Hi,
My mother was born on Cushing street and grew up in El Hoyo. They lived at 218 El Paso street.
My maternal grandfather Margarito Garcia owned and operated Garden City Cleaners on Meyer street. I believe he came to Tucson from Mexico around 1909 and established the business around that time. It is still in existence as Garcia's Cleaners on 22nd & 5th ave. and is run by my cousins. My uncle Robert Garcia ran it for many years.
Steve Q.
Armando Campos wrote:
Hi all. I'm new to this group having discovered it via a newspaper article that I read a week or so
ago. I was born and raised in Tucson and have lived here all my life except for the three years I was in the Marine Corps. I have enjoyed seeing some of the pictures of Tucson's past and a lot of the articles that have been posted. I grew up in my grandparents house, built by them in?the barrio known as El Hoyo. Unfortunetley a city program known as Urban Renewal forced my grandparents to sell the house they had lived in since the 20's.If you head west past the El Minuto Cafe, you will drive over the site where my grandparents house stood. It was just bad luck that their house was in the last block of houses to be demolished. Someone mentioned Arts Cooney Island hot dogs and burgers, Yes I?remember Arts, though not the rest of the name, and I also remember Jakes and Kippys 7/$1.00 mega burgers joint. I think Deb mentioned Pats chile dogs on the southside.Well they still serve their delicious chile dogs? at Pats on Grande Ave. They are always packed. Sorry
Deb, I think they are better than that other place? Anyway, good to hear from you all and? I am looking foward to?future comments and pictures.
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