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Phoenix Points of Pride, the Glossary

The Phoenix Points of Pride are 31 landmarks and attractions in Phoenix, Arizona, selected by voters since 1992 to represent the city's best features for residents and visitors.^[1]

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Ad hoc

Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning literally for this.

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Amphitheatre

An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.

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An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology and represents a part of the archaeological record.

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Arizona Biltmore Hotel

The Arizona Biltmore is a historic resort located in Phoenix near 24th Street and Camelback Road.

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Arizona Center

Arizona Center is a shopping center and office complex located in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.

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Arizona Opera

Arizona Opera is an opera company which operates in both Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona.

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Arizona State Capitol

The Arizona Territorial - Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, was the last home for Arizona's territorial government until Arizona became a state in 1912.

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Arizona State University

Arizona State University (Arizona State or ASU) is a public research university in the Phoenix metropolitan area.

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Arizona State University West campus

Arizona State University at the West Valley campus is a public university in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Art school

An art school is an educational institution with a primary focus on practice and related theory in the visual arts and design.

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Ballet Arizona

Ballet Arizona is a professional ballet company in Phoenix, Arizona directed by Ib Andersen.

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Basilicas in the Catholic Church

Basilicas are Catholic church buildings that have a designation, conferring special privileges, given by the Pope.

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Basketball court

In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor, with baskets at each end.

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Ben Avery Shooting Facility

The Ben Avery Shooting Facility is a public outdoor shooting range located in northern Phoenix, Arizona.

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Burton Barr Central Library

The Burton Barr Central Library is the central library of Phoenix, Arizona.

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Camelback Mountain

Camelback Mountain (Cew S-wegiom) is a mountain in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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Castle

A castle is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages predominantly by the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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A community centre, community center, or community hall is a public location where members of a community gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes.

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Congregation Beth Israel (Scottsdale, Arizona)

Congregation Beth Israel (בית ישראל) is a Reform Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 10460 North 56th Street in Scottsdale, Arizona, in the United States.

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Cultural center

A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts.

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Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve

The Deer Valley Petroglyph Preserve, formerly known as the Deer Valley Rock Art Center, is a 47-acre nature preserve featuring over 1500 Hohokam, Patayan, and Archaic petroglyphs visible on 500 basalt boulders in the Deer Valley area of Phoenix, Arizona.

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Desert Botanical Garden

Desert Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in Papago Park, at 1201 N. Galvin Parkway in Phoenix, central Arizona.

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Disability

Disability is the experience of any condition that makes it more difficult for a person to do certain activities or have equitable access within a given society.

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Encanto Park

Encanto Park is a public park in central Phoenix, Arizona consisting of picnic areas, a lagoon for fishing, a boat house, swimming pool, nature trail, miniature amusement park, and two golf courses.

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Endangered species

An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction.

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F. S. Baird Machine Shop

The F. S. Baird Machine Shop, located at 632 East Adams Street between North 6th and North 7th Streets in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is part of Heritage Square, a collection of historic buildings dating from the city's earliest days.

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Footprint Center (formerly America West Arena, US Airways Center, Talking Stick Resort Arena and Phoenix Suns Arena) is a multi-purpose arena in Phoenix, Arizona. It opened under the name America West Arena on June 6, 1992, at a cost of $89 million. It is the home arena of the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and the former home of the Indoor Football League's Arizona Rattlers.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator.

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Heard Museum

The Heard Museum is a private, not-for-profit museum in Phoenix, Arizona, United States, dedicated to the advancement of American Indian art.

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Herberger Theater Center

Herberger Theater Center is an indoor performing arts venue featuring three stages in downtown Phoenix, Arizona, whose mission is to support and foster the growth of performing arts in Phoenix as the premier performance venue, arts incubator and advocate.

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Hohokam

Hohokam was a culture in the North American Southwest in what is now part of south-central Arizona, United States, and Sonora, Mexico.

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Hole-in-the-Rock (Papago Park)

Hole-in-the-Rock is a natural geological formation in Papago Park, a municipal park of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona.

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Independent film

An independent film, independent movie, indie film, or indie movie is a feature film or short film that is produced outside the major film studio system in addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies (or, in some cases, distributed by major companies).

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Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix

The Japanese Friendship Garden is a Japanese stroll garden in Phoenix, Arizona, known as Rohō-en in Japanese.

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List of historic properties in Phoenix

This is a list, which includes photographic galleries, of some of the remaining historic structures and monuments, of historic significance, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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Mansion

A mansion is a large dwelling house.

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Museum

A museum is an institution dedicated to displaying and/or preserving culturally or scientifically significant objects.

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Mystery Castle

Mystery Castle is located in the city of Phoenix, Arizona, in the foothills of South Mountain Park.

