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South Phoenix
South Phoenix is a region of Phoenix, Arizona. By one definition it encompasses an area south of the Salt River, north of Baseline Road, east of 51 Avenue, and west of 48 Street. History The first land purchase recorded in South Phoenix occurred near what is today 15th Avenue and Broadway Road, where Noah Matthew Broadway, who was Maricopa County Sheriff from 1885 to 1886, purchased land in 1871 which became the Broadway Ranch. The land was otherwise unpopulated at the time except for a few Mexican grain farmers who lived south of the Salt River between what are now 24th St. and 48th St. In May 1873, Prescott merchant Michael Wormser made arrangements to supply the Mexican farmers, and required them to obtain legal title to their land. When they ended up falling into debt, he took possession of their land, acquiring of land in South Phoenix and Tempe. After Wormser's death on April 25, 1898, most of his real estate holdings were purchased on January 9, 1901, by land and c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix From S Mountain
Phoenix most often refers to: * Phoenix (mythology), an immortal bird in ancient Greek mythology * Phoenix, Arizona, the capital of the U.S. state of Arizona and the most populous state capital in the United States Phoenix may also refer to: Greek mythology * Phoenix (son of Amyntor), king of the Dolopians who raises Achilles * Phoenix (son of Agenor), brother or father of Europa * Phoenix, a chieftain who came as guardian of the young Hymenaeus when they joined Dionysus in his campaign against India (see Phoenix (Greek myth)) Places Canada * Phoenix, Alberta, a ghost town * Phoenix, British Columbia, a ghost town United States * Phoenix, Arizona, capital of Arizona and most populous city in the state * Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona * Phoenix, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Phoenix, Illinois, a village * Phoenix, Louisiana, an unincorporated community * Phoenix, Maryland, an unincorporated community * Phoenix, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Pho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gila River War Relocation Center
The Gila River War Relocation Center was an American concentration camp in Arizona, one of several built by the War Relocation Authority (WRA) during the Second World War for the incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast. It was located within the Gila River Indian Reservation (over their objections) near the town of Sacaton, about southeast of Phoenix. With a peak population of 13,348, it became the fourth-largest city in the state, operating from May 1942 to November 16, 1945. Internment The rationale for internment was fear of the threat of sabotage on the West Coast by the large Japanese American population. Immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. This order authorized the Secretary of War and military commanders to designate areas to detain people living in the United States who might be a threat to the country and its interests. Though it did not expressly name Japanese Americans (or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Environmental Racism
Environmental racism, ecological racism, or ecological apartheid is a form of racism leading to negative environmental outcomes such as landfills, Incineration, incinerators, and hazardous waste disposal disproportionately impacting Community of color, communities of color, violating substantive equality. Internationally, it is also associated with extractivism, which places the environmental burdens of mining, oil extraction, and industrial agriculture upon indigenous peoples and poorer nations largely inhabited by people of color. Environmental racism is the disproportionate impact of environmental hazards, pollution, and ecological degradation experienced by marginalized communities, as well as those of people of color. Race, socio-economic status, and environmental injustice directly impact these communities in terms of their health outcomes as well as their quality of health. Communities are not all created equal. In the United States, some communities are continuously po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Metropolitan Area
The Phoenix metropolitan area, also known as the Valley of the Sun, the Salt River Valley, metro Phoenix, or The Valley, is the largest metropolitan statistical area in the Southwestern United States, with its largest principal city being the city of Phoenix, Arizona, Phoenix. It includes much of central Arizona. The United States Office of Management and Budget designates the area as the Phoenix–Mesa–Chandler Metropolitan Statistical Area, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA), defining it as Maricopa County, Arizona, Maricopa and Pinal County, Arizona, Pinal counties. It anchors the Arizona Sun Corridor Megalopolis, megaregion along with the second-most populous metropolitan area in the state, the Tucson metropolitan area. The gross domestic product of the Phoenix metropolitan area was around $400 billion in 2023, List of U.S. metropolitan areas by GDP, 14th highest amongst metro areas in the United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the two-county met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Valley (Phoenix Metropolitan Area)
The Phoenix Metropolitan Area (Metro Phoenix) consists of a valley that has multiple city regions in it. The East Valley is a multi-city region within the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of Arizona. East Valley is a loosely defined region, with various definitions of what constitutes it. PHX East Valley, a project with an area coalition known as the East Valley Partnership, defines the East Valley as an area that encompasses Apache Junction, Arizona, Apache Junction, Chandler, Arizona, Chandler, Gilbert, Arizona, Gilbert, Mesa, Arizona, Mesa, Queen Creek, Arizona, Queen Creek, and Tempe, Arizona, Tempe. The East Valley Tribune, a newspaper that serves the region, considers Chandler, Arizona, Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek, and Tempe as its service area. The newspaper formerly served Scottsdale, Arizona, Scottsdale as well, but was pulled out of the city in 2009. Ahwatukee, Phoenix, Ahwatukee Foothills, which is an urban village of the City of Phoenix, is normally considered to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Village
