Phoenix, AZ
June 10, 2009
LRC Reporter

The tallest building in the Phoenix lightrail corridor is the Chase Tower located at 201 N Central Ave in Phoenix. The building was built in 1972 and is 483 ft tall. The Tower has 40 stories of which 38 are operational.

Information courtesy of Wikipedia

Metro News Release
Hillary Foose
Public Information Officer
May 21, 2009

The METRO Board of Directors approved a measure that will extend METRO’s service hours on Friday night/Saturday morning and Saturday night/Sunday morning until past 2 a.m. The measure was brought before the Board as result of both passenger feedback and input from businesses along the line.

Beginning as early as July 1, METRO will offer its last full trip of the day at 2 a.m. Saturday and Sunday mornings, arriving at the opposite end of the line at 3 p.m. METRO will continue to provide 20-minute service in this extended period.

The estimated fiscal and maintenance impact for extended weekend service is $254,500 annually to the METRO operating budget.

The Board also stipulated that an evaluation of ridership and costs associated with the service extension occur after six months.

For more METRO information, visit www.valleymetro.org.

by Scott Wong – Jun. 8, 2009
The Arizona Republic

Full Article

Phoenix native Dana Mule had spent 15 frustrating months trying to find an ideal spot to open his Hawaiian-inspired eatery when he stumbled upon a funky building along the Central Avenue light-rail line.

Mule had been driving for years by the uptown Phoenix structure, which housed Heap Big Beef sandwiches in the 1960s and more recently a flower shop. As a kid, he had named it after the “Star Wars” spacecraft, Tie Fighter, because of its large iconic hexagonal window.

Now, Mule and his two California business partners… (click to read full article)

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