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TUCSON

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2023


Mercado Neighborhood

Mercado Market ... 

restaurants, coffee shop, retail 

This huge mural is on the back side of a Mercado House

Mercado Annex ...

 more restaurants, coffee shops, and retail

Next: to the Downtown District

Tucson Convention Center and Campus

  exhibition space, hockey arena, music hall, hotel

minutes walk to downtown restaurants and entertainment


Tucson's Old Courthouse adjacent to the newest Courthouse




1920's Historic Theatre Still Open


Hotel Congress  ---  100 Years Old





Amtrak Station





 4TH AVENUE   "THE AVE"


Stay on the Streetcar

4th Ave Street Fair

an amazing shopping experience

 each April and December





Main Gate Square  

- West Entrance to U of Arizona


Discover flavor, style and attitude when you visit Main Gate Square, 

a pedestrian-friendly dining and shopping destination 

featuring over 20 retailers and 30 restaurants 

near the University of Arizona and Tucson’s historic neighborhoods. 

Experience the flavors of the Mediterranean, India, Greece, Asia, Thailand,

 Mexico, Japan, Vietnam and everywhere USA. 


If it’s fashion you want, you’ll find the right style 

for you or the perfect gift for someone else. 

Or relax at one our seven salons and spas.

 Live music, jam sessions, wine tastings, and karaoke 

enhance Main Gate Square’s high energy, urban atmosphere. 

Life happens here.


Spend the day. Enjoy the night.

Gentle Bens







Entering University of Arizona Campus


University of Arizona

West Entrance

Old Main




USS Arizona Memorial

The memorial is a 597-foot long, 

97-foot wide outline of the USS Arizona ship

 that was attacked at Pearl harbor.

Stewart Observatory




Almost all the university buildings are red brick



Those buildings not in red brick ... have a modern look

Football Stadium ... located on the Campus

 


Students love the streetcar ... 

...oops they must have forgot their books






Streetcar History


The So. Pacific RR arrival in 1880 led to the first streetcar. 

The electric streetcar served Tucson from 1906 to 1930. 

To celebrate U of A's centennial 

two Heritage Streetcars ran between

 4th Ave and Main Gate Square,

 before yielding to 

Tucson's Modern Streetcar

in 2014.




Tucson Characters



Sam Hughes

 told he had only months to live, moved to Tucson.

No only did he live a long life, 

but he married a girl 20 years younger 

who bore him 10 children.


Just call me "Charlie Brown"


h one of many Tucsonans who   

brought their mining profits 

and established businesses. 

 his Congress Street Bar became  

the after hours debate center 

after Tucson became the 

Territorial Capitol in 1867.



Levi Manning

 

 settled in Tucson  

after a circus prank went 

wrong, He became 

a respected businessman, 

mayor, and rancher.


 Owls Club


Tucson's leading bachelors,

tired of cleaning and cooking,

they built a mansion to 

share expenses and

to party


Epes Randolph


So. Pacific's Tucson Region Superintendent 

and a descendant of Pocahontas,

became one of Tucson's leading citizens

and a national hero

 




Planning or thinking about visiting Tucson?


Or needing to decide to visit Tucson or Phoenix?


Rusty will be happy to talk with you.


Rusty recently returned to Illinois after 12 years in Tucson,

Earlier, he lived in Phoenix and vacationed there for many years.


 Rusty can help make the most of your visit

whether it be Tucson or Phoenix.


A free service 

(because he loves -and misses- Arizona)

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