By Lynn Trimble | Phoenix New Times
Big changes are coming to the southwest corner of Mill and Southern avenues in Tempe. It’s just hard to say when.
The strip mall, known as Danelle Plaza, is currently home to several small businesses, including Yucca Tap Room and Double Nickels Record Collective. But it’s also home to a robust alternative arts scene that includes an event called Tempe Art A Gogh-Gogh, plus a shifting landscape of murals and installation art.
“It’s kind of like the last mecca or outpost of original thought and creativity,” Evan Liggins says of Danelle Plaza. Liggins is a staple of the arts and music scene in Tempe, and Tempe Art A Gogh-Gogh is his brainchild.
Recently, the area’s Brentwood-Cavalier neighborhood association circulated a summary of two proposals for Danelle Plaza, which is owned by a variety of stakeholders and has long been eyed for some kind of mixed-use development. (There’s also a chart floating around that includes a fictional parody-style plan for the plaza, which has people wondering what’s going on with the space.)
