1980s Phoenix, Arizona, Highway, Landmarks, Archive Footage

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  • Опубликовано: 22 май 2014
  • From the Kinolibrary archive film collections. To order the clip clean and high res visit www.kinolibrary.com. Clip ref CH199
    VO 'as the sign says, welcome to Phoenix!'. Cars past on highway. Phoenix, Arizona, EXT City Hall. Dance sculpture. Modern architecture. INT Hyatt Regency hotel lobby. People walk past. Glass lift up.
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  • @mcshizzl2666
    @mcshizzl2666 6 лет назад +131

    0:14 The VW Bug didn't use his signals. This really is Phoenix.

    • @Chapaveli5959
      @Chapaveli5959 2 года назад +6

      Thats VolksWagen hippie is from California lol

    • @geometricart7851
      @geometricart7851 Год назад +1

      @@Chapaveli5959 Back when Californians were all starting to move to Arizona. Nice.

    • @IMRROcom
      @IMRROcom 11 месяцев назад

      @mcshizzl2666 Arizona plates were copper or red in the 80's and not required on the front of the car. California License plates were white and required on the front. That bug is some dirt bag from California

  • @MrElYaqui
    @MrElYaqui 4 года назад +71

    That's it, 42 seconds of Phoenix, AZ?! Come on man! Thanks for the vid! Peace!

    • @ThaBIGBOSSX
      @ThaBIGBOSSX 3 года назад +2

      🤣🤣🤣 I wish it were longer too lol

    • @Chapaveli5959
      @Chapaveli5959 2 года назад +2

      Thats what i said 😂

    • @jasonchicago2511
      @jasonchicago2511 Год назад

      Phoenix is pretty vapid as it is I'm not surprised about lack of points of interest in mind

    • @TeezyT_Sunrise
      @TeezyT_Sunrise Год назад

      RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all now days.

  • @wbishop1330
    @wbishop1330 2 года назад +12

    Man wish u had more footage. Looked like the mid-late 70's.

  • @samerabdallah82
    @samerabdallah82 Год назад +13

    Thank you for the video. I always want to see what Phoenix, Arizona, look like in the 1980s. I remember Metro Mall in the mid-late 80s, I was born in 1982.

    • @TeezyT_Sunrise
      @TeezyT_Sunrise Год назад +1

      RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all.

    • @ashleypaige5285
      @ashleypaige5285 5 месяцев назад

      I was born and raised in phoenix (born in nov 1982). I used to always go to metro mall. It was the place to be in the 80’s and 90’s. Remember the ice skating rink? My mom worked at the Black Angus right across from metro mall for years.

  • @danieldaniels7571
    @danieldaniels7571 4 года назад +24

    I remember those Welcome To Phoenix signs. Back then there were also signs on the other side of the road letting you know you were leaving Phoenix that said “adios amigos!”

    • @geometricart7851
      @geometricart7851 Год назад +1

      I remember that going back and forth from Yuma.

    • @Artuar3CRaFT
      @Artuar3CRaFT 6 месяцев назад +1

      The memories, that was the real charm of Phoenix ❤

  • @thomaspeters5889
    @thomaspeters5889 2 года назад +8

    Lived in Youngtown then Glendale from 81 to 87. Much love for Arizona.

    • @TeezyT_Sunrise
      @TeezyT_Sunrise Год назад

      RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Songs the real deal

  • @mistervacation23
    @mistervacation23 3 года назад +18

    I use to eat at Sambos resturant a lot when I lived there in 1976. I was broke working for AZ Paperbox Company making a whole $2.00 an hour. The Sambos on Central Avenue you could get a bowl of Chilli a hqmburger and a Coke for $2.39. Oh the good life.

    • @AZHITW
      @AZHITW 2 года назад +4

      WOW! You were rich, I worked for the State Library (1975) and I ate the 99 cent special at Jack-in-the-Box, a small burger, small fries, and a small drink. It was cheaper than brown-bagging it.

