Roosevelt Row is a dynamic, walkable urban mixed-use area with a significant concentration of artists and other creative professionals. With increasing density, this is an area that is becoming more pedestrian-friendly and supportive of small local independent businesses that give downtown Phoenix character. Roosevelt Street is an east-west corridor that connects the historic neighborhoods between Grand Avenue and 16th Street. The corridor also connects the amenities within the urban core including municipal landmarks, sports arenas, the Orpheum & Herberger theatres, the Science and Phoenix History Museums, Heritage Square, the Biomedical campus and Children's Art Museum all en route by light rail. The central transit station located just south of Civic Space Park across from ASU downtown makes for an easy commute up to the Arts District and Margaret T. Hance Park, Burton Barr public library, the Phoenix Art Museum, Heard Museum and Uptown Central Phoenix.

Roosevelt Row is part of the Downtown Phoenix Arts District and is home to artist live/work spaces, gallery spaces and studio spaces. Roosevelt Row is a pedestrian friendly street characterised by an ecclectic mix of rehabilitated adaptive-reuse properties and new mixed-use, urban development. Roosevelt Row connects the arts and downtown Phoenix historic neighborhoods including Garfield, Evans Churchill, F.Q. Story, Willo, Roosevelt and Grand Avenue.

A SHORT BIT OF HISTORY
Roosevelt Row has been a vital mixed use area from the earliest days of the establishment of Phoenix. Many of the concrete sidewalks in the neighborhood were poured in 1909, three years before Arizona officially became the 48th State. In the early 1940s, when there were approximately 30,000 people living in Phoenix, numerous businesses were established along Roosevelt Street. The flower shop at Fifth Street and Roosevelt has been in continuous operation since 1948.

In the 1970s, parts of the area were re-zoned as a high-rise incentive district leading to land speculation and a decline of the neighborhood that lasted until the late 1990s.

The blighted area was attractive to artists because the boarded-up buildings and former crack houses were affordable for studio and gallery space. The arts were a major factor in the revitalization of the area and crime rates plummetted as more people began to venture into the area to experience the cultural vibrancy.

The corridor is re-emerging as one of the most dynamic areas in downtown Phoenix and a valued cultural resource in the metropolitan region and the state.

Roosevelt Row is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established to further the unique character and assets of the area, to advocate for the continuing role of the arts in the revitalization of downtown Phoenix, and to foster a dense, diverse and walkable urban environment.

Roosevelt Row CDC Board of Directors
Jennifer Delgado, President
Alison Rainey, Vice-President
Eileen Yazzie, Treasurer
Kendra Cea
Charles J. Coughlin
Cindy Dach
Greg Ensell
Greg Esser
Michelle Johnson
Vermon Pierre
Kenneth Richardson III
Azalia Trujillo

Staff
Greg Esser, Executive Director
greg@rooseveltrow.org

Kenny Barrett, Programs Manager kenny@rooseveltrow.org

Hillary Butler, Events Manager
hillary@rooseveltrow.org
602 475 2661

Sam Wilkes, Communications Manager
sam@rooseveltrow.org

For additional information, email info@rooseveltrow.org.