phoenix, it began with the building above. A turquoise-skinned International-style box, the Guaranty Bank Building opened in March 1960, designed by architect Charles Polacek and built by contractor David Murdock (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_H._Murdock">who lived a remarkable life</a>). At 252 feet, it dethroned the Hotel Westward Ho as the tallest building in Phoenix and the Southwest. On the top floor the Cloud Club offered a spectacular view.</span></p> 1014<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Over the next thirty or more years, this was the heart of the city. For better and for worse.</span></p> 1015<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Camelback Towers was also complete in the photo (a mile north at Pierson). Park Central Shopping Center had replaced the Central Dairy in the late 1950s. Del Webb's Phoenix Towers at Central and Cypress Street, one of the few co-ops in the city, opened in 1957. Twin mid-rise office buildings were opened two blocks south of Thomas; they eventually included U-Haul's headquarters. Midtown, still unnamed, was coming together haphazardly. The central business district, including most shops and department stores, were still downtown (Fillmore to the railroad tracks, Seventh Avenue to Seventh Street).</span></p> 1016<footer class="entry-footer bloghash-hide"><a class="bloghash-btn btn-text-1" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/01/when-midtown-cooked/" role="button"><span>Continue Reading</span></a></footer> 1017 1018</div> 1019<div class="entry-meta"><div class="entry-meta-elements"> <span class="post-author"> 1020 <span class="posted-by vcard author" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> 1021 <span class="screen-reader-text">Posted by</span> 1022 1023 <span class="author-avatar"> 1024 <img alt='' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=30&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2a66844fb0c30571a17c7451fe39fe42ce54f0b08a8c4c075b1300ca7adaa8b0?s=60&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-30 photo' height='30' width='30' loading='lazy' decoding='async'/> </span> 1025
1026 <span> 1027 <a class="url fn n" title="View all posts by Jon Talton" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/author/roguecolumnist/" rel="author" itemprop="url"> 1028 <span class="author-name" itemprop="name">Jon Talton</span> 1029 </a> 1030 </span> 1031 </span> 1032 </span> 1033 <span class="posted-on"><time class="entry-date published updated" datetime="2021-01-19T16:33:47+00:00"><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewbox="0 0 448 512"><!--!Font Awesome Free 6.5.1 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free Copyright 2024 Fonticons, Inc.--><path d="M400 64h-48V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H160V12c0-6.6-5.4-12-12-12h-40c-6.6 0-12 5.4-12 12v52H48C21.5 64 0 85.5 0 112v352c0 26.5 21.5 48 48 48h352c26.5 0 48-21.5 48-48V112c0-26.5-21.5-48-48-48zm-6 400H54c-3.3 0-6-2.7-6-6V160h352v298c0 3.3-2.7 6-6 6z" /></svg>January 19, 2021</time></span><span class="comments-link"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2021/01/when-midtown-cooked/#comments" class="comments-link" ><svg class="bloghash-icon" aria-hidden="true" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="32" height="32" viewbox="0 0 32 32"><path d="M25.358 2.075H6.673c-2.269 0-4.004 1.735-4.004 4.004v21.354c0 .534.267 1.068.801 1.201.133.133.4.133.534.133.4 0 .667-.133.934-.4l4.938-4.938h15.482c2.269 0 4.004-1.735 4.004-4.004V6.079c0-2.269-1.735-4.004-4.004-4.004zm1.335 17.35c0 .801-.534 1.335-1.335 1.335H9.342c-.4 0-.667.133-.934.4l-3.07 3.07V6.079c0-.801.534-1.335 1.335-1.335h18.685c.801 0 1.335.534 1.335 1.335v13.346z" /></svg>33</a></span></div></div> </div> 1034 </div> 1035 1036 1037</article><!-- #post-113 --> 1038 1039</div><div class="col-md-12 col-sm-12 col-xs-12"> 1040 1041<article id="post-127" class="bloghash-article post-127 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-downtown-central-phoenix category-phoenix category-phoenix-101-history" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork"> 1042 1043 1044 <div class="bloghash-blog-entry-wrapper bloghash-thumb-left"> 1045 <div class="post-thumb entry-media thumbnail"><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2020/09/central-through-the-years/" class="entry-image-link"><img width="1024" height="559" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/6a00e54fdb30b988340263e969d3e3200b-1024x559.jpeg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Central through the years" loading="lazy" /></a></div> 1046 <div class="bloghash-entry-content-wrapper"> 1047 1048 1049<div class="post-category"> 1050 1051 <span class="cat-links"><span class="screen-reader-text">Posted in</span><span><a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/downtown-central-phoenix/" class="cat-2" rel="category">Downtown & central Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix/" class="cat-17" rel="category">Phoenix</a> <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/category/phoenix-101-history/" class="cat-3" rel="category">Phoenix 101: History</a></span></span> 1052</div> 1053 1054<header class="entry-header"> 1055 1056 1057 <h4 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline"> 1058 <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2020/09/central-through-the-years/" title="Central through the years" rel="bookmark">Central through the years</a> </h4> 1059 1060</header> 1061 1062<div class="entry-summary bloghash-entry" itemprop="text"> 1063 1064 <p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>T</strong></span>he trouble with Central Avenue is it's not central to anything now." So a real-estate mogul told me in 2001. He was totally bought into endless sprawl at the expense of Phoenix, but he was also wrong. With the metroplex spread from Buckeye to Gold Canyon, Phoenix's most important street is more important and convenient than ever, as has been shown by light rail (WBIYB)  and <a href="https://roguecolumnist.com/2018/05/filling-in/">growing infill</a>.</span></p> 1065<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I've written about Central before. But let's take a photo journey, thanks to Brad Hall's collection, the McCulloch Bros. Collection/ASU Archives, and Library of Congress. Click for a larger image.</span></p> 1066<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340263e969d3e3200b.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Central_Washington_road_construction_looking_south_1890s" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b988340263e969d3e3200b image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b988340263e969d3e3200b.jpeg" title="Central_Washington_road_construction_looking_south_1890s" /></a></span></p> 1067<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
