GLENDALE, AZ (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 A piece of Glendale\u2019s past was uncovered during renovations at City Hall: a time capsule dating back nearly 40 years.<\/p>\n
City officials said the capsule was discovered as crews prepared the City Hall site for construction and demolition as part of a three-year renovation project that ended in the ribbon-cutting Thursday, the city\u2019s 116th anniversary of incorporation.<\/p>\n
The time capsule was dated June 18, 1985, when Glendale marked its 75th anniversary. City officials opened it a couple of months ago at Centennial Elementary School, joined by the person who served as Glendale\u2019s mayor at the time.<\/p>\n
Inside, officials found items that captured what the city looked like in the mid-1980s, including an old phone book, a VHS tape, letters from school children about what they loved about Glendale, items from local schools and street maps showing the city\u2019s layout.<\/p>\n
City managers said the capsule also had a strong smell, similar to formaldehyde, when it was opened.<\/p>\n
Now, Glendale is preparing a new time capsule to give future residents a snapshot of the city today. The new capsule includes memorabilia from the Arizona Cardinals, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Chicago White Sox spring training teams and a friendship bracelet connected to Taylor Swift, whose world tour kicked off in Glendale.<\/p>\n
The capsule also includes a copper ingot made by AZ-250. Officials said only two were made: one for Glendale\u2019s time capsule and another for the America 250 time capsule in Washington, D.C., to represent Arizona.<\/p>\n
The new capsule is expected to be opened decades from now as Glendale marks another major milestone.<\/p>\n
A free public celebration is scheduled for Saturday from 4 to 9:30 p.m. at Murphy Park<\/a>, featuring activities, live music and food.<\/p>\n See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n