Keep reading with a digital access subscription. Tucson homes popping up in 1965. 1957. His buildings often featured exposed . That was in February, 1955. But the hotel is still there. Shown in 1975, owboys drive 250 cattle down a frontage road near Ruthrauff Road in Tucson toward the finish line of "The Last Cattle Drive," a 350-mile journey that began in Willcox. It was December, 1956, and downtown was exploding with development. NBC News' Ken Dilanian breaks down how the discovery came to light and how the documents compare to classified documents found at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate last year. Congress Street, looking west from 4th Avenue, Tucson, ca. Another aspect was to demonstrate to children "how the wage-earning parent functions outside the home.". The Ivancovich building was demolished in 1957 to make way for a block-long Woolworth's store. The parking lot of Park Mall is at the very bottom-center of the photo. At right, behind the steel, the Southern Arizona Bank Building. Downtown Tucson buildings taken June 1965. The land is now sports fields. Get the latest high school sports updates in your inbox: Remember those who have passed on. The city leased two helicopters for six-months as a test. The historic Coronado Hotel at 4th Ave. and 9th St. in Tucson, had seen better days by 1987. 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. 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. The homes south of the football stadium are gone. You have permission to edit this collection. It was once the site of the Roskruge Hotel. Historic archive aerial photos of Tucson Dec 15, 2018 Updated Dec 15, 2018 Spanish Trail winds through the center of this aerial photo of Tucson's eastside in 1970. Most of the motorists in this picture had to wait 10 minutes for the two-train switching operation. Neil Young performed at the Tucson Convention Center Nov. 13, 1986. It's now Drachman School and Santa Rosa Park. Downtown Tucson looking southeast, probably about 1967. Brian Wilson, Al Jardine and Mike Love do their stuff on stage at the University of Arizona's McKale Center April 24, 1978. Now a local historian and preservationist thinks he knows where the name came from. A MaritimeQuest Daily Event Special Presentation . The large buildings along the railroad tracks were demolished to make way for the Aviation Parkway. Arroyo Chico winds its way through the lower right side. Some Arizona communities already prohibited texting while driving, but the new state law calls fora fine of up to $149 for a first-time offense. But in 1796 no bells were rung or bonfires lit. From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. Recent research by historian and preservationist Demion Clinco points to a more likely candidate: another prominent Tucsonan who played a large role in the citys post-war development. Downtown Tucson looking south down Stone Avenue in 1956. 5 Michael j. Keegan of it. It was the first police helicopter patrol operation in Arizona. The city leased two helicopters for six-months as a test. The program will offer remote workers about $7,500 in incentives including help with moving expenses, internet service and membership in community groups. Snow covers the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, probably in February, 1966. The new Palo Verde High School is at bottom right. You have permission to edit this article. The first class will be scheduled after the first 15 applications are received. From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. Search archives Browse archives Since learning of his familys possible connection to Tucson road-naming lore, Rockliffe has done some research of his own that bolsters Clincos case. Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi called Beck distinctively brilliant. Kiss singer and guitarist Paul Stanley says Beck blazed a trail impossible to follow. Kinks guitarist Dave Davies and Whitesnake singer David Coverdale both said they are heartbroken over Beck's death. This is a July 2, 1982 photo of flooding along a Tucson street. The new section of Interstate 10 is lower left. Tile With Style, 4545 E. Speedway Blvd., in Tucson, Ariz. on January 23, 2020. A high-rise office/retail building is planned for the site. By Summer 1962, completed freeway sections allowed travelers to go from Prince Road to 6th Ave. Black and white aerial photos from the archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen show the Old Pueblo in years past. The former Westerner Hotel building on Stone Avenue and Broadway Boulevard looking Southeast. So who is responsible for coining the term? Looking east from "A" Mountain and Menlo Park along Congress St. into downtown Tucson in the mid-1970s. 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. 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. 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.. There is no apparent record of the Superior Automatic and Self Service Car Wash. Oracle Road, looking south from Suffolk Drive, in March, 1975. Hua Chuca yesterday were honoured by the Tucson Trade Bureau As the airman . Harrison Road is at the bottom of the photo. The "shorter and wider" Broadway Road railroad under construction in Tucson, probably in early 1963. It's Hotel Tucson City Center. Downing, lead guitarist of Judas Priest plays at the Tucson Community Center Arena June 9, 1980. TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) Jake Guentzel came out of a scoring slump at the perfect time, allowing his team to end one of its own. Police are today appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened at 7.45pm on Monday. in the early 1960s. 