Pinnacle Peak, Arizona
Population: 6,200
Located in Maricopa County
Scottsdale, the "West's Most Western Town," was arid desert in 1888, when U.S. Army Chaplain Winfield Scott settled at the base of Camelback Mountain. Today Scottsdale is one of the Southwest's most popular resort meccas with more than half of Arizona's resorts located here. The lively tourist trade has made the city a cultural oasis with a variety of fine restaurants, more than 120 art galleries, luxury shopping malls, studios and museums. Scottsdale controls its growth carefully to provide uninterrupted mountain views of the spectacular McDowell Mountains, Pinnacle Peak, and Troon Mountain. Protecting its desert areas with significant setbacks and preserved washes, Scottsdale has areas of development that have won awards for desert restoration and retention of native vegetation. The beloved Saguaro Cactus enjoys significant State protection and no plants are allowed where Saguaro grow that would alter its native environment or detract from the imposing figure of the Saguaro. Medical facilities include 7 hospitals, a private neuro-psychiatric hospital and the renowned Mayo Clinic/Southwest. Scottsdale covers an area of 185 square miles which includes 28 parks and 30 golf courses. Currently under development, along with the arrival of a Nordstrom anchor store, is the Waterfront shopping area near Old Town Scottsdale. Patterned after the River Walk in San Antonio, the Waterfront is nearing completion for the fall of 1998. And, finally, you'll find unique desert architecture in Scottsdale. Embracing the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture's philosophy of creating a unison between structure and environment, you'll find houses built as a Territorial, Southwest Contemporary, Santa Barbara Contemporary, Southwest, and Mediterranean around lovely courtyard entries.
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