| North Scottsdale! Anything North of Frank Lloyd | | | | really great hamburgers and is very scenic. Across |
| Wright Blvd is considered North Scottsdale. | | | | the road the new multi-million Four Seasons Resort. A |
| Yesterday the outer reaches, today the place to be! | | | | study in contrasts to say the least. |
| When we first started coming to Scottsdale, Shea | | | | Sassi - a new Italian restaurant, costing $10,000,000 |
| Boulevard was essentially the northern part of | | | | is special to say the least, set at the base of Pinnacle |
| Scottsdale...and Shea Blvd was just a two lane road | | | | Peak on 6 acres of desert, it may become as |
| that went to Fountain Hills, a newly formed | | | | famous as Pinnacle Peak itself. |
| community east of Scottsdale. Shea Blvd essentially | | | | Pinnacle Peak Patio, another throw-back to the old |
| ended at 90th Street! In 1984 or thereabouts, | | | | days, a western steak house where many a business |
| Scottsdale Ranch started building at 96th and the | | | | man lost his tie on visits past. The trip was worth it |
| rush was on. Cactus Road was a long string of | | | | 25 years ago and still worth it today for food and |
| Arabian Horse Farms, today sadly, most of those are | | | | fun! |
| gone. Scottsdale Airport was practically in the middle | | | | North Scottsdale, the area north of Frank Lloyd |
| of the desert, now in the middle of air noise disputes. | | | | Wright Blvd up to Carefree Highway has awesome |
| A trip to Crazy Ed's Satisfied Frog (as it was called in | | | | desert scenery and even though the area is growing |
| those days) seemed to take forever. Rawhide was | | | | by leaps and bounds, there is every effort to |
| the thoroughly western experience located in the | | | | preserve this natural beauty. Many upscale residential |
| desert. Today Rawhide is being relocated and sold as | | | | communities, such as Grayhawk, DC Ranch, Desert |
| lots for more upscale dwellings. Wow, what 25 years | | | | Mountain, Troon, Sincuidados, The Legends and more |
| can do. | | | | keep much open space and try to blend with |
| Scottsdale kept annexing and annexing until now it | | | | environment. Along with these communities of course |
| covers approximately 185 square miles. Population in | | | | there are a multitude of world class golf courses, |
| 1980 was 88,412 and today in 2004 it is 202,705, | | | | boutiques, shops and malls to support the increase in |
| based on the 2000 census. Median age is 41 - so | | | | population. There are also new restaurants, and |
| much for the myth that Scottsdale is for retirement | | | | resorts. These resorts are desert oriented and very |
| only. | | | | popular for visitors to the area. For a special treat we |
| Pinnacle Peak is the landmark of North Scottsdale! | | | | suggest a visit to North Scottsdale. |
| North Scottsdale is a study in contrasts, admittedly | | | | To read more about Scottsdale, be sure and visit |
| the new luxury is taking over from the Old West, | | | | Read a lot more about Scottsdale at |
| but as long as Greasewood Flats, an old stagecoach | | | | Please fell free to use this info on any website or |
| stop exists, the Old West will be alive in North | | | | blog, just be sure to keep my contact information |
| Scottsdale. Greasewood Flats, by the way has some | | | | intact. |