After months of waiting through public approvals and estimates, a midnight crew began painting the crosswalk at 7th and Glenrosa Avenues the colors of the rainbow, to honor Melrose’s legacy as an LGBT destination.

Paid for with private donations to Phoenix Pride, and supervised by the City of Phoenix, the plastic polymer is melted onto the tar of the street and should withstand Arizona’s brutal summers if maintained regularly. Read more.

(Photo and video credit Klayton Roark, Melrose resident).