After outcry, historic Phoenix drive-through liquor store gets demolition reprieve

Historic preservationists called the decision a win for recent changes to Phoenix’s demolition process. A 30-day hold now applies to the city’s older buildings.

By Brenna Goth | The Republic

A 1957 drive-through liquor store some call an icon in Phoenix’s Melrose District is getting a reprieve from destruction — at least for now.

Melrose Liquors owner P.B. Bell withdrew its request Monday to demolish the building after a public outcry in the past few weeks.

The decision came at a special meeting of the Phoenix Historic Preservation Commission for one of the city’s oldest drive-through liquor stores continuously in operation. The pink-and-green structure is an example of exaggerated, cartoonish “Googie” architecture.

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