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Classes Start at Phoenix Junior College
The first classes were held in three small cottages on the south side of Taylor Street near Sixth Street, a part of Phoenix Union Hight School. -
Increased Construction in Phoenix
A total of 1,080 buildings went up in 1920. Among them was Arizona's first skyscraper, the Heard Building. -
PC Programs Grow
By the end of the decade students could register in the following program: agriculture, aviation, education, pharmacy, engineering, and pre-dental. -
Phoenix Infrastructure Grows
By 1930, the size of Phoenix nearly doubled again with a 48,118 census count. There were 120 miles of sidewalks and 161 miles of streets - 77 with pavement. -
New Campus Construction Projects
The college enters a new era of construction and growth. Plans were initiated for the architectural footprint for new buildings ecompassing 20 acres of land, which was later expanded to 50. -
Phoenix Responds with Increased Industrialization
The year 1940 marked another turning point in Phoenix life. The city had gone as far as a farming center and then as a distribution center. When the war hit the United States, Phoenix rapidly turned into an embryonic industrial city. Luke Field, Williams Field and Falcon Field, coupled with the giant ground training center at Hyder, west of Phoenix, brought thousands of men into Phoenix. Their needs, both military and personal, were met in part by small industries in Phoenix. -
Phoenix Government Gets "Interesting"
In November 1948, the people voted to strengthen the city manager's position in municipal government. This change, plus raising the Council membership to seven, seemed to place the city in position to go ahead with an operable council-manager form of government. But that didn't happen. The Council then in power selected its own manager and continued to rule the administrative roost.In 1949, the people, tired of this continued abuse, elected an entirely new slate of Council members, including t -
Evening Division Established
Dr. E. W. Montgomery, president of Phoenix College, ushered in an evening division. By 1951 enrollment would reach 2,200 with half of the studetns attending in the evening. -
City Continues to Grow
By 1960, over 100,000 people lived within the city limits of Phoenix and thousands more lived immediately adjacent to and depended upon Phoenix for their livelihoods. The city had over 150 miles of paved streets and nearly 200 miles of unpaved streets, over 300 miles of streets within the city limits. -
Maricopa Junior College District is Established
Maricopa's citizens elected to establish the Maricopa Junior College District to be administered by an elected local Governing Board and the Arizona State Board of Directors for Community Colleges. -
Telescope is Point of Pride
Phoenix College erects the largest telescope (24" reflector telescope) on any Junior College campus in the nation (the Phoenix College Observatory)