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National Historic Landmark

A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance.

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Navajo

The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.

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Orpheum Circuit

The Orpheum Circuit was a chain of vaudeville and movie theaters.

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Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix, Arizona)

The Orpheum Theatre is a 1364-seat theatre in downtown Phoenix.

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Papago Park

Papago Park is a municipal park of the cities of Phoenix and Tempe, Arizona, United States.

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Park

A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.

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Performing arts

The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience.

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Performing arts center

Performing arts center/centre (see spelling differences), often abbreviated as PAC, is used to refer to.

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Petroglyph

A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.

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Phil Gordon (politician)

Phil Gordon (born April 18, 1951) is an American politician who served as the 58th mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, from 2004 to 2012 and a member of the Phoenix City Council.

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Phoenix Art Museum

The Phoenix Art Museum is the largest museum for visual art in the southwest United States.

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Phoenix Mercury

The Phoenix Mercury are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA).

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Phoenix Mountains

The Phoenix Mountains are a mountain range located in central Phoenix, Arizona.

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Phoenix Mountains Preserve

The Phoenix Mountains Preserve (sometimes called the Phoenix Mountain Preserve) is a group of parks located among the Phoenix Mountains in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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Phoenix Opera

The Phoenix Opera is a professional opera company located in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.

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Phoenix Suns

The Phoenix Suns are an American professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Phoenix Symphony

The Phoenix Symphony is an American symphony orchestra based in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Phoenix Symphony Hall

Symphony Hall is a multi-purpose performing arts venue, located at 75 North 2nd Street between North 3rd Street and East Washington Street in downtown Phoenix, Arizona.

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Phoenix Zoo

The Phoenix Zoo opened in 1962 and is the largest privately owned nonprofit zoo in the United States.

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Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Arizona, with 1,608,139 residents as of 2020.

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Piestewa Peak

Piestewa Peak (Vainom Do'ag, formerly Squaw Peak), at is the second highest point in the Phoenix Mountains, after Camelback Mountain, and the third highest in the city of Phoenix, Arizona.

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Pre-Columbian era

In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus's voyage of 1492.

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Public library

A public library is a library, most often a lending library, that is accessible by the general public and is usually funded from public sources, such as taxes.

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Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites

Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites are pre-Columbian archaeological sites and ruins, located in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Rare species

A rare species is a group of organisms that are very uncommon, scarce, or infrequently encountered.

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Resort hotel

A resort hotel is a hotel which often contains full-sized luxury facilities with full-service accommodations and amenities.

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Rosson House

Rosson House, at 113 North 6th Street at the corner of Monroe Street in Downtown Phoenix, Arizona, is a historic house museum in Heritage Square.

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Shemer Art Center and Museum

The Shemer Art Center and Museum is an art education facility and gallery in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Shooting range

A shooting range, firing range, gun range or shooting ground is a specialized facility, venue, or field designed specifically for firearm usage qualifications, training, practice, or competitions.

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South Mountain Park

South Mountain Park in Phoenix, Arizona, is the largest municipal park in the United States, and one of the largest urban parks in North America and in the world.

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Spanish Baroque architecture

Spanish Baroque is a strand of Baroque architecture that evolved in Spain, its provinces, and former colonies.

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St. Mary's Basilica (Phoenix)

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Stained glass

Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it.

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Synagogue

A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.

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Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre

Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre (originally known as the Desert Sky Pavilion and most recently known as Ak-Chin Pavilion) is an amphitheater located in Phoenix, Arizona, which seats 8,106 under a pavilion roof and an additional 12,000 on a hillside behind the main stands.

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Teahouse

A teahouse or tearoom (also tea room) is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments.

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Telephone Pioneers of America Park

Telephone Pioneers of America Park, also known as Telephone Pioneers Park or Telephone Park, is an adaptive recreation park serving the needs of physically disabled persons in Phoenix, Arizona.

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Thomas J. Pappas School

The Thomas J. Pappas Schools were a series of related alternative schools located in the Phoenix, Arizona area.

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Threatened species

A threatened species is any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which is vulnerable to extinction in the near future.

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Tovrea Castle

Tovrea Castle is a historic structure and landmark at 5041 East Van Buren Street in Phoenix, Arizona on bounded by the Red Mountain Freeway (State Route 202) to the east, Washington Street to the south, Van Buren Street to the north and the Main Post Office to the west.

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Urban park

An urban park or metropolitan park, also known as a city park, municipal park (North America), public park, public open space, or municipal gardens (UK), is a park or botanical garden in cities, densely populated suburbia and other incorporated places that offers green space and places for recreation to residents and visitors.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Points_of_Pride

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