Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale (UK) Scottsdale, Odham: Vaai S-va onnque, and Yaki: Eskatel) is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, the United States of America and is adjacent to the capital city Phoenix. According to the 2010 census, the population was 217,385. It belongs to the Phoenix metropolitan area (estimated to be 4.18 million in 2007), which has a rapidly growing population. Scottsdale is regarded as a destination for high-class sightseeing and shopping, and is considered a representative of the American style of the western United States. "The New York Times" described Scottsdale's central town as "the desert version of Miami's South Beach" and said that "there is a world of a hotel that is bustling and playing at midnight."
Scottsdale City of Scottsdale | |
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![]() Waterfront in Central Scottsdale | |
Nickname: the westernmost town in the west | |
Position | |
![]() the position of Scottsdale in Maricopa County (lower right) and Maricopa County in Arizona | |
Coordinates: 33 degrees, 29 minutes, 35 seconds north latitude and 111 degrees, 55 minutes, 34 seconds west longitude/33.49306 degrees north latitude and 111.92611 degrees west longitude/ 33.49306 degrees; -111.92611 | |
History | |
city | 1951 |
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country | |
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county | Maricopa County |
Scottsdale City of Scottsdale | |
mayor | Jim Lane (Republican) |
geography | |
area | |
region | 477.7 km2 (184.2 mi2) |
land | 477.1 km2 (184.0 mi2) |
water surface | 0.6 km2 (0.2 mi2) |
Elevation | 380 m (1,257 ft) |
population | |
population | (as of 2010) |
region | 217,385 |
population density | 503.3 people/km2 (1305.2 people/mi2) |
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Other | |
equal time | Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7) |
daylight saving time | No daylight saving time |
Official website: City of Scottsdale |
Scottsdale is surrounded by the Phoenix and Paradise Valley in the west, the care-free in the north, the Tempey in the south, and the Fountain Hills and the Pima Maricopa Indian Society in the east.
History
There lived a Hohokum in Scottsdale. From 800 to 1400 in the Christian era, this ancient civilization was engaged in agriculture and built irrigation channels.
Before the Europeans began to colonize, there was a Pima community called Basai Subasoni. Even in the 20th century, there were Pima who lived in their old homes. For instance, until the late 1960s, there were people who still lived in traditional houses in the southeast corner of the Indian Bend and Hayden roads. But now all the Pima have either been fanned for their development or moved to Scottsdale, mainly to the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Society of South Scottsdale, or to other new homes.
The heritage of the Hohokum people is that they built a canal of more than 125 miles (200 km) to obtain water for agriculture. The remains of this ancient irrigation system were adopted and improved by the first Englishman to claim ownership of the valley of the Sun when Jack Swinling built the Swining Irrigation Canal Company in 1868. Twenty years later, when Winfield Scott, a military preacher of the United States Army, bought 640 acres (2.6 km2) of land currently in Scottsdale City for a small amount of money of $2.50, the future of Scottsdale turned dramatically higher. The brother of Winfield, George Winfield Scott, became the first resident of the town, and the town was originally called Orange Dale, and was later changed to Scottsdale in 1894.
In 1937, the internationally renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright established 'Winter Camp' at the foot of the McDowell Mountains and built what is now called Talyshin West. Scottsdale and the Phoenix City have been influenced by Frank Lloyd Wright for eternity. Many buildings in this area were designed by this famous architect. Today, the monument of Frank Lloyd Wright stands at North Scottsdale, and there is also a main street that includes the name.
Scottsdale was established as a city in 1951. The city symbol represents a cowboy riding a horse surrounded by 64 stars and was designed by Mrs. Jean Brown Pennington.
In the 1950s and 1970s, several manufacturers of Scottsdale and the Tempo region used trichloroethylene as a solvent in their production and operation processes. In 1981, trichloroethylene began to be found at two drinking wells in Scottsdale, and in 1983, the location of the Indian Bend Wash Super Fund was listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Priority List. The physical construction of the purification system is expected to be completed in 2006, and it will take five years to purify the soil and thirty years to purify the underground water.
It started in the area where real estate development is an old town and moved south. Scottsdale, west of which was connected with Phoenix, and east of which was connected with the Indian settlement, grew into a slender frame, and stopped at Tempo in the south, and turned into a large private ranch called McCormick Ranch in the north. The Indian Bend Wash, which had little water flow, divided the city in the longitudinal direction, and carried the so-called "1999 flood", which is usually considered to be a heavy rainfall with very few dry river beds, into the Salt River. Most of Scottsdale was inhabited by suburban residents of the lower middle class, and there was no money to build a bridge over a usually dry river, which had no water flow, and even the main road went down to the riverbed and up to the opposite bank. In the 1960s, when the floods broke out once in 1999, water flowed several times.
