Roosevelt Row, that is, near downtown Phoenix.
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| A formerly funky neighborhood. |
This street with all of its goofy art, painted walls, art galleries and funky shops...is almost no more. I was so disappointed this year to revisit, anticipating the same high I always get in an arts district. It is becoming gentrified, it appears, with tall structures being built on so many corners, streets becoming trafficy and one-way, older buildings torn down for taller condos and apartments. I didn't like it! A (very) few favorites are still there and I'll post them next. I took my spotted companion with me. You will see. But, for now,
some things I will miss:
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Actually, Songbird moved, and I sought it out, and the brownies and tea were fabulous,
but I miss the old place, as sketched previously, below:
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This beauty is gone. The wall, the birdies.
Take your marker and draw tall buildings under construction here.
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| The colored bikes on the corner....gone. |
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| If the fish is still there, I didn't see him. Probably on one of those many walls no longer there. |
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| This structure sat as a "welcome" to the neighborhood. it looked like the above in both years I saw it before, but it's now |
covered with graffiti, as are the buildings around it. Not artsy stuff, just art made ugly. Sort of an "We give up" look.
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| Bye, Bear. |
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| Where have all the flowers gone? |