In urban planning and urban design, design, an urban village is an urban development typically characterized by medium-density housing, mixed use zoning, good public transit and an emphasis on pedestrianization and public space. Contemporary urban village ideas are closely related to New Urbanism and smart growth ideas initiated in the United States. Urban villages are seen to provide an alternative to recent patterns of urban development in many cities, especially decentralization and urban sprawl. They are generally purported to: * Reduce Automobile dependency, car reliance and promote cycling, walking and transit use * Provide a high level of self-containment (people working, recreating and living in the same area) * Help facilitate strong community institutions and interaction The concept of urban villages was formally born in Britain in the late 1980s with the establishment of the Urban Villages Group (UVG). Following pressure from the UVG, the concept was prioritized in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahwatukee, Phoenix
Ahwatukee Foothills (also Ahwatukee) is an urban village of Phoenix. Ahwatukee is the southernmost part of Phoenix and is considered part of the East Valley region of the Phoenix metropolitan area. In 2022, ''Niche'' rated Ahwatukee "#1 in Best Neighborhoods to Live in Phoenix". History Prior to the area's development, the name "Ahwatukee" referred to a now-demolished house which was in an area near Sequoia Trails and Appaloosa Drive, west of the Warner-Elliot Loop. The name is said to derive from a Crow word meaning "house of dreams", however Ahwatukee is not a Crow word. Beginnings At least two major thoroughfares in today's Ahwatukee are named after people who claimed lands in the area, in the decades after the signing of the Homestead Act in 1862. Warner Road was named after Samuel Warner of Kansas, while Elliot Road was named after Reginald Elliott of California. Both claimed lands in the area now known as Tempe, Arizona next to Phoenix. A third man, Arthur Hunter, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoenix Police Department
The Phoenix Police Department is the law enforcement agency responsible for the city of Phoenix, Arizona. As of May 2024, the Phoenix Police Department comprises just over 2,500 officers, some 625 below authorized strength of 3,125 and more than 1,000 support personnel. The department serves a population of more than 1.64 million and patrol almost of the fifth largest city in the United States. The United States Department of Justice have documented a pattern of excessive force, discrimination against Black, Hispanic, and Native American people, and other misconduct within Phoenix Police Department. History Phoenix was incorporated as a city on February 5, 1881. Law enforcement was handled by Phoenix city marshals and later by Phoenix police officers. Henry Garfias, the first city marshal, was elected by residents in 1881 in the first elections of the newly incorporated city. For six years, he served as the primary law enforcement officer. In the early 1900s, the Phoenix Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpion Gulch
Located in South Mountain Park in Phoenix, Arizona, Scorpion Gulch was built as a home and store by William Lunsford. Lunsford's store sold curios, Indigenous-made items, sodas, and candy. It was still in operation in 1966, when Lunsford was 75. '' The Phoenix Gazette'', December 13, 1966, p. 26. In the 1970s, it became a bar. According to the Phoenix Historic Property Register, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Mountain Park
South Mountain Park in Phoenix, Arizona, is the largest municipal park in the United States, and one of the largest urban parks in North America and in the world. It has been designated as a Phoenix Points of Pride, Phoenix Point of Pride. Geography and ecology South Mountain Park preserves in a natural state a mountainous area of or approximately of native desert vegetation. Originally called Phoenix Mountain Park, it was formed in 1924 when President Calvin Coolidge sold its initial 13,000 acres (53 km2) to the city of Phoenix for $17,000. It has since been expanded through bond programs during the 1970s into the early 1980s. It is located south of central Phoenix, hence the name. Since the naming, suburban growth has nearly surrounded the park. Ahwatukee now borders to the south and Laveen, Arizona, Laveen to the west. South Mountain was originally known as the Salt River Mountains. The original mountain park committee consisted of J.C. Dobbins, chairman of the Phoen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heard Scout Pueblo
Scouting in Arizona has a history starting from the 1910s to the present day, serving youth in programs that suit the environment in which they live. Early history Boy Scouting was founded by Robert Baden-Powell in England and co-founded by the American Scout Major Frederick Russell Burnham.Roosevelt Council Resolution, November 19, 1947 Boy Scouting was brought to the United States by William D. Boyce. He incorporated the Boy Scouts of America on February 8, 1910. The Boy Scouts of America was chartered by Congress on June 15, 1916. This is the same year as the first Boy Scout Council in Arizona was formed with the Prescott Council. Burnham served as the Honorary President of the Arizona Boy Scouts throughout the 1940s until his death in 1947. The first two Boy Scout troops in Arizona Territory were organized in Prescott, in September 1910 and in Tombstone at almost the same time. In Prescott, E.P. Cole of Whipple Barracks was the first Scoutmaster. Arizona Territoria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
