Freeze Frame From San Isidro Farms
By Coryn Anderson
When it was time to do
our freeze frame at 2:30 P.M. on January 25, 2002, I was standing at the San Isidro Farm's fruit stand on 20th Street and
Baseline Road in Phoenix, Arizona. The
fruit stand had an odd array of products for sell. The fruit stand
wasn't only selling oranges and tangerines but also pictures of Mary and
Jesus, jars of jelly, and soft drinks. Ten feet from the door of the
fruit stand was Baseline Road and
cars were racing past us on the busy street. Occasionally, a
car would stop and the driver would get out to purchase a bag of oranges
from Chris, the owner. Other than
the traffic it was a pleasant, sunny day. Across the street from Chris's
stand is a newly vacant lot with
bulldozers and tractors working to get the land ready
for development. According to Chris the land was just leveled two weeks
ago. Apparently a developer named Brian Whittacker is going to build
Cobblestone Great Western Homes on this
stretch of land. I can understand why
developers like Whittacker would want to build on 20th Street and Baseline
Road. As I look around I see rows of orange
trees, a gorgeous view of downtown
Phoenix, South Mountain, Camelback Mountain, Squaw Peak Mountain, and
a hint of airplanes flying into Sky Harbor Airport. South Phoenix is in
the middle of a major surge of
gentrification and this is just the beginning! |
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