Sunday, January 30, 2011

Rt. 60 - Arizona Mining Towns

Approaching Superior, AZ on Rt. 60


A couple weekends ago, I headed east out of Phoenix on Rt. 60 towards the cities of Miami and Globe. Both of them are old mining towns in different states of repair. Globe, maybe due to its location at the crossroads of 3 highways, was in much better condition than Miami, which is a few miles west of Globe.


Miami, AZ - Two words: Beat Up. It was Sunday morning and there was little to no activity that I saw. The downtown area was in various states of disrepair with many boarded up and vacant buildings. There were a fair amount of antiques shops, but all were closed. It was kind of eerie.


Arriving in Miami


Bullion Plaza School


A local church


Downtown


Bottles! Get your bottles!


One of the many storefronts that were closed


About the only building that showed signs of life


An empty alley


Up, up and away!


I think this place was still in business. Couldn't really tell


Bridges over the wash


One of the few buildings in good shape


This sums it up


An elaborate memorial as you enter town


Hillside disrepair


No idea what's going on here


Or here


Hotel in disrepair


More hillside disrepair


An old jalopy in a storefront window


An old Mexican restaurant


Gutted


Looking down an alley


The old YMCA


More bottles


Globe, AZ - This town was in much better condition with more activity. Although, being Sunday, a lot of places downtown were closed.


Entering Globe


An old brew pub


Downtown Globe


The old courthouse, now an arts center


Local church


Oldest building in Globe


An excursion train


You drive real fast under these, so they don't collapse on you.


Post Office


Local bar


View of Globe from the Rt. 60 bypass


Disrepair