The Indian Bend Wash was often washed away in the late 1960s, so the federal budget was allocated, and the Army Headquarters was built with cement as a large canal, and a bridge was built over it, forming a wide canal similar to the rainwater drainage in Los Angeles, but similar to the drainage in Los Angeles. Under the federal flood law, the federal government is required to rebuild every flood. However, it was thought that grass could be as effective as the cement canal, and a referendum was held on whether to use the federal budget allocated to build a series of parks and golf courses at the bottom of the Indian Bend Wash instead of the cement canal. The park and the golf course were designed to allow almost all children in the city to enjoy their bicycles, and the nearby homes and communal residences were thought to be about to be inhabited by retired people, because the Indian Bend Wash was a narrow and long division of the city.
However, the engineers preferred the canal in the right way, and the idea that the overflowing water would flow into the grassland did not attempt to increase the maintenance costs because there was a possibility that the grassland would flow into the water and the necessity to clear the mud after the flood would become necessary. The Cement Canal could raise the consumption tax, which was unnecessary, and at that time, it was controversial, but citizens chose to build a series of parks and golf courses at the bottom of the Indian Bend Wash. This movement was considered to be bold in a city that was not well off at that time. The park and the golf course made the banks high and the rest a meadow, a pond, and a stream to minimize the damage caused by the overflowing water. The system functions like a flood control channel and continues to maintain parks and golf courses. Since mass production of heat pump air conditioners ended in the 1950s following the time of the park and the golf course, Scottsdale became a city in which family members and retired people want to move, and it was enough to do so. At that time, the city was still relatively poor, but they spent money in the park and built the El Dorado Public Pool on one side of the bank of the wash, and used up the federal budget for the bridge across the wash. However, they were able to build apartment houses along the newly narrowed west border, and finally, the bridge was built several years later with tax on new land.
The city of Scottsdale used up all the money in the park, so the central district, which was directly connected to the east of the central shopping district, along the Scottsdale Road, was declining and the old wooden houses, which had been abandoned by the early 1970s, and so on, had been replaced. Soon after the park was built, however, Mizu McCormick, the owner of the McCormick Ranch, died, and instead of leaving the ranch almost entirely bare, began to develop the McCormick Ranch and the Scottsdale Ranch area into a house and business park, and tax revenue began to flow into the city. As the status of the city increased in the newly-made parks and golf courses, the land developers could upgrade their houses to the Macomick Ranch and the Scottsdale Ranch, which spread to the north, and spread to the east, and continued to expand. The new rich who quickly filled these expensive houses made jokes and words of the nicknames "Snottsdale" and "Snobsdale." Still, the city's tax revenues, which were derived from the development of the Macomick Ranch, were used to acquire the devastated area adjacent to the Old Town by using the land storage rights, and in exchange for the destruction of the wooden houses that had not been burned down by the destructors, entertainment centers and restaurants were built. High-class restaurants owned by local people who had been away from the central area due to their difficulties were invited to the first tenant to enter the restaurant area if they stayed in the area during difficult times, and when entertainment centers and restaurants opened in the mid-1970s, they became a new feature of the city.
When Phoenix City saw the small city Scottsdale, annexed the north and south areas, it annexed the land, which was several miles long, six feet wide (1.8 meters), just west of the McCormick Ranch, to the north of the city, and extended the boundary of the west for miles. Since the city's service was required for the annexed land, the Phoenix annexed the parts at a low cost, simply because it was six feet wide, and the annexation effectively restrained the expansion of Scottsdale.
The City of Scottsdale was seen as an innovative way of thinking. What puzzled many companies was the establishment of the Advertising Signage Ordinance and the regulation of the size and height of outdoor signage. The city's argument was that it could easily lead to traffic accidents because it could stretch its head to see the high signs and then protect the safety of the residents. At that time, this ordinance was highly controversial and was disputed to the Supreme Court of the United States, but now such an ordinance became a matter of course. They also outsourced fire stations that had not been realized despite the privatization of city hall businesses. The company that received the contract painted the fire engine in bright yellow for fear that it would be a lawsuit if the fire engine red color was used in other cities in the United States. Furthermore, the robot arm is attached to the garbage collecting vehicle at first, and the worker is used as a substitute for throwing the garbage into the uncovered trailer pulled by the truck. There was only one operator sitting on the air-conditioned truck.
Scottsdale has grown from 2,000 to 240,410, based on an estimate from 2007, when the city system was established in 1951. It is the sixth largest city in the state in population. Scottsdale's standard of living is said to be high, and in 1993 at the Mayors' Conference of the United States, the title "The Most Livable City" was severely criticized in the state for its high cost of living. A large part of the tax revenue is obtained from tourism, and it is always ranked as one of the major destinations for golf and resort in the world. The Phoenix Open, held at the Tournament Players Club, is known for its large audience among the PGA Tour.
geography
Scottsdale City is located on the northern edge of the Sonora Desert, in the Salt River Basin, or "Valley of the Sun." East and northeast of Scottsdale are the McDowell Mountains. West is Phoenix City and Paradise Valley Town, south is Tempy, east is Fountain Hills.
