Tucson artist Aureleo Rosano describes Miracle Mile in the early 1960s, in its last moments of economic vitality before Interstate 10 bypassed the area and starved it of traffic. Rosano also describes a nightclub at the top of Tucson House where major performers would quietly work on their routines before heading to Las Vegas.

Archive Tucson is a living and growing collection of audio interviews about life and change in Tucson and Southern Arizona. University Libraries oral historian and videographer, Aengus Anderson, has spent more than five years interviewing 100+ people and recording their stories about our city.

Listen to the audio short (2:20)