On 29 September 2006, TempeHiker visited downtown Phoenix to see the 911 Memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza.
After visiting 911 Memorial, TempeHiker wandered parts of Phoenix and took a bunch of pictures.
- old Capitol building
- Arizona Mining and Mineral Museum ... reflection
- ABCDEFG mural
- Evans House with Office of Tourism in background
- Carnegie Public Library ... back side
- Farmer John's mural ... east side ... north side ... south side
- Hyster building ... view ... view ... roller coaster
- Valley Machine Works since 1909
- Phoenix to the northeast
- Santa Fe building ... Santa Fe symbol
- Arizona Sky mural [with truck for perspective]
- Barrow's Furniture mural
- Ice House building
- Union Station ... RR sign
- Grant Park ... mural ... Phoenix to north
- Grant Park Boxing Club ... nearby house
- Scrap artwork ... plane ... metal artwork
- Chase Field ... US Airways Arena ... up-close
- St. Marys to north ... Convention Center hole
- Phoenix looking northwest
- downtown ... reflections ... reflections
- old City Hall ... Hanny's mural
- Orpheum Lofts ... downtown ... downtown
- Phoenix looking east ... downtown
TempeHiker visited the new Convention Center for the first time. The lobby has a huge mirror that sits atop a pole based in the lower-level. The mirror says "Art is a guaranty of sanity."
Kudos to the city of the Phoenix for the excellent job they did with Central Park. Located south of downtown the park is vastly improved over its previous condition. The playground equipment combines playing and learning. {english/spanish} {height chart} {length measurements} {english/spanish}
Prior to returning to his car, TempeHiker stopped to say "hello" to Ed The Hotdogger and have a tasty hotdog. Ed took pictures of a pile of old rail that was discovered while during light-rail construction. Ed The Hotdogger was also passionate about Phoenix leaving Patriots Square Park as is. It would be a shame to lose all the excellent brick work that went into making the park.
Creator: Gerald D. Thurman
[gdt@deru.com]
Created: 30 September 2006
