District boundaries are roughly: Virginia Avenue to Encanto Blvd, 17th Avenue to 15th Avenue The Encanto Municipal Golf Course wraps around the northern and western edges of this roughly 1/4 mile historic district, while beautiful Encanto Park cradles the neighborhood on the eastern edge. Ad agencies originally sold Del Norte Place as “the countryside west [...]
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Fairview Place Historic District boundaries are roughly: Encanto Boulevard to McDowell Road, between 15th Avenue and 17th Avenue. Fairview Place, as the name implies, is neighbor to the Arizona State Fairgrounds. This makes for impressive Fairview sunsets— with the elegant Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in the foreground year-round and the added interest of a soaring Ferris [...]
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Generally bounded by Osborn and Thomas roads, 15th and 19th avenues. The home style in the North Encanto Historic District is overwhelming the Transitional Ranch, with low-pitched roofs and steel casement windows. Usually at least one window magically defies window-ness by bending around a corner in these clean-lined, brick homes of the residential North Encanto [...]
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Whether you want a modern remodel with stainless steel appliances and polished concrete floors or you’re looking for an original Ranch with tiling accents in now-unattainable shades of green or pink, chances are good you will find the Ranch of your dreams in North Encanto. There are almost 1-square mile of them here, and most [...]
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If you are looking for a roomier ranch-style home and a larger lot with a variety of amenities nearby, there is a lot to recommend the Campus Vista neighborhood. Campus Vista Historic District boundaries are roughly: Osborn to Thomas, 7th Avenue to 15th Avenue. Phoenix College opened its ‘new’ campus on the edge of the [...]
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