Life, Arizona And The Real Estate Week In Review

Arizona's Centennial is coming up. Yip the state will be a whopping Century old or this is how young it is. There are people living here that are older then this state, that's how young it is.

John Talon, not one to leave stones unturned in 'Centenial blues' where he notes,

"We did build light rail, to tremendous success, and the Convention Center, Sheraton, beginnings of the downtown ASU campus, and City Scape, which is nearing full leasing. But it was not enough. Most of the center city remains a wasteland of blighted, banked empty land. Meds-and-eds was stillborn. The underclass grows. An economic depression will not abate."

When I saw so much activity in Downtown Phoenix over the last decade it was very exciting to see and exhilarating to think of what was coming of the possibilities and most of all the energy, much of which has not necessarily withered away as it's been subdued.

I still like Downtown for what it is now from what it was in the 90's and 80's and I'm sure it was better before it was destroyed. There are people who not only believe in a vibrant downtown, but are doing something about it even though much of the government and city politician are not.

On another note, you may be eating meat glue without even knowing it. Just the sound of these two words makes me shiver. It seems this much is everywhere and especially in heavily processed foods. 

Mark notes, "As I see it, the real danger with glued meat is in the uneven heating of reconstituted steaks made up of random pieces of stew meat." and "Beyond that, it’s the deception that really bugs me. I think a lot of the outcry against transglutaminase can be explained by that: people don’t like being deceived, especially when there’s money on the line."  

There seems to be a lot of deception going on in the food industry, but not only the food industry.

This week saw the release of interesting listings by inPhoenix Realty Group.

One is a modern phoenix icon designed by the famed Arizona architect Alfred N. Beadle. The property is Three Fountains in one of the most popular neighborhoods in Phoenix, Arcadia and one one of the most active and charming intersections at Campbell and 40th St.

The second property can have one of many functions. It's either the perfect home for a busy tinkerer, or one with the ultimate, in this price range, man cave or superb place for someone wanting to run a business like a machine shop, small work shop, woodworking or any type of business requiring a large 1,500 square foot space. It's a north east Phoenix home with 2,096 square feet plus a fully city permitted workshop of 1,500 square feet.

P.S. the photo above is of some old rail road tracks in downtown Phoenix right next to the heavily fenced and defunct rail station.