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Experience the new southwest like never before by finding yourself in one of the many Scottsdale, AZ high rise condominiums. Bloomberg Businessweek ranked Scottsdale as one of the Top 50 US Cities, noting 300 days of sunshine per year, a wealth of golf courses, and South Mountain Park, the largest municipal park in the country.
In 2013, Scottsdale earned its 31st consecutive 'Tree City USA' award with its strong commitment to environmental health. The city is continually expanding the growth of healthy flora, providing a dense landscape and fresh air for its urban and suburban residents.
GOLF Magazine calls Scottsdale 'The World's Finest Golf Destination.' Nearly 100 courses provide green grass and a panoramic view of mountainous Arizona landscape on every hole. Of the many courses, Legends Trail Golf Club was rated by Golf Digest as one of the best golfing experiences in the country.
Pleasant weather is a mainstay; blue skies and low humidity make Scottsdale MSN Money's No.1 place to retire, and a great place for family fun. Amateur adventurers will find Pinnacle Peak an easy hike at a steady elevation for 3.7 miles, while more the more experienced hikers may like to visit Tom's Thumb Trail, named for the tall granite 'thumb' at the top and lauded for its spacious view of the Four Peaks.
The cuisine in the area comes with a bevvy of choices. A local Japanese restaurant known as ShinBay has tantamount reviews for their fresh-cooked seafood and authentic Japanese sushi. Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse caters to adults on the night out with an upscale, high-class dining environment.
For the family, Cafe & Ice Cream Parlor at the Phoenician serves homemade ice cream, freshly baked pastries, traditional lunches, and hot cappuccinos, all in an old-fashioned ice cream parlor setting. Old Town Tortilla Factory is another family-friendly favorite, serving regional dishes like Green Enchiladas, Quesadillas, and Sonoran Meatloaf.
High rise townhomes for sale in Scottsdale, AZ are indeed part of the new southwest, but the area still has strong ties to the history of American culture just waiting to be explored. Frank Lloyd Wright had this to say about the quixotic landscape of Scottsdale in the 1920's: 'Oh, we have to build here, this is pure abstraction wherever you look.' Wright's studio and now museum, Taliesin West, enriches the history of Scottsdale with insight to the man called 'the greatest American architect of all time,' by the American Institute of Architects.
Downtown Scottsdale Art Districts & ArtWalk gives the art community a greater, driving purpose. Scottsdale is known to have more art galleries per capita than any other city in the United States '“ most of which can be found in the Arts Districts area. Gallery exhibits, receptions, and live entertainment are hosted weekly with the Thursday night ArtWalk.
Young artists are fostered in Scottsdale, and so are young thinkers. GreatSchools gives Scottsdale's public school system a ranking of 9 out of 10. Sixteen of the schools received a perfect 10 score, such as Anasazi Elementary School, Foothills Academy, and Black Mountain High School. Seven of the 10/10-scoring elementary schools double as preschools for early-start education.
For a stark yet beautiful contrast to inner-city Scottsdale, the I-10 highway offers a straight shot to the western coast through wide expanses of uninhabited, abstract terrain. Skyline Regional Park's mountains silently slumber alongside the highway just outside of Phoenix, making for a rigorous mountain biking destination or just eye candy for the road.
At a convenient two hour drive from Scottsdale, Arizona Snowbowl in Flagstaff offers a lodge for year-round vacationing and a place for ski and snowboard enthusiasts to brave the 12,000 foot elevation of Humphrey's Peak. By plane, Disneyland, Sea World, and the San Diego Zoo are only an hour away.