According to the National Census Bureau, the total area of the city is 184.4 square miles (477.7 km2), of which the land is 184.2 square miles (477.1 km2), the water surface is 0.2 square miles (0.6 km 2), and the water area is 0.12%.
climate
The climate of Scottsdale is desert. Winter is mild and summer is very hot. The record minimum temperature in the city was 19 degrees F (-7 degrees C) on February 20, 1955, and the record maximum temperature was 119 degrees F (48 degrees C) on June 26, 1970 and August 2, 1972.
Month | Jan | Feb | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | Oct | November | Dec |
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Highest°F(°C) | 87 (30.6) | 92 (33.3) | 99 (37.2) | 105 (40.6) | 112 (44.4) | 119 (48.3) | 118 (47.8) | 119 (48.3) | 113 (45) | 108 (42.2) | 95 (35) | 85 (29.4) |
Average Max°F(°C) | 68 (20) | 72 (22.2) | 77 (25) | 85 (29.4) | 92 (33.3) | 101 (38.3) | 104 (40) | 103 (39.4) | 99 (37.2) | 89 (31.6) | 77 (25) | 68 (20) |
Average Min°F(°C) | 40 (4.4) | 43 (6.1) | 47 (8.3) | 52 (11.1) | 60 (15.6) | 68 (20) | 76 (24.4) | 75 (23.9) | 69 (20.6) | 58 (14.4) | 46 (7.8) | 40 (4.4) |
Last Min°F(°C) | 21 (-6.1) | 19 (-7.2) | 24 (-4.4) | 30 (-1.1) | 35 (1.7) | 45 (7.2) | 53 (11.7) | 52 (11.1) | 45 (7.2) | 26 (-3.3) | 23 (-5) | 20 (-6.7) |
Average precipitation in. (mm) | 1.01 (25.7) | 1.04 (26.4) | 1.15 (29.2) | 0.25 (6.4) | 0.21 (5.3) | 0.07 (1.8) | 0.89 (22.6) | 1.20 (30.5) | 0.86 (21.9) | 0.85 (21.6) | 0.80 (20.3) | 1.03 (26.2) |
Source: Weather.com |
city overview
Scottsdale can be divided into four regions. That is, South Scottsdale (from the Macerips Road to the Tomas Road to the north), Old Town Scottsdale (central town), Central Scottsdale (also called "Sea Coryda", from Chaparral Road to the north to Sea Boulevard), and North Scottsdale. Scottsdale's real estate market is the highest in the United States. In 2005, Scottsdale and Paradise Valley were among the 10 National Cities for the sale of luxury housing, and all eight other cities were in California. Paradise Valley ranked ninth with $637 million and Scottsdale ranked tenth with $594 million.
South Scottsdale has been said to be an area of Scottsdale's working class, although there have been some differences over the years, but today it is transformed into a dynamic inner city. The area also has a major night life, which is the center of art among the Phoenix metropolitan areas. The median selling of used houses is $291,500, lower than North Scottsdale at $667,450. Part of the McDowell Road in South Scottsdale, also called "Motor Mile," was lined with 31 car dealers along the road. This is the only one-mile U.S. for the most profitable car, with a consumption tax of over $10 million a year at one point. In recent years, many of these dealers have left the city, leaving six shops alone in 2008. South Scottsdale will soon have a new research center for Arizona State University called "Sky Song." This development will attract the research and development department of many international companies.
Old Town Scottsdale is a district with many streets and old style shops, restaurants, bars, nightclubs and western galleries reminiscent of the old cowboy days. The main cultural district is also located in this area, and there is the highest-class Scottsdale Fashion Square Mall, which is among the 20 best shopping malls in the United States. The area is now being reconstructed, and new housing complexes and hotels are under construction.
They came to be called Sea Corrida by approaching Sea Boulevard running east-west. The houses in this area were built in the 1970s in general. The property market in Cee Corrida increased in the 1990s and the whole metropolitan area of Phoenix Mesa Scottsdale, which saw a 38.4% rise in the mid-2000s, the country's largest producer market, showing a particularly strong performance. There are many communities in the area that remain in the most ambitious residential area of the metropolitan area, such as gay lunch and macomric lunch. Most of the Scottsdale Road in Sea Coryda is nicknamed "Resort Coryda" because there are so many resorts. The second Ritz-Carlton Hotel in the Phoenix metropolitan area will be built along the Coryda.
