By Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News
Mayor Kate Gallego made a pretty much bullet-proof declaration Oct. 18 as she greeted about 100 guests attending the groundbreaking for Fire Station 74 near the western end of Ahwatukee.
“It might just be the prettiest fire station in Phoenix,” she said.
With a breathtaking view of mountains and the Preserve, no one sitting on a patch of the 7.75 acres on W. Chandler Boulevard near 19th Avenue could argue.
Indeed, noted Gerald Adams, director of commercial development for Perlman Architects, later in the ceremony: “We have about 7.75 acres of land. We only developed about 3 ½ and change to keep this pristine view as open, as natural as possible.”
