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If you take Route 101 North from Route 202 (just past the World's Largest Inflatable Dam) you will be treated to all manor of artistic scenes on the highways concrete walls. Most walls have Southwestern style geckos painted onto the highway sound barriers, but there are also saguaro cacti at one of the interchanges.
Most of the locals say they "just don't understand why" the highway is painted like this but after driving zillions of East Coast interstates and highways with little or no imagination I think it's a nice touch.
[Greg Brown, 03/17/2001]AZ Route 101 Art Scene:- Address:
- Price Fwy, Tempe, AZ
- Directions:
- Hwy 101/Price Fwy north from Hwy 202, at all of the overpasses from Frye Rd to at least Guadalupe Rd.
The easiest way to access the pyramid building is to park on the street out front and feed the meter. Beautiful building!
[Carter Sutton, 07/09/2020]Upside-Down Pyramid:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 31 E. 5th St., Tempe, AZ
- Directions:
- I-10 exits 153 or 153B onto W. Broadway Rd. Drive east for two miles, then turn left onto Mill Ave. Drive north for a half-mile, turn left to stay on Mill Ave., driver for another half-mile, then turn right onto 5th St. The pyramid will be on the right.
- Tempe, Arizona - Upside-Down Pyramid
Tempe's city hall is a startling six-story upside-down pyramid designed so that every window would be naturally shaded.
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Park in the parking lot to the north of the thermometer. There is a sidewalk path you can follow to the corner where the thermometer is located.
[Michelle, 01/28/2023]Earth Thermometer:- Address:
- 8544 S. Emerald Drive, Tempe, AZ
- Directions:
- I-10 exit 158. Turn east onto Warner Rd. At the first stoplight turn left onto Emerald Drive. You'll quickly see the thermometer on the left, at the corner of Jewel St.
The Earth Thermometer is in the middle of a suburban shopping area, near IKEA in Tempe. You have to park behind the nearest building and walk across the dirt lot to view it because it's in the middle of an intersection and there is nowhere to stop right next to it.
The art was designed by local Tempe artist Ted Troxel. The plaque is a little hard to read. The sculpture has lighting indicating the temperature and changes according to the outside temp.
[Jenny Sandlin, 09/22/2021]
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