A lot has changed around the University of Arizona campus since your parents and grandparents attended; and we have the photos to prove it.
Arizona Daily Star photographer A.E. Araiza took time this summer to recreate UA campus images snapped by the Tucson Citizen photography team in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s. The results are pretty incredible.
Use the sliders below to compare the images and see for yourself.
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Arizona Stadium
Left photo: Arizona Stadium starts to take shape as 10,000 new seats are added to the west side along Vine Street as part of the University of Arizona's $1.4 million addition to structure on April 16, 1965. The completion date for the addition to the stadium was extended a month to October 2, 1965.
Right photo: Likens Residence Hall, is a four to six-story hall that offers numerous sustainability features and the latest in green energy.
Left photo: Cranes ease giant sections of the concrete supports in place along Vine Street as part of the Arizona Stadium construction on March 24, 1965.
Right photo: Arizona Stadium on the west side of the structure looking north at the University of Arizona.
Gerard P Kuiper Space Sciences building
Left photo: The brand-spanking new Space Sciences Center at the University of Arizona was complete by September 11, 1966. Note that North Warren Avenue went all the way through to Third Street and the UA Mall.
Right photo: The Gerard P Kuiper Space Sciences building on the UA mall turns 50 this year.
Administration building
Left photo: a previously empty lot is becoming the foundation to the University of Arizona's new Administration building on May 18, 1965.
Right photo: Benches and trees line long west side of the Administration building.
The Park Student Union
Left photo: The Park Avenue Food Services and Bookstore Center on the west side of campus is under construction on May 18, 1965.
Right photo: The Park Student Union offers an array of food choices plus a bookstore, gaming center, meeting rooms and the home of the KAMP Student Radio station.
Student Union Memorial Center
Left photo: The Student Union at the University of Arizona had just been renovated by June 23, 1971. The addition of 130,000 square feet in the new sections of the building more than doubled the previous space. The cost for the renovation was $3.5 million.
Right photo: The new Student Union Memorial Center at the University of Arizona campus is one of the largest student unions in the country sitting on around 10 acres and offering food, shopping, studying, banks, a bookstore, hair salon and more. It also pays tribute in design and memorabilia to the USS Arizona.
Left photo: University of Arizona students take time out from their classes to relax at the pool located on the north side of the Student Union on March 9, 1982.
Right photo: The north side of the Student Union Memorial Center now overlooks the Second Street parking garage.
North Cherry Avenue
Left photo: Arizona Stadium is off in the distance looking south along North Cherry Avenue on February 9, 1972. At the time the UA was proposing an addition to its football stadium adding another 10,600 seats to the east side of the structure that would involve permanently closing Cherry Avenue. It was also considering a 3,600-unit parking lot, all of which could cost around $11 million.
Right photo: The North Cherry Avenue view now contains the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility, which was completed in 2013, in addition to the stadium.
Left photo: Arizona Stadium is on the left looking north along North Cherry Avenue at East Sixth Street on February 9, 1972.
Right photo: A woman crosses 6th Street along the east side of Arizona Stadium.
University of Arizona Main Library and Arizona Stadium
Left photo: From the patio of the new University of Arizona Main Library, students hang out as construction on the east side of the football stadium, on the left, continues on April 21, 1976. Arizona Stadium's seating capacity was to increase to a total of 57,000 seats for its season opener against Auburn on September 11.
Right photo: The Lowell-Stevens Football Facility is at the north end of Arizona Stadium at the University of Arizona campus. It is the new home of football operations and it provides club seating, concessions and it increased the seating capacity of the stadium.
Meinel Optical Sciences building
Left photo: The new Optical Sciences building at the University of Arizona was part of a $2.6 million project. The US Air Force pledged $5.2 million in support of optical sciences research at the university. Photo taken on on December 27, 1968.
Right photo: The back side of the Meinel Optical Sciences building. The college is one of the premier educational and research institutions in optics and photonics.
University of Arizona Mall
Left photo: Drivers travel around the University of Arizona campus as dirt is piled up in the center of the mall near Cherry Avenue looking towards Bear Down Gym in the background and the baseball field on September 11, 1966.
Right photo: The Mall at the University of Arizona near the Main Library, left and Bear Down Gym in the middle.
Left photo: The Mall at the University of Arizona on September 21, 1966. Note the baseball field on the left of the photo.
Right photo: View of the Mall at the University of Arizona from North Cherry Avenue near University Boulevard.
Civil Engineering building
Left photo: The University of Arizona's Civil Engineering building nears completion on May 18, 1965.
Right photo: The University of Arizona Civil Engineering building at 1209 East 2nd St.
Speech and Hearing Sciences building
Left photo: Construction is underway for the Speech and Hearing Sciences building in 1965.
Right photo: A completed Speech and Hearing Sciences building at 1131 East 2nd Street.
North Highland Avenue
Left photo: A view of North Highland Avenue looking north toward the University of Arizona's Administration building on September 11, 1966.
Right photo: A man uses a crosswalk on the corner or North Highland Avenue and East 6th Street.
Social Sciences building
Left photo: University of Arizona students walk around campus mixing occasionally with traffic in front of the Social Sciences building in 1959.
Right photo: Trees obstruct the view from the Social Sciences building looking north towards Old Main.
