Armory Park
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Downtown, Armory Park sprouted east of the deserted military square, on what's now 6th Avenue. Once the railroad rolled into town in 1880, the neighborhood, just south of the tracks, became home to railroad executives and employees. Laden up with glass, wood, and all manner of non-local building supplies, the trains assisted to alter Tucson's architecture. Executives built East Coast-style red-brick homes with pitched roofs, porches, and front yards on the main streets; the employees lived in humble homes close together along the alleys. Some 450 contributing properties inhabit 30 blocks, most of them constructed between 1880 and 1920. A new expansion at the east end emulates the historic styles.
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