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From 1836 to 1838, Lt. Col. Jose Maria Martinez was in charge of the presidio in Tucson. In 1838, he retired from the military and was given land in Tubac. Ten years later, an attack by the Apache forced the residents to abandon the town, with most moving to Tucson, but the Martinez family relocated to San Xavier, where he was granted land by ...
The Valley National Bank Building is the oldest skyscraper in Tucson, Arizona. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was built in 1929 by Percy A. Eisen (1885–1946) and Albert R. Walker (1881–1958). [ 1 ] It has housed administrative offices on the second floor. [ 3 ]
Sun Link, also known as the Tucson Streetcar, is a single-line streetcar system in Tucson, Arizona, United States, that began service in July 2014. [5] [6] [9] The system's 3.9-mile (6.3 km) route connects the Arizona Health Sciences Center (including University Medical Center), the University of Arizona campus, the Main Gate and 4th Avenue shopping and entertainment districts, downtown Tucson ...
Tucson's Sun Tran bus system serves greater Tucson with standard, express, regional shuttle, and on-demand shuttle bus service. It was awarded Best Transit System in 1988 and 2005. [ 187 ] A 3.9-mile (6.3 km) streetcar line, Sun Link , connects the University of Arizona campus with 4th Avenue, downtown, and the Mercado District west of ...
DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Historic District is the artistic manifestation and architecture constructed by Ettore DeGrazia. The property is a series of buildings scattered throughout a natural desert setting. Built in Tucson near the intersection of Swan Road and Skyline the property is now a museum open to the public. Construction began in ...
Tucson Transit Management LLC, doing business as Sun Tran, [5] is the public transit system serving the city of Tucson, Arizona.In 2023, the system had 17,361,800 rides, or about 59,900 per weekday as of the second quarter of 2024. 100% of the fleet utilizes clean-burning fuels, such as compressed natural gas (CNG), biodiesel, and hybrid technologies. [6]
The Hotel Congress and its owners since 1985, Richard Oseran and Shana Oseran, have been a key cultural institution and boosters in the early 21st-century redevelopment of Downtown Tucson. [2] The hotel is known for being the site of the capture of gangster and bank robber John Dillinger's gang in 1934.
5151 East Broadway (5151 E Broadway Blvd, Tucson, AZ) is the largest commercial office building in Tucson, Arizona. It was completed in 1975. It was completed in 1975. History