A lot has changed around the University of Arizona campus since your parents and grandparents attended; and we have the photos to prove it.ย
Arizona Daily Star photographer A.E. Araiza took time this summer to recreate UA campus images snapped by the Tucson Citizen photography team in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The results are pretty incredible.
Take a look for yourself!
Arizona Stadium
Arizona Stadium starts to take shape as 10,000 new seats are added to the west side along Vine Street as part of the University of Arizona's $1.4 million addition to structure on April 16, 1965. The completion date for the addition to the stadium was extended a month to October 2, 1965. Ralph Dohme / Tucson Citizen
Likens Residence Hall, left, is a four to six-story hall that offers numerous sustainability features and the latest in green energy at the University of Arizona in Tucson, on August 8, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Gerard P Kuiper Space Sciences building
The brand-spanking new Space Sciences Center at the University of Arizona was complete by September 11, 1966. Note that North Warren Avenue went all the way through to Third Street and the UA Mall. Mark Godfrey / Tucson Citizen
The Gerard P Kuiper Space Sciences building on the mall of the University of Arizona campus in Tucson on July 26, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Administration building
A previously empty lot is becoming the foundation to the University of Arizona's new Administration building on May 18, 1965. Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
The west side of the Administration Building at the University of Arizona campus while looking south in Tucson on July 26, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
The Park Student Union
The Park Avenue Food Services and Bookstore Center on the west side of campus is under construction on May 18, 1965. Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
The Park Student Union at the University of Arizona offers an array of food choices plus a bookstore, gaming center, meeting rooms and the home of the KAMP Student Radio station in Tucson, on August 8, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Student Union Memorial Center
The Student Union at the University of Arizona had just been renovated by June 23, 1971. The addition of 130,000 square feet in the new sections of the building more than doubled the previous space. The cost for the renovation was $3.5 million. Art Grasberger / Tucson Citizen
The new Student Union Memorial Center at the University of Arizona campus in Tucson on July 26, 2016. It is one of the largest student unions in the country sitting on around 10 acres and offering food, shopping, studying, banks, a bookstore, hair salon and more. It also pays tribute in design and memorabilia to the USS Arizona. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
North Cherry Avenue
Arizona Stadium is off in the distance looking south along North Cherry Avenue on February 9, 1972. At the time the UA was proposing an addition to its football stadium adding another 10,600 seats to the east side of the structure that would involve permanently closing Cherry Avenue. It was also considering a 3,600-unit parking lot, all of which could cost around $11 million. Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
North Cherry Avenue looking south toward the football stadium at the University of Arizona campus in Tucson on July 26, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
University of Arizona Main Library and Arizona Stadium
From the patio of the new University of Arizona Main Library, students hang out as construction on the east side of the football stadium, on the left, continues on April 21, 1976. Arizona Stadium's seating capacity was to increase to a total of 57,000 seats for its season opener against Auburn on September 11. P.K. Weis / Tucson Citizen
The Lowell-Stevens Football Facility is at the north end of Arizona Stadium at the University of Arizona campus in Tucson on July 26, 2016. It is the new home of football operations and it provides club seating, concessions and it increased the seating capacity of the stadium. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Meinel Optical Sciences building
The new Optical Sciences building at the University of Arizona was part of a $2.6 million project on December 27, 1968. The US Air Force pledged $5.2 million in support of optical sciences research at the university. Art Grasberger / Tucson Citizen
The back side of Optical Sciences building at the University of Arizona campus in Tucson on August 14, 2016. The college is one of the premier educational and research institutions in optics and photonics. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
University of Arizona Mall
The University of Arizona Mall off East Third Street (left) and North Cherry Avenue on September 21, 1966. Note the baseball field on the left of the photo. Art Grasberger / Tucson Citizen
The mall at the University of Arizona from North Cherry Avenue near University Boulevard in Tucson on August 16, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Civil Engineering building
The University of Arizona's Civil Engineering building nears completion on May 18, 1965. Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
The University of Arizona Civil Engineering Building at 1209 E 2 St., A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Speech and Hearing Sciences building
The University of Arizona Speech and Hearing Sciences building at 1131 E 2nd St. in Tucson in 1965. Bruce Hopkins / Tucson Citizen
The University of Arizona Speech and Hearing Sciences Building at 1131 E 2nd St. in Tucson on July 25, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
North Highland Avenue
A view of North Highland Avenue looking north toward the University of Arizona's Administration building on September 11, 1966. Mark Godfrey / Tucson Citizen
North Highland Avenue at Sixth Street looking north toward the mall at the University of Arizona campus in Tucson on August 14, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
Social Sciences
University of Arizona students walk around campus mixing occasionally with traffic in front of the Social Sciences building in 1959. Tucson Citizen file.
From the Social Sciences building looking north towards Old Main at the University of Arizona campus in Tucson on July 26, 2016. A.E. Araiza / Arizona Daily Star
