Golden Gate Barrio was a historic

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neighborhood in the Eastside of Phoenix,

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. The neighborhood was razed due to

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for the expansion of

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in the 1970s and 1990s through the West Approach Land Acquisition Project. In 1953 Father

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helped found Sacred Heart Church in neighborhood. Sacred Heart Church is the only remaining structure in the neighborhood located at 920 S. 17th Street in Phoenix. Phoenix-Scared Heart Church

The church was added to the

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on March 20, 2012. Since 1986, its doors open once per year for Christmas Mass to the former neighborhood residents.

References

External links

"A Vanished Phoenix Barrio: Visions of Life on 16th Street", ''Barriozona Magazine'', October 10, 2006
{{Phoenix neighborhoods Geography of Phoenix, Arizona Hispanic and Latino American culture in Phoenix, Arizona Mexican-American culture in Arizona Neighborhoods in Phoenix, Arizona