Travel to Scottsdale - Arizona - USA - Culture

Scottsdale - Arizona - Culture

Scottsdale is many things to many people. It is a modern resort city with all the luxurious amenities you could possibly dream of. It's a taste of the Old West, complete with horseback riding, cowboy cookouts, and western duds. It's everything you need to escape the everyday and commonplace. The U.S. Conference of Mayors awarded the Most Liveable City Award to the City of Scottsdale.

Scottsdale city, Maricopa County, is a residential-resort suburb of Phoenix , south-central Arizona , U.S. Several canals of the Salt River Project traverse the city. Taliesin West , Frank Lloyd Wright's architectural school, is to the north. Nearby is the Cosanti Foundation, an architectural and crafts complex devised by architect Paolo Soleri .

The Scottsdale census reports a population of 215,080. The city's land area encompasses 184 sq. miles from north to south and is at an elevation of 1,248 (average) feet above sea level. Average median temperature is 70.3 F degrees, average precipitation is 7.05 inches per year, and average percentage of sunny days per year is 86 percent. It ranks fourth in total area and fifth in population within Arizona. The unemployment rate is barely 2%.

Scottsdale is easily accessible via two airports, Phoenix Sky Harbour International and Scottsdale Municipal. Serviced by 18 major airlines. Scottsdale Municipal offers complete services for corporate jets and charters.

The official food of Scottsdale by mayoral proclamation is chilli.

The Parada del Sol (Spanish for "walk in the sun") parade is world-famous, since 1956, as the longest horse-drawn parade.

The Scottsdale Cultural Council administers the arts and cultural affairs of the City of Scottsdale, Arizona and manages the Scottsdale Center for the Arts , Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art and the Scottsdale Arts Festival

Scottsdale’s commitment to the support of public art has a long history as well as an ambitious future. After the acceptance of two paintings in 1967 by artist Earl Hammock, the City formally established a collection. From that beginning, the City’s art collection, managed by the Scottsdale Cultural Council, has expanded into holding of 795 works valued at over $5 million. One of the first works of art commissioned by the City of Scottsdale was Windows to the West, a Cor-ten steel sculpture by the world-renowned sculptor Louise Nevelson. By 1973, the piece purchased with financial support from Scottsdale’s residents, other donors and the National Endowment for the Arts, was place at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall.

Public art has been an excellent investment for Scottsdale, both aesthetically and economically. For example, Nevelson’s Windows to the West has significantly increased in value since it was originally commissioned for $40,000. Dale Eldred’s hanging glass pendulums Time/Light Fusion at the Scottsdale Center for the Arts is another example of a public art project, which has substantially increased in value. In Scottsdale, the F leischer Museum and Taliesin are worth visiting.

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