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 (?! It's a mile east of the original, built in 1954. 1933. Former Tucson Citizen editors and publishers again share their opinions Changing face of Tucson. Tucson's Rio Nuevo to ask state for more freedom to spend on projects, Photos: Old Main's renovation begins a now and then gallery, Court: Ex-AG Tom Horne can fight $1.2M campaign finance violation fine, Hue knew? This subdivision in the Tucson area's Avra Valley features streets named for historic firearms manufacturers, like Gatling. Downtown Tucson lights The lights of businesses. No, the concert wasn't in Tucson, but we included them anyway. 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. The MacArthur Hotel at 500 E. Toole Ave. in 1965. An impressive pool and shuffleball courts. Downtown Tucson looking east from Main Ave in the early 1950s, before any urban redevelopment projects had taken hold. Read Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives, Jul 24, 1967, p. 1 with family history and genealogy records from tucson, arizona 1940-1977. . It was the end of the steam engine age, which accounts for the coal and oil residue along the tracks. The caption on the photo reads, "Today, the University (of Arizona) has more buildings than vacant land." 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. Interstate 10 (referred to as the "Tucson freeway" in newspapers at the time) under construction at Speedway Blvd. For 13 years, the Birthday of President Washington had been honored in the new nation. Regina Cleri is now St. Augustine Catholic High School. Developer Lew McGinnis bought all but two of the homes by 1980. 1960s. Originally, the parking facilities was designed to handle 850 vehicles but it was overflowing for the event. Then there's the two guys suspended from the crane. Looking south on Kolb Road from 22nd Street, Tucson, in 1970. The U.S. Gridlocked traffic on Glenn Street, east of Campbell Avenue as thousands of people attended the opening of the new $2 million Campbell Plaza Shopping Center on April 7, 1960. Downtown Tucson (at left) from "A" Mountain in January, 1953. Sign up for it at tucson.com/timemachine. We have a Tucson history email newsletter! The 10,000-foot store was the second Walgreens in Tucson. 1960s. Find out how much gas costs at stations near you. It's now the site of El Con Mall. It cost $1.5 million. The cattle was sold with proceeds going to the Muscular Dystrophy Assosciation. Our records indicate the name is only found in Tucson, Arizona, said Roy Betts, national spokesman for the Postal Service. Craycroft Road is at right. Tucson says goodbye to a treasure By Karen Schaffner Jan 5, 2023 It must suck to be wrong about COVID-19 By Tom Danehy Jan 5, 2023 Planetarium is a bright spot at the UA By Katya Mendoza Dec 29,. Paralleling the highway are the El Paso and Southwestern RR tracks. 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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. 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. 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. Downtown Tucson looking east from Main Ave in the early 1950s, before any urban redevelopment projects had taken hold. Sixth Avenue runs through the center of the photo, with the sprawling Southern Pacific Railroad yard angling in from the right. Looking west from Mission Road south of Drexel Road west of Tucson in March, 1953. The move came over the objections of Democrats who questioned whether it would do more harm than good. Citizen photo outstanding servicemen airman . Construction on the Interstate 10 overpass at Congress Street (looking East) underway in 1958. If he did not actually invent the term, he produced the first one and promoted their popularity in the late 1940s.. Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, looking east from near County Club Road in December, 1957. Interstate 10 (refered to as the "Tucson freeway" in newspapers at the time) under construction at Speedway Blvd. The company moved to that location in 1931. 1 was once on the 100 block of South Sixth Avenue, across the street from the Pueblo Hotel and Apartments in the late 1960s. ARCHIVE PHOTO --- Downtown Tucson buildings taken June 1965. 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 delta wings in the back have a span of 90 inches and the glider is about 10 feet long. Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. The Fox Theatre in downtown Tucson buildings taken June 1965. Discover the stories of your ancestors. 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. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. Dwight Yoakam performed at the Tucson Convention Center Sept. 20, 1989. Really. From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. Another aspect was to demonstrate to children "how the wage-earning parent functions outside the home. At lower right, the La Reforma Housing Project, which housed defense industry workers during WWII. 