The great Grand Canyon State offers plenty to do and see here whether
you already own a home or if you?ve purchased
Arizona real estate that
you?re holding onto until you can build your dream home.
One city in Arizona that?s made the front page a lot lately is
Glendale, and guests,
sports-nuts and shoppers alike definitely appreciate what?s been going
on in this all-grown-up former farming town. Located on the western
edge of Phoenix, Glendale is home to several sports venues including
the University of Phoenix Stadium where the NFL?s Arizona Cardinals
play and the newly christened Camelback Ranch, Spring Training home to
Major League Baseball?s Los Angeles Dodgers.
Similarly, shoppers love Glendale, since it is home to Westgate City
Center?s bevy of high-end stores, nightclubs and restaurants. In
addition, Westgate features a multiplex theatre, corporate offices,
apartments and condominiums. Another one of Glendale?s most defining
shopping assets is its Historic Downtown, an ultra-quaint area
comprised of ten square-blocks of tree-lined streets, memory-lane
merchants, bungalow boutiques and ethnic eateries. According to the
Glendale Visitors Center, downtown is consistently ranked one of the
top shopping districts in the country thanks to its wealth of antique
stores and cozy shops that offer jewelry, art, crafts, collectables and
bath and body accessories.
Another special place in downtown Glendale is The Bead Museum, a unique
museum that houses an international collection of over 100,000 beads
and beaded artifacts and features permanent and changing exhibitions.
The Bead Museum also sells a wide range of bead-related publications as
well as beads and supplies for the bead worker and specialist beads for
the collector.
John Vatistas
