How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... (Glendale: properties, parks)

[roosevelt]

Originally Posted by locolobo13

My family moved here in 66 after it burned down. I hike Shaw Butte's south side a lot so am interested. Last year Phoenix Magazine did an article on it. You can read it here:

Cloud of Suspicion - Phoenix Magazine

I'd love to see some more pix of it in its day.

Thanks for the article, now the sign is solved, people I have talked to said it was blue neon but could never agree what it was shaped like, anything from a straight line to a cloud; now we know it was a large number 9. Also too, I think I was taken up the road in a Jeep.

[roosevelt]

Not to be a spoilsport but these photos are from Phoenix, Arizona vintage old photos, pictures, history, photographs, by Heberlee. Union High School

[fcorrales80]

Originally Posted by roosevelt

Not to be a spoilsport but these photos are from Phoenix, Arizona vintage old photos, pictures, history, photographs, by Heberlee. Union High School

You didn't spoil anything, cool link to more photos. Really all types of vintage Phoenix photos can be found on the web, just takes some patience. Thanks for the link...

[ArizonaBear]

Mods: could you roll this thread into the How do you remember Phoenix? Stories from long time residents... one stickied @ the top of this Forum?

[Design7]

Great pics! Its amazing how different downtown Phoenix is today. The sense of community is lost somewhat.

[fcorrales80]

Originally Posted by Design7

Great pics! Its amazing how different downtown Phoenix is today. The sense of community is lost somewhat.

ALOT! We are getting some of that back. Would be amazingly great to have that huge level of pedestrian traffic back in the downtown area in 10 years! LOL It's possible...

[kn527]

Originally Posted by kn527

I remember cloud 9 very well.
We moved to Cox Meadows 1961 Cactus Rd and Black Canyon Highway, now I 17 freeway. We could see the lights of the restraunt at night.
After it closed down we too used to hike up the face of the mountain to look at the ruins. A lot of broken glass quite a mess I remember a large empty pool.
We stopped going there after a friend of mine and I were stopped at gun point and detained for a few hours, Some crazy man was hidding in the curtains with an M1 Garand rifle, that would not let us leave until the police showed up hours later. I don't remember any part of it burned down. Just broken windows and all run down. That SOB pressed charges against us for tresspassing and breaking windows(which we never did). Two kids, I was probably only 12 years old held at gun point for hours Don't know why he was up there guardng the place it was a distroyed and in ruins. Bitter man out to punish or hurt any one that came there.

Continued fom above:
In defense of the guy (it must have been Barker). That place was tore up when I was there it was probably 1964. It looked like it had been out of business for some time and people had been vandalizing the place, he was most likly just trying to save it? I dont think kids were the cause of the damage I saw about 1/2 the windows were broke glass down the side of the mountain, pool full of glass an furniture it was a mess.
Looked like some one put him out of business.
I remember him calling his wife from an old 2 way radio to send the police both of us kids were scared and pissed our pants waiting for the police to arrive.
Police told us we were lucky, some kids were hurt bad trying to run away from him and fell down the mountain.
Ken

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by Design7

Great pics! Its amazing how different downtown Phoenix is today. The sense of community is lost somewhat.

It was an entirely different time when people walked more and drove less. Also, Phoenix back then wasn't so sprawled out like it is today. Downtown was THE place to work, eat, and shop ... as were many downtown areas in practically all cities (large and small).

Since Phoenix is now more than ten times the size as it was 60 years ago, the focus should be on diversifying the economy, encouraging large reputable corporations to establish their bases here, and building UPward instead of outward so much. Sprawl is always going to be a factor, but it doesn't mean that infill & downtown development should be neglected like it had been during the 1970s, '80s, and '90s.

[Grannysroost]

I am rolling this into the sticky Phoenix thread as it is the same

[deraffe]

so what is the story on the house on the hill just north of the az historical museum on 68th street in the papago park?