Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium

building, Tempe, Arizona, United States

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The Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium is located in Tempe, Arizona, on the campus of Arizona State University. Designed by the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, the auditorium was completed in 1964. It is recognized as an important arts venue for the Phoenix metropolitan area. The city of Tempe itself, situated near the Salt River and a suburb of Phoenix, was settled in 1872 and renamed in 1880. Tempe has experienced significant growth since World War II, evolving from an agricultural center to one with manufacturing, trade, and high-tech industries.12

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Tempe
… (1885), whose campus contains the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. After World War II Tempe experienced marked residential and economic growth with light-industrial development. The city’s economic activities, once centred on agriculture (through the Salt River Irrigation Project), now are based on manufacturing, trade, and high-tech…
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… (1885), whose campus contains the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. After World War II Tempe experienced marked residential and economic growth with light-industrial development. The city’s economic activities, once centred on agriculture (through the Salt River Irrigation Project), now are based on manufacturing, trade, and high-tech…
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Arizona State University
…State is home to the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1964, and the Sundome Center for the Performing Arts, the largest single-level theatre in the United States. Alumni of the university include the researcher and industrial designer Temple Grandin.
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…State is home to the Grady Gammage Memorial Auditorium, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1964, and the Sundome Center for the Performing Arts, the largest single-level theatre in the United States. Alumni of the university include the researcher and industrial designer Temple Grandin.
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