    • @mistervacation23
      @mistervacation23 2 года назад +3

      @@AZHITW good times

    • @patrick7639
      @patrick7639 Год назад +1

      Can you even say Sambos these days?
      Yes, I remember Sambo’s, bobs big boys on 19th and Bethany home Road, alpine Village on seventh Avenue north of camelback, the original, Meg’s ham bun, in old town Scottsdale, don’t forget Mr. Luckys, the big sky Drive in

    • @mistervacation23
      @mistervacation23 Год назад +1

      @@patrick7639 Good times. I don't even think you can Sambos anymore without getting shot

    • @patrick7639
      @patrick7639 Год назад +1

      @@mistervacation23 right

  • @BBQFanNo1
    @BBQFanNo1 7 лет назад +27

    Much different now from what i heard than the last time i was in Arizona back in 1979. Use to drive with my Family from Niagara Falls to see my Relatives living in Phoenix for Spring Vacation almost every year from 1961 to 1979 stayed there for 3 weeks.

  • @coolguys2345
    @coolguys2345 2 года назад +4

    Crazy how that building at the end is still there lol I remember eating there at 13 back in 2013… yea I’m a youngin…

  • @Dragan3rd
    @Dragan3rd 7 лет назад +22

    Where is the rest of the video?

  • @LivingOnCash
    @LivingOnCash 3 года назад +12

    "Dry and sunny, coupled with low humidity", aren't those the same things? :)

    • @80sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction
      @80sCrazyCatDadNGunAddiction 2 года назад +2

      Wait till monsoon hits. Phx sees many days where it's dry and sunny with high humidity the day after a rain storm.

  • @testing448
    @testing448 Год назад +2

    Damn didn’t know that hyatt was around for that long

  • @TheDoctor2007
    @TheDoctor2007 4 года назад +1

    Super cool thx for the upload :)

  • @TMcConnaughhay
    @TMcConnaughhay 2 года назад +5

    Where is the rest of it? Would really like to see the whole video.

  • @geometricart7851
    @geometricart7851 Год назад +2

    I remember when Thomas and Camelback was the outskirts of Phoenix. Damn not anymore...It's like the barrio.

  • @silentautisticdragon-kp9sw
    @silentautisticdragon-kp9sw 2 месяца назад

    It hasn't changed that much, but at the same time it's changed so much. The skyline looks pretty much the same except there are less tall buildings. The bendy road to the skyline looks pretty much the same, too. Palm trees everywhere. Yep, this is Phoenix.

  • @progressissuccess743
    @progressissuccess743 22 дня назад

    Subscribed! I lived in paradise valley when I was a kid.
    Thank you for bringing back some vivid memories!
    Can I use this for a documentary?

  • @JoeMotionVideos82
    @JoeMotionVideos82 6 лет назад +16

    The air is just as polluted today! Glad to see some things don't change.

    • @lastnamefirst4035
      @lastnamefirst4035 4 года назад +8

      Lol actually it was worse back then besides we Phoenicians cant see it

    • @AZHITW
      @AZHITW 2 года назад +2

      They copper industry started closing down copper smelters in the late 70s, I think the two main smelters contributing to the pollution in Phoenix were I.C.C.Co. in Miami, AZ, and Magma Copper in Superior, AZ.

    • @tkw79
      @tkw79 2 года назад

      No it isn’t🙄

  • @TheKeenTribe
    @TheKeenTribe 2 года назад +5

    I WANNA LADMO BAG!!!

  • @enterprisingcaptian875
    @enterprisingcaptian875 8 лет назад +35

    Did that sign say 700,000 as the population? I only wish that was the population now. My God we now have about 8 million here.

    • @aaronvadovic4023
      @aaronvadovic4023 7 лет назад

      Enterprising Captian 4,573,351

    • @brianb.8295
      @brianb.8295 7 лет назад +17

      About 774,000 back in 1980. Also back then, it wasn't a huge megalopolis; you drove from Scottsdale to Tempe. You drove from Chandler to Mesa. You drove from Glendale to Peoria. Gilbert was still considered a rural area. Apache Junction and Buckeye were considered "the other side of the world" from Phoenix.

    • @oiyabastard7275
      @oiyabastard7275 6 лет назад

      Enterprising Captian. new york city has over 8 million in that small area

    • @capricornone2362
      @capricornone2362 4 года назад +1

      Maricopa county population... 4.485 million (2019)

  • @seenoevil85
    @seenoevil85 Год назад +2

    Arizona has never been the same since Tito Montez stopped wrestling.

