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Pages: 644
Authors: Philip VanderMeer
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-12-16 - Publisher: UNM Press

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Whether touted for its burgeoning economy, affordable housing, and pleasant living style, or criticized for being less like a city than a sprawling suburb, Phoe
Sunbelt Capitalism
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Authors: Elizabeth Tandy Shermer
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-01-09 - Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Few Sunbelt cities burned brighter or contributed more to the conservative movement than Phoenix. In 1910, eleven thousand people called Phoenix home; now, over
Phoenix's Greater Encanto-Palmcroft Neighborhood
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Pages: 128
Authors: G.G. George and Leigh Conrad
Categories: History
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The Encanto-Palmcroft neighborhood in central Phoenix was created in the twilight of the "City Beautiful Movement", a philosophy that supported beautiful surrou
Design with the Desert
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Typical development in the American Southwest often resulted in scraping the desert lands of the ancient living landscape, to be replaced with one that is human
A Brief History of Phoenix
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Pages: 144
Authors: Jon Talton
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Though the new metropolis is one of America's largest, many are unaware of Phoenix's rich and compelling history. Built on land once occupied by the most advanc