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  • ArtValley of the Sun

    A Ship Sailing Through Scottsdale?

    By Sam Lowe
    June 16, 2012
    SCOTTSDALE -- So you're driving along East McDowell Road when suddenly up pops this thing that looks like an oversize sailing vessel, so big ...
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    Big Chicks Stand Guard at Arizona Restaurants

    By Sam Lowe
    June 10, 2012
    Arizona seems to attract giant roosters the way Hollywood attracts killer frogs and giant spiders. Nobody's sure why they flock here, but the big ...
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  • ArtValley of the Sun

    The “Flying Mushroom” in Downtown Phoenix

    By Sam Lowe
    May 14, 2012
    PHOENIX -- One of the more recent additions to the city's public art is large and a bit difficult to understand. Since being installed ...
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  • Dose of HistoryRecreationValley of the Sun

    Walk in the Path of Ancient Hohokam at Sears-Kay Ruin

    By Andrea Aker
    March 29, 2012
    Just east of Carefree, the Sears-Kay Ruin offers a peek into the lifestyles of ancient Hohokam Indians, ancestors of today’s Pima Indians and the ...
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  • Dose of HistoryValley of the Sun

    Scottsdale Shopping Center Becomes the Right Place for a Wright Piece

    By Sam Lowe
    March 14, 2012
    SCOTTSDALE -- The City of Scottsdale is benefiting from an error in judgement by the State of Arizona. In 1957, famed architect Frank Lloyd ...
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  • Natural SurroundingsValley of the Sun

    Arizona Falls Serves as Double Duty Waterfall

    By Sam Lowe
    March 8, 2012
    PHOENIX -- Most waterfalls cascade across mountain faces or plummet into deep gorges, and they're usually hard to reach. But there's one in Phoenix ...
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  • Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    Giant Arrow Points to Phoenix

    By Sam Lowe
    March 4, 2012
    PHOENIX -- More than 50 years ago, the Valley of the Sun was a whole lot of desert sprinkled with a few towns, mostly ...
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  • ArtNatural SurroundingsValley of the Sun

    Tree Stump Sculptures Adorn Chandler Golf Course

    By Sam Lowe
    January 12, 2012
    CHANDLER -- After summer monsoon winds knocked down several large trees on the SunBird Golf Course in 2005, the course operators decided that, rather ...
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  • Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    Cornhusker Queen Runs Old Town Scottsdale Store for Nebraska Fans

    By Sam Lowe
    January 3, 2012
    SCOTTSDALE -- Caryl Peters is a University of Nebraska football fan. Like most who cheer for the Cornhuskers, she is rabid, intense, avid and ...
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    Odd ObservationsValley of the Sun

    The Valley’s Cake Buildings: A Little History Behind Gammage, ASU Music and Tovrea Castle

    By Sam Lowe
    December 18, 2011
    Some buildings look just like buildings; others can conjure up visions of happy songs, candles and wishes. Three of them are located in the ...
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