As North Scottsdale was historically the least building area, it is currently the most actively developed area. Housing in the area is the most expensive in the county, and many are over $5 million. In this area, the border is rapidly spreading east and west, and it includes the McDowell Mountains. The housing boom in North Scottsdale is the second largest urban area to create jobs in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, and is attributed to the rapid growth of "Scottsdale Air Park," which is estimated to be number one by 2010. Scottsdale Air Park employs 55.000 or more companies, with office space of 23 million square feet (2.1 km 2) and is expected to increase employment of more than 3,000 people a year. The park is home to a number of key companies or headquartered in the area, including Axa, GE Capital, DHL, discount tire companies, Fidelity Investments, JDA Software and Vanguard Group.
demographic dynamics
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Years | population | %± | |
1930 | 1,047 | — | |
1940 | 2,761 | 163.7% | |
1950 | 2,032 | -26.4% | |
1960 | 10,026 | 393.4% | |
1970 | 67,823 | 576.5% | |
1980 | 88,622 | 30.7% | |
1990 | 130,075 | 46.8% | |
2000 | 202,705 | 55.8% | |
2007 (estimated) | 235,677 | ||
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The following is demographic data from the 2000 census.
fundamental data
population structure
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According to an estimate from 2007, the average annual income per household was $70,533, while per family it was $92,289.
Economy
The tourism industry is the main employer of Scottsdale and accounts for 39% of the city's workforce. In 2005, 7.5 million tourists visited Scottsdale and had more than $3.1 billion of economic benefits. There are more than 70 resorts and hotels in the city, with 15,000 guest rooms. These huge markets are customer of the upstream white color layer.
Scottsdale is one of the largest cities in the United States, with five star hotels and resorts next to New York. In 2008, the National Automobile Association granted the highest honor to five hotels in Scottsdale City: the Phoenician, the Canyon Suites, the Scottsdale Camelback Inn, the Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Thorne North and the Fairmont Princess Resort and Spa.
Because full-service hotels and resorts are concentrated, other tourism-related industries are booming as a result, and the most notable ones are first-class golf courses, hot spring resorts and corporate gatherings and conference markets. Many national and international companies are thinking of Scottsdale as a leading venue for such events.
Scottsdale has the highest number of hot-spring resorts per person among all the cities in the United States, and has gained a national reputation as a major destination for sightseeing and leisure.
The warm and abundant sunlight throughout the year in this area is a key element of promoting tourism. Especially during the winter, there are many wealthy people from the Middle West, Northeast and Canada of the United States who have lived in the area for a long time (they call it a snowbird in the area). Many of these tourists visit the same house every year, and many of them buy the second house in the area.
However, over the past few years, upscale night-life, restaurants, art galleries and extravagant shopping, which have become popular destinations for younger white-collar students and more style-conscious travel.
One of the three main branches of the famous Mayo Clinic is in Scottsdale. This and, as a result, has become a powerful destination for medical care.
In the 1960s, Scottsdale Airport was built in North Scottsdale, and the airline business grew. Today, the airport is one of the most common single-runway airports in the United States. Although there are a few non-commercial routes, most of them are used by companies or by general air.
The area adjacent to Scottsdale Airport, which is also known as "air park" in the local area, has grown rapidly as a commercial center in the area. The range of miles from the airport is the second largest employment area in the Phoenix metropolitan area employing more than 50,000 people. There are companies in the financial, retail, service, technology, design and manufacturing sectors. The Air Park region now has more than 2,500 companies, with annual total economic performance of $3 billion, which is growing further.
Among the Phoenix metropolitan areas, the most popular job is the Phoenix midtown and downtown area, with 65,000 employees. Taking into account the future development and growth opportunities in the North Scottsdale-inspired air park areas, it is estimated that in the near future, it will surpass the Central District of Phoenix and become the largest employment area in the metropolitan area.
art and culture
Scottsdale is also known for its high quality of art and culture from within and outside the country. Although it is generally a high-class, wealthy nature and product, the local art society remains very diversified. Scottsdale, who is proud to be the capital of art and culture in the southwestern part of the country (which, in this brag, competes with Santa Fe, New Mexico), has recently become a mecca that is widely and respected in modern and contemporary art. In 2005, the annual "Scottsdale Art Festival" was ranked number one for such events in the United States by "American Style Magazine."
High-level collections of galleries, studios and museums that are open to the public can be found in central Scottsdale. The artistic district can be further divided into three different districts. The largest area is the Main Street Art District, the largest collection of styles and genres, and the Old Town District, which features the Marshalway Art District and the West for sightseeing purposes. The very popular "Scottsdale Art Walk" is held every Thursday evening.
Because of the large-scale accumulation of high-class entertainment and business in the city, it has been reputed that there is a sort of folksy atmosphere among residents, both in and around the country, for generations. Many people outside of Japan use the term 'Snobsdale' as a sign of their pride, which changes to Scottsdale.
