POINTS OF PRIDE - AND YOUR POINT IS?

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What's Your Point?
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The Phoenix Pride Commission is asking the public to add another site to its Points of Pride list.
From Feb. 11 to March 20, everyone is invited to vote for their favorite Point of Pride from among the 10 finalists recently selected from more than 60 sites that were nominated by the public in the fall 2007.
Nomination rules:

Voting is open to everyone
Only one location can be listed on each entry
You may vote ONLY one time for a location
You must include your name and address for the vote to be valid
The Phoenix Pride Commission will tally the votes and announce the new Points of Pride site(s) in April. Current 30 points of pride.
TOP 10 FINALISTS

ASU at the West campus
4701 W. Thunderbird Road
ASU's West campus, created by the state legislature in 1984, boasts nearly 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students in four nationally recognized colleges. Located in the heart of northwest Phoenix, it is the centerpiece of a burgeoning region of commerce, recreation, arts and lifelong learning opportunities.
Offering more than 40 degree programs, the campus is a commanding and respected component of ASU's multi-campus "New American University" vision. Faculty and students continue to win a wide variety of national and international research and scholarship awards that reflect a commitment to community embeddedness and social responsibility.

Burton Barr Central Library
1221 N. Central Ave.
The 280,000-square-foot Burton Barr Central Library, designed by bruderDWL architects, is inspired by Monument Valley, resembling a curving copper mesa split by a stainless steel canyon. Housing a collection of more than 760,000 items, more than 2,500 people visit the Central Library each day. The library is home to a number of unique collections, including materials about Phoenix and the state of Arizona in the Arizona Room, artist-made and fine press books as well as the Alfred Knight Rare Book Collection in the Rare Book Room, and the nationally acclaimed Special Needs Center with assistive technology for people with disabilities.
Teen Central, a 5,000-square-foot space on the fourth floor, offers a wide array of resources for people between 12 and 18 years of age. Finally, The First Five Years/Los Primeros Cinco Años and the Center for Children's Literature provide families with an opportunity to explore the wonders of the world of reading and literature together.

George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center
415 E. Grant St.
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is housed in the historic former Carver High School site and archives the rich cultural heritage and experiences of the early pioneers who made a significant impact on the development of the African-American community, the community's era of segregation and its civil rights movement.
Listed on the national, state and city of Phoenix historic registers, the building, built in 1926, is one of the few remaining structures in Phoenix built exclusively for African Americans during the period of enforced segregation from 1912 to 1954.

Cesar Chavez Park
7858 S. 35th Ave.
At 355 acres, Cesar Chavez Park is the largest flatland, or city, park in Phoenix. The park is home to multiple city facilities including Cesar Chavez Sports Complex, Alvord Lake, a Parks Department Nursery and the Cesar Chavez Library branch. With a stocked lake, picnic ramadas, a fully accessible playground and plentiful green space, the park is an extremely popular gathering spot for area families. The parks features four lighted softball fields with a batting cage, two lighted baseball diamonds, six lighted basketball courts, eight lighted handball courts, eight lighted tennis courts, one lighted soccer field and a multi-use field. The park's innovative playground is designed with equipment and surfacing to accommodate participants with disabilities. An artist-designed commemorative plaza features an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of Cesar Chavez with four accompanying bronze narrative plaques.
Originally developed as a park in 1982, and further developed in 1995 and 1997, the Phoenix Parks and Preserves Initiative funded the most recent improvements, which brought lighting to the athletic fields, the new playgrounds, decorative fencing along the park drive, lighted monument walls and the park entrances, lakeside seating and improved area lighting and landscaping throughout.

Chase Field
401 E. Jefferson St.
Did you know that the Arizona Diamondbacks played their first game at Chase Field on March 31, 1998? Yet only 10 years later, the stadium is an icon to the city of Phoenix and Maricopa County. Chase Field, home to the Arizona Diamondbacks, is owned and operated by the citizens of Maricopa County through their Stadium District. As a publicly funded $370 million dollar investment, Chase Field was one of the first big changes to the downtown Phoenix area when it broke ground in 1995. Because our Arizona Diamondbacks make the stadium their home, baseball is the first natural thought when you think of Chase Field. Chase Field was the first facility in the world to have an indoor stadium with a combination of a retractable roof, air conditioning and a natural turf field. It is quite simply a Maricopa County treasure.

Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center
122 E. Culver St.
The Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, the Valley's first Jewish synagogue, was constructed in 1921. From 1921 to 1949, it was the home of Congregation Beth Israel, used as both a synagogue and a community center. It then housed the First Chinese Baptist Church, Phoenix's first Chinese-speaking Christian Church, and the Iglesia Bautista, a Spanish-speaking Baptist congregation. As such, the center is an important symbol of the great diversity of our city.
The Arizona Jewish Historical Society is restoring the site as a museum and cultural center. When completed, it will feature a series of first-person exhibits depicting the Jewish experience in Arizona as well as the contributions that Jews have made to Arizona and American life. When the center was built, there were just over 100 Jews living in the Phoenix area; today there are more than 83,000. The center is named for local civic activists James and Bettie Cutler, and for Rabbi Albert Plotkin, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel from 1955-1991.

Murphy Bridle Path
Central Avenue from Bethany Home Road to the
Arizona Canal, just south of Dunlap Avenue.
The 2 1/2 mile, six-foot-wide crushed granite path runs along Central Avenue through the heart of north Central Phoenix. Mature ash and olive trees, some more than 100 years old, provide a lush canopy of shade for the thousands of bikers, hikers, joggers, walkers and other people who use the trail each year. The trail was named for William Murphy, who was hired to build the Arizona Canal in 1883. Murphy also was a land speculator who founded the nearby area, dubbing it Orangewood. He dedicated a 100-foot right of way to the public to create North Central Avenue. Area residents gathered in 1995 to celebrate the path's 100th anniversary. Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department staff now maintain both the trail and the surrounding ash, aleppo pine and olive trees.

North Mountain Visitor's Center
12950 N. Seventh St.
In just a short time, the North Mountain Visitor's Center has become a community focal point and a regular destination for thousands of visitors each year. The center offers educational classes and displays to interpret and understand the Sonoran Desert, found right outside the center's doors. A series of trails adjacent to the center mean desert exploration is just a step away.
Visitors can find trail maps and talk to a park ranger for information on hikes or mountain bike rides, pick up brochures and pamphlets on a variety of topics related to the Sonoran Desert and the city's mountain preserve system, learn about upcoming park ranger-led outdoor programs or drop in for a Ranger Program on the Sonoran Desert. The center's Coffee House Music Series regularly attracts dozens of people.

Pioneer Living History Museum
3901 W. Pioneer Road
(One mile north of Carefree Highway off I-17 Exit 225)
Nestled 30 miles north of downtown Phoenix, surrounded by saguaros, scenic mountains and the luster of native plants, lies a unique Village of the 1860-1912 era when Arizona was largely a wild and untamed Territory. The Village contains 25 historic buildings and a variety of animals including a longhorn steer, two 1,000 pound hogs, goats, a mule, pigs, sheep and many others.
Historic buildings include an Opera House, a working Blacksmith, the Ashurst Cabin (boyhood home of Arizona's first U.S. Senator), Flying V Cabin (constructed by John Tewsksbury, whose family was involved in the Pleasant Valley Range War between the cattlemen and sheepherders and was the site of Apache Indian attacks), a church, school house, bank, sheriff's office, two ranch houses, a Victorian house, exhibit hall and other structures. An authentic western shoot-out re-enactment is conducted daily along with a gun safety program plus periodic special events.

Royal Palms Resort and Spa
5200 E. Camelback Road
The palm-lined entrance to the Royal Palms Resort and Spa at the base of Camelback Mountain is not your average resort property. Palm trees lining the hotel driveway greet you, ending at a 250-year-old antique fountain. Stone-paved paths lead to secluded gardens offering tropical flowers, century-old benches and peaceful privacy. A charmingly intimate resort, this exclusive Spanish-Mediterranean estate encompasses a bygone era of elegance and style.
The mansion that would become the Royal Palms was constructed in 1929 as a winter retreat for New York financier Delos Cooke and his wife Florence. T. Cook’s restaurant houses the original fireplace from the Cooke Mansion. An annual grounds allowance of $10,000 filled the gardens with rare palms, flowers and cacti, many of which still remain and surround the resorts 119 beautifully appointed villas, casitas and private guest rooms. The Alvadora Spa is where sophistication and elegance meet Old World Charm and where enchanting pathways lead to a secluded wellness and fitness environment.

