By Arren Kimbel-Sannit | Arizona Capitol Times
The rear of the demolished Circle Records building at 802 N. Central Avenue is pictured on Tuesday, Oct. 4. The building is one of several central Phoenix historic properties to have been torn down to make room for new developments.
A lack of space has rarely been an issue for the city of Phoenix, but as developments gradually veer toward denser areas in the city center, officials and community members must find a new solution to an old problem: what to do about the city’s historic buildings.
The fate of historic properties has been a point of discussion as the downtown area has grown – 2,100 new bedrooms across more than a dozen mixed use and multifamily residential projects are expected to be added to the downtown area by 2017 – but the conversation escalated after the 1947 Circles Records building was partially demolished earlier this year to make room for an apartment building.