The rich culture of Scottsdale has been featured in a show like "My Super Sweet 16" by MTV and "Book Club on Tuesday Night" by CBS, which were short-lived in 2006. In 2008, Craven Morehead, a local radio disk jockey, parodied the Hrobott's hit "Handlebars" in order to make a ridiculous expression of the arrogant night-life culture in the Scottsdale trendy. At the beginning and end of the story, the phrase "I can ride without a bicycle handle" was replaced with a parody saying "I'm a big bidet at a Scottsdale bar." The parody became popular in the local area immediately and was broadcast over and over again.
annual cultural event and festival
The 'West Most Western Town' boasts a rich Western history, preserving and emphasizing activities and events related to the excessive 'West'. The internationally famous "Scottsdale Arab Horse Show" has a tradition since 1955. Today, the show attracts thousands of visitors and tourists to see nearly 2,000 pure-blood Arabs and mixed Arabs compete for numerous awards. More than 300 street stalls and displays, as well as more than 25 demonstrations and shows, will be held in the show.
Perhaps the most famous "cowboy" event is "Scottsdale Jacise Palada del Sol," which is held annually for one month since 1954. It was originally called the Sunshine Festival, and in 1956, the rodeo of the Rodeo Cowboy Association was added. This cultural and historical event brings together cowboys and cowgirls from all over the country. The event starts with "Pallada del Sol Palade," a parade which is pulled by more than 150 horses, the world's largest horse every year.
In January of each year, for nearly 40 years, the Ballet Jackson Collector Car Auction, one of the world's largest car auctions, is held. Thanks to the success of the week-round event every year, the organizers behind it have recently started small shows similar to Palm Beach in Florida and Las Vegas in Nevada. The event is held at the huge West World Exhibition Center in North Scottsdale, and is a sight for car fans and collectors coming from all over the world. It is also known that the show features the repair and display of expensive foreign cars and historic cars as well as new products by experts.
The very popular Scottsdale Culinary Art Festival is considered to be the longest and most consecutive festival in Japan and is held every April. Many of the individual events are held throughout the city, but the central hall is located in the central city. It is estimated that 40,000 people have gathered at the week-long festival. Among them, the Great Arizona Picnic, an outdoor exhibition of chefs and restaurants well known in the local and nationwide, is the most popular. It's held on the lawn at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall.
The annual Scottsdale International Film Festival is unquestionably a leading figure in Arizona in the use of movies to foster meaningful understanding of world culture, lifestyles, religion and ethnicity.
Museums and museums
Scottsdale has more than 125 occupational galleries and studios, which are the largest number of people per citizen in Japan. The city has rapidly become the center of the American art. According to the Scottsdale Conference and Tourism Board and the "American Style Magazine," it is one of the largest art markets in Japan, and the amount of trade generated as a result of the sale and purchase of art works is comparable to that of New York and Santa Fe.
The gallery and studio are the most famous art works with the theme of the West and Indians, but the tendency to focus on contemporary art became dominant over the past 20 years. This is a visible element of the many modern art galleries opened along the Marshall Way Art District and the Contemporary Art Museum of Scottsdale, which opened in 1999. Both are in the center of the city.
The Scottsdale Civic Center Mall is located in the Old Town area, a large area of tourists, and houses two theaters, the Scottsdale Art Center and the Scottsdale Museum of History, as well as the recently established Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale. It is the only permanent art museum in Arizona specialized in contemporary art.
Talisin West, famous for its winter quarters and schools of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, was the most popular tourist spot in Arizona from 1937 to 1959. The complex is located at the northeastern edge of the city and at the foot of the McDowell Mountains.
shopping
Scottsdale has been one of the major shopping destinations in the southwestern United States for many years. In the city there are many high-class company direct stores and independent Boutiques.
There are many shopping areas in the city, from small to large. The most famous district is the Kiarand Commons of North Scottsdale, and the large Scottsdale Fashion Square of the central town, which is known as the destination of the major retail stores in Japan. These shopping centers in Scottsdale have become signature brands specific to both Phoenix and the southwestern region.
Scottsdale Fashion Square is nearly 2 million square feet (2 km2) wide (it is still spreading), and has always been ranked as the top shopping mall in the southwestern United States with sales per unit area. It includes Nodelstrom, Macise, Niemann Marcus, Dilards, and department stores such as Barney's New York, which are not yet open. Several famous retail shops include Barbary, Hugo Bosch, Kate Spade, Gooch, Louis Vuitton, Turner, Juicy Couture, Tiffany, Ferragamo, Michael Coles, Jimmy Chow, Cartier, Carolina Elena, Bulgaria and Botega Veneta. Tiffany's stores, in particular, have been the top-selling sales among U.S. stores in the past few years.
