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Post by mohs on Aug 27, 2022 21:13:29 GMT -5
A historic Harkins movie theater in Tempe Called the Valley Arts. Built in the 1930's It has quite history  recall the the Rocky Horror Picture Show  having a long playing weekend engagement It was strange audience  |
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Post by jasoninsd on Aug 27, 2022 22:50:04 GMT -5
Talk about a Time Warp!  Gorgeous pics Ed! I love historical places like this! Thanks for sharing!  |
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Post by mohs on Aug 30, 2022 15:08:22 GMT -5
Hi Guys Don’t have much to add to the Valley Art Theater It was just couple shots I took On Tempe tour Got to do that as part of my Phoenix preservation quest Take a picture-- cause things don’t last long One other historical site I visited was the Hayden Mill  www.abc15.com/news/in-depth/hayden-flour-mill-paved-the-way-for-valley-cities-to-flourishIt’s a cool structure right up against old lava Butte That lava flow encased huge clastic chunks of andesite I want to explore it more It such a contrast to the red beds of Papago Which are only couple miles north across the Salt River Interesting ancient geology Anyway thanks for the likes  and touring w/mohs |
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Post by parfive on Aug 30, 2022 15:36:38 GMT -5
Hmmm, imagine that thing full of ammonium nitrate . . .
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Post by mohs on Aug 30, 2022 16:21:11 GMT -5
That scary proposal Rich that what happened in Lebanon a few years back...no? Although grain dust In an enclosed area When a grindstone spark Can go
KABOOM History Hayden Flour Mill is a relic of our agricultural past, when Tempe was a small town surrounded by miles of farmland and anchored, economically, by the processing and marketing of grain, cotton, fruit, vegetable, and dairy products. Like the creamery complex on East 8th Street, Hayden Flour Mill ranked among the prominent agricultural industries in the Valley. It purchased most of the grain grown in Central Arizona and milled many of Arizona's best known flours: Sifted Snow, Arizona Rose, and Family Kitchen among them. As it stands today, the mill remains the oldest cast-in-place, reinforced concrete building in Tempe. Constructed in 1918, it replaced an earlier adobe mill lost to fire in 1917. This earlier mill, built in 1895, had itself replaced the original 1874 Hayden Flour Mill, also lost to fire. The current building was designed to be fire-proof; its architects and builders used techniques developed in the wake of the great San Francisco earthquake and fire of 1906. The grain elevator and silos east of the mill were constructed in 1951 and remained the tallest structures in Tempe until 2007. On April 1, 1998, Bay State Milling ceased milling operations at Hayden Flour Mill, ending the longest run of continuous use for an industrial building in the Greater Phoenix Metropolitan Area. www.tempe.gov/government/community-development/historic-preservation/hayden-flour-mill Intersesting drone shot In that cutout area to the left of the mill Above the big white spot Is the lava flow w/ embedded clastic andesite Off to the right you can see a huge rock pile of andesite that was excavated Probably when the mill was constructed That what I plan to explore more ... |
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