We have left turns from Michigan and potholes from the pits of hell, but one local traffic oddity is an Old Pueblo original. Read Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives, Jun 16, 1967, p. 10 with family history and genealogy records from tucson, arizona 1940-1977. The original city hall and county courthouse still stand, along with the original (and green) Presidio Park. The Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital (now the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System) looking southwest from about Benson Highway and Park Ave. in 1954. It was produced at the "modern color studio" in KUAT-TV on the University of Arizona campus. It's now Drachman School and Santa Rosa Park. 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). Developer Lew McGinnis bought all but two of the homes by 1980. The fairways are taking shape. ", Control room at KUAT studios in May, 1970. Tony Blanton, a prominent Tucson planner for decades, is a likely candidate for being the person who originated the term stravenue.. Citizen photo by Gary Gay nor 200 Southwest federation Temple rabbis will Convene Here Emanuel will be Host week to Temple youths of jew Mexico West Texas and 7 Arizona in their annual thanks giving . Tucson Police Officer William Shoemaker leans out of the department's "Sky Patrol" helicopter in July, 1972. 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 Benson-Nogales freeway interchange in Tucson (now known as Interstate 10-Interstate 19), completed in about 1963. We're pretty sure that's the Rillito River in the top half of the photo and Catalina Foothills beyond. Historic archive aerial photos of Tucson Tucson andthe Santa Catalina Mountains from 17,500-feet, looking north front about the rodeo grounds (bottom of photo) in March, 1956. Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. The El Paso and Southwestern RR tracks are on the right side. Also: Tucson Democrat Pamela Powers Hannleyfaces heavy blowback for a legislative vote; Ward 6 Tucson City Council race attracts another candidate; and recall attempt resumes against Rep. Mark Finchem. Def Leppard played at the Tucson Convention Center Dec. 26, 1992. The agency says the new model will assist in better regional transportation planning for motorists and other modes of transportation. The 42-unit hotel, built in 1928, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. All Saints Catholic Church, 400 S. 6th Ave., Tucson, in 1963. Who Receive obituaries Rafael Armando Cancino January 1, 2023 (24 years old) View obituary Glenda Crawford Prater January 7, 2023 (100 years old) View obituary Edmund Arce December 29, 2022 (85 years old) View obituary Blanca Luz Ortega This is the corner of Stone Avenue and Pennington Street looking southeast. She was 54. Looking north into downtown Tucson, from about 20th Street and what is now Interstate 10, in 1946. 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. 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. The purpose of these missions was to aid in the colonization and exploration of land to the financial benefit of the Spanish Empire. Since learning of his familys possible connection to Tucson road-naming lore, Rockliffe has done some research of his own that bolsters Clincos case. Blanton and Cole also worked on projects across Arizona and in eight other states. Read Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives, Jul 10, 1970, p. 4 with family history and genealogy records from tucson, arizona 1940-1977. . The homes south of the football stadium are gone. Snow covers the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, probably in February, 1966. Then there's the two guys suspended from the crane. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Craycroft Road is at right. It appears it never took flight. The city council voted in November to continue the program and purchase two helicopters. The Roskruge Hotel at 109 S. Scott, Tucson, in 1965. Calendar item that ran in the Arizona Daily Star June 29, 1973. James "J.T." From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. Note the Ryan-Evans Drugs on the corner, at right, originally owned by the Martin family. Egg prices about to go up a bit more in Arizona due to new rules, Hold on teeny tiny freshwater jellyfish have been spotted in Sabino Canyon (?! 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. The new Selby Motors Mercury dealership at 2200 E. Broadway Road, Tucson, in 1956. The four-mile stretch was once a vital thoroughfare before the interstate system was created. From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. 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. ), 35 fun events happening in Tucson this weekend Jan. 12-16 , These 8 soups in Tucson will take you on a trip around the globe, Find concha slippers, horchata lip balm and more at this downtown maker shop, NOW OPEN: New downtown restaurant Blue Front is home to American comfort foods, 65 fun events happening in Tucson this January 2023 , 9 local print shops to help you create custom T-shirts, invitations and more, This home baker makes rockin' ice cream with Japanese techniques, John Dillinger's eventful capture in Tucson: the history and how it's remembered today, Blondie's Ice Cream is home to nostalgic flavors in an adorable retro trailer. Shifman's extended family members lived at the estate. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. This database is a fully searchable text version of the newspaper for the following years: 1941-77. Big-name musicians often visited the Old Pueblo in the '70s and '80s, many performing sold-out shows at popular Tucson venues. The review ran Aug. 10, 1972. The "shorter and wider" Broadway Road railroad under construction in Tucson, probably in early 1963. Clubhouse is far left. Like our page to stay informed about passing of a loved one in Tucson, Arizona on facebook. The newspaper ended print publica. 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, Jesuits affiliated with Tumaccori Mission discovered, worked in many mines. For example, an 8,000 square foot lot could contain a casita as large as 800 square feet. The parking lot of Park Mall is at the very bottom-center of the photo. The news articles are just some I wrote for the Tucson Citizen, which was one of Tucson's two daily newspapers before the dawn of news over the internet wiped out many newspapers across the country. Originally, the parking facilities was designed to handle 850 vehicles but it was overflowing for the event. The "Piano Man" Billy Joel performs at the Tucson Community Center on November 14, 1978. Here's a look at seemingly unrelated collections of photos of Tucson's past from archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen. The new Palo Verde High School is at bottom right. The historic Coronado Hotel at 4th Ave. and 9th St. in Tucson, had seen better days by 1987. The Regional Transportation Authority and city and county bond initiatives are changing that reputation, slowly but surely. Paralleling the highway are the El Paso and Southwestern RR tracks. 