Brookshires
East and West High Schools. Western Auto. The Arizona Bank, Valley Bank, and the “ugly teller” at United Bank. Rax Roast Beef. Gino’s Pizza. Cine Capri.
We used to watch the fireworks at West Town, from our roof. I worked at the Blair movie theater at Metro Center. Now it is just a cement slab next to the library.
I love this post, having grown up in Phoenix between 1963-1983 (age 4-24), but I remember my family shopping at Basha’s more than the other grocery stores, the one at 16th & Bethany Home Rd, around the corner from our house
Remember Sambo’s? I was the graveyard cook! Remember when Thomas mall had big fish tanks, we used to go for feeding time for the piranha, what about the white Quartz mountains, or the Pancho’s at Scottsdale mall? Or there were actual stockyards south of Legand City, and the Cudahey meat packing co., or when we used to go fishing at the Verde River, or go “skimming” with round wooden discs on flooded lawns. Continue reading I remember when Marge was the hostess of Open House on channel 5