Shutter Mike Photography

Built in 1911 in Phoenix on Van Buren between 7th and 3rd streets, the Phoenix Union High School served the city for many decades.  After the campus sat unoccupied for several years the University of Arizona converted it into the new Phoenix campus of the College of Medicine.  The old buildings appear much as they did in 1911.  Additional space required by the college was added on as very modern architecture to clearly distinguish it as 21st century.  The old was merged with the new while maintaining the uniqueness of each.

This sign is off 7th Ave and Indian School Rd in central Phoenix in a neighborhood known as the Melrose District.  I really like this neighborhood and it has a lot of photography opportunities.

Phoenix Good Samaritan Medical Center

The Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, designed by Bertrand Goldberg, can been seen from Interstate 10 and I have driven by it multiple times but knew little about it.  With the oval windows it looks very 1960′s space age to me but was actually built in the early 1980s.  This is the north facade on McDowell.