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ASU at the West campus 4701 W. Thunderbird Road ASU's West campus, created by the state legislature in 1984, boasts nearly 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students in four nationally recognized colleges. Located in the heart of northwest Phoenix, it is the centerpiece of a burgeoning region of commerce, recreation, arts and lifelong learning opportunities. Offering more than 40 degree programs, the campus is a commanding and respected component of ASU's multi-campus "New American University" vision. Faculty and students continue to win a wide variety of national and international research and scholarship awards that reflect a commitment to community embeddedness and social responsibility.	Burton Barr Central Library 1221 N. Central Ave. The 280,000-square-foot Burton Barr Central Library, designed by bruderDWL architects, is inspired by Monument Valley, resembling a curving copper mesa split by a stainless steel canyon. Housing a collection of more than 760,000 items, more than 2,500 people visit the Central Library each day. The library is home to a number of unique collections, including materials about Phoenix and the state of Arizona in the Arizona Room, artist-made and fine press books as well as the Alfred Knight Rare Book Collection in the Rare Book Room, and the nationally acclaimed Special Needs Center with assistive technology for people with disabilities. Teen Central, a 5,000-square-foot space on the fourth floor, offers a wide array of resources for people between 12 and 18 years of age. Finally, The First Five Years/Los Primeros Cinco Años and the Center for Children's Literature provide families with an opportunity to explore the wonders of the world of reading and literature together.
George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center 415 E. Grant St. George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center is housed in the historic former Carver High School site and archives the rich cultural heritage and experiences of the early pioneers who made a significant impact on the development of the African-American community, the community's era of segregation and its civil rights movement. Listed on the national, state and city of Phoenix historic registers, the building, built in 1926, is one of the few remaining structures in Phoenix built exclusively for African Americans during the period of enforced segregation from 1912 to 1954.	Cesar Chavez Park 7858 S. 35th Ave. At 355 acres, Cesar Chavez Park is the largest flatland, or city, park in Phoenix. The park is home to multiple city facilities including Cesar Chavez Sports Complex, Alvord Lake, a Parks Department Nursery and the Cesar Chavez Library branch. With a stocked lake, picnic ramadas, a fully accessible playground and plentiful green space, the park is an extremely popular gathering spot for area families. The parks features four lighted softball fields with a batting cage, two lighted baseball diamonds, six lighted basketball courts, eight lighted handball courts, eight lighted tennis courts, one lighted soccer field and a multi-use field. The park's innovative playground is designed with equipment and surfacing to accommodate participants with disabilities. An artist-designed commemorative plaza features an eight-foot-tall bronze statue of Cesar Chavez with four accompanying bronze narrative plaques. Originally developed as a park in 1982, and further developed in 1995 and 1997, the Phoenix Parks and Preserves Initiative funded the most recent improvements, which brought lighting to the athletic fields, the new playgrounds, decorative fencing along the park drive, lighted monument walls and the park entrances, lakeside seating and improved area lighting and landscaping throughout.
Chase Field 401 E. Jefferson St. Did you know that the Arizona Diamondbacks played their first game at Chase Field on March 31, 1998? Yet only 10 years later, the stadium is an icon to the city of Phoenix and Maricopa County. Chase Field, home to the Arizona Diamondbacks, is owned and operated by the citizens of Maricopa County through their Stadium District. As a publicly funded $370 million dollar investment, Chase Field was one of the first big changes to the downtown Phoenix area when it broke ground in 1995. Because our Arizona Diamondbacks make the stadium their home, baseball is the first natural thought when you think of Chase Field. Chase Field was the first facility in the world to have an indoor stadium with a combination of a retractable roof, air conditioning and a natural turf field. It is quite simply a Maricopa County treasure.	Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center 122 E. Culver St. The Cutler-Plotkin Jewish Heritage Center, the Valley's first Jewish synagogue, was constructed in 1921. From 1921 to 1949, it was the home of Congregation Beth Israel, used as both a synagogue and a community center. It then housed the First Chinese Baptist Church, Phoenix's first Chinese-speaking Christian Church, and the Iglesia Bautista, a Spanish-speaking Baptist congregation. As such, the center is an important symbol of the great diversity of our city. The Arizona Jewish Historical Society is restoring the site as a museum and cultural center. When completed, it will feature a series of first-person exhibits depicting the Jewish experience in Arizona as well as the contributions that Jews have made to Arizona and American life. When the center was built, there were just over 100 Jews living in the Phoenix area; today there are more than 83,000. The center is named for local civic activists James and Bettie Cutler, and for Rabbi Albert Plotkin, Rabbi of Congregation Beth Israel from 1955-1991.
Murphy Bridle Path Central Avenue from Bethany Home Road to the Arizona Canal, just south of Dunlap Avenue. The 2 1/2 mile, six-foot-wide crushed granite path runs along Central Avenue through the heart of north Central Phoenix. Mature ash and olive trees, some more than 100 years old, provide a lush canopy of shade for the thousands of bikers, hikers, joggers, walkers and other people who use the trail each year. The trail was named for William Murphy, who was hired to build the Arizona Canal in 1883. Murphy also was a land speculator who founded the nearby area, dubbing it Orangewood. He dedicated a 100-foot right of way to the public to create North Central Avenue. Area residents gathered in 1995 to celebrate the path's 100th anniversary. Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department staff now maintain both the trail and the surrounding ash, aleppo pine and olive trees.	North Mountain Visitor's Center 12950 N. Seventh St. In just a short time, the North Mountain Visitor's Center has become a community focal point and a regular destination for thousands of visitors each year. The center offers educational classes and displays to interpret and understand the Sonoran Desert, found right outside the center's doors. A series of trails adjacent to the center mean desert exploration is just a step away. Visitors can find trail maps and talk to a park ranger for information on hikes or mountain bike rides, pick up brochures and pamphlets on a variety of topics related to the Sonoran Desert and the city's mountain preserve system, learn about upcoming park ranger-led outdoor programs or drop in for a Ranger Program on the Sonoran Desert. The center's Coffee House Music Series regularly attracts dozens of people.
Pioneer Living History Museum 3901 W. Pioneer Road (One mile north of Carefree Highway off I-17 Exit 225) Nestled 30 miles north of downtown Phoenix, surrounded by saguaros, scenic mountains and the luster of native plants, lies a unique Village of the 1860-1912 era when Arizona was largely a wild and untamed Territory. The Village contains 25 historic buildings and a variety of animals including a longhorn steer, two 1,000 pound hogs, goats, a mule, pigs, sheep and many others. Historic buildings include an Opera House, a working Blacksmith, the Ashurst Cabin (boyhood home of Arizona's first U.S. Senator), Flying V Cabin (constructed by John Tewsksbury, whose family was involved in the Pleasant Valley Range War between the cattlemen and sheepherders and was the site of Apache Indian attacks), a church, school house, bank, sheriff's office, two ranch houses, a Victorian house, exhibit hall and other structures. An authentic western shoot-out re-enactment is conducted daily along with a gun safety program plus periodic special events.	Royal Palms Resort and Spa 5200 E. Camelback Road The palm-lined entrance to the Royal Palms Resort and Spa at the base of Camelback Mountain is not your average resort property. Palm trees lining the hotel driveway greet you, ending at a 250-year-old antique fountain. Stone-paved paths lead to secluded gardens offering tropical flowers, century-old benches and peaceful privacy. A charmingly intimate resort, this exclusive Spanish-Mediterranean estate encompasses a bygone era of elegance and style. The mansion that would become the Royal Palms was constructed in 1929 as a winter retreat for New York financier Delos Cooke and his wife Florence. T. Cook’s restaurant houses the original fireplace from the Cooke Mansion. An annual grounds allowance of $10,000 filled the gardens with rare palms, flowers and cacti, many of which still remain and surround the resorts 119 beautifully appointed villas, casitas and private guest rooms. The Alvadora Spa is where sophistication and elegance meet Old World Charm and where enchanting pathways lead to a secluded wellness and fitness environment.