1960s. Tucson homes popping up in 1965. Now a local historian and preservationist thinks he knows where the name came from. The swatch of darkness is the Southern Pacific RR mainline and yard in Tucson, shown in this 1953 photo, looking northwest. It as a chillly 18-degrees at altitude. The original city hall and county courthouse still stand, along with the original (and green) Presidio Park. A bustling Stone Avenue and downtown Tucson in December, 1946. 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. The Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave., Tucson, in September, 1965. Black and white aerial photos from the archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen show the Old Pueblo in years past. The photo was taken with infrared film and a dark red filter on the lens to pierce the cloud cover. This is the exterior of the Hydra store which at one time was the Dave Bloom and Sons store on Congress St and Sixth Avenue. News Alerts Subscribe In 1948, the Arizona State Highway Department approved the Tucson Controlled Access Highway, a bypass around downtown Tucson. Winds light and variable. The Pantano Wash runs through the top half of the photo. After graduating from Tucson High School and studying at the UA, Blanton got his first engineering job with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love do their stuff on stage at the University of Arizona's McKale Center April 24, 1978. The drive ended at the Nelson Livestock Aucions yard, 455 N. Highway Drive. An impressive pool and shuffleball courts. This is the Pima County Consolidated Justice Court building on the corner of Stone Avenue and Alameda Street looking southeast. They played the Tucson Convention Center's old Exhibition Hall Oct. 25, 1992. The four-block project cost $37,500. . WAYNE BAKER. I had a route that ran from First Street to 10th Street between Tucson Boulevard and Country Club. The new Grant Road underpass at the Southern Pacific RR in December, 1962, as seen looking west on Grant Road east of the tracks and Interstate 10. The Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital (now the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System) looking southwest from about Benson Highway and Park Ave. in 1954. . Grant Road is in the foreground. My first job over 40 years ago was as a paperboy for the Tucson Citizen. This is a photo of One East Broadway in downtown Tucson on Broadway Boulevard and Stone Avenue looking east toward the Walsh Federal Courthouse. The parking lot of Park Mall is at the very bottom-center of the photo. Read Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives, Jul 24, 1967, p. 1 with family history and genealogy records from tucson, arizona 1940-1977. . 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. This subdivision in the Tucson area's Avra Valley features streets named for historic firearms manufacturers, like Gatling. The legendary band performed at the Tucson Community Center in June 1972. Topics. The business moved from 820 S. 6th Ave. Chevron and Quick Mart on the southeast corner of E. Broadway Blvd. It's now the Aviation Parkway. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, January 30, 1892, Image 4, brought to you by Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records; Phoenix, AZ, and the National Digital Newspaper Program. A man crosses East Congress Street at Arizona Avenue as this portion up to Fifth Avenue was falling on hard times with only one small shop still in business on May 3, 1967. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Photos of Tucson as far back as the 1880s the archives of the Tucson Citizen and Arizona Daily Star. It featured a former CBS television executive, Marvin Duckler (who died at age 90 in Tucson on Jan. 24, 2018). The photo was taken with infrared film and a dark red filter on the lens to pierce the cloud cover. This is the intersection of Broadway and Sixth Avenue looking northwest. TUCSON, Ariz. - The Tucson Border Patrol Station is taking applications for their "Citizen's Academy" planned for later this year. The city leased two helicopters for six-months as a test. Tucson and downtown area looking north from 22nd Street and 6th Avenue (far right) in the mid 1960s. Downtown Tucson looking east from Main Ave in the early 1950s, before any urban redevelopment projects had taken hold. Note the roundhouse (now gone). Now its buried beneath the county courthouse, Rockliffe said. Sign up for it at tucson.com/timemachine. It was formerly the site of Perkins Motors. Might be North Alvernon Way near Glenn Street. Lemmon at 5,400 feet elevation on Feb. 18, 1967. The delta wings in the back have a span of 90 inches and the glider is about 10 feet long. The iconic water tower is still there. The completed Arizona Land Title Building (tall building at left) and completed two-story J.C. Penney Department Store on Stone Ave. in Tucson, ca. Looking north from about Pennington east of Stone Ave. Background, upper left is the Arizona Land Title Building. Arizona Highways magazine featured Del Webbs Tucson development, Pueblo Gardens, in the November 1948 edition. Genealogy and family history records include: obituaries, births, & marriages. This is a view of the Pioneer Building, right, on East Pennington and Scott Avenue looking west. This is the view of One East Broadway at Stone Avenue and Broadway Boulevard looking northeast with the Chase building in the background. City study showed 81% of its employees make wages below the standard market rates of other public-sector jobs around the state. 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.. Looking east from "A" Mountain and Menlo Park along Congress St. into downtown Tucson in the mid-1970s. The face of downtown Tucson has changed over the decades. Under construction: The Southern Arizona Bank and Trust building, to the left of the Pioneer Hotel. It as a chillly 18-degrees at altitude. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. The glider was to land at Ryan Air Field. Downtown Tucson buildings taken May 1953, including Stein's clothing and Leed's Shoes and Souther Arizona Bank and Trust. This a photograph of the Chicago Store on Congress and Sixth Avenue looking west. You have permission to edit this collection. The test off Hawaii was the first time Raytheon's ship-launched Standard Missile-3 IIA interceptor was used to hit an intercontinental missile. 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