7/26/2011

I was looking for the size of the original phoenix town and the size of the downtown core in the last two days. A small colony, which was given the name, Phoenix, by Darrell Duppa, was built about four miles away from the present city in 1868. The town site of the Phoenix was selected in a meeting on October 20, 1870. The town site is the original phoenix town. It was bounded on the north by Van Buren Street, on the south by Jackson Street, on the east by Seventh Street and on the west by Seventh Avenue.

The City of phoenix planned to build the downtown core around twenty years ago. It is a business district located in the downtown Phoenix, where has shops, restaurants, retail areas and offices. It also is a pedestrian friendly environment, having wide sidewalks and shaded walkways. Above the commercial spaces, the historic architectures are planned to be covered in the downtown core, such as Patriots Park, Renaissance Square, the Solar Oasis, Arizona Center, Heritage Square and Arena Plaza, and more. The downtown core is bounded on the north by the Fillmore Street, on the south by the Jefferson Street, on the west by the 3^rd Avenue and on the east by the 7^th Street.