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Center Street in 1908. Central Avenue was originally named Center Street upon Phoenix's founding with the surrounding north–south roads named after Indian tribes. [3] The original Churchill Addition of 1877, covering a small area north of Van Buren Street to what is presently Roosevelt Street, was the first recorded plat showing Central Avenue with its present name. [4]
Map of the Arizona Sun Corridor, showing each county in the Sun Corridor, as well as their cities, towns, and CDPs. The largest community in each county is highlighted in red. The Arizona Sun Corridor lies in the American Southwest, about halfway between the Southern California and Front Range Megaregions. It is shown on the map in deep blue.
Phoenix (/ ˈ f iː n ɪ k s / ⓘ FEE-niks [8] [9]) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,662,607 residents as of 2024.It is the fifth-most populous city in the United States and the most populous state capital in the country.
It is located west of the Phoenix city limits, within Maricopa County, Arizona. The boundaries of the west valley is generally considered Interstate 17 in the east, Buckeye in west, the Sierra Estrella Mountains in the south, and Anthem in the north.
Further west, the upscale Biltmore district of Phoenix is located along Camelback Road, including the Arizona Biltmore Hotel (to the north), Biltmore Fashion Park, as well as one of Phoenix's primary business districts (sometimes called the Camelback Corridor). In Litchfield Park, Camelback Road passes the historic Wigwam Hotel, built in 1918. [10]
The U.S. Post Office at 522 North Central Avenue at 1st Avenue and West Fillmore Street in Phoenix, Arizona, also known as the Federal Building-U.S. Post Office, is a building of the United States federal government that was built in 1932-1936 and designed by Lescher and Mahoney in the Spanish Colonial Revival style.
Moon Valley is a neighborhood of approximately 1,600 homes located in the northern part of Phoenix, Arizona. The neighborhood, which comprises 29 separate subdivisions , was established in the early 1960s and is centered on the Moon Valley Country Club , a private country club . [ 1 ]
Located about nine miles northwest of the state capital Phoenix, Glendale is known for State Farm Stadium, which is the home of the Arizona Cardinals football team. The city also contains the Arrowhead Towne Center shopping mall. As of the 2020 census, Glendale had a population of 248,325. [3]