Tucson Daily Citizen newspaper was located in Tucson, Arizona. It was one of the first buildings on Stone Ave. to be constructed after World War II. It was a tuberculosis treatment center and retreat for people seeking the benefits of dry desert air and sunshine. Kenneth E. Carter performs with the Guess Who at the Tucson Community Center Aug. 10, 1986. Ayer, 1901. Downtown Tucson and the barren Catalina Foothills in 1958. Looking south on Kolb Road from 22nd Street, Tucson, in 1970. The first class will be scheduled after the first 15 applications are received. Joseph Weiss, a textile businessman from New York City, was "wintering" in Tucson when he decided to buy a used car lot at the site. Tucson looking north from about 20th Street in 1929. in the early 1960s. Def Leppard played at the Tucson Convention Center Dec. 26, 1992. The review ran Aug. 10, 1972. Tucson's original airport in 1929. This a photograph of the Chicago Store on Congress and Sixth Avenue looking west. The "shorter and wider" Broadway Road railroad under construction in Tucson, probably in early 1963. Like our page to stay informed about passing of a loved one in Tucson, Arizona on facebook. If you're a fan of "The Crown" on Netflix, you know of Queen Elizabeth's sister, Princess Margaret. The new Gil's Chevron Service Station at 203 E Speedway on the northeast corner at North Sixth Avenue was open for business in March 1968. It was annexed by Oro Valley more than 30 years later. and S. Scott Ave., in Tucson, Ariz. on January 28, 2020. She had four children. Harrison Road is at the bottom of the photo. The stage is set for The Who at Sun Devil Stadium Oct. 31, 1982. Grant Road is in the foreground. It's anybody's guess where this is. Explore the comprehensive records in our online database, and you'll gain access to almost 150 years of local history. The fire station had been on the site from as early as 1909 and was next door to the Tucson Stables, which had a livery and sold feed for horses. The program will offer remote workers about $7,500 in incentives including help with moving expenses, internet service and membership in community groups. Aaronson Brothers Apparel Store at Congress and 6th Ave. Now the Chicago Store. It's now Drachman School and Santa Rosa Park. Many of the buildings no longer exist. Tucson and Pima County have had a long and well-deserved reputation for poor-quality streets and roads. You have permission to edit this collection. Perkins Motor Co. , pictured in 1955, at the northwest corner of Stone and Alameda occupied the site for 15 years until it was demolished to make way for the Arizona Land Title Building, which was converted to Pima County Public Works Center in early 2000s. Then, it was a four-lane state highway on Pima County land. News Alerts Subscribe Dave Bloom and Sons men's clothing at the northwest corner 6th Ave and Congress in 1956. The Wells Fargo Bank, Pioneer Hotel and Tucson Federal Savings building. Speedway Blvd. The Pantano Wash runs through the top half of the photo. High near 55F. TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A former actor in Western films and his wife have survived a fire that destroyed their Tucson-area home plus decades of Arizona movie history. It was completely demolished in 1968. It was formerly Corbett's Lumber. Most of the motorists in this picture had to wait 10 minutes for the two-train switching operation. Now a local historian and preservationist thinks he knows where the name came from. Clinco said the earliest appearance of a stravenue he can find is on the plat map for a subdivision called Country Club Park, a wedge-shaped neighborhood hemmed in by Aviation Road, Country Club and 29th Street. Looking for the cheapest gas in Tucson? Unless the developer had some pet names in mind, he left it up to the engineering firm to come up with the street names, he said. In 1946, the 580-acre "Rancho de la Sombra" was purchased by a group of 50 Tucsonans who wanted a second golf country club in Tucson. Snow clogs the Catalina Highway to Mt. The Roskruge Hotel at 109 S. Scott, Tucson, in 1965. Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Ivan . A new report analyzing the U.S. road conditions and how money is spent on improving them, shows Arizona has some of the best roads in the nation. This is the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Broadway, part of which was the site of the Roosevelt Hotel and Santa Rita Hotel and now the home of Tucson Electric Power in downtown Tucson. A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation . Tony Blanton rides a horse with his first child, Beverly, at his fathers ranch house on Hedrick Drive, near Campbell Avenue and Fort Lowell Road in 1936. TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Jake Guentzel came out of a scoring slump at the perfect time, allowing his team to end one of its own. It cost $1.5 million. Here and nowhere else in America, apparently thats known as a stravenue. There was not enough room to operate the controls after the pilot with parachute were crammed inside. Old photos from the Tucson Citizen photo archives are matched with photos taken by Daily Star photographer A.E. (90-110) Arizona Historical Foundation, Tempe, AZ $4,848 to preserve and make available glass photographic negatives taken by Dane Coolidge, a naturalist and writer of western novels. Theyre being broadcast on television and radio stations in English and Spanish and shared on ADOTs social media platforms. The swatch of darkness is the Southern Pacific RR mainline and yard in Tucson, shown in this 1953 photo, looking northwest. She followed him professionally, releasing her own rock albums in the 2000s, and appearing on stage with Pat Benatar and Richard Hawley among others. It was the end of the steam engine age, which accounts for the coal and oil residue along the tracks. There is no apparent record of the Superior Automatic and Self Service Car Wash. Oracle Road, looking south from Suffolk Drive, in March, 1975. As aerial as you can get in 1880: Looking west at the Plaza de Armas, Congregational Church and portions of the Presidio wall in central Tucson. Large billboards used to line the area along Interstate 10 (South Freeway) between West 22nd and West Congress Streets on May 5, 1966. (Click on the image for a readable version.) Where to pray; How to Pray; Du'as; Activities. Corbett's Lumber at 4545 E. Speedway in Tucson in 1955. A snapshot of the downtown Tucson in its original form in 1966, probably weeks away from the demolition of the first of hundreds of homes and businesses to make way for the Tucson Convention Center and city-county building complex. The Westerner Hotel, which opened in 1949, on the southeast corner of Stone Ave and Broadway Road in 1965. The land is now sports fields. Dwight Yoakam performed at the Tucson Convention Center June 16, 1993. Our records indicate the name is only found in Tucson, Arizona, said Roy Betts, national spokesman for the Postal Service. This subdivision in the Tucson area's Avra Valley features streets named for historic firearms manufacturers, like Gatling. Grant Road is in the foreground. It featured a former CBS television executive, Marvin Duckler (who died at age 90 in Tucson on Jan. 24, 2018). The offices for the Regional Transportaition Authority or RTA and the Pima Association of Government or PAG are expected to occupy space in the building. Citizen photo Bank counsel resigns Post Lawrence v. Robertson sr., a member of the Board of direct Toi s for the Bank of Tucson arid its general counsel Lias . Keep reading with a digital access subscription. ARCHIVE PHOTO --- Downtown Tucson buildings taken June 1965. It was demolished in 1984. In 1948, the Arizona State Highway Department approved the Tucson Controlled Access Highway, a bypass around downtown Tucson. The barrio in the foreground was bulldozed to make way for the Tucson Convention Center and Symphony Hall. The newspaper ended print publica Most Popular Shooting reveals unexpected threat to urban bobcats in. I can remember seeing Cherrybell Stravenue as a child and thinking that was all so strange, said Rockliffe, who retired in 2019 after 39 years as a land surveyor for Tucson Electric Power. Taylor and Kool and the Gang performed at the Tucson Community Center May 10, 1987. Information for many of the photos was handwritten on the back of the prints or taken from stories in both newspapers. Tony Blanton, a prominent Tucson planner for decades, is a likely candidate for being the person who originated the term stravenue.. It was built in 1926 and underwent an extensive renovation in 1990. The four-mile stretch was once a vital thoroughfare before the interstate system was created. At the time the UA was proposing an addition to its football stadium adding another 10,600 seats to the east side of the structure that would involve permanently closing Cherry Avenue. Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love do their stuff on stage at the University of Arizona's McKale Center April 24, 1978. It's now the Aviation Parkway. The hotel was built in 1928, but was doomed almost immediately by the stock market crash of 1929. Content from 46 countries and all 50 states. Notes: "Democratic." Cf. By Summer 1962, completed freeway sections allowed travelers to go from Prince Road to 6th Ave. The freeway off ramp at St. Mary's Road (picture bottom) is gone today. From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. Lemmon at 5,400 feet elevation on Feb. 18, 1967. Blanton and Cole was the surveyor for six of them, including the five oldest. The original city hall and county courthouse still stand, along with the original (and green) Presidio Park. Activities Calendar; Gym Schedule; Information. The Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital (now the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System) looking southwest from about Benson Highway and Park Ave. in 1954. City Hall is on the left (with flagpole) and San Augustin church is the peaked roof in distance at the end of the street. Downtown Tucson lights The lights of businesses. The same land surveyor produced both maps: Tony A. Blanton from the Tucson architectural firm of Blanton and Cole. The face of downtown Tucson has changed over the decades. The Tucson City Council voted to invest an additional $14 million in neighborhood street repair in fiscal year 2022, a move that aims to address the growing percentage of residential streets that are in failing condition. Anthony Comello of Staten Island, New York, was charged with the March 2019 murder of Gambino crime family underboss Frank Cali.According to his defense attorney, Comello had become obsessed with QAnon theories, believing Cali was a member of "deep state" and, "because of his self-perceived status in QAnon, Mr. Comello became certain that he was enjoying the protection of President Trump . The most-important element of the half-hour show was to develop verbal skills in children. From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. It was a tuberculosis treatment center and retreat for people seeking the benefits of dry desert air and sunshine. Definitely not a safe place to walk: Park Avenue at the Southern Pacific RR tracks in 1952, looking north into the Lost Barrio in Tucson. Prior to 1915, it was a brewery. The barrio in the foreground was bulldozed to make way for the Tucson Convention Center and Symphony Hall. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. The Carl Hayden Community Hospital (formerly Southern Pacific RR hospital) and beautiful park (now the U.S. District Court). The street running left to right in the center of the photo is Westover Ave. Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. They were demolished to build J.C. Penney building. Reports of the Tucson Citizen's demise greatly exaggerated Tue, May 19, 2009 Tucson police officer arrested for D.U.I. Scott Ave looking south from Pennington St toward Congress. Then there's the two guys suspended from the crane. Tucson Jazz Institute's award-winning Ellington Big Band will open for jazz piano phenom Matthew Whitaker at the 2023 HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival. He used to watch him work at his drafting table, and he later helped him draw a few subdivision plats before enrolling at the UA to become a registered professional land surveyor himself. Or. Downtown Tucson Then and Now Updated Aug 15, 2016 Stone Ave in Tucson, including Arizona Land and Title, Pima Savings, Jacome's and Steinfelds, looking south from Alameda Street from the northeast corner in 1962. Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her fathers legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency. This is a 1925 photo of the All Auto Camp on 2650 N Oracle Rd at Jacinto which featured casitas with the names of a state on the buildings. It features six stravenues that were mapped out in February 1948, three months before the plat for Pueblo Gardens. Note the price of the concert tickets. Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. The city council voted in November to continue the program and purchase two helicopters. They played the Tucson Convention Center's old Exhibition Hall Oct. 25, 1992. Rod Stewart credited Beck with bringing him and Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to the U.S. and that they never looked back after that. Silverbell Road and Scenic Drive in Marana, looking south-southwest in 1975. Clubhouse is far left. His cowboy father was originally from Southern Arizona, and the family moved back here in 1911 first to Willcox and then to Tucson in 1914. The Tucson Unified School District spent years buying property, including dozens of homes, surrounding