Phoenix eyesore blossoms as park

A recreation trail bridge spans a culvert where water flows past several trees planted in the last few years and into the river bottom at the Phoenix Rio Salado Habitat Restoration Project in south Phoenix on Central Avenue.

Phoenix eyesore blossoms as park

Fiesta Village called eyesore in Mesa

The Fiesta Village shopping center on the northwest corner of Southern Avenue and Alma School Road in Mesa sits almost vacant.

Fiesta Village called eyesore in Mesa

East Valley residents to vote on eyesore

East Valley residents to vote on eyesore

Apache Wells’ brown, retro-style building with the UFO domes is home to a restaurant, a meeting hall, a golf pro-shop and a fitness center. SUBMITTED

Chandler fears stalled project is more than just an eyesore

Chandler fears stalled project is more than just an eyesore

HIGH HOPES: Graffiti artists recently tagged the top floor of the unfinished Chandler Elevation hotel building across from Chandler Fashion Center.

Mesa Convention Center plans new marquee

THE OLD: J.D. Dockstader, assistant director of business operations for Mesa Parks, Recreation and Commercial Facilities, calls the marquee at the Mesa Convention Center “an eyesore.”

Old Town building’s look altered after appeal

Developers recently resubmitted plans to renovate the 4020 Building, which many have called a purple eyesore, into something more compatible with Old Town. The building sits on the northwest corner of Scottsdale Road and East First Avenue.

Work on Chandler project stopped suddenly

The skeleton of a stalled condo-hotel project has become an eyesore, several of its neighbors say, on the southwest corner of Frye and Price roads across from the Chandler Fashion Center.

Illegal dumping mars Mesa vacant lot

EYESORE: Bill Petrie, Mesa’s code compliance director, points out trash that has been illegally dumped in a vacant lot at Val Vista Drive and Main Street in Mesa. Nearby residents have complained about trash and homeless people.

European wind power firms strike breezy gold in U.S.

EYESORE OR ENERGY SAVINGS? A wind turbine looms behind a farm east of Pipestone, Minn. The United States has led the world in installing new wind turbines for the past two years, but it still ranks behind Germany and Spain in wind power production.