Standin' on the Corner Park - Winslow, AZ - a park dedicated to an Eagles song

Winslow was northern Arizona's largest town until the 1960's and was found on Route 66 giving the business ample business for the town to flourish. During the later 1970's Interstate 40 by passed the community and its prominence began to fade as tourists took the alternate route. For the next two decades the town stood still in time after the businesses found in downtown Winslow closed and the town saw no signs of regaining the traffic it once had until the Standin' on the Corner Foundation came along.

The Standin' on the Corner Foundation that was once La Posada Foundation began renovating and reopened business with the assistance of private investors during 1994. The Foundation thought that a park would be beneficial to Winslow. The committee for the park decided that it would revolve around things that were in the song "Take It Easy' and nothing that was not in the song would be in the park. The careful planning began once a piece of land was donated by the Kaufman family to place it on.

Standin' on the Corner Park in Winslow, Arizona gets its name directly from the Eagle's song "Take It Easy'' and the line "standin' on a corner in Winslow Arizona'' and the verse that follows it. John Pugh painted a mural that covers two stories and Ron Adamson sculpted a life-size bronze statue of a dressed in 1970's attire propping a guitar on the toe of his boot. Donor bricks inscribed with a story about Winslow by those that have stood on the corner surround the statue and the mural.

It took two years for the plans for the park construction to be completed by volunteers. When completed Standin' on the Corner Park had a two story mural that showed a girl in a flatbed ford reflected in the windows of a store. The mural also had an eagle painted on the window sill. The painting is surrounded by planters with their own built in seating, trees, lighting and native landscaping.

The corner park is paved with inscribed bricks known as donor bricks. Donor bricks may be purchased then inscribed with whatever message that you would like then set into the surroundings. These donor bricks and other memorabilia from the park can be bought eight at the park or online to aid in the further development. These bricks allow you to become a part of the Historical site.

The park opened to the public during September of 1999 and now brings additional traffic to the city allowing the businesses that have reopened to remain open. Tourists now visit Standin' on the Corner Park to have their pictures taken at the famous location.

Along Interstate 40 between the New Mexico border and Flagstaff is Winslow, Arizona. The corner of Second Street and Kinsley Avenue is where the Standin' on the Corner Park is located. Those that are fans of the Eagles or just those that enjoy listening to `Take It Easy'' will enjoy a visit to the historical site and should make it a point to stop the next time they travel through Arizona.