the main building. Note the Ryan-Evans Drugs on the corner, at right, originally owned by the Martin family. Shifman's extended family members lived at the estate. The hotel was built in 1928, but was doomed almost immediately by the stock market crash of 1929. It was demolished for construction of the Williams Center. From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. It was the first police helicopter patrol operation in Arizona. Ph: 520-573-4155 rwiley@tucson.com Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. The new Woolworth's store during preparations for opening in January, 1958. The entire block is now the Tucson Electric Power headquarters. Looking north into downtown Tucson, from about 20th Street and what is now Interstate 10, in 1946. Designer and pilot Tony Raciti looks out the window of the cockpit in his high speed glider, the Cherokee Queen, at Freeway Airport in Tucson in March, 1961. Tucson Police Officer William Shoemaker leans out of the department's "Sky Patrol" helicopter in July, 1972. It's now the Ronstadt Transit Center. It's a mile east of the original, built in 1954. 1940 Photos by YONI POZNER/Tucson Citizen PHOTO ONE: Kathy Pashos, 45, relaxes with her daughter's cat, Gremlin, in her home. All the buildings were demolished as part of the city's urban renewal project in the 1960s and 70s. It appears it never took flight. You have permission to edit this article. Standard Oil gas station and Albert Steinfeld Hardware at 100 block of N. Stone in 1957. From. In part, SB 1127 says that anyone driving up to 75 mph in a 65 mph zone can be cited to a maximum fine of $15. Score! Arizona. No, the concert wasn't in Tucson, but we included them anyway. You have permission to edit this collection. Available on microfilm from State of Arizona Library & Archives, Phoenix, Ariz, and the Library of Congress, Photoduplication Service. In May 1949, the Tucson Daily Citizen ran a piece explaining the new street type, which it described as gobbledygood (sic) for diagonal.. This is a photo of North Scott Avenue, north of Congress Street. Grant Road is in the foreground. The new Selby Motors Mercury dealership at 2200 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, in 1956. Developer Lew McGinnis bought all but two of the homes by 1980. In 1941, the city bowed out to make way for U.S. Army pilot training in 1941 and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was born. Looking south on the Nogales Interstate Highway (now I-19) at the Ajo Way overpass on July 20, 1964. ), 35 fun events happening in Tucson this weekend Jan. 12-16 . in the early 1960s. Traffic tie-ups like this one in June, 1962, happened several times a day on 22nd Street at the Southern Pacific Railroad tracks in Tucson. 1970s. He is a graduate of ASU (yes, that ASU). The El Conquistador Hotel, lower right, in 1954. Grant Road, looking west at Campbell Ave. in 1966. By 1958, it had 42 employees and a newly built downtown office at Main Avenue and Pennington Street, though that building was lost to urban renewal about a decade later. Tucson Mall construction well-underway in 1981. Photo, Print, Drawing Unearthed original color replacing pink shade of Old Pima County Courthouse, How Tucson artist Rock Martinez evolved from tagger to muralist, Valentine's Day messages adorn downtown Tucson sidewalks, Then and Now: Kinsley's Ranch Lake in Arivaca Junction, Hold on teeny tiny freshwater jellyfish have been spotted in Sabino Canyon (?! The caption on the photo reads, "Today, the University (of Arizona) has more buildings than vacant land." This is the northwest corner of Stone Avenue and Pennington Street and the main library plaza in Tucson. in the early 1960s. Downtown Tucson looking south down Stone Avenue in 1956. The iconic water tower is still there. The street that angles from left to right is South Osborne Ave. The Associated Press. It felt like it was kind of in the blood.. Simpson Street is at the center of the photo, leading to Carrillo School (known for the annual Las Posadas procession), just beyond U.S. Highway 84 (now I-10). Then and now photos of Tucson (2020) Rick Wiley Oct 22, 2022 From the depths of the photo archives of the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Daily Star, it's another installment of Tucson: Then. Downtown Tucson looking east from Main Ave in the early 1950s, before any urban redevelopment projects had taken hold. Major local clients included the University of Arizona, several public school districts, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base and Hughes Aircraft Company. Spanish Trail winds through the center of this aerial photo of Tucson's eastside in 1970. Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, Glenn Frey and Don Felder, of the Eagles played at the University of Arizona McKale Center Oct. 16, 1976. It was part of the first section of interstate highway in Tucson, from Congress to Speedway. Here's a look at seemingly unrelated collections of photos of Tucson's past from archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen. a Tucson Citizen arts reporter, painted the elegant "Laughter in New Mexico" in 1952; it's an oil in delicate shades of pink, divided geometrically into arches and squares and triangles. She was 54. George A. Martin Sr. established a pharmacy inside the walls of the Tucson Presidio in the 1880s. Designer and pilot Tony Raciti looks out the window of the cockpit in his high speed glider, the Cherokee Queen, at Freeway Airport in Tucson in March, 1961. By the 1960s it had fallen into disrepair. "Probably 80 percent of what we're looking for in Tucson is from artisanal communities, so as you're looking at these gems, rocks,</p> This is a view of the Pioneer Building, right, on East Pennington and Scott Avenue looking west. 40+ aerial photos of Tucson from decades ago, Arizona Pioneer Historical Society library, 100 Tucson experiences for you to try this summer, Lulu Walker was Arizona teacher, principal, A Tucson legacy: Linda Ronstadt surprised by music hall renaming, Jesuits affiliated with Tumaccori Mission discovered, worked in many mines, Hold on teeny tiny freshwater jellyfish have been spotted in Sabino Canyon (?! He is a graduate of ASU (yes, that ASU). If he did not actually invent the term, he produced the first one and promoted their popularity in the late 1940s.. Looking south on Kolb Road from 22nd Street, Tucson, in 1970. Rockliffe said he used to visit his grandfather on Sundays and holidays. One stravenue origin story is that Roy P. Drachman reportedly dreamed it up in 1948 as part of Pueblo Gardens, Rockliffe said his grandfather was part of the in-crowd in Tucson, I guess youd say, but he started out humble.. For Star subscribers:New home prices in the Tucson area could climb well above $400,000 in 2022. Alameda Street and North Stone Avenue in Tucson looking south from the roof of the county building at 200 N Stone on Thursday, November 7, 2013. Note the tight cluster of businesses, hotels, theatres along Congress Street, where the county building complex now stands. The La Reforma Housing Project is prominent at the bottom of the picture. Downtown Tucson looking southeast, probably about 1967. The homes south of the football stadium are gone. The company moved to that location in 1931. Westbound SR84A (now I-10) at Congress Street in 1954. OPINION: Recalling happy times as a boy in Tucson, writer James Cohen remembers the Fox Theatre serials, a vacant dirt lot for a ball field and Sam Hughes neighborhood before parts were razed for McKale Center. No, the concert wasn't in Tucson, but we included them anyway. 1940s. That was in February, 1955. Tony Blanton was his grandfather. Peter, Paul and Mary performed at the University of Arizona Main Auditorium April 30, 1983. By the mid 1970s, the two blocks of homes to the east of campus (right, in the photos) became the vocational building, bookstore and cafeteria and 7th Street and 1st Avenue were closed through campus. Arizona Highways magazine featured Del Webbs Tucson development, Pueblo Gardens, in the November, 1948 edition. The Pima County Public Works Center on the northwest corner of Stone Avenue and Alameda Street. Downtown Tucson looking southeast, probably about 1967. Website with searchable ship database about warships, passenger liners, merchant ships, photo galleries, technical details, stories, news and much more. 6th Avenue and Broadway Road in June, 1965, including the back of the Santa Rita Hotel (right), Nick's Liquors, Western Union, the Roosevelt Hotel and Danny's Cafe. From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. Hua Chuca yesterday were honoured by the Tucson Trade Bureau As the airman . Rio Nuevo wants the state Legislature to loosen the purse strings so the district can start , The University of Arizona has been around for quite some time and has a story or two to tell, The University of Arizona's Old Main, the oldest public building in Arizona this side of San, #ThisIsTucson (@this_is_tucson) Instagram photos and videos. The plaza is situated on 18 acres and has 18 tenants. Get this Tucson Daily Citizen page for free from Friday, September 30, 1960 z-Lawson Vows Recited TUCSON DAILY CITIZEN PAGE 21 Now on a wedding trip to Northern Arizona are Mr. and Mrs. Albert . Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Black and white aerial photos from the archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen show the Old Pueblo in years past. By Summer 1962, completed freeway sections allowed travelers to go from Prince Road to 6th Ave. . It was the first police helicopter patrol operation in Arizona. For example, an 8,000 square foot lot could contain a casita as large as 800 square feet. The Valley National Bank building (now Chase Bank), the Pioneer Hotel building, the Fox Theater (lower left) and not much else. An Arizona grand jury opted not to indict an ex-Tuscon cop this weekRyan Remington shot dead a wheelchair bound shoplifting suspect in 2021 Remington, 32, shot Richard Lee Richards, 61, nine times in a mall parking lotThe former police officer was subsequently fired for use of excessive forceThis week, manslaughter charges were dropped due to insufficient evidence The Palo Verde Overpass south of Tucson (Southern Pacific RR tracks), looking East on 36th Street, in 1956. Regina Cleri is now St. Augustine Catholic High School. at the Pantano Wash in Tucson, 1981. 1960s. The barrio demolished to build the Tucson Convention Center and Symphony Hall. Citizen Photo S.H. . The historic Coronado Hotel at 4th Ave. and 9th St. in Tucson, had seen better days by 1987. From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. But in 1796 no bells were rung or bonfires lit. In 1941, the city bowed out to make way for U.S. Army pilot training in 1941 and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was born. Opening weekend of the 10-day HSL Properties Tucson Jazz Festival brought in big crowds to Tucson Symphony show with Pink Martini, Matthew Whitaker at the Fox. Based on this, I think it would be fair to say Blanton brought us the stravenue, Clinco said. You have permission to edit this collection. Did you know? Planner and land surveyor Tony Blanton, ca. The photo was taken with infrared film and a dark red filter on the lens to pierce the cloud cover. Both buildings were demolished in 1958 to make way for a parking lot. Kress & Co. building Updated May 31, 2019 In March 1975 it was announced that the vacant S.H. The La Reforma Housing Project is prominent at the bottom of the picture. Black and white aerial photos from the archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen show the Old Pueblo in years past. Ray Manley by Carroll Interstate 10 (refered to as the "Tucson freeway" in newspapers at the time) under construction at Speedway Blvd. Tile With Style, 4545 E. Speedway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz. on January 23, 2020. He is a graduate of ASU (yes, that ASU). The accuracy of the index varies according to the quality of the original images. Tucson High School on 1st Ave. and 6th St, in 1946, with the gymnasium to the south, long before expansion projects led to the sprawling campus that it is today. The old department stores (Jacome's and Penney's) were replaced by the central library and plaza. As aerial as you can get in 1880: Looking west at the Plaza de Armas, Congregational Church and portions of the Presidio wall in central Tucson. What do you call a road that runs diagonally between an east-west street and a north-south avenue? Photo is looking east from Wilmot Road (left to right) and Broadway Road. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. Tucson Medical Center, looking north, ca. From the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen archives: Jeff Beck in Tucson, Elizabeth Mangelsdorf / Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Jazz Fest puts on a party with Pink Martini, 11th Tucson Desert Song Fest includes big names, big works, All that jazz: '23 Tucson festival features biggest lineup yet, Jimmy Page, Rod Stewart pay tribute after death of Jeff Beck, Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis, dies at 54, Young Tucson jazz artists to share stage with rising superstar, Billie Eilish seeks restraining order against alleged burglar, Todd Chrisley shares message hours before he's set to report to prison, Jennifer Lopez reflects on 'emotional transition' of blending families with Ben Affleck, Lisa Marie Presley to be honored with public memorial service at Graceland. Somewhere along the way, Blanton changed his legal signature to Tony A. Blanton short (and somewhat redundant) for Tony Anthony Blanton. 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