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Phoenix Then Then Then and Now … Pictorial Comps Up Central

By: Cathleen Collins
August 1st, 2007
Category: All About Phoenix

I have a modest collection of Phoenix postcards, and a favorite view of the artists is of Central Avenue, looking north from just south of Adams to just south of Monroe. So today, when I was downtown in this very vicinity, I pulled out my trusty real estate camera and snapped this stretch as it looks today.

1938

1953

1960′s (Postcard wasn’t used so there’s no posting date)

Today

This was taken at about 2:00 this afternoon. Amazingly little traffic compared to days gone by, even considering construction for the light rail tracks.

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silverbear August 2nd, 2007 5:36 am

I don’t suppose we have any way of knowing what time of year the photos on the postcards from years past were taken? It would be interesting to see if the light traffic in 2007 is due to long-term decreases in activity Downtown or just few people being outside on a hot, humid summer day.

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