Much of the development and road improvements of the 1980s were on the outer limits of Tucson's metro area. The rural feeling of places like Swan and Sunrise and Ina and Oracle began to fade as housing and retail developments…
The rural feeling of places like Swan and Sunrise and Ina and Oracle began to fade as housing and retail developments ate up open desert.Swan Road and Sunrise Drive in February, 1980. The new Safeway Plaza is bottom right. Catty-corner from the Safeway, a Burger King restaurant is under construction. Across the street, land bladed for a Valley National Bank , a restaurant, retail and apartments. The old Rural Metro fire station is behind the street mall at top right.
The intersection of Grant and Craycroft roads is at bottom left.O'Reilly Chevrolet , then Park Mall and Broadway Road in February, 1980. The open land at top left is now Williams Centre.The FICO pecan orchards, bisected by South Nogales Highway, looking north to Sahuarita Road in February, 1980.Tanque Verde Road and Wrightstown Road in February, 1980, before the City of Tucson constructed the grade-separated interchange. The first units of the Tanque Verde Apartments are lower left.
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