Arizona Memories from the '50s

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Жыл бұрын

Americans have always seen the West as a land of opportunity - the place people went to reinvent themselves. In the 1950s, the Valley of the Sun was transformed by young veterans, entrepreneurs, and families looking for a new lifestyle. The economic boom that began with WWII launched a decade of change, and growth continues until this day. This is the story of the people who launched the boom years and turned the desert into the Valley of their dreams.

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@michaelt.9372 11 ай бұрын

Even when I was young in the 90s and 2000s, it was so different. It was just the beginning of the huge boom we’ve seen in the last 20 years. Its really sad. It will never be what it used to be and it’s heartbreaking.

@sergeantseven4240 8 ай бұрын

I was born in 1989 and grew up in the Arcadia area, used to ride the bus with my dad everywhere when he worked at the Honeywell plant as an electrician. He worked on the Arizona Mills mall and the Dell Webb office building on Lincoln. I do miss the way Phoenix used to be in the 90s and early 2000s. It was a lot of fun growing up.

@chetpomeroy1399 5 ай бұрын

@@sergeantseven4240 We all have wonderful memories of our childhoods, and we should savor them. Yes, things have changed, but we should *continue* to make happy memories *today.*

@elijahhassan800 11 ай бұрын

$0.80 an hour at that time is equivalent to $30.72 an hour today. Time and a half would be $45.36 an hour. For those wondering.

@peterandreadakis3851 11 ай бұрын

A right to work state that always cheated its workers with rotten wages and lack of benefits. A dubious destination with California only 500 miles away.

@Valorince 2 ай бұрын

But remember, they had such a hard time so its impossible for Gen Z to have a harder time than them, right?

@LoFoSho Ай бұрын

Don’t forget it was unionized too. Damn how they get better everything back in the day 😭

@cris5549 9 ай бұрын

I went to John F Long Elementary School and Maryvale High School. A lot has changed in the past 30 years.

@marlinmessenger3654 9 ай бұрын

I went to Maryvale in the early 80s😅

@MetroCollectablesandvlogs 8 ай бұрын

I bet, lol

@lloydzufelt7514 7 ай бұрын

So did I 55th and Camelback

@pualsmall5378 Жыл бұрын

I moved to Phx in 1977...it was paradise Sure wish we could get back to that

@bluegrassgal 10 ай бұрын

1957....

@pualsmall5378 10 ай бұрын

@@bluegrassgal I was born in 1957 ... Bet it was really paradise back then.

@Stetson_Pacheco 9 ай бұрын

It’s still paradise now!

@freddycabrera837 9 ай бұрын

@@Stetson_Pachecoyeah right lol

@franklinburk3314 6 ай бұрын

There’s literally a town in phoenix metro called paradise

@TheLakers81 8 ай бұрын

Great documentary film! I grew up in Maryvale during the 80's. Mr. Long created a beautiful community.

@ArizonaPBS 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

@original8616 4 ай бұрын

John F long yes sir

@glow1815 4 күн бұрын

I heard Maryvel so so bad in the 80s- 90s lots of people moved out. Today even worst one of the scariest city. I never lived just via news and people.

@joseolivas9213 Жыл бұрын

Nowadays maryvale has shootings everyday and junkies walking around lol

@overdugo82 Жыл бұрын

I think Maryvale is the worst part of Phoenix. The police don't even go there.

@smplfi9859 11 ай бұрын

it's a COLORful neighborhood :P

@MetroCollectablesandvlogs 8 ай бұрын

@@smplfi9859 LOL.... facts

@longiusaescius2537 7 ай бұрын

I love scholars, youths and joggers in Maryvale

@RoplexGaming 3 ай бұрын

Not that bad , I was born and raised here . A whole lot of development recently too

@MetroCollectablesandvlogs 8 ай бұрын

Man, I wish it was like this still.... we moved here in 08' .... My mom and I originally moved here in 96' back came back in 08... to get away from the big city ,but now its overcrowded and over priced.

@marlinmessenger3654 9 ай бұрын

Born in 67 and raised in Maryvale, John F.Long homes for miles each direction, was there for 34 years . Now, I here it's not that great anymore.

@dougharding5231 6 ай бұрын

I hear that it's not great here in Maryvale also.

@smujer1 Күн бұрын

Not in Maryvale it isn't

@lloydzufelt7514 7 ай бұрын

We moved to maryvale in 1960, i left maryvale in 77 joined the army. My family still lives in Phoenix metro

@josephbingham1255 9 ай бұрын

A nice film. 3:04 17 year old Harvey Leroy Sleen who graduated from Globe High School June 13, 1941 died in the December 7, 1941 attack and is assumed still on board the U.S.S. Arizona.

@ArizonaPBS 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words, and for remembering a brave Arizonan.

@valleyofthesun3297 9 ай бұрын

Amazing video! That's the valley of the sun!

@RXM73 23 күн бұрын

I took a drive through my old neighborhood near 51st ave & Indian School and I was blown away by the downturn and poor conditions of Maryvale. Big shame, John F. Long must be rolling in his grave..no disrespect.

@Thedailysideshow 11 ай бұрын

My hometown! 🥰

@alexschmidt7425 21 күн бұрын

Love this!!! Moved to PHX in 1978 and haven't left. Used to go to the hot air balloon regatta at the Thunderbird School of International Management on 59th Avenue and Greenway. So cool, but PHX has blown up in the past 20 yrs. Waaaaay too many WAORCA virus transplants, turning Maricopa County purple since 2008...

