Rent Cafe, an apartment search website, and writer Ama Otet put together a remarkable collection of before and after images showcasing the recent transformations in Tucson’s skyline. Hover over the images to see the year they were taken.
Take a look for yourself:
1. Hub at Tucson, Sol Building and Luna Building at Speedway Boulevard and Euclid Avenue
2. The District on 5th at 6th Street at Arizona Avenue
3. Tucson Electric Power at Broadway Boulevard. and Scott Avenue
4. Sentinel Plaza Apartments at Congress Street and Linda Avenue
5. University of Arizona Student Recreation Center at 6th Street and Highland Avenue
6. Arizona Stadium at 6th Street and Cherry Avenue
7. Likins Residence Hall at 6th Street and Highland Avenue
8. Environment & Natural Resources 2 at Park Avenue and 6th Street
9. One East Broadway at Broadway Boulevard and Stone Avenue
10. Pima County Public Service Center at Stone Avenue and Toole Avenue
This article appears in Mar 24-30, 2016.
Fix it please so I can see the transformation!
(PS)the arrows don’t work- please fix it!
They do work, click, hold, and drag
I wonder about the Pima County Public Center, as with some of these other buildings. Yes, a wall of glass is very pretty, and it must have great views from the inside…but what measures have been taken to make sure that the building does not suck up too much sunlight, overheat, and use huge amounts of air conditioning, requiring equally huge amounts of energy?
Super cool comparisons! Click and drag.
I agree, PVK. Terrific, well designed site.
But the changes still are not enough to lure me into driving up from Rio Rico to visit Tucson more than twice a year, which is usually to visit its fabulous Museum of Art.
Are #4 and #10 the same or is it me ?
Thanks on the heads up to click + drag — I have seen ALL these changes REALTIME . Nice walk down memory lane.
Thanks RioRican. Just so you know, I only go to Tucson once a week, if I can help it. I go most every Wednesday night for my MKP Igroup meeting, so I usually plan to go in the afternoon, allowing myself enough time to do my errands, get car parts, etc., and then go to my meeting. If I go into Tucson at any other time, it’s usually at the request of a friend, to see a concert at the Fox, or like the time last week when I went in to partake of a Bernie rally. Otherwise, I try to avoid going to “the city of a million people with no freeways”.
Pray tell how Bernie would pay for a freeway after he has taxed and spent 90% of wage earners income for cradle to grave care. I noticed none of the change photos depicted large private sector job growth. Bernie’s theory is already failing us in Tucson.
Feel the Bern. Sit on a blow torch.
Jonathan K, I don’t know where you’re getting your facts and figures from, but it sure isn’t from anything Bernie said. God forgive me for even mentioning Bernie in this thread. As for freeways? Where would you put them? We missed our chance for a decent north-south freeway or an east-west freeway about 20 or 30 years ago.