  • @paulstranc9619
    @paulstranc9619 4 года назад +3

    This Vw Bug did not used the Turn Signals at all while changing Lanes

  • @Artuar3CRaFT
    @Artuar3CRaFT 3 года назад +3

    wow the old days?!

  • @ducksinarowpatience3670
    @ducksinarowpatience3670 3 месяца назад

    "Dry and sunny" but the digitally altered it so it appears cloudy.

  • @martinvalencia6141
    @martinvalencia6141 Год назад +5

    back when downtown wasn't overrun with homeless

  • @ChesterPaulSgroi
    @ChesterPaulSgroi 5 месяцев назад

    Incomplete! Why didn't you share more of this video?

  • @mhappy4520
    @mhappy4520 4 года назад +3

    Happy Birthday AZ

  • @RichLunaMusic
    @RichLunaMusic 11 месяцев назад

    Were the Dance sculptures moved after this?

  • @jaysonspears464
    @jaysonspears464 4 года назад +4

    Was that Lincoln dr?

    • @dude195
      @dude195 3 года назад +2

      old comment, but yes! looks very odd without all the trees.

  • @samsquanch1996
    @samsquanch1996 5 лет назад +7

    Why does the sky look so brown?

    • @brianb.8295
      @brianb.8295 5 лет назад +12

      Despite the Phoenix area being home to about 5 million people today, the smog was way worse there back in the 80's, when the area was home to around 1.5 million. It was primarily due to the cars on the road back then. Those things emitted exhaustion and fumes like no other.

    • @lastnamefirst4035
      @lastnamefirst4035 4 года назад +4

      @@brianb.8295 Its much better today

    • @cindysue5474
      @cindysue5474 3 года назад +2

      A lot of dust and leaded fuel. Plus it looks like a dust storm is cooking up.

  • @johnbrowning7623
    @johnbrowning7623 6 лет назад +13

    0:29 "High on the list of its attractions is..." LOL

  • @brandonbitsilli1641
    @brandonbitsilli1641 6 лет назад +4

    is it the old cameras that make old videos look super palluted and orange and hot? or is that what it looked like in reality?

    • @strechemall
      @strechemall 6 лет назад +4

      It's the cam but seeing as we're in a desert. The most in colors you will see in this city is Brown. Everything is fucking either brown or tan

    • @brandonbitsilli1641
      @brandonbitsilli1641 6 лет назад

      ok, cool because i was wondring why it looked like that, you see it in alot of old movie too

    • @ducksinarowpatience3670
      @ducksinarowpatience3670 3 месяца назад

      Digitally altered to make you think chemtrails are normal. Watch the film " The Dimming".

  • @eetchit6034
    @eetchit6034 10 лет назад +1

    well that bit

  • @peck404
    @peck404 4 года назад +2

    What year??? Wow

    • @TeezyT_Sunrise
      @TeezyT_Sunrise Год назад

      RUclips Teezy T Phoenix. Real Phoenix music

  • @lastnamefirst4035
    @lastnamefirst4035 4 года назад +3

    Damn kinds smoggy then

  • @lagilbertona3599
    @lagilbertona3599 2 года назад +3

    More like Los Angeles Arizona

  • @Xosidhe
    @Xosidhe Год назад +2

    “From the sands of the desert…” more like from the caliche of the desert

  • @tomardans4258
    @tomardans4258 3 месяца назад

    Sands?

  • @Discontinuedalready7372
    @Discontinuedalready7372 3 года назад +2

    _Why tf the narrator sound like Ben Shapiro_

  • @runninrebel1520
    @runninrebel1520 3 года назад +15

    My home state! Proud to be an AZ native

    • @shelbygarcia3121
      @shelbygarcia3121 3 года назад +5

      Your home state, green and lush and alive back in the day now looks and is complete shit. Why be proud of something that turned to garbage? I'm a arizona native too but fuck, there comes a point when you have to realize wow, the place I love is horrible. phoenix is not a place to be proud of. Hell, in 25 so years when there's no more water phoenix is going to be a joke of the past.. use your noggin bud cause nobody else here does

    • @runninrebel1520
      @runninrebel1520 3 года назад +5

      @@shelbygarcia3121 you’re a joke, dude. Lol

    • @GageTucker-of2wd
      @GageTucker-of2wd 9 дней назад

      @@runninrebel1520as another proud Arizona native, I agree with you