Phoenix Urban Design Week 2017

Our walking tour will highlight local and independently owned coffee shops and give guests a taste of the places, spaces, and faces that make our city unique. The tour route highlights public artworks and historical buildings throughout downtown Phoenix and the Roosevelt Row Arts District. In addition, the tour will stop at a few of the best local java spots in the neighborhood. This two hour Saturday morning stroll will leave guests feeling buzzed and excited to discover more about coffee and Downtown Phoenix. Discounts available to Arizona residents! 

Sign up at phxtours.com. Upon registration, you will receive the start location and other pertinent information.

Be sure to get your tickets to this great tour by clicking the link!

Join Phoenix Rising Tour Company for a guided Art & Mural Bicycle Tour of downtown Phoenix! You'll visit public spaces, public art and murals that dot our urban landscape. Sign up at phxtours.com. Once you register, you'll receive instructions with the starting location and other pertinent information.

Please join us for the 2017 Willo Historic District Home Tour and Street Fair. We will be featuring beautifully restored historic homes representing a variety of styles and eras. A street fair featuring local vendors winds down Monte Vista and Holly Roads.

Join us for a fabulous day!

Parking is available at the parking garage located at 1st Avenue and Holly. You are also welcome to park in any available location within our neighborhood. Trolleys will be continually running throughout the day and you are welcome to hop on and off at your convenience.

For news and updates on the tour, please visit our Facebook page.

Meet Me Downtown Phoenix (MMDT) brings people of all ages to downtown Phoenix for a weekly social walk/run, engaging individuals and businesses in a vibrant event that showcases downtown Phoenix as a prime location for healthy activities.

Special for this year's Phoenix Urban Design Week, MMDT participants can journey through downtown alleys and plazas, some that date as far back as 1885... to today. Jeff Sherman, Phoenix native and downtown advocate, has researched downtown Phoenix history from this particular vantage point: alleys, dark and not so dark!

Here is an Interactive Google map link for the walk and historical overview pictures: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1E92-ZoiDF5Eey8oP-y-mkecBBTQ&usp=sharing

As this is an alleys and public space discussion, here are some good references:
• CliffNotes Version 3 Minutes By Street Films ~ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU2vVqbtRAY
• Full Documentary by Whyte 1980 ~ https://archive.org/details/SmallUrbanSpaces

WHAT TO EXPECT AT MMDT

Check-in at 5:15 pm to 6:30 pm. If you park in the garage have your parking validated at any CityScape business.

Don’t wait in line…register anytime or check-in (after 3 pm) online from home or your smartphone. You register only once, then check-in is so easy.

Already checked in? Good move!

Get your MMDTPHX hand stamp…your ID for restaurant discounts…

Walk or run anytime. We provide a route guide. Route is 3.3 miles, plus a 1.8-mile extension for the runner who wants more distance.

Want to join a group? Just ask.

7 pm… Closing ceremony, awards and a weekly free raffle…gift certificates for local restaurants/businesses and Sole Sports Running.

We track attendance…you earn free incentive awards…click here. Awards presented at closing ceremony.

Area restaurants offer discounts on Monday evenings with your MMDTPHX hand stamp. Click here for discount details.

SAFETY FIRST! Please obey all traffic signals…this is not a race. It’s a healthy social occasion.

Join Marshall Shore, the unofficial Arizona Hip Historian, for a bus tour of historic graveyards, ruins, and ghostly haunts in downtown Phoenix. The tour commences at the Clarendon, a boutique hotel with a wildly checkered past. Once the scene of the infamous Don Bolles murder, the hotel is home to various ghosts, including some recent and some longtime residents.

The tour will include a drive by of the historic Orpheum Hotel (Adams and Second Avenue), home to the mysterious female spirit who wanders inside; a visit to the Pioneer and Military Memorial Park, the final resting place to notable figures in Arizona history and folklore; a peek inside the ruin of the historic First Baptist Church on 3rd Ave and Monroe, which caught fire in the mid-80’s; a stop at the San Carlos Hotel, home to the ghost of Leone Jensen, who has haunted its halls since 1928.

Cost: $30. Tickets are non-refundable. Parking available at the Clarendon Hotel.