Campus Homes at Roosevelt and 13th
in Tempe
Photos and story by Vince
Reiselman, ModPhx member Vince
I recently lived in a Del Webb neighborhood in Tempe that is
just like Camelback
Park Estates. The development is called Campus Homes. The perimeter
is 13th street on the north to 17th street on the south from Roosevelt
on the west to Farmer on the east. Del Webb built an entrance monument
to the development and for years it has been called "Camus
Homes" after someone stole the "P" out of Campus.
I always add the phrase "the best in existential modern living". |
I bought in this neighborhood because I liked the style of the
houses. Unfortunately because it is so close to ASU there are a
lot of rentals and no one has recognized this area as a cool place
to live except investors. These houses
are really simple, 3 bedrooms and 1 bath some models have 2. The
kitchen has only 9 feet of metal cabinets (mine have over 7 layers
of paint on them). My property had been a rental for some time
and after doing some research I found out that the Gin Blossoms
and the Band Azz Izz have lived in my house. Also Ladmo of the
Wallace and Ladmo show lived one street over until he died a few
years ago. This year my house will be 50 and I had intended on
renovating but investors keep buying up everything around me, letting
the properties slide. |
I found out that my neighborhood was the first tract housing
development ever built in Tempe. I contacted Del Web Foundation
to see if they had any promotional stuff and they didn't. I know
if I did a little more searching I could find something in the
Tempe tribune. Someone in the neighborhood
is currently working with the city of Tempe to see if somehow we
could get a historic designation but when I perused this the city
was resistant. I ended up selling the home. You would be surprised
how many areas in Tempe area are the "modern" style. |
(Not in Campus Homes but a neat duplex a little south of it.)
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