Phoenix, Arizona in the 1990's and early 2000's. A Short History from my Video Collection
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- I grew up in Tucson, Arizona, a short drive (at least it was back in the 90's 😅) from Phoenix and I have many quick clips from several of my trips to the Valley of the Sun.
Most of the time we would drive to Phoenix to see a sports event, such as the recently formed Diamondbacks baseball team, and the Cardinals football team. Other times we would visit Phoenix to travel to other parts of the country, as Phoenix was a major hub for many of the airlines at the time, such as America West Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and several other large names that didn't have a presence in Tucson.
Some of the 1990's footage that I've included in this video include:
Arizona Mills Mall, Tempe
Bank of America, now Mesa Financial Plaza, Mesa
Piestewa Peak, Phoenix
Bank One Ballpark, Now Chase Field, Phoenix
Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe
The Thing, Mystery of the Desert, on I-10
Rooster Cogburn Ostrich Ranch, Picacho
A dust storm, also referred as a haboob, reaching Chandler
Chandler lake communities
American West Airlines fleet, including Phoenix Suns livery
Southwest Airlines fleet, including their "Desert Gold" fleet
Some quick facts included in this video:
Arizona Mills Mall opened in 1997. The mall, and Rainforest Cafe, is still open
Piestewa Peak is the 2nd highest peak in the Phoenix Mountains, and is named after Lori Ann Piestewa, who served in the U.S. Army
Phoenix Sky Harbor is Arizona's busiest airport, and it's #8 in the United States as of 2021
The Cardinals played at ASU's Sun Devil Stadium until the opening of Cardinals Stadium in 2006
The Mesa Financial Plaza is Mesa's tallest building, at 224ft, and was built in 1985
Southwest Airlines had a "Desert Gold" color palette, until updating their colors in the early 2000's to their more modern blue and hearts color palettes.
Music by DjLeeJ, Felipe, and NCS Kontest
Shot mostly with Sony Handycam. Edited with Final Cut Pro
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Born in 1989 in Glendale and raised in Phoenix. 1998-2000 was a good time for me as a child. I love videos like this that bring back some of the nostalgia. My dad passed away on the 9th and he raised me as a single father, he worked on the crew of electricians doing a majority of the work at Arizona Mills Mall.
Born in Phoenix in 89 still living in Glendale I miss these days this place has changed so dang much.
Thank you for sharing this. I am from Tucson. I looked forward to going to Phoenix growing up.
I took my wife to the Rainforest Cafe on our first date in 2000. It was new and we had to wait in line even though we had a reservation. Took the kids there years later it was still pretty cool. Went again a few years ago. It was getting run down. The fish tanks which were awesome in the past were empty. Food was mediocre. Not very busy. I'm surprised it's still open. I was surprised you didn't mention America West Arena where the Suns played.
I remember the carpet and the weird textured concrete pillars of the first floor. That airport used to be ultimate liminal space
That isn't Camelback mountain, it's the McDowell Mountains with Tovrea Castle in the foreground.
The Thing is a mummy, an actual very long dead human. What I remember most about it is the smell, it was strange. It is actually east of Benson, so the other side of Tucson from Phoenix.
The John Wayne Ostrich farm is still there and quiet a lot larger than shown here.
0:21 Damn...I miss America West!!! I started traveling for business, like 40 weeks a year, just before the US Airways merger. So wished they kept the America West naming but, they weren't just an upstart airline anymore. Hated that merger. You could walk up to any AWA counter in any airport to check in and say...Hi...and be greeted with a big smile and hello...always thanking you for flying with them. Great flight crews.... especially the Vegas flights lol.
After merge, I was checking in at the counter in Philly (originally from that area), said..Hi...to the woman and I'm counter and before I could saying something else she just said m....WHAT? Yea, wasn't use to that lol. Apparently, US Airways had a lot of wage cuts and union issues. Layoffs. The employees took it pretty hard for a few years. Yes, I was in Philly but....come on. They aren't that bad lol.
It was great having a hometown (Phoenix for 45 years now) airline with so many direct flights. Every smaller city after the merge...had to go through Charlotte or Philly. I've been in the Charlotte airport second most...after Phoenix lol. Miss AWA!
Opening shot: my 14th birthday. Phx is a little rougher than normal, but it's still a great city.
Great time capsule. I'm going to be turning 38 in a few days and I've lived in AZ for all those years. Never have lived in another state. Took weekly pictures of BOB being built for a while. Had season tickets for 1998 and 99 with my dad. Great times but boy has my state changed. Going to miss having a much smaller population and simpler times.
The construction of BOB must have been quite a thing to see!
Ah the smell of creosote right after a rain!
Do a video of Phoenix in the 80s especially the early to mid 80s
I would love to see quality videos of Phoenix and Tucson from the 80’s too! I personally don’t have any footage or photos
The fish is bomb at Arby's I took one for the team
Its in tempe
Born and raised in gilbert az. Man what a crazy difference to nowadays! But I had to get outta there. Way to much traffic noise people! It's a freaking concrete jungle now! Californians over running the state. I miss my home but would never go back. Now I'm living small town life in North Dakota