Metro Phoenix The Cities of Malls
Posted by Artur Ciesielski on Monday, June 20th, 2011 at 8:11am.Jon Talton has an interesting series going on Rogue Columnist blog: Phoenix 101, a collection of articles about Phoenix in the past and how it relates and translates to the Phoenix of now.
The new addition is on Phoenix Malls - those quintessential Phoenix landmarks that are more than for shopping, they as moms with stroller indicate are for entertainments, a stroll or walk. In the summer they serve as the metro areas parks.
Park Central - first mall - now partially an office building and at Central a strip of restaurants from The Good Egg, Starbucks to Thai Basil, it's regained some status as a meeting place at lunch and the Starbucks at this location, I hear, is one of the busiest in the city.
"Park Central was Phoenix's first, developed by the Burgbacher brothers on the site of a former dairy and opening in 1957. It was anchored by Diamonds, Newberry's and Goldwater's, the latter closing its downtown store two miles south and beginning the end of downtown retail."
Artur Ciesielski | 602.492.8004
Artur is a Realtor and partner with inPhoenix Realty Group and an aspiring flaneur, currently in Phoenix or elsewhere when time allows, which is rarely. You can find him running up miles on this car, cycling the urban streets, in the office on Central or working at one of the many coffee shops in Central Urban Phoenix.
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