Roosevelt Street from the NYC timesAh Roosevelt Street I love you....When I first moved to Phoenix I was given directions to what used to be known as Crowbar, a large dancebar, on Central in Phoenix and spent my time going up and down Roosevelt street past the old houses near 7th avenue. I later moved there right on Central and Roosevelt in a public housing building right across from the old church. There I got my stuff stolen, my car was tagged, I got my jaw punched, but yet I still loved that old apartment with it's fire place, wood flooring and built ins and high ceilings, sure the heat didn't work well, in fact not at all, but the space was great. I moved about a 2 miles away being too scared to ever return again. That was over 10 years ago, artists were already moving in, but then the university kids came with their new campus and the Emo movement was in and the art scene has flourished enough to get an article in the NYC times.
Perhaps another ten years and the place will be gentrified, but I doubt it, as long as the valley keeps building and building those cookie cutters. Roosevelt you will always be betwixt in my mind with longing and hatred, your gritiness and marvelousness.