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Major construction projects are inching closer to offering Tucsonans smoother and quicker rides around town. Activities Calendar; Gym Schedule; Information. Some of the most beneficial reasons to look into Tucson Citizen local obituaries include: Uncover the branches of your family tree. Downtown Tucson, looking northeast, in the 1940s. Interstate 19 was completed to Nogales until 10 years alter. He is a graduate of ASU (yes, that ASU). It was demolished in 1984. Photo is looking east from Wilmot Road (left to right) and Broadway Road. The Garden Plaza office building, 201 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, in December, 1953, shortly after it was completed. August 27, 1977: Somewhere under all those people is the football field at Arizona Stadium during the Fleetwood Mac concert. The city planning and zoning commission added the made-up word to Tucsons official street naming and numbering system in November 1948. The city bought land south of Valencia for what became Tucson International Airport. This Associated Press article and photo ran in the Arizona Daily Star July 25, 1980. "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> Read Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives, Jul 10, 1970, p. 4 with family history and genealogy records from tucson, arizona 1940-1977. . They were demolished to build J.C. Penney building. The genre-bridging orchestra with vocalist China Forbes joins the Tucson Symphony Orchestra for one of the '23 Jazz Festival's biggest parties. The hotel was built in 1928, but was doomed almost immediately by the stock market crash of 1929. Hotel Congress is at left. Recently paved and improved Broadway Road in Tucson looking east to Craycroft Road (just beyond the Union 76 gas station at left), where the Broadway pavement ended in 1958. 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. It's now Drachman Elementary School and Santa Rosa Park. Today, Caffe Luce and One North Fifth Lofts have replaced the shops just beyond the Hotel Congress sign on the corner of 5th Ave. and Congress. 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. The face of downtown Tucson has changed over the decades. Walgreen Drugs, 33 E. Congress St. Tucson, in May, 1956. High near 55F. Use the following 100-day listing as your roadmap to a happy summer. Downtown Tucson buildings taken May 1953, including Stein's clothing and Leed's Shoes and Souther Arizona Bank and Trust. Araiza in late 2013. WAYNE BAKER. For a time, it shared space with the new mall. Rick Wiley is the photo editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson. From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. The iconic water tower is still there. Dial Loans the the old Federal Courthouse on Broadway, east of Stone Ave. Tucson Citizen file photo. 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. 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 . It appears it never took flight. The La Reforma Housing Project is prominent at the bottom of the picture. Formerly Montgomery Ward Store. 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. 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 city council voted in November to continue the program and purchase two helicopters. Photo, Print, Drawing From 1988-94 he was a photographer at the Tucson Citizen. Harrison Road is at the bottom of the photo. Website with searchable ship database about warships, passenger liners, merchant ships, photo galleries, technical details, stories, news and much more. Corbett's Lumber at 4545 E. Speedway in Tucson in 1955. The non-stop trip to Phoenix as still a few years away. Respond: Write a letter to the editor | Write a guest opinion. It's now Drachman Elementary School and Santa Rosa Park. The new section of Interstate 10 is lower left. Tony Blanton, a prominent Tucson planner for decades, is a likely candidate for being the person who originated the term stravenue.. The empty lot and mobile home sales in the lower right corner is now the site of Home Depot and dozens of other businesses. 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. The controversial "hump" down the middle of the road separated opposing lanes of traffic. 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. Tucson Citizen, Aug. 7, 1972 Tucson Citizen Arizona Daily Star calendar item for Aug. 9, 1972. Dwight Yoakam performed at the Tucson Convention Center June 16, 1993. He never dreamed at the time that he might be related to the man who invented them the man for whom Blanton Drive near Fort Lowell Road and Tucson Boulevard is now named. You have permission to edit this collection. Kress & Co. building Updated May 31, 2019 In March 1975 it was announced that the vacant S.H. The accuracy of the index varies according to the quality of the original images. This is a photo of North Scott Avenue, north of Congress Street. It was built in 1926 and underwent an extensive renovation in 1990. The hotel was built in 1928, but was doomed almost immediately by the stock market crash of 1929. Snow covers the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, probably in February, 1966. It became Tucson Country Club. #ThisIsTucson (@this_is_tucson) Instagram photos and videos. (Click on the image for a readable version.) Note the roundhouse (now gone). Large billboards used to line the area along Interstate 10 (South Freeway) between West 22nd and West Congress Streets on May 5, 1966. He is a graduate of ASU (yes, that ASU). An estate in Williams Edition circa 1940 owned by Sam Shifman (who started the Shifman Matress company of Newark, NJ.). Rod Stewart credited Beck with bringing him and Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood to the U.S. and that they never looked back after that. It featured a former CBS television executive, Marvin Duckler (who died at age 90 in Tucson on Jan. 24, 2018). The new Palo Verde High School is at bottom right. Shifman's extended family members lived at the estate. It was completely demolished in 1968. The legendary band performed at the Tucson Community Center in June 1972. The Benson-Nogales freeway interchange in Tucson (now known as Interstate 10-Interstate 19), completed in about 1963. