Local Recognition

Mesa's Evergreen Historic district was recently recognized in Phoenix magazine, as one of the Phoenix metropolitan area's "Top 21 Neighborhoods".



It's no surprise to people in the Duke Manor neighborhood, as we have been enjoying the wide streets, magnificent trees, and great period architecture of this adjacent neighborhood for walking, jogging, or a just nice way to enter our neighborhood from University Dr.






This photo below was taken about two blocks away from Duke Manor in the 700 block of N Robson.











The article reads:
"The name says it all. In a valley filled with neighborhoods whose chracter is stagnant and hard to define, Mesa'a evergreen district remains fresh and lively...
Today, this family-friendly neighborhood boasts expanded bungalow-style homes on large lots with huge setbacks fronted by huge trees. It begs for a walkabout- driving feels like a crime here."

It's a great acknowledgment for a gem of a neighborhood, blessed with distinct Phoenix rareties- historical charm and lush landscaping. It's also located close the Valley Metro Light Rail path that will continue through Downtown Mesa in the next few years.
Keep your eye on this area!!

Our Neighborhood

Homes in the Duke Manor neighborhood are of the “Simple Ranch” construction, with an honest character and solid materials. Although all the homes here share a similar design, there are several distinct floorplans and a range of original sizes from around 1100 sq ft at the smallest, and close to 1,700 sq ft at the largest. A variety of different roof styles exist within the neighborhood to differentiate the individual homes, including that of “French Provincial Ranch”, and “Prairie Ranch”.



Duke Manor is the city's first post-war Housing tract.






As Phoenix, and the Southwest generally, continues to be a place of growth and expansion away from our cities’ centers, neighborhoods like Duke Manor inevitably become more valuable. While the outlying desert communities infill with homes of questionable construction, cramped lots, busy roads lined with big-box retail, and congested beltways, our streets will continue to mature with charm and dignity.

The simply styled homes are set along a wide circuited roadway, with deep lots, traditional grass lawns and mature trees. Examples of traditional regional plantings like flowering rose and hibiscus, fruit-bearing citrus trees, date, pecan, Aleppo pine, and palms are part of the neighborhood landscape.

Loft Style reaches Downtown Mesa

Downtown Mesa and the surrounding area has an abundance of architectural charm that, by majority, has gone almost completely unnoticed. With news that the Metro Light Rail will in fact travel through downtown's core on Main st, enthusiasm has started to materialize.

"Lofts at the Drew" conducted their first open house this past Sunday, April 4th. A circa- 1920's brick structure at 39 W Main St houses a clothing boutique at street level, and possesses brick construction from a bygone era rarely seen in Arizona's low desert. On the second floor are nine tastefully renovated spaces, now available as lofts. Interior walls of exposed brick, storied hardwood floors and large windows characterize the custom decorated spaces. Five of the units have soaring views of the Mesa Contemporary Arts center, and offer a unique glimpse of the dramatic architectural lighting the structure shows nightly.

Visit "Lofts at the Drew"
http://www.drewlofts.com/Site/Home.html