Recently, Scottsdale has come with an internationally recognized luxury brand, which has been one of the fastest growing retail markets in the United States. Including the entry of Barney's New York into the Scottsdale Fashion Square, the large shopping complex, all located in North Scottsdale, is currently under construction or under construction.
"One Scottsdale" is a partnership between Masyrich and DMB Associates, with an aim specifically to become the next luxury retail center in the Phoenix region. Three miles (5 km) in radius is equivalent to $110,292 per household, and more households in 10 miles (16 km) are earning more than $100,000 over famous retail zones such as Bar Harbor (California), Naples (Florida), Aspen (Colorado) and Hamptons (New York).
The 300,000 square feet (28,000 m2) Palmeray is an open-air, versatile project designed for the Indian Bend and Scottsdale Road, and has already received orders from Elmes, Ibusan Laurent and John Barbatos.
Every November, Scottsdale holds "Scottsdale Fashion Week." The event regularly shows fashion from influential local, domestic and international designers. The most recent exhibitors were Kate Spade, St. John, Betsy Johnson, Fasonable and Pineda Kobarin.
nightlife
Scottsdale, which the New York Times said as one of the "most hippie and hapning" places in the country, is where you can find the various high-class nightclubs, restaurants, hotels, lounges and bars that attract people. In particular, these numbers have increased over the past 10 years, and they have become popular among 'younger and fashion-conscious customers.' It is obvious that the number of hotels that opened in the central city and put emphasis on style has increased due to the same trend to entertain night-life customers. Well known are the Euberhip of the Morgan Hotel group, the white Mondrian Hotel, the Kimpton Hotel of the FireSky Resort and Spa, the Hotel Valley Ho, an independent and mid-century thick Hotel, and the W-Hotel added by the Starwood Hotels more recently.
The overwhelming majority of the Night Life facilities are concentrated between the central Camerback and Osborne roads. This is the most active and popular nightlife destination in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Similar to the Backhead area in Atlanta and the well known nightclubs in other major cities such as South Beach in Miami, most of the major bars and clubs in the center of Scottsdale are generally within walking distance, and they often create a lively and noisy atmosphere throughout the night. It is particularly active from Thursday to Sunday, and over 40,000 people are said to gather in the area.
In order to enhance the aspect of the national night life, the 'Ultimate Pedestrian Paradise Party of Scottsdale' has recently been held on the night of New Year's Eve. This New Year's Eve party will attract 25,000 people, and the number is expected to increase dramatically in the next year.
desert art
Scottsdale has found a way to beautify the scenery for commuters and travelers who travel through Pima Freeway. Concrete arts, such as lizards with 67 feet (20 meters) and cacti with 40 feet (12 meters), are found on Loop Line 101, which extends over eight miles (13 km) to show the flora and fauna of the desert. These concrete arts were named "The Path Most Traveled" and were created using decorative foam liners and artists' eyes.
Sports and Recreation
Scottsdale City is a spring camp for the San Francisco Giants and uses Scottsdale Stadium in the central city. The stadium is the home of the Scottsdale Scorpions, a minor baseball player in the Arizona Fall League.
There are no particular games in Scottsdale, but major sports called "Big Four," namely, the Phoenix Sands of NBA, the Arizona Cardinals of NFL, the Phoenix Coyotes of NHL and the Arizona Diamond Bucks of MLB, are based in the Phoenix metropolitan area and play games.
Scottsdale is also widely known as the main destination in the United States. There are more than 200 courses in the city, from the traditional Green and Fairway courses with undulating waves to the desert course. In 2006, in 2005, Rob Report made Scottsdale the "best place to live for golf in the United States", and in 2005, Boulders Resort and Golden Spa and Four Seasons Resort Scottsdale at Thorn North were selected as the second and fourth best golf resorts in the country in "Travel and Leisure Golf Magazine". Other famous golf courses include Desert Mountain, Gray Hawk, Phoenician and Silver Leaf.
The PGA Tour Championship, Phoenix Open, started in 1932 and is held every January at the Tournament Players Club in North Scottsdale. This course is part of the larger Fairmont Scottsdale Resort. Of the annual PGA Tours, the tour has the largest audience, with more than 500,000 people gathered in just four days of the tournament.
Outdoor activities such as hiking and rock climbing are very popular throughout the Phoenix region, and it is contributing to the immediate access to mountains in the city or very close to them. The citizens, located in the central part of the city, gather like a ritual at the locally preferred Camelback Mountain, and head to the McDowell Mountains in the more recently developed McDowell Sonora Natural Reserve on the northeastern edge of the city.
religion
Scottsdale has numerous churches, chapel, temple, synagogue, mosque and other religious institutions. Many Scottsdale citizens, including Protestants and Catholics, believe or believe that they are Christians, but due to the recent increase in population, they have become more diverse in religion. The most notable was the Orthodox and Jewish believers who joined the citizens. Although it is a small number, Hinduism and Buddhist societies exist in the city. Like the western United States, Arizona, and the Phoenix region as a whole, many members of the Latter Day Saints Jesus Christ Church.
