tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post6397576091066685309..comments2024-01-07T06:31:21.493-07:00Comments on Walking Prescott: Protecting the GranitesGranny Jhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-26044137169468728162007-11-14T19:54:00.000-07:002007-11-14T19:54:00.000-07:00onepoet -- I suspect that if I had grown up here, ...onepoet -- I suspect that if I had grown up here, with that ranch at the 5-points intersection, I would weep every time I see those shopping centers that have taken its place. That is one reason I'm glad I have spent my life living well within the city, where ever, for I haven't had to watch the countryside being eaten up every day by development.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-5747666287459906742007-11-14T15:49:00.000-07:002007-11-14T15:49:00.000-07:00Before the Ponderosa Plaza Mall (which was actuall...Before the Ponderosa Plaza Mall (which was actually "Northern" Arizona's first climate-controlled mall, as I remember it) there was a beautiful ranch on this property. I don't know what kind of shape it was actually in, as there was never any cause to head onto the property. But it was a most pleasant view as one headed out Iron Springs Rd. The ranch house sat nestled nearer the boulder piles, and the corrals and other outbuildings swam away from it toward what is now Gail Gardner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-54830556869318256342007-11-12T17:48:00.000-07:002007-11-12T17:48:00.000-07:00QD -- I guess we came after the Julie Ann bakery; ...QD -- I guess we came after the Julie Ann bakery; too bad! I always enjoy the products of a good local bakery.<BR/><BR/>Jessel -- thanks for visiting -- and for clarifying that point; I've always wondered.<BR/><BR/>melanie -- yes, that cemetery is still on the heights between the formerly Ponderosa Plaza, now WalMart shopping center and four formerly five points. It shows in some of my pix, but wasn't quite in the angle of the picture I used.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-91059405392566696852007-11-12T14:37:00.000-07:002007-11-12T14:37:00.000-07:00Isn't the Arizona Pioneer Cemetery still up there ...Isn't the Arizona Pioneer Cemetery still up there on the heights?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-76400691509129220402007-11-12T12:12:00.000-07:002007-11-12T12:12:00.000-07:00"No, I don't know who was here first, whether it w...<I>"No, I don't know who was here first, whether it was the merchants or the residents."</I><BR/><BR/>For the record, the merchants were definitely there first. The old Ponderosa Plaza Mall, the Safeway/K-Mart strip mall, and the medical offices between them, have all been there as long as I can remember (I was born just down the street at YRMC, not quite 30 years ago). I don't think any of the houses up on that outcrop were there even 5 years ago.JesseLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524027573167803200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-30603618038456292192007-11-12T12:03:00.000-07:002007-11-12T12:03:00.000-07:00Granny J:This might have been before your time but...Granny J:<BR/>This might have been before your time but there used to be the most wonderful bakery in this shopping plaza. It was called Julie Ann's and we looked forward to stopping by there when we were in Prescott.quilteddogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05810124179760201886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-67814566155492480622007-11-12T11:13:00.000-07:002007-11-12T11:13:00.000-07:00No, avus, that would only apply to California. I s...No, avus, that would only apply to California. I suspect it's the wide open spaces, which 1) provide more privacy for landing UFOs and 2) make people crazy for more company.Granny Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07302978680897139954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20402991.post-80048289896170679662007-11-12T09:34:00.000-07:002007-11-12T09:34:00.000-07:00"the incidence of sightings of alien craft is high..."the incidence of sightings of alien craft is higher in the western states than back east or in the south ... does this tells us something"<BR/><BR/>Perhaps they should co-relate the sightings with the incidence of dope smoking.......?Avushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16512540148378201058noreply@blogger.com