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I took this photograph of the dirt beneath the train station when it was being constructed. It was inspired by the Situationist slogan, "Beaneath the cobblestones, the beach!"

This photograph shows students arriving by bus at Phoenix Indian School from their reservations. The text refers not only to the students, who came from many different tribes and locations, but also that western cities like Phoenix are filled with people who moved here from other places.

The Indain School was located on the outskirts of town when it was built, near citrus groves. The photograph shows a student driving a mule team, just part of the large agricultural system on the school property.

This photograph shows a building construction class at the Indian School. Most of the historic photographs that I used are kept at the Heard Museum, who generously let me spend many hours digging through their archives.

Phoenix was built on a system of anchient canals constructed by the Hohokam. This map, made in 1929, shows the original canal locations as well as important points in Phoenix. The Indian School is drawn on the map, near the dot of the i.

Students have a picnic on the lawn at the Indian School.

This skyline shot shows the intersection in the 1950's looking south, including the Bayless grocery store and cranes on a new skyscraper.

The Indain School had a very good marching band that performed in the Rose Bowl parade. I don't know whether these majorettes made the trip to California, but I loved the image.

Sports teams also had a great tradition at the Indian School. The track team was undefeated for 6 straight seasons in the 1960's.

This is an aerial photograph taken of the intersection in the 1990s. From the sky, you can see the dramatic design of the park.

I took this photograph of the former site of the Indian School. Most of the school property was turned into the Steele Indian School Park (the remaining property, anyway-- it originally extended up to the canal, where Central High School is now). The land bordering Central Avenue belongs to a developer, and has been vacant and surrounded by chain-link fence since 1990 when the school was closed. You can still see the paved sidewalks that used to lead to school buildings.

While the station was under construction, I took this photograph down at track-level, looking north. The text parallels the "Here we are" at the south entryway, and the image looks in the direction the city is growing.