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. The new Interstate 19 was given a friendlier name: "Camino de los Padres.". Tucson and downtown area looking north from 22nd Street and 6th Avenue (far right) in the mid 1960s. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. Partly to mostly cloudy. The agency says the new model will assist in better regional transportation planning for motorists and other modes of transportation. A bustling Stone Avenue and downtown Tucson in December, 1946. The newspaper ended print publica Most Popular Shooting reveals unexpected threat to urban bobcats in. 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 . Joe Elliott led Def Leppard through an energetic show. Host Marvin Duckler, left, and puppeteer Bonni Haber on the set of "Man in the Box of Blocks" in May, 1970, in Tucson. Arizona weekly citizen. 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. Glenn c. Mc-1 gee has asked for help of i Tucson ans in finding old pictures of Trinity presbyterian Church and its . Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives (1940-1977) Browse by Year 1940-1977 (38 years available). The photo was taken with infrared film and a dark red filter on the lens to pierce the cloud cover. Institute of Research and Diagnostic Clinic for the Desert Sanatorium, now known as Tucson Medical Center, in 1929. The original city hall and county courthouse still stand, along with the original (and green) Presidio Park. The land is now sports fields. The annual Tucson Desert Song Festival opens Jan. 18 and has a spring session in March. The Tucson Veterans Administration Hospital (now the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System) looking southwest from about Benson Highway and Park Ave. in 1954. He addressed members of the Tucson Democratic Party at a dinner on the 22nd, playing in part on the fact that it was Washington's Birthday: "Think back, if you will, to February 22, 1796. Here's a look at seemingly unrelated collections of photos of Tucson's past from archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen. This is the parking lot at 35 E. Pennington, the site of the "new Woolworth Building" in May, 1956. Tucson Police Officer William Shoemaker leans out of the department's "Sky Patrol" helicopter in July, 1972. The Justice Department is reviewing classified documents that appear to be from the Obama administration that were found at a think tank tied to President Biden, according to a White House lawyer. A non-profit group saved the hotel from the wrecking ball in 1989. If you get a text asking you to update your drivers license, dont click. A May 11 flight was canceled. 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We have left turns from Michigan and potholes from the pits of hell, but one local traffic oddity is an Old Pueblo original. 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. Information for many of the photos was handwritten on the back of the prints or taken from stories in both newspapers. Wednesday in Faith Church 3925 e. 5th St. Presbyterians ask old photos the Rev. Under construction: The Southern Arizona Bank and Trust building, to the left of the Pioneer Hotel. It was annexed by Oro Valley more than 30 years later. The swatch of darkness is the Southern Pacific RR mainline and yard in Tucson, shown in this 1953 photo, looking northwest. ), 35 fun events happening in Tucson this weekend Jan. 12-16 . Undated photo looking west on Broadway Road from the Santa Rita Hotel in Tucson. Many of the photos are courtesy of the Arizona Pioneer Historical Society (now Arizona Historical Society). Def Leppard played at the Tucson Convention Center Dec. 26, 1992. There was not enough room to operate the controls after the pilot with parachute were crammed inside. North of the Tucson city limits in 1946. 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. We're pretty sure that's the Rillito River in the top half of the photo and Catalina Foothills beyond. The homes south of the football stadium are gone. This is the view of One East Broadway at Stone Avenue and Broadway Boulevard looking northeast with the Chase building in the background. The Carl Hayden Community Hospital (formerly Southern Pacific RR hospital) and beautiful park (now the U.S. District Court). Read Tucson Daily Citizen Newspaper Archives, Jun 16, 1967, p. 10 with family history and genealogy records from tucson, arizona 1940-1977. The GenealogyBank archives contain thousands of newspaper issues across the decades. Keep reading with a digital access subscription. The original city hall and county courthouse still stand, along with the original (and green) Presidio Park. From 1995-2004, he was director of photography at the East Valley Tribune in Mesa. Or. 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. Spanish Trail winds through the center of this aerial photo of Tucson's eastside in 1970. The new Interstate 19 was given a friendlier name: "Camino de los Padres.". It was named State Route 84A, and connected Benson Highway (US 80) with the Casa Grande Highway (US 84). A Pioneer Constructors pneumatic roller is used to compact the gravel base for an 80-foot roadway. Ayer, 1901. The non-stop trip to Phoenix as still a few years away. He played two concerts in Tucson, on Aug. 9, 1972, and June 29, 1973. 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