Malls in Phoenix, AZ (Tucson, Mesa: city hall, to buy, tenants)

[Colt AZ]

Glass elevators? Wow, that's a first. I remember when I had this thing for mezzanines.

[AirportFan]

Originally Posted by Colt Cassidy

Glass elevators? Wow, that's a first. I remember when I had this thing for mezzanines.

They looks really cool in old department stores. But I sure wish that the Rhodes Building could have been used right now, but nobody wants to work in that area. I wonder if any Tucson stores has or have had glass elevators.

[observer53]

Originally Posted by AirportFan

They looks really cool in old department stores. But I sure wish that the Rhodes Building could have been used right now, but nobody wants to work in that area. I wonder if any Tucson stores has or have had glass elevators.

I just don't get what the big deal is about a two (sometimes three) story building having a glass elevator. High rises, yes... but malls?

[Ztonyg]

I've always been fascinated by hotels that have glass elevators. I really like the one at the Hyatt downtown.

[AirportFan]

Originally Posted by Ztonyg

I've always been fascinated by hotels that have glass elevators. I really like the one at the Hyatt downtown.

Now those elevators are simply amazing and so fast!

[Heath V]

Someone has to remeber a part of the mall in Metro Center named The Alley! It used to freak me out as a kid and now I am seriously intrigued by it. It was dark, musky and covered in bricks and neon! I belive Lotions and Potions was one of the stores in The Alley.

[dvxhd]

Originally Posted by AirportFan

That's Phoenix for you. Demolishing beautiful buildings and old historic malls for modern architecture. I wish the city preserved these old places.

While I believe Phoenix really ought to preserve its historical buildings, I would hardly consider any of the malls to be a pinnacle of architectural triumph or anything of historical significance (and that goes for any city). Seriously, they aren't the Pyramids. If the city needed more high-rises, I would be against them bulldozing anything between roughly Roosevelt and McDowell immediately north of downtown (because of the character), but I couldn't care less if they were to tear down Park Central for more skyscrapers.

[Voebe]

Why would anyone actually like malls?

[AirportFan]

Originally Posted by Voebe

Why would anyone actually like malls?

It depends on the mall actually. I like malls from pre 1985. Anything post 1985 is very modern to me. 1970s malls and 1960s malls especially have a big history of department stores. Unfortunately, most of the malls in Phoenix are all very modern and from the 1990s. But in Tucson, the two malls there are historic. Same in El Paso and in San Antonio. Phoenix is one of those cities where everything has to be modern, along with Las Vegas.

[ScottsdaleMark]

I thought I would share an image of MetroCenter from close to when it opened. The image is looking east, you can still recognize that oddly shaped building that I think is Souper Salad location today. You can also see the aforementioned Rhodes and Broadway anchors in this image.