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Standin' on the Corner Park is a public park in Winslow, Arizona, opened in 1999, commemorating the song "Take It Easy" which was written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey and most famously recorded by the Eagles. The song includes the verse "Well, I'm a-standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona and such a fine sight to see. It's a girl, my Lord ...
Winslow (Navajo: Béésh Sinil) is a city in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2020 census , the population of the city is 9,005. [ 3 ] It is approximately 57 miles (92 km) southeast of Flagstaff , 240 miles (390 km) west of Albuquerque, New Mexico , and 329 miles (529 km) southeast of Las Vegas .
In 1999, in responding to the lyrics that made it famous, the city of Winslow erected a life-size bronze statue and mural commemorating the song at the Standin' on the Corner Park. The statue stands near a lamp post, the male figure securing an acoustic guitar between his right hand and the shoe of his right foot.
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Included in the Winslow Commercial Historic District. The site which inspired Standing on the Corner in Winslow Arizona (WHC). The Winslow–Lindbergh Regional Airport Hangar – was built in 1929 and is located in 701 Airport Road. The Winslow–Lindbergh Regional Airport was originally called the Barringan Airport.
English: Standing on the Corner in Winslow, Arizona (Take it Easy) This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America .
How about standing on a corner in Winslow, Ariz.? The Eagles song "Take it Easy" is a great road trip song. "Standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, such a fine sight to see.
It includes the Winslow Santa Fe station as well as La Posada Hotel and Gardens, a Fred Harvey Company hotel designed by Mary Jane Colter in 1929 and restored in 1997 by artist Tina Mion and her husband Allan Affeldt. [2] The hotel also includes a museum for Mion's art, opened in 2011. [3]