BIKE RIDE     Installed at Dorsey Station - Youth Series

Christmas Day 1949, I was so excited to show my new bicycle to my grand father, I rode my bike from Spence Avenue down Apache [no curbs no sidewalks] around the current Gammage curve through Tempe to eight street [Now University Drive] west to Roosevelt spent the day and rode safely home that evening. I was eight years old.  1940s

MONDO DEVELOPER  Adapted and installed at Smith/Martin Station

My grandfather Conrad Carlson, who only had an 8th grade education, moved here in 1941. He became a real estate investor and developed Hudson Manor in 1948. 2 bedroom homes cost $3,495, only $350 down. All of my family, grandparents, mom and dad and 2 uncles lived in Hudson Manor.

FISHING FROM THE BRIDGE  Adapted and installed at Price Station

We rode our bikes over the canal bridge.  We came back later with fishing gear, but didn’t catch anything.

CANAL PICNIC  Adapted and installed at Price Station

I didn’t know how to cook when we were first married, but I managed a potato salad.  We packed up a picnic lunch and ate by the canal.  He said it was the best potato salad ever!  And still talks about it to this day.