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DEL E. WEBB, founder, chairman of the board and chief executive

officer of the famous construction and development corporation

which bears his name. (Also co-owner of the New York Yankees.)

" e oncrete ,

s tee l and lum ber

can m ake the bu ild ings

bu t Peop le

m ake the commun ity .

Together ,

w e can rea lize a

Way-af -Li fe

unprecedented

in Am eric a."

More than 30 years ago, the Del E. Webb Cor-

poration had its beginning in Phoenix, Arizona.

Now, it is international in scope ... creator of

hospitals, schools, hotels, motels, indu trialplants, military installation, office buildings,

shopping centers, business complexes, fine homes

and residential areas everywhere.

Here, too, 12 miles from Phoenix flourishes the

first city in the nation founded on Mr. Webb's

great concept of Active Retirement ... SU

CITY , ARIZO A . Through the years, M r. Webb

had dreamed of creating a community exclusively

for America's retired men and women, with at-

tractive, sensibly. priced homes and every facilityfor recreational and creative activity; a commu-

nity ba ed upon a new and mature attitude to-

ward retirement ... with a fre h, ACTIVE and

For information about Del Webb's other

communities for Active Retirement,

write to: DEL E. WEBB CORP.

P. O. Box 7588·ABB, Phoenix, Arizona

LOW-COST Way-or-Life. Hi. dream came true

for thousands in SUN CITY, where, in le s than

two and a half years, the population soared to

more than six thou and.

Only a builder of the magnitude of Del E. Webb

and his associates could have given the dream

such complete and perfect substance a U

C ITY , ARIZONA Kern City, C alifornia .. .

Sun City , California and Sun City, Florida.

The Way"of-Life originated by M r. Webb has

been widely imitated but n ver equaled. For every

Del Webb Active Retirement community ...

complete f rom truly fine hom.e to superior fa-cilitie ... attracts a very. pecial kind of people,

who choose to live and enjoy life as they pI ase,

getting the rno t out of life for the lea t cost.

Built by DEl E. WUB DEVElOPMENT Co.

D E L E . WESS CORPORATION



THOUSANDS ENJOY AN

ACTIVE. PRIVILEGED AND

ECONOMICA.L

WAY ·O F·lI FE

• Only people who have reached the age of fifty

or more . " and their partners of all adult ages

. . . can call Del Webb's SUN CITY "home." They

are retired, semi-retired or planning to retire.

Their personalities and tastes are varied, but they

have in common the ability to enjoy life AC·

TlVEL Y and make the years ahead the most sat-

isfying of their lives. They love to entertain visit-

ing families, at home, at the pool, in the recrea-

tion area. Children are 'welcome visitors any time,

although they can not become permanent residents

of Sun City until they are out of high school.

Beautiful Homes i n : a Country Club .Setting

are surrounded by landscaped lawns and wind-

ing, velvety green fairways. You'll live luxu-

riously, in a top-quality, individualized home orcooperative apartment that's priced to fit are·

tirement budget.

Facilities for Creative and "FUN" Activities

include championship golf course, complete

Town Hall, Riviera size swimming pool, Agricul.

tural Center, shuffleboard, fully-equipped. Arts

& Crafts center, lawn b ow ling a nd putting green .

Everything You Want is Right at Home

Sun City has its own complete and modern Shop.ping Center with all of the merchandise and ser-vices you want for everyday needs. Right nextdoor is Del Webb's Kings Inn doter Hotel, fea-turing luxurious guest accommodations, coffeeshop and restaurant.

In the Valley where the Sunspends the winter

An oasis of garden-like beauty, Sun City is just12 miles from metropolitan Phoenix, a cultural

and resort center known the world over. Here,

the humidity readings are among the lowest in thenation, and every day can be spent outdoors , if

you wish ... the year 'round.The Fre,edomto Live asYou Wish

In Sun City, you will BE YOURSELF at last, en-

joying privacy, companionship and satisfying ae-tivity, and that greatest freedom of all: the right

to do what you want, when you want ... to live

exactly as you've always wished to live.

