Desert Visions and the Making of Phoenix, 1860-2009

Index

446 Index annexation: adjacent cities and, 178; business resistance to, 174–75; challenges of, 174; Charter Government and, 175; city size and (1958–1978), 278, 279; debates about, 342, 344; Keating/Merrill and, 342; key factor in, 179; Mesa and, 224; 1950–1960, 176; Peoria and, 342, 343; post-1980s, 341–42, 343, 344; pseudo, 176–77; Scottsdale and, 178, 222–23, 342, 343; sprawl and, 278, 345– 46; suburban incorporation efforts and, 177–78; success of, 178–79; taxes and, 344; Tempe and, 178, 222; undeveloped land and, 179, 179–80; Wilson and, 175–76 Anthem, 347–48 antipoverty program funds, federal, 246, 246 Anti-Saloon League, 59 architecture: automobile influences on residential, 51–52; California style, 50; downtown, early, 46–48, 47; FHA standards and, 81–82; residential, early, 49–50; town, early, 25, 26, 27; Wright and, 55. See also housing Arizona: interurban competition, 39–40, 40; statehood, 37. See also specific subject Arizona Biltmore, 78, 107–8 Arizona Cactus and Native Flora Society, 55–56 Arizona Canal, 17, 30 Arizona Cardinals, 334 Arizona Center, 325 Arizona Club, 22, 87, 88, 130 Arizona Diamondbacks, 331, 333 Arizona Improvement Company, 17; citrus crops and, 19 Arizona School of Music, 62 Arizona State College (ASC): becoming ASU, 162–63; Noble and, 162; normal school, 29, 64 Arizona State University (ASU): biotechnology and, 313; downtown campus, 327–28; establishment of, 162–63; football, 166; Motorola and, 162–64; Tempe and, 221–22 Arizona Theatre Company, 329 Arizona Wildlands project, 355 Army Desert Training Center, 103 Arpaio, Joe, 338 arts. See fine arts ASC. See Arizona State College Askins, Herbert R., 118 ASU. See Arizona State University automobiles: air pollution and, 281; distance overcome by, 113–15; postwar and, 146; public revenue from, 46; rapid increase of, 45; related businesses, 45–46; streetcar system influenced by, 50; suburbs transformed by, 50–52; tourism and, 77, 113–14; traffic control and, 147–48, 148; urban form influenced by, 45–46 aviation, 5, 6; America West Airlines and, 302, 303; building industry in, 97–99; city services and, 249; CPTP and, 100; distance overcome by, 114–15; expansion of military, 99–103; general purpose airports and, 301; Hayden and, 102; Korean War and, 158; maturing economy (1960–1980) and, 299; military pilot training and, 100–101; post1980 economy and, 301–2; Salt River Valley as ideal for, 99–100; tourism and, 78; urban form influenced by, 44–45 awards, 323–24 Babbitt, Bruce, 285 Ballinger, Jim, 330 banking, 21; Bimson, Walter, and, 120; crisis in, 309–11; New Deal and, 82; out-of-state purchasing of, 304; post-1980 economy and, 300 Barnett, John, 170 Barr, Burton, 342 Barrow, Timothy, 241, 247 Barton, Robert, 110 baseball, 66; Arizona Diamondbacks and, 331, 333; leagues, 166–67; major league spring training and, 167, 332–33 Benites, Frank, 239, 240 Bennett, Edward, 75 Bernstein, Charles, 129 Bidwell, Bill, 333–34 Bilsten, Peggy, 336 Bimson, Carl, 81, 86 Bimson, Lloyd, 287 Bimson, Walter, 82, 86, 120, 162, 167–69, 292 biotechnology, 327; ASU and, 313; planning for, 313–14 Bisbee, 39, 40 Index 447 Biz Vets, 128 Blaine, Jack, 131 block grants, federal, 245–46, 246, 248 Bolles, Don, 253 boosterism, 12; agriculture and, 18; healthy climate and, 33–34; minority groups and, 24–25; societal divide and, 22–23 Breen, Thomas, 212 Bridges, Amy, 130, 143, 395 Brooks, George, 254, 255, 256 Brown, Dave, 309 Buckeye, 340, 341 building industry: aviation and, 97–99. See also construction; home building Burgbacher, A. J., 208 Burgbacher, Ralph, 208–9 Burke, John, 176 buses, 146, 250; tourism and, 77, 77; traffic congestion and, 351–52 Busey, Ray, 105, 127, 129, 131, 174, 270 business service clubs, 68 cactus, 13 California style architecture, 50 Camelback Inn, 107–8 Camelback Mountain preservation, 247, 287 Camp McDowell, 14 canals: condition of (1956–1973), 286; desert transformation and, 53–55, 54; drownings and, 286; flooding of, 30; Hohokam, 15, 15; modern, 16–18, 17; social environment and, 54–55 CAP. See Central Arizona Project carbon monoxide, 352–53 “card room putsch” deal, 104, 126 Carter, Jimmy, 284 Casa de Sol, 211, 212 CBD. See central business district CCC. See Charter Commission Committee Central Arizona Project (CAP): cutbacks on, 284–85; establishment of, 284; Groundwater Management Act and, 285 central business district (CBD): architecture, early, 46–48, 47; businesses initially attracted to, 43–44; consumer culture, 48; 1920s, 43, 43, 46–47...