Sean Sweat, treasurer and resident of the St. Croix Villas located near Filmore and First streets, said a parking lot would do more harm to the city than good because the black top would cause more heat during the summer months and it would eliminate foot-traffic around the area.

CityScape, the $900 million complex of retailers in downtown Phoenix, will celebrate its grand opening this weekend with a large-scale block party including Mayor Phil Gordon’s State of Downtown address, a Friday morning coffee give-away and free performances by Macy Gray and Third Eye Blind, according to the president of the Downtown Phoenix Partnership.

The Arizona State Fair offers a variety of attractions, vendors, concerts and food. The Fair started Oct. 15 and will continue until Sunday.

Students gathered for seven hours in the Walter Cronkite School's Theater to participate in an unprecedented partnership between Facebook and ABC, resulting in ABC’s live election town hall on Tuesday.

ABC 15 News will partner with ASU to provide nationwide election coverage in a town hall forum that will be streamed live on the network, as well as Facebook.