1067When it was Center Street, a southward look at Washington in the 1890s. Construction workers are installing water lines.</span></em></p> 1068<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bde973099200c.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="CentralAdams1909" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b98834026bde973099200c image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bde973099200c.jpeg" title="CentralAdams1909" /></a></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Here's a view of the Hotel Adams in 1909. It burned down a year later and was replaced by a "fireproof" hotel.</span></em></p> 1069<p><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <a class="asset-img-link" href="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bde97303b200c.jpeg" style="display: inline;"><img decoding="async" alt="Center Street Bridge" border="0" class="asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fdb30b98834026bde97303b200c image-full img-responsive" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/typepad/6a00e54fdb30b98834026bde97303b200c.jpeg" title="Center Street Bridge" /></a></span></em><em><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Center Street, the first across the Salt River. 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</a> 1386 </div> 1387 <div class="module-list-item"> 1388 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1464213259" target="_blank"> 1389 <img decoding="async" alt="Talton, Jon: City of Dark Corners: A Gene Hammons Novel" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81cLwVpXByL._SL1500_.jpg"> 1390 <p>Talton, Jon: City of Dark Corners: A Gene Hammons Novel</p> 1391 </a> 1392 </div> 1393 <div class="module-list-item"> 1394 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1464209596" target="_blank"> 1395 <img decoding="async" alt="The Bomb Shelter: A David Mapstone Mystery" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81iRMXDZYRL._SL1500_.jpg"> 1396 <p>The Bomb Shelter: A David Mapstone Mystery</p> 1397 </a> 1398 </div> 1399 <div class="module-list-item"> 1400 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1467118443" target="_blank"> 1401 <img decoding="async" alt="Brief History of Phoenix" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/61uRbnU-0xL._SL1000_.jpg"> 1402 <p>Brief History of Phoenix</p> 1403 </a> 1404 </div> 1405 <div class="module-list-item"> 1406 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1464203989" target="_blank"> 1407 <img decoding="async" alt="High Country Nocturne: A David Mapstone Mystery" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81yG4glRBiL._SL1500_.jpg"> 1408 <p>High Country Nocturne: A David Mapstone Mystery</p> 1409 </a> 1410 </div> 1411 <div class="module-list-item"> 1412 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/146420134X" target="_blank"> 1413 <img decoding="async" alt="The Night Detectives: A David Mapstone Mystery" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/71PnXX9CO7L._SL1500_.jpg"> 1414 <p>The Night Detectives: A David Mapstone Mystery</p> 1415 </a> 1416 </div> 1417 <div class="module-list-item"> 1418 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590588142" target="_blank"> 1419 <img decoding="async" alt="South Phoenix Rules: A David Mapstone Mystery" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81BITkne9TL._SL1500_.jpg"> 1420 <p>South Phoenix Rules: A David Mapstone Mystery</p> 1421 </a> 1422 </div> 1423 <div class="module-list-item"> 1424 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590587146" target="_blank"> 1425 <img decoding="async" alt="Deadline Man: A Novel" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/61iEoYeINES._SL1000_.jpg"> 1426 <p>Deadline Man: A Novel</p> 1427 </a> 1428 </div> 1429 <div class="module-list-item"> 1430 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590585569" target="_blank"> 1431 <img decoding="async" alt="Powers of Arrest: A Cincinnati Casebook" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/81Ff3-MbZYL._SL1500_.jpg"> 1432 <p>Powers of Arrest: A Cincinnati Casebook</p> 1433 </a> 1434 </div> 1435 <div class="module-list-item"> 1436 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590587197" target="_blank"> 1437 <img decoding="async" alt="The Pain Nurse: The First Cincinnati Casebook" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/8157jUzHl9L._SL1500_.jpg"> 1438 <p>The Pain Nurse: The First Cincinnati Casebook</p> 1439 </a> 1440 </div> 1441 <div class="module-list-item"> 1442 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1933354852" target="_blank"> 1443 <img decoding="async" alt="Includes my short story 'Bull.': Phoenix Noir" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/51mO8YGIPaL._SL1200_.jpg"> 1444 <p>Includes my short story "Bull.": Phoenix Noir</p> 1445 </a> 1446 </div> 1447 <div class="module-list-item"> 1448 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590583671" target="_blank"> 1449 <img decoding="async" alt="Arizona Dreams: A David Mapstone Mystery" src="https://roguecolumnist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/91cU9TyJXOL._SL1500_.jpg"> 1450 <p>Arizona Dreams: A David Mapstone Mystery</p> 1451 </a> 1452 </div> 1453 <div class="module-list-item"> 1454 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1590586433" target="_blank"> 1455 <img decoding="async" alt="Dry 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