There is a place in Scottsdale where you can live like a sultan if you want. This condo complex known as Casa Blanca has a long history in the area. It was built in the 1920's as a home for the Donald Kellogg family and in the late 1940's it was converted into a corporate retreat for the Warner Borg Company.
In the 1950's it opened to the public as the Casa Blanca Inn and it remained a resort all the way through the 1970's. That's how I remember it. I would sometimes go there just to use the buildings as a background for photos.
Today, the whole complex has been turned into condominiums and some of them are quite unique. Several years ago I got to visit two of them that happened to be on a home tour sponsored by a non-profit organization. I actually got to visit the home with the huge dome over the top of it.
Unfortunately, the day of that home tour was a chilly and rainy day so when I tried to take photos of the exterior, all that white just blended in with the misty sky. So, a few weeks ago I went back to get some photos with blue sky.
Back when it was a resort, there was a restaurant there called "The Sultan's Table". I sure wish I would have gotten a chance to experience it. It just sounds like a place I would have loved.
If you had said you were in Morocco, I would have believed you, Sharon! I love this & your photos are wonderful!
ReplyDeleteSeeing this was a pleasant surprise for me. I never expected to see anything like this in Phoenix.
ReplyDeleteIt is so wonderfully exotic, Sharon! Love your pics!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fab piece of architecture Sharon, how fab to have a condo here. There's a similar situation here, a building built in the 1920's in the style of a castle, now apartments.. would love to see inside, yours there and mine here!
ReplyDeleteIt is so unusual, but then Phoenix has a number of unusual things! :) I'll bet those condo apartments are quite luxurious, given the exterior of the building. BTW, my new blog isn't working so I'm back posting on Ocala. :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool! Did you get photos of the inside, under the dome? I love that pic of the domes against the blue sky.
ReplyDeleteThere's a place in Florida, near Miami, called Opa-Locka, which was designed in the '20s with a similar Arabian Nights motif. I guess it was a thing back then.
Some of the architecture certainly evokes North Africa.
ReplyDeleteWow! I had no idea.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't make me think Phoenix. It's a wonder sight to see and photograph though. A gem in the desert.
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