WB6WKB in Phoenix
Pictures of things we saw around the Phoenix area.

Phoenix Phoenix
Scenes on I-10 heading east into Phoenix. On the left you can see buildings on Central Avenue. The Veterans Memorial Coliseum is visible on the far left. On the right you can see buildings along VanBuren.

Front of State Capitol Back of State Capitol
This is the Arizona State Capitol Building. The dome is made of copper, and the walls are made of various native rock from around Arizona. The Winged Victory statue at the top weighs 600 lbs, but it is so well balanced it actually turns in the wind.

The Capitol has several exhibits that are open to the public. You can visit a recreation of the State Senate hall as it was in 1912, the year Arizona became a state. There are lots of portraits and works of art to see.

One of the most interesting exhibits is the collection of fancy silver service from the U.S.S. Arizona. They had been removed from the ship in early 1941 when it went into drydock, and then because of the threat of war, kept in storage and not put back aboard. And thus they were not lost with the vessel at Pearl Harbor on December 7th 1941, but are here for us to see. One of the Arizona's anchors is also a short walk from the Capitol.


I-10 tunnel under downtown Phoenix The city has some wonderful scenic freeways. When they needed to extend I-10 across town a few years back, they built a tunnel under it rather than tear a path through the business district.
7th Avenue, on the west 7th Street, on the east Here's some live views, either of which may show one of the tunnel entrances.

Fancy freeway decoration
This is a nicely decorated section of Loop 101 at Indian School Road in Scottsdale.


Eat At Joe's! How many times have you heard the expression, "Eat at Joe's"? They must have been referring to this seafood place in Mesa that we came across.

Was this where Alice worked? This sign has certainly seen better days. It sure looks like the one seen at the beginning of the TV show Alice, which took place in Phoenix. This restaurant is on Grand Avenue, a block or two southeast of 19th Avenue near the fairgrounds.

Another view of Phoenix This is another view of Phoenix, shot while driving.

Power station Interesting looking power station over by ASU. It says "ARIZONA Public Service" in large letters. Unfortunately we couldn't get close enough for a good picture of it.


Downtown Phoenix. Downtown on VanBuren
Bank One and Hyatt Regency buildings The building with the round thing on top is the Hyatt Regency Hotel. There's a rotating restaurant up there. The other building to the west is the Bank One Tower. Since this page is supposed to be ham radio related, I'll mention that it's the tallest building in Phoenix and the top is festooned with antennas. Some of them are FM repeaters from the ARA.

Westward Ho building Central Avenue looking south
This is the old Westward Ho Hotel building. This once housed KPHO, the city's first TV station, where the famous Wallace and Ladmo Show began.


Downtown Sports Complexes
America West Arena Phoenix Suns Game Day
This is America West Arena, home of the Phoenix Suns basketball team and various others. As you can see, they had a game scheduled for that night.

Bank One Ballpark Bank One Ballpark
This is Bank One Ballpark, where the Arizona Diamondbacks play baseball. Huge doesn't describe it. They say they could fit eight America West Arenas into this thing; I don't doubt it. It has a retractable roof, real grass field, air conditioning, a swimming pool, everything a baseball fan could ask for.
Bank One Ballpark Here's another view of it from the south, coming up the viaduct over the train tracks. Yes, you could actually take the train to the game, as they actually did one year.


Storm clouds out toward Gilbert

Another evening comes to the desert, the last rays of the sun falling on some thunderheads far to the southeast of Gilbert.


On the next pages, you may check out: the trip to Phoenix, the Convention, other places we went in Arizona during this trip, and the return trip to California.

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