@LLDavis-qe8wb 8 ай бұрын

I was born in Phoenix in 1943. Graduated from Phoenix union . Got the hell out of their in 1980, and don't miss it at all.

@billveek9518 8 ай бұрын

We don't miss you either, if more Democrats like you would leave we'd be fine

@phxnezze 7 ай бұрын

@@billveek9518 😑come on man, just a fun video and not too offensive comment

@billveek9518 7 ай бұрын

@@phxnezze how is that comment offensive? Dam, what shallow feelings you have.

@phxnezze 7 ай бұрын

@@billveek9518"Don't miss it at all" was the comment that was offensive enough that you made a dumb political comment.

@moehemyarecrescentautomoti4295 Ай бұрын

@@billveek9518 I moved there in 1970 and out in 2019, I miss the old Phoenix, Glendale. I'm not into the new overcrowded Phx. and before anyone says anything i'm a Republican😊

@danielacostanues 7 ай бұрын

Great production

@ArizonaPBS 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@silentautisticdragon-kp9sw Ай бұрын

My great-grandma's home in insert Arizona town name here was built in the early 1950s, and it still stands. I'm young but even when I was a little kid it was so much different. I feel like we've lost a lot of our culture and individuality.

@lloydzufelt7514 Ай бұрын

Moved to maryvale in 1960 and I loved it

@LoFoSho Ай бұрын

That’s crazy man. Now our problems here are water, single family homes, and car dependency. We were screwed from the beginning! 😭

@tyket5929 15 күн бұрын

Yeah, independence is scary.

@RedBlackFilms 7 ай бұрын

7:38 Maryvale is now garbage and a place you're likely to get shot or robbed.

@devengudinas1649 Ай бұрын

Little Mexico now

@bluegrassgal 10 ай бұрын

I owned a John F Long home...best one ever!!

@bidenadministrationischina5091 2 ай бұрын

I’m 32 and my soul is tickled by this video

@chocolatechunkycookies 2 ай бұрын

So cool! I was curious about history of my home and now I have learned a lot. I want to learn about the tribes that lived here before the city was started. I'm also curious about how many of the buildings shown in this documentary are still standing and where to find the not so obvious ones. 😅

@ArizonaPBS 2 ай бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it. There are definitely always more stories to tell -- thanks so much for your interest!

@bethmendoza1847 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t that Pat McMahon’s voice in the background? A voice I’ve heard all my life here in Phoenix.

@ArizonaPBS Жыл бұрын

It sure is. Good ear!

@Nova-ne1il 2 ай бұрын

He is the voice of Phoenix!! I grew up watching him on Wallace and ladmo. Then PBS. The news at times he just Is the voice of Phoenix.

@smujer1 Күн бұрын

Sure is

@neighborhoodhero9977 7 ай бұрын

Seems like life was better back then. Minus the racism

@TeezyT_Sunrise Жыл бұрын

KZfaq Teezy T Phoenix. Song says it all

@original8616 4 ай бұрын

Arizona Native grew up in Maryvale it definitely went down hill

@grdfhrghrggrtwqqu 3 ай бұрын

who do we blame.

@IEchuckie 7 ай бұрын

Phoenix is now considered LA east and that is not a good thing

@devengudinas1649 Ай бұрын

Vegas also

@StevieTompkins-bu4qk 7 ай бұрын

Tachito ws lcm 36 for. Life

@teevee2145 23 күн бұрын

Sure has been destroyed

@vivalarriva 5 ай бұрын

Pat McMahon. Anyone remember Wallace and Ladmo?

@ArizonaPBS 5 ай бұрын

This is an old interview (obviously), but you might enjoy it! We had Bill "Wallace" Thompson and Pat McMahon on Horizon in 2011: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kM97fNyqtbvRZmw.html

@SherlockOhms119 2 ай бұрын

FBI Violent Street Gang Task Force with Phoenix AZDPS.

@cadilacdesert 2 ай бұрын

Now we have no water

@smujer1 Күн бұрын

Wrong

@cadilacdesert Күн бұрын

@@smujer1 ok, keep believing what they tell you. I have only guided in the Grand Canyon for 25 years. You should read the Cadillac Desert.

@cadilacdesert Күн бұрын

Why would a state that completely relies on growth say anything about water problems. Have you tried to dig a well recently? I have.

@eutimiochavez415 2 ай бұрын

And the Mexican were left in Guadalupe to live. Huh 😂😂

@eutimiochavez415 Жыл бұрын

Every where u lived in the u s a Mexican and blacks and Indian people were miss treated , I know it happen to me in the 50s

@fredrickvonpumanickellii4238 Жыл бұрын

No way

@eutimiochavez415 Жыл бұрын

@@fredrickvonpumanickellii4238 yess they are , and u know it or are u in La la land?

@JakeMcshane3 Жыл бұрын

sorry about that

@mr.centrist5789 Жыл бұрын

Every era has its good and bad

@chandran8236 Жыл бұрын

If that is the case then how come the US is the only place in the World where you can see people from every corner of Earth.

@stanbarrington 6 күн бұрын

Sad how Maryvale community went from The Cleavers to gang-banger town in under 30 years.

@rnninobrown Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the Carpio's, Calleros and Cantu's in the 480

@marlinmessenger3654 9 ай бұрын

I have no clue 😮!

@longiusaescius2537 7 ай бұрын

Who?