Traveling east about 8 miles from downtown Phoenix, you will come to Tempe, Arizona. It is definitely worth your time to stop here for a visit. Learn more here.
Arizona State University
Tempe is well known as the home of Arizona State University. With over 60,000 students on five campuses, Arizona State University is one of the largest public universities in the country. Because of the way the Tempe campus is arranged with buildings built around pedestrian malls, this campus is considered to be an arboretum. Taking a stroll around campus is like touring a beautiful tree garden. Learn more about Get Outside in Glendale, AZ.
In addition, art lovers can visit the huge public art collection, which is one of the ten best university public art collections.
Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium
On the campus of Arizona State University at 1200 South Forest Avenue at East Apache Boulevard is a very famous building you will want to see. Not only is it striking architecture, but it was also the last public building designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Little known fact – the building is based on a design that Frank Lloyd Wright originally designed as an opera house for Baghdad, Iraq.
The building has a round roof with 50 concrete columns supporting it. You will be glad you took time to see it.
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