How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... (Scottsdale: masonry, policies)

[Alzonakid]

I was born at the Good Samariton Hospital back when it was a single building with a long ramp leading up to the front door. My parents brought me home to a small apartment in a housing complex near the corner of 35th Avenue and VanBuren called Alzona Park. Most of the residents worked for the government or at the Reynolds Aluminum Plant near by. Does any one else remember it? We had to move when they closed the place and built Carl Hayden High School and later on a shopping center. My parents said that when they asked what I thought about moving out of our house, I replied,"That was no house. That was just a place we was a liv'n."

[jukebox47]

Originally Posted by Alzonakid

I was born at the Good Samariton Hospital back when it was a single building with a long ramp leading up to the front door. My parents brought me home to a small apartment in a housing complex near the corner of 35th Avenue and VanBuren called Alzona Park. Most of the residents worked for the government or at the Reynolds Aluminum Plant near by. Does any one else remember it? We had to move when they closed the place and built Carl Hayden High School and later on a shopping center. My parents said that when they asked what I thought about moving out of our house, I replied,"That was no house. That was just a place we was a liv'n."

Sure, I was too young to remember really but I remember my parents did not like it. The people next to us were always fighting. I remember watching the crowds of workers entering and leaving Reynolds Aluminum each day. Later in life I worked with some of the people once employed by Reynolds. Being a goofy little kid I always thought they made aluminum foil there for cooking turkeys etc.

[1937Gal]

Originally Posted by Alzonakid

I was born at the Good Samariton Hospital back when it was a single building with a long ramp leading up to the front door. My parents brought me home to a small apartment in a housing complex near the corner of 35th Avenue and VanBuren called Alzona Park. Most of the residents worked for the government or at the Reynolds Aluminum Plant near by. Does any one else remember it? We had to move when they closed the place and built Carl Hayden High School and later on a shopping center. My parents said that when they asked what I thought about moving out of our house, I replied,"That was no house. That was just a place we was a liv'n."

I too was born in Phoenix, St. Joseph's first hospital. When I was in grade school we lived on W. Jefferson and I had many friends who lived in Alzona Park. I skated at the small skating rink across from Aero Theater, but mostly we skated at Open Air on 27th Ave and Broadway. Good memories.

[baby sinister]

Originally Posted by seabee1

Greyhound park?

The Stockyard restaurant?

The actual stockyards?

Park and swap at Greyhound park is still going on, on Wed. night, and Sat. and Sun.'s. It's nothing like it used to be. Mostly people selling new items now. Now people just hold garage sales instead of lugging stuff out to the park and paying a fee to sell.

Not sure why they quit the dog racing at the track. Went from LIVE racing to closed circuit only. The new building went up some time in the mid to late 80's. Now I heard that the airport bought the property and it will be torn down.

[jukebox47]

Originally Posted by baby sinister

Park and swap at Greyhound park is still going on, on Wed. night, and Sat. and Sun.'s. It's nothing like it used to be. Mostly people selling new items now. Now people just hold garage sales instead of lugging stuff out to the park and paying a fee to sell.

Not sure why they quit the dog racing at the track. Went from LIVE racing to closed circuit only. The new building went up some time in the mid to late 80's. Now I heard that the airport bought the property and it will be torn down.

I used to buy broken kitchen mixers from the Goodwill AS-IS Department for 25 cents each to repair. I would sell them at Greyhound Park and Swap. I used the money for high school, books, lunch, clothes etc. and to keep an old Cushman scooter running. It was 50 cents to sell at Greyhound and I never dreamed they would ever charge people to go in and look around. That was about 1959-62.

That Goodwill AS-IS yard was on East Sherman St in a neighborhood we called "Little Hollywood". There was an old gas station called Hollywood or maybe it was Little Hollywood on the corner of Sherman and 7th St. It was a tough neighborhood we usually avoided. Even in those days there was a some gang presence. It was called the Golden Gate gang. No idea how that name got to be.

[Old Fossil]

About 1970 I visited my Dad in Phoenix and he took me to a steak house somewhere out of town. We drove both ways after dark and I'm not sure which direction, but we could see the city lights off in the distance, and I don't remember any other businesses nearby.

It was family owned and operated and the husband, wife, and adult children worked there. It was a "rustic" building with exposed ceiling beams and tradition was that if you came in there wearing a neck tie they would take scissors, cut it off, and nail it to the ceiling beams. There were lots of ties up there. The tables were "picnic tables". The steaks were grilled outside on a large grill over mesquite. After we ordered our steak they set the table with bowls of all the "trimmings". They also had the tradition that if you ordered a special large steak (I don't remember it's size) and could eat all of it, the meal was free.

The husband/owner was from Arkansas and he and Dad were long time friends. They gave us our dinners as a gift to honor the reunion of Dad and me after many, many years.

Anyone know who/where this was?

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by old fossil

about 1970 i visited my dad in phoenix and he took me to a steak house somewhere out of town. We drove both ways after dark and i'm not sure which direction, but we could see the city lights off in the distance, and i don't remember any other businesses nearby.

It was family owned and operated and the husband, wife, and adult children worked there. It was a "rustic" building with exposed ceiling beams and tradition was that if you came in there wearing a neck tie they would take scissors, cut it off, and nail it to the ceiling beams. There were lots of ties up there. The tables were "picnic tables". The steaks were grilled outside on a large grill over mesquite. After we ordered our steak they set the table with bowls of all the "trimmings". They also had the tradition that if you ordered a special large steak (i don't remember it's size) and could eat all of it, the meal was free.

The husband/owner was from arkansas and he and dad were long time friends. They gave us our dinners as a gift to honor the reunion of dad and me after many, many years.

Anyone know who/where this was?

[Old Fossil]

Originally Posted by roosevelt

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Wow! That's it! What can you tell me about it roosevelt? My trip was so long ago and left me with great memories.

[AZBradley]

Pinnacle Peak Patio Cowboy Steakhouse in Scottsdale - Phoenix AZ

[Old Fossil]

Originally Posted by AZBradley

Pinnacle Peak Patio Cowboy Steakhouse in Scottsdale - Phoenix AZ

Thanks.