Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Glendale, Arizona: A Small Town in Big City

Glendale, Arizona, suburb of Phoenix, is the 4th largest city in Arizona.  Home to the Arizona Cardinals, it boosts the largest stadium in Arizona, the University of Phoenix Stadium.  http://www.universityofphoenixstadium.com/


Despite the large population, innovative stadium, and abundant businesses, Downtown Glendale maintains the feel of a small town. http://www.visitglendale.com/

here is a walking map of Downtown Glendale: http://www.visitglendale.com/pdf/map.pdf

Numerous antique shops line the walkways of downtown. Apple Tree Antiques, http://www.picturetrail.com/appletreeshop and A Mad Hatters, http://www.amadhatters.com/ are popular shops.




Cerreta Candy Company just east of downtown has been a Glendale icon for 40 years.  http://www.cerreta.com/  The smell of cooking chocolate is noticeable for blocks.

Every holiday season the town lights up and enjoys a festival of chocolate and lights. http://www.glendaleaz.com/events/glendaleglitters.cfm

Just outside of Glendale in the neighboring town of Peoria is the Challenger Center. http://www.azchallenger.org/


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  1. Jake SmithNovember 19, 2013 at 2:23 PM

    Glendale seems like a pretty nifty All-American town. Still, I like that it has a few unique twists like the Hot Air Balloon thing. It helps to give it its own sense of personality. As far as simulation is concerned, I think it's hard to quite capture the sense of a town like this without relating it to similar places with which the reader is more familiar. For example, every feeling I have about the Main Street photo is substituted in from my experience with the Main Street in my hometown. Dat's all!

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