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Old 05-25-2014, 11:27 AM
 
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fantastic pictures of Donofrio's and the arcade, Mike.....

can't quite tell if this was on the N or S side of Washington.....

is the building gone now?....if so, what's there now?...

thanks a lot
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Old 05-25-2014, 01:17 PM
 
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fantastic pictures of Donofrio's and the arcade, Mike.....

can't quite tell if this was on the N or S side of Washington.....

is the building gone now?....if so, what's there now?...

thanks a lot
Very welcome. The building got knocked down in the 1980s. It was at 25 E. Washington, and since south and east numbers are odd in Phoenix, it would have been on the south side of Washington. I think now it's a parking garage where the arcade was, with "Charming Charlie" (a women's fashion store) and a Gold's Gym upstairs just to the west of where the arcade/Donofrio's was.
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Old 05-25-2014, 01:19 PM
 
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I took this photo in scottsdale 1979, thomas and 68th street.
Sign Man - do you have any other photos you took of drive-in signs or other vintage signs that you could post? I'd really enjoy seeing them.
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Old 05-25-2014, 04:15 PM
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It's amazing what a photo can do for your memory. I saw a couple of references to Playland, but I didn't remember the place. Then, the photo and it hit me how we used to go there after the Fox theater serials on Saturdays in the 50s. It was the arch sign that did it. Great photo.
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Old 05-25-2014, 05:58 PM
 
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Was that the Playland Penny Arcade at 25 E. Washington?

The owner was trying to sell it in 1959/1960 - this ad was run numerous times in the Businesses Classified:



There was a candy counter in back. Like most penny arcades, it attracted its share of truants and idlers - from the AZ Republic, 11/19/1959:



I remember seeing a photo of it but can't find a copy
I think this is the one I went to sometimes when we went to the Fox. Its amazing you can find all this old info and I thank you for doing it for us.
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Old 05-25-2014, 06:50 PM
 
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Thanks for posting these. I too am a film buff, and I thought it was interesting that most of these theaters were owned by the Nace group. Harry Nace Jr. took over the theaters after the death of his father in 1953. These ads are fantastic. Anything more on Nace?



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From the same page as that ad, here's what Phoenicians were watching at their movie theaters on December 11, 1959. The movies back then look a little rowdier and bawdier than my image of what people were watching in 1959 (when I was only a year old):

I'm kind of a film buff, and I've never heard of about 70% of these films...



















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Old 05-25-2014, 06:52 PM
 
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I think that the old Lamara Theater stood next to Donofrios but was torn down for an addition of the 1st National Bank in the early 20's. Movie and a treat.
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Old 05-25-2014, 07:24 PM
 
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Default Phoenix in 1960

Stumbled upon this You Tube, really something else.
Valley of the Sun, 1960s - YouTube

My late wife lived in Phoenix in the second half of the fivties, her dad owned a construction company that build hospitals all over the US. He was building Maryville at that time.
Her parents died in 1960 and are buried right by the "stack".
Her dad was also president of the carpenters union..... That's how things went I guess.

Enjoy.
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Old 05-25-2014, 07:39 PM
 
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I am going to start using "the season." "Yeah, Phoenix is great during the season."
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Old 05-25-2014, 08:44 PM
 
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Video brings back many memories from when I moved to Phoenix in the 60's. Thanks for posting it.
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