Central Avenue Corridor
The Central Avenue Corridor is a significant stretch of north–south Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona.
The Central Avenue Corridor is a significant stretch of north–south Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona. Roughly bounded by Camelback Road to its north, and McDowell Road to its south, this is one of Phoenix's most vital and heavily trafficked stretches of roads. It is also one of the region's largest centers of employment, with nearly 60,000 people being employed within a three-mile (5 km) radius of this swath of Central Avenue. Major employers here include major banks and financial institutions, hi-tech companies, and several significant law firms and government agencies.
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Worth seeing in and around Central Avenue Corridor
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Heard Museum
The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art. It presents the stories of American Indian people from a first-person perspective, as well as exhibitions of traditional and contemporary art by American Indian artists and artists influenced by American Indian art.
2.1 km · art and culture museum in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 02Phoenix Art Museum
The Phoenix Art Museum is the largest museum for visual art in the southwest United States. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the museum is 285,000 square feet.
2.9 km · art museum in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 03Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, also called the Madhouse Coliseum or Phoenix Memorial Coliseum, is a 14,870-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, located at the Arizona State Fairgrounds. It hosted the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association from 1968 to 1992, as well as indoor soccer, professional roller hockey, multiple professional minor league ice hockey teams, and roller derby.
3.4 km · 14,870-seat multi-purpose indoor arena in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 04Encanto Park
Encanto Park is a 222 acres public park in central Phoenix, Arizona consisting of picnic areas, a lagoon for fishing, a boat house, swimming pool, nature trail, miniature amusement park, and two golf courses. The lagoon is approximately 7.5 acres in and approximately 6 feet deep.
2.4 km · public park · Wikipedia - 05Japanese Friendship Garden
The Japanese Friendship Garden is a Japanese stroll garden in Phoenix, Arizona, known as Rohō-en in Japanese. The garden encompasses 3.5 acres It is a joint project of the sister cities Phoenix and Himeji.
3.5 km · Public garden · Wikipedia - 06Campbell Avenue and Central Avenue
Campbell/Central Avenue station is a station on the B Line of the Valley Metro Rail & Streetcar system in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
1 km · Metro light rail stop in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia - 07Phoenix Towers
The Phoenix Towers were designed by Ralph C. Harris and built by Del E. Webb in Modern Movement style. The buildings, completed in 1957, are located a mile and a half north of downtown Phoenix at the corner of Central Avenue and Monte Vista Road.
2.4 km · building in Arizona, United States · Wikipedia - 08Trinity Cathedral
Trinity Cathedral is an Episcopal cathedral located at 100 West Roosevelt Street in Phoenix, Arizona, in the historic Roosevelt district. In 2021, the church reported 753 members; in 2023, it reported 425 members.
3.8 km · episcopal cathedral · Wikipedia - 09Arizona Street Railway Museum
The Phoenix Trolley Museum, incorporated as the Arizona Street Railway Museum, is a railway museum established in 1975, with an emphasis on preserving historical street cars in Phoenix, Arizona, US. The museum is "dedicated to the preservation of original Phoenix trolley cars and memorabilia, and to showing their place in the history of America's fifth largest city."
3.4 km · railway museum in Arizona, United States · Wikipedia - 10Burton Barr Central Library
The Burton Barr Central Library is the central library of Phoenix, Arizona. It is the flagship location and administrative headquarters for the Phoenix Public Library.
3.3 km · public library in Phoenix, Arizona · Wikipedia
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Getting to Central Avenue Corridor
- Airports
- Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), 9 km · Tucson (TUS), 186 km
- Stations
- Thomas Road and Central Avenue, 1.3 km · 19th Avenue/Camelback, 3.1 km · 7th Avenue/Camelback, 2.1 km · McDowell Road and Central Avenue, 3.1 km · Encanto Boulevard and Central Avenue, 2.1 km
- Tucson → Central Avenue Corridor583 km · quickest by air, 4h 38m · $170–250
- Las Vegas → Central Avenue Corridor421 km · quickest by air, 4h 10m · $150–230
- Palm Springs → Central Avenue Corridor130 km · quickest by road, 3h 5m · $15–21
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- Get inMain building at 15000 N Airport Dr | lat -111.9161 | content = It's one of the busiest single-runway airports in the United States, and Signature Flight Support and Ross Aviation operate the two private terminals for chartered VIP flights.
- Get inAir charter companies including Valley Jet and Phoenix Jet Charter offer access to private planes based at any of the airports in the Phoenix-area, with planes ranging from luxury jets to cost-effective single & twin-engine planes.
- Go nextA good option for a day trip, or longer, out of Phoenix is a drive north to Sedona.
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Next door to Central Avenue Corridor
Central Avenue Corridor is 5 km from Phoenix, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Encantohuman settlement in Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America2.4 km
- North High Schoolpart of the Phoenix Union High School District2 km
- Woodlea Historic DistrictNeighborhood in Phoenix, Arizona1.5 km