Beth Israel in the Phoenix metropolitan area and the oldest Reform Judasium (Jewish Reform) rally are in Scottsdale, the largest in Arizona.
The new Phoenix-Jewish Community Center is located along the Scottsdale Road in North Scottsdale, just north of the Caccas Road. It was originally located in the central part of Phoenix, but it became too small to find a bigger place to rebuild.
government
Scottsdale is a presidential candidate for the city and the Municipal Board of Government, all of which are selected from among the city-wide constituencies. The City Manager is responsible for guiding the execution of city officials, implementing the Committee's policies, planning and budgeting to meet the Committee's objectives, and ensuring that citizens receive sufficient services effectively. The city manager also serves as the city's finance officer.
As of 2009, the mayor is Jim Lane.
The characteristic City Hall of Scottsdale was designed by the architect Benny Gonzalez in 1968 and the inner Kiba (originally the Pueblo altar) was designed to be used for community gatherings.
traffic
expressway
The Arizona State Route 101, known as the Loop Route 101, is used locally to connect Scottsdale to the cities in the Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona, and beyond, all of which are conveniently located on high rise roads.
The speed limit for many streets in Loop 101 and the city has been regulated since February 2007 and is regulated by the radar photographic system.
air
North Scottsdale in the city has a single runway Scottsdale Civic Airport (airport code IATA:SDL, ICAO:KDSL). It has more than 500 flights a day, and it is one of the most common single-runway airports in the United States. There are a few trains that arrive at and depart from the station for sightseeing or commuting, but almost all trains are used by the company or the general air.
The Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (airport code IATA:PHX, ICAO:KPHX) in Phoenix is mainly available for commercial flights.
public transportation
Public bus services in the Phoenix metropolitan area are operated by Valley Metro, and they operate on a regular basis in the city.
Scottsdale City runs a bus called "Scottsdale Trolley" around the city. Public transportation is free of charge using a bus modeled after this trolley. Currently, there are two loop-line routes, each called a downtown trolley and a neighbor food trolley. These can be transferred at the central Roma Station junction.
The downtown Trolley raced its downtown area and the Neighbor Hood Trolley raced around the South Scottsdale area from its central area to connect the Roosevelt and Scottsdale Road to the Tenppey Orbit free public circuit in Tempey City. From there you can go to Tempy City, Arizona State University Main Campus, and Tempy Central Town, or Mill Avenue.
In December 2007, Scottsdale joined the METRO Board, which runs a light rail connecting neighboring cities such as Phoenix, Tempo and Mesa. A plan to extend the light rail to Scottsdale was studied in 2001 and has been studied for a while since then. The city's transportation master plan considers the Scottsdale Road as a high capacity corridor of the city and allows light rails, modern streetcars, or bus rapid trains.
education
Scottsdale's education is mainly run by the United School District of Scottsdale. Only a few areas in the city belong to the Cave Creek Integrated Education School District, Paradise Valley Integrated Education School District, Phoenix Integrated High School District, Tempo Integrated High School District, and Vals Elementary School District in the Phoenix metropolitan area.
Scottsdale has five schools: Arcadia High School, Chaparral High School, Coronado High School, Desert Mountain High School and Sagaro High School.
The Scottsdale Community College is a higher education facility in the city, but it is actually in the Indian Settlement of the Pima-Maricopa River. Many students go to Arizona State University in Tempey. Pen Foster College, a remote education college, has its headquarters in Scottsdale.
Scottsdale also has an Arizona International School, a non-profit language intensive school where children can be taught in foreign languages (French and Spanish).
There are four branches of the Scottsdale Public Library System. The fifth branch is now under construction.
person from
- T. J. Beam, Baseball players
- Emma Stone, actress
- Gabriel Carteris, actress
- Sammy Hanlati, Actress
- Jeff Ulub, baseball player
- Daniel Colomb, Baseball players
- Taylor Lindsey, baseball player
- Brian Banister, Baseball player
- Brady Corvette, Actor
- Max Aaron figure skaters
- Madeline Aaron Figure Skater
- Lou Marson, baseball player
- Bella Twins
sister city
Scottsdale links the following cities to sister cities:
Mexico, Alamos
Cairns, Australia
Switzerland, Interlaken
Kingston, Canada
Morocco, Marrakesh - Negotiating
Footnotes
- ^ a b American FactFinder. U.S. Census Bureau. February 4, 2011. Read April 5, 2011
- ^ The 31 Places to Go This Summer - NYTimes.com
- ^ Myers, Patricia Seitters, Scottsdale: Jewel in the Desert
- ^ a b "Indian Bend Ash: Construction Complete." the United States Environmental Protection Agency Page last updated on February 16, 2007. Retrieved on February 28, 2007.
