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Aerial photos of Tucson, Pima County, in 1980
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Rick Wiley
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Much of the development and road improvements of the 1980s were on the outer limits of Tucson's metro area.
The rural feeling of places like Swan and Sunrise and Ina and Oracle began to fade as housing and retail developments ate up open desert.
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Aerial photos from the archives of the Arizona Daily Star/Tucson Citizen. The latest finding…
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