Multifamily Living in Midcentury Modern Phoenix
After the initial postwar housing boom, marketing for housing in Uptown Phoenix on both east and west sides clear out to the 40's turned from single-family homes toward multifamily housing. Apartment buildings and this new concept called condominiums began to show up in glamorous late-50s advertising. Below are a few gems unearthed by Modern Phoenix and our research at The Phoenix City office of Historic Preservation, with shots of the dwellings today.





La Mirada

The Palmaire




Multifamily along Maryland



The Monarch / Olympus, Mulberry and Embassy Square by Chopas & Starkovich



Pueblo Bonita Today near La Grande Orange and the Boardwalk




Paiute Apartments Today


Casa Moderna Today



Compare to door numbering at Executive Towers


Grandview Gardens Today


Note connection to Casa Moderna.

Central Park West

The Boardwalk by Al Beadle


Al Beadle's Executive Towers



Villa Verde near La Grande Orange and The Boardwalk

8000 and 8008 N. Central Ave aka Two West and Ten West Northern

Moroccan Apartments by Al Beadle


La Milagrosa

arc was recently rejuvenated by Helix Properties









Avenida Hermosa by Haver Nunn and Jensen. These complexes are found valleywide.
View a renovation of the complex's model home.



Park Lee Alice by Ralph Haver and then ? ? ?

Regency House by Ralph Haver & Associates

Sands East by E. T. Wright
Sources: Arizona Builder / Architect, The Arizona Republic, Maricopa County Recorder's Office, Point West
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