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Originally Posted by combusean
Maybe, maybe if we had a 100' height limit all across downtown, *something* like this would have arisen over time, but I think we'd still be filling in the holes left after decades of neglect. Buildings like this without any parking were all obsolete by 1950.
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Downtown Phoenix in the 1920's, when this template was created, was mostly mid-rise architecture. Almost all of the mid-rise buildings downtown were destroyed by the 1970's and the primary reason why no one recognizes that the template shown isn't far off from how Phoenix started and was in the 20's. If these beautiful buildings were erected the Phoenix streetcar system would have likely survived beyond 1948.
The City Beautiful template would have required demolition of many old buildings but that is something that happened anyway. Example of some City Beautiful Movement buildings in Phoenix that have survived are Kenilworth School, Monroe School (Children's Museum of Phoenix), Luhrs Central Building, Luhrs Tower, Historic City Hall/County Courthouse, Orpheum Theatre, etc...