APACHE  STORIES  PROJECT

Apache Blvd Light Rail Stations   Tempe AZ

Shaw collected stories and anecdotes about historic and current experiences related to the canals and neighborhoods near Apache Blvd in Tempe Arizona.  He used excerpts and adaptations from these stories as text medallions in pavement artworks at the four Valley Metro Rail  stations along Apache Blvd in Tempe. 


Appeals were made via community meetings, email, news letters, and other media.  Archive research yielded additional stories and images. Not all submissions were used.  Authors are not named or otherwise recognized in the artwork.  Submitted stories are public record.


The artist thanks all individuals and institutions for memories and stories submitted to this project.

View all the stories submitted.

Only some of these are used in the artwork:

PrehistoryStories1800s.html
1920s Stories1900to1930s.html
1930s Stories1900to1930s.html
1940s Stories1940s.html
1950s 1 Stories1950-1.html
1960s Stories1960-1980s.html
1970s Stories1960-1980s.html
1980s Stories1960-1980s.html
1990s Stories1990to2000s.html
1900s Stories1900to1930s.html
1910s Stories1900to1930s.html
1950s 2 Stories1950-2.html
1950s 3 Stories1950-3.html
2000s 1Stories1990to2000s.html
1600sStories1800s.html
1700sStories1800s.html
1800sStories1800s.html

View the medallion graphics:

“TASTY” seriesDorseyTASTY.html

Dorsey

McClintock

Smith/Martin

Price/Freeway

“TEX” seriesDorseyTEX.html
1 MiscSmith1misc.html
“CHANGES” seriesDorseyChanges.html
“YOUTH” seriesDorseyYouth.html
2000s 2Stories1990to2000s-2.html
2 ASU NamesSmith2ASUNames.html
3 MiscSmith3MISC2.html
4 MiscSmith4MISC3.html
YuccaMcCMdllnsYucca.html
CornMcCMdllnsCorn.html
Large BlossomMcCMdllnsBlsmLg.html
Small BlossomMcCMdllnsBlsmSm.html
Canal medallionsPriceCanalMdllns.html
Highway Sign images

© Benson Shaw 2003 to 2008

Valley Metro Rail

Phoenix AZ

Page updated:

26 May, 2013

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