Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Phoenix Downtown Historical Walking Tour
Phoenix is a city that moves fast, always building toward the next horizon, which makes it easy to forget that its downtown core holds more than a century of layered, fascinating history just waiting to be uncovered. This walking tour pulls back the curtain on that history, guiding you through a compact stretch of the city where territorial ambitions, immigrant dreams, civic pride, and architectural ambition all left their marks on the landscape.
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Stops on this tour
- Rosson House Museum at The Square PHX
- St. Mary's Roman Catholic Basilica
- Hotel San Carlos
- Heard Building
- Orpheum Theatre Phoenix
- Phoenix City Hall
- Union Station
- Luhrs Tower
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