- ^ http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Assets/documents/parks/IndianBendWashBook.pdf
- ^ http://www.scottsdaleaz.gov/Assets/documents/parks/IndianBendWashBook.pdf
- ^ Scottsdale Arizona CVB : Hotels, Golf and Vacation Planning for Scottsdale AZ
- ^ "Scottsdale History."
- ^ Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved on June 1, 2006.
- ^ "Scottsdale Weather: Records & Averages." Yahoo! Retrieved on April 30, 2007.
- ^ "Average Weather for Scottsdale, AZ - Temperature and Precipitation". Weather.com. Read on April 20, 2008.
- ^ Koeppel, Geri. "Older area of Scottsdale has built-in value." Arizona Republic. November 30, 2008. Retrieved on December 3, 2008
- ^ Yantis, John. "State tops $1 billion in luxury home sales in 2005." East Valley Tribune. March 7, 2006.
- ^ Butler, Jay; Lambrakis, Christine. "Greater Phoenix August Resale Market Housing Price Increases Slow." Arizona State University. September 14, 2005. Retrieved on August 9, 2006.
- ^ Auto Dealerships Get New Purpose
- ^ Airpark loses GM dealership
- ^ The Sky Song Center
- ^ skysongcenter.com. February 2007. Retrieved on April 29, 2007.
- ^ Christie, Les. "Real estate cools down." CNN (CNN Money). May 16, 2006. Retrieved on July 6, 2006.
- ^ "Ritz-Carlton to build $400 million Scottsdale resort-residential complex". USA Today. (June 22, 2006)September 1, 2008.
- ^ Balazs, Diana (July 15, 2008). "Ritz-Carlton developer won't appeal ruling". The Arizona RepublicSeptember 1, 2008.
- ^ Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce
- ^ 50,000 work in airpark area
- ^ Population Division, U.S. Census Bureau. Release Data: July 10, 2008
- ^ "Scottsdale city, Arizona". United States Census Bureau. Read on May 10, 2009.
- ^ Sardone, Susan B. "AAA Five-Diamond Hotels 2005 - AAA Hotel Listings." About.com. 2005. Retrieved on March 4, 2006.
- ^ Hogan, Shanna. "Scottsdale is tops in country for spas." East Valley Tribune. July 11, 2006. Retrieved on July 13, 2006.
- ^ "Mayo Clinic Scottsdale (website)." Retrieved on April 29, 2007.
- ^ American Style Magazine
- ^ a b Schnarnberg, Kirsten. "A new sin city: 'Snottsdale'." Chicago Tribune. July 4, 2006. Retrieved on July 6, 2006.
- ^ Nowicki, Dan. "'Snottsdale' in prime time." Arizona Republic. June 15, 2006. Retrieved on July 6, 2006.
- ^ Rose, Jaimee. "Welcome to Marissa's world Archived November 20, 2006, at the National and University Library of Iceland." Arizona Republic. April 26, 2006. Retrieved on July 6, 2006.
- ^ Hedding, Judy. "Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show." About.com. Retrieved on August 9, 2006.
- ^ Scottsdale Culinary Festival
- ^ "Listings of Scottsdale Art Galleries." Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved on July 6, 2006.
- ^ Staff Writer. "Things to do in Phoenix." The Arizona Republic. June 7, 2006. Retrieved on December 7, 2006.
- ^ Palmeraie
- ^ Business Journals
- ^ Where's the Party? Scottsdale! - New York Times
- ^ Old West meets New West in Scottsdale, Ariz. - USATODAY.com
- ^ Bennett, Liam. "Scottsdale's Fantasy 18." Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau. Retrieved on June 1, 2006.
- ^ History of CBI Archived June 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine., Synagogue website, Our Community. Accessed December 4, 2008.
- ^ Ettenborough, Kelly. Arizona's Sanctuaries, Retreats, and Sacred Places, Big Earth Publishing, 2003, 9781565794382, p. 25.
- ^ Scarp, Mark (December 4, 2008). "Gonzales left his creative imprint on Scottsdale". East Valley TribuneJanuary 4, 2009.
- ^ Scottsdale Trolleys
- ^ Powell, Brian (December 13, 2007). "City opts for seat at Valley light-rail planning table". East Valley Tribune. Original archive as of July 27, 2009. February 1, 2009.
- ^ Transportation Master Plan
- ^ Penn Foster College
- ^ The Appaloosa Library
See also
- List of celebrities from the Phoenix Metropolitan Area
- A list of Scottsdale films
- Arizona
external link
- Official website
- Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce
- Scottsdale Convention and Visitors Bureau