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One of the things about living in Phoenix compared to most other cities, is that everything is relatively new. We have new streets, new buildings and mostly newer homes. The older sections of town are the usual run down with abandoned buildings and other urban blight, but by and large we live in a new city in the desert. What passes for a downtown area is relatively uncrowded mostly because only the people who work there have any reason to go there. Some of the older cities of the world can boast of hundreds of years of history, most of the history of Phoenix has happened during my lifetime.
The new veneer of Phoenix is haunted by memories of a dim and hardly known past. People have lived and prospered in this desert valley for thousands of years. The picture, taken from the top of the ruin, above is a composite panorama of the museum and visitors' center for Pueblo Grande, one of the largest remaining and visible Indian ruins. Now almost completely obscured by roads and buildings, the past is seldom mentioned or even acknowledged. If you look closely at the background, visible over the trees, on the left, you can just see the control tower for Sky Harbor Airport. On the right, you can see one of the high rise buildings to the west and north of Pueblo Grande.
The larger tree next to the building is a palo verde. The two trees by the canopies are probably mesquite. The planting in the center of the photo contains yucca, two juvenile saguaros, an ocotillo, some creosote bushes and several agaves. There is a large sage brush plant behind the yuccas. There is a bike rider on the canal bank behind the canopies.
The new veneer of Phoenix is haunted by memories of a dim and hardly known past. People have lived and prospered in this desert valley for thousands of years. The picture, taken from the top of the ruin, above is a composite panorama of the museum and visitors' center for Pueblo Grande, one of the largest remaining and visible Indian ruins. Now almost completely obscured by roads and buildings, the past is seldom mentioned or even acknowledged. If you look closely at the background, visible over the trees, on the left, you can just see the control tower for Sky Harbor Airport. On the right, you can see one of the high rise buildings to the west and north of Pueblo Grande.
The larger tree next to the building is a palo verde. The two trees by the canopies are probably mesquite. The planting in the center of the photo contains yucca, two juvenile saguaros, an ocotillo, some creosote bushes and several agaves. There is a large sage brush plant behind the yuccas. There is a bike rider on the canal bank behind the canopies.
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