Editing Casas Adobes, Arizona (section)

==Points of interest==
[[File:Westward Look Resort.jpg|thumb|350px|Westward Look Resort garden, 2014]]

Casas Adobes is the location of one of southern [[Arizona]]'s largest and most biologically diverse nature preserves. [[Tohono Chul Park]] is a private nature park located northwest of North Oracle and West Ina roads on North Paseo del Norte. Tohono Chul, Tohono O'odham for "desert corner," was created in 1985 after Richard and Jane Wilson dedicated their historic home and property to the preservation of the desert and the education of visitors on the splendor of the native plants and wildlife.<ref name="chamberofcommerce"/>

Casas Adobes features one of the highest concentrations of [[Mid-century modern]] architecture in the [[Tucson]] area with many prominent architects including Friedman and Jobusch,<ref name="Friedman">{{cite web|title=Bernard J. Friedman 1916 – 2012|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/bernard-j-friedman-1916-2012/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029122613/https://preservetucson.org/stories/bernard-j-friedman-1916-2012/|url-status=live}}</ref> Nicholas Sakellar,<ref name="Sakellar">{{cite web|title=Nicholas Sakellar, FAIA 1918–1993|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/nicholas-sakellar-faia-sculpting-space/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065823/https://preservetucson.org/stories/nicholas-sakellar-faia-sculpting-space/|url-status=live}}</ref> Tom Gist,<ref name="GistTHPF">{{cite web|title=Tom Gist 1917-2000|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/217/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065652/https://preservetucson.org/stories/217/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Gist">{{cite web|title=6431 N Treasure Drive, Tucson, AZ|url=http://www.longrealty.com/homes-for-sale/6431-N-Treasure-Drive-Tucson-AZ-85704-212542825|publisher=Long Realty|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065931/http://www.longrealty.com/homes-for-sale/6431-N-Treasure-Drive-Tucson-AZ-85704-212542825|url-status=live}}</ref> and Edward Nelson<ref name="Nelson">{{cite web|title=Edward Nelson|url=https://preservetucson.org/stories/edward-nelson/|publisher=Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065834/https://preservetucson.org/stories/edward-nelson/|url-status=live}}</ref> designing properties in the region. Notable examples include Saint Odilia Catholic Church,<ref name="MAPPOdilia">{{cite web|title=Saint Odilia Catholic Church|url=http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_24.pdf|publisher=[[University of Arizona]] College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029121052/http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_24.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> St Andrew's Presbyterian Church,<ref name="Nelson"/> Dove of Peace Lutheran Church,<ref name="MAPPDove">{{cite web|title=Dove of Peace Lutheran Church|url=http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_12.pdf|publisher=[[University of Arizona]] College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065421/http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/pdfs/m50_12.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Arizona Bank (now [[Bank of America]]) as well as numerous residences in Catalina Village, Westward Look Estates, Casas Adobes Estates and Samalayuca Estates among other neighborhoods.<ref name="MAPP">{{cite web|title=Residential Real Estate Search|url=http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/real_estate.htm|publisher=[[University of Arizona]] College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024040230/http://capla.arizona.edu/mapptucsonorg/real_estate.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The [[Casas Adobes Plaza]] is a retail destination, dating back to 1948. The Plaza is situated on the southwest corner of North Oracle and West Ina roads, and features some of the most authentic [[Mediterranean]] architecture in the area. Original Italian vignettes, statues, and fountains are incorporated into the plaza. Casas Adobes Plaza has a historic [[Mediterranean]] observation tower.

Westward Look Resort is located in Casas Adobes, beginning in the early 20th century as a dude ranch in the foothills of the [[Santa Catalina Mountains]] north of [[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]. The property was significantly expanded in the late 1960s by modernist architect Edward Nelson<ref name="Nelson"/> and became the [[Tucson]] area's first resort. The original adobe home commissioned by ranch founders William and Maria Watson in the 1910s by [[Tucson]] architect Merritt Starkweather remains the heart of Westward Look Resort and is named the "Vigas Room."<ref name="Westwardlook">{{cite web|title=Westward Look History|url=http://www.westwardlook.com/explore/about/history|publisher=Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort & Spa|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029122518/http://www.westwardlook.com/explore/about/history|url-status=live}}</ref>

Casas Adobes has a nationally prominent golf resort built in the 1960s by Sam Nanini, the Omni Tucson National Resort. Hosting the [[PGA Tour]] Tucson Open for more than forty years, golfers [[Jack Nicklaus]] (who was discovered and promoted by Nanini), [[Arnold Palmer]], [[Lee Trevino]], [[Tom Watson (golfer)|Tom Watson]], [[Tom Kite]] and [[Johnny Miller]] have played at Tucson National. Early tournaments were celebrity-hosted by [[Dean Martin]] and others.<ref name="Tucsonnational">{{cite web|title=Our Story|url=https://www.tucsonnational.com/our-story|publisher=Omni Tucson National Resort|access-date=October 28, 2017|archive-date=October 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065937/https://www.tucsonnational.com/our-story|url-status=live}}</ref>

While Casas Adobes remains unincorporated, the community has distinguished itself from the other suburbs to the north and northwest of [[Tucson]] as the oldest community.