Roughly bounded by Central Avenue and Seventh Street, Camelback north to Oregon Avenue. It’s hard to imagine why Windsor Square isn’t called Windsor Ovals since there is nothing remotely square about this neighborhood. The elliptical street layout in Windsor Square is a constant surprise to drivers who are accustomed to the grid-like regularity of the [...]
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Windsor Square is significant as a neighborhood that provides evidence of the northern limits of the speculative land development patterns occurring in Phoenix during the late 1920s. The district contains several excellent examples of Period Revival style architecture and has unique architectural merit due to the concentration of homes built after 1939 and through World [...]
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