Storytime With The Twins, Volume 1: 734 W. Cambridge Ave
Storytime With The Twins Volume 1 734 W. Cambridge Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007 Can you get comfortable? Grab a drink and dive into the history of this historic, mid-century modern Peter Hauskens home. Click the cover page above to go back in time! Cheers!
Storytime With The Twins
Volume 1
734 W. Cambridge Ave.
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Can you get comfortable? Grab a drink and dive into the history of this historic, mid-century modern Peter Hauskens home. Click the cover page above to go back in time! Cheers!
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7 3 4 W . C A M B R I D G E A V E .<br />
Once upon a time, cotton grew high in the fields at 7th <strong>Ave</strong> and<br />
Thomas. Cotton was one of the 5 Cs that the prewar economy was<br />
based on in Phoenix: cotton, citrus, cattle, climate and copper. Cotton<br />
was used extensively during WWI to manufacture wartime<br />
necessities like tires, airplane wings and airships . <strong>The</strong> cotton<br />
industry crashed, primarily due to reduced demand, after the war.<br />
FARM TO DEVELOPMENT<br />
From J.W. Morris<br />
ACRES 101<br />
From Dr. James Norton<br />
ACRES 110<br />
OF PHOENIX ACQUIRES LAND<br />
CITY<br />
Many acres of these cotton fields were owned by a successful<br />
local grocer, J. W. Morris. Morris sold 101 acres to the city of<br />
Phoenix in 1934 for $400/acre . 104 additional acres were<br />
sold to the city by Dr. James Norton, of Norton Dairy, in 1934,<br />
for $350/acre. Norton also sold 6 acres of his Norton Dairy<br />
farm to the city for $350/acre.<br />
<strong>Twins</strong> & Co. Realty<br />
PARK<br />
ENCANTO<br />
Phoenix Parks and Recreation, with the assistance of its<br />
president at the time, William Hartranft, created the vision<br />
of Encanto Park. Construction started in 1935 and was<br />
completed in 1938. <strong>The</strong> Enchanted Island amusement park<br />
opened in 1948 and is still a local attraction.<br />
<strong>Twins</strong> &<br />
1<br />
W W W . T W I N S A N D C O M P A N Y . C O M
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