The History of Phoenix Seen Through the Buildings

Downtown Phoenix may not have the depth of architecture found in older cities in America, but if you look closely, you'll find a richer selection than first meets the eye. If nothing else, the buildings found in Phoenix certainly tell the story of Phoenix and, that alone, makes them historically and culturally significant in telling the story of the fastest growing city (in terms of real population) in America and perhaps the secret to why a city with a population of 29,000 in 1920 and only 65,000 in 1940 could have surpassed the population of all but 4 of the largest US cities by 2006 with a population of  1.3 million in the 2000 population census and growing.....