HistoryTowering Legacy
The new air traffic control tower that soared over Terminal 1 became an immediate architectural landmark when it opened in 1952
The new air traffic control tower that soared over Terminal 1 became an immediate architectural landmark when it opened in 1952
Defunct since 1991, Terminal 1 lifted Sky Harbor Airport into the modern aviation era as a dining and entertainment destination during air travel’s golden age.
One of the world’s greatest athletes liked breaking a sweat at the Downtown YMCA
The Downtown YMCA has undergone more than $32 million in renovations, but its egalitarian vision has changed little since 1892.
When Elton John had staff lug an upright piano to center court...
Now a world-class resort, John Gardiner's Tennis Ranch on Camelback Mountain courted the rich and famous during the sport's 1970s boom.
Wrestler Lou Thesz's AZ connection. Back when professional wrestling was considered more sport than theatrics...
Tony DeMarco's fame as a former world boxing champ made his lounge on Camelback Road a thriving hangout in the 1970s.
Prohibition created classy Phoenix speakeasies like the Arizona Biltmore’s Mystery Room
The Arizona Biltmore’s Mystery Room recreates the Prohibition-era speakeasy where Jazz Age resort guests once secretly raised their glasses.
Of all the historic buildings at Heritage Square, the Silva House – with its decidedly free-spirited atmosphere – would probably most please its original owners.
Every Halloween season, thousands of faux flesh-eating ghouls overrun Heritage Square in Downtown Phoenix for the Zombie Walk
A new PBS documentary shines divine light on the Spanish priests and colonists who first settled the American Southwest.
Spanish Trails was to be Dr. Kenneth Hall’s pièce de résistance, the first in a nationwide chain of massive bowling alleys...
Dr. Kenneth Hall operated a Sunnyslope hospital with a primate zoo until unauthorized medical surgeries used to illegally finance a nearby bowling alley led to his downfall