Jun
30
2012

4th Ave...

Saturday, June 30, 2012 - 12:12:14 pm
(Posted Under: Travel)
After we'd ventured enough around the barrio, it was on to 4th Avenue. Our getting from A to B this morning was a comedy of errors. Given how closely situated Hotel Congress, Barrio Viejo and 4th Avenue are, we sure took a lot of time to get between each place, due to some "creative" navigation. Which I take full responsibility for. But Tucson is as charming as hell, and so a wrong turn here, getting lost there, it's all good in Tucson.

Surprisingly, we've never spent much time on 4th Avenue. Well, we have spent a decent amount of time at different bars on 4th (Plush, Sky Bar and O'Malley's), but not much time checking out anything else. The extent to which was had done that was a stroll just up to Plush before having dinner at O'Malley's the night we saw Gentlemen Afterdark at Congress. It seemed like time to fix that.

Photobox ImageA great time was had. Despite the blistering sun. Much like on Congress St. when we rolled into town last night, 4th Avenue was largely fenced off due to work on the road and street car tracks. On arriving at Plush, we had two options - either turn around and just walk back, or continue north. We were really wanting a third option of just crossing the street. Despite the heat, we continued on, until we hit University and could cross over and head back to the car. As per the historic district, there was no shortage of quirky shops and amazing south western architecture and colors. I don't mean to sound all in love with Tucson or anything, but lets face it, I kind of am. The other thing about 4th Avenue, which was hard to miss, was the lack of any presence of corporate America. Aside from a Bank Of America ATM, I don't think we passed a single chain store.

We stopped in many stores along the way, including the coolest looking Goodwill store to be found in Arizona, though no such bargains were to be found.


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