12 Miles N. W. of Phoenix on Highway 60-70-89



The first morning in your new Sun City home brings with it a sense of adventure such as few

of us have felt since carefree youth. You awaken to the touch of golden Arizona sunshine, turn-

ing myriad flowers, dipped green lawns and the deeper green of fairways into a sweep of living color ..

You're here, in a home that's "YOU" to the smallest delightful detail, feeling you can mold life

nearer to your heart's desire ... for all the materials are at your fingertips.

You wan t to see and try everyth ing. So you close your front door and sann ter down th e avenueon a tour of discovery. As you walk, you are greeted by new neighbors .... most of them en route

to the recreational area, only a stone's throw from YOUR house.

Many Sun Citians are already there ... twanging bows on the archery range; lawn bowling with pro·

fessional seriousnesa; visiting over shuffleboard or croquet. Some of the men are playing horseshoes.

There's a crowd around the Riviera·size swimming pool, splashing in the 3·foot and 5-foot depths

... diving at the IOdoot end .... or just sunning and chatting on the terrace and covered cabana.

A congenial crowd.



You stroll on, liking everything you see. People you haven't met smile in passing; it give you awarm glow. It's easy to make friends h reo There's the Town Hall, where you'll meet these neigh.

bars socially, politically and for entertainment. It has everything: big, sound-equipped auditorium,

stage and dressing rooms, a deluxe all-electric kitchen, men's and women's club rooms. Cutting a

green swath around the Town Hall is that beautiful golf course ... it even has a full-time "pro"

to serve you.

Like a deluxe Country Club, except for the Cast ... Nowhere el e at any time in history have

thousands of people had SO MUCH for SO UTILE COST. Why, even if you're on a retirement

budget, you can afford Sun City privileges. All of the facilities ... swimming pool, shuffleboard

courts, lawn bowling and putting green ,Town Hall facilities, Arts and Crafts Center and Agricultural

Center are being donated by the Webb Corporation to a non-profit corporation composed exclusively

of residents of YO R town and operated by them for the benefit of all of you. Assessments for

use of these facilities are just $20 per person per year . . . except for the golf course, where you

and your neighbors have the advantage of greatly reduced rates.

You saunter homeward, pleasantly aware that you can take your choice of any or all activities ...

relax in solitude or enjoy companionship. . exactly as YOU please; for here live and le t live is

more than a phrase.

Your sense of adVenture is still with you; you neet.l neve" never lose it, in Sun City.



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w i t h ~ O W l O W J v ~ a « d s . · .into a huge tray ... and no one seems happier than the women in the sewing room, deep in work,

laughter and conversation. Everywhere, people are talking and working companionably.

How easily, you think, latent ability develops into craftsmanship when, as here, you have EVERY

tool to work with.

You'd like to have a Garden ...

The thought crosses your mind; and you CAN, in your own backyard, or ... on a larger scale ...in the Agricultural area where "growing ground" is reserved for every Sun Citian. You can experi-

ment ... and not worry about careless young feet trampling tender plants.

So much material from which to weave your own tapestry of good living; it's a challenge ... an

opportunity ... the greatest daily adventure, free of compulsion, you've ever known.



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and potential friends who

will welcome you to active

happiness in Del Webb's

SUN CITY, A R I Z O N A



7

ational experts predict t at Phoenix is e tined to hecpme one of the world's

... a:nd ~he faPi.d~ty. 0 .its .gro.wth indi~~te th.ey are ri~ll.t. Morehthan .a hal.f m.iUion eOp'le

now live m Phoemx, enjoying the sunmdst, driest year 'round climate m America,

Phoenix blends tlie warm-hearted best of he old west w tH the progressive modern. Few

cities its size have as many business comglexes and residenti developments, resorts and

cultural r liiities.

It's a city of contrasts and excitement. P oenicians may cheer the horses at Turf Para-

dise .. "GO WESTERN" 'with a rootin' t otin' vengeance duro g the week of the World's

Chamlonship Rodeo ... and, the next w ek, applaud a Little 'F eatre presentation (with

professionals) ... the symphony ... or heer a practice game betwe,e the San Francisco

Giants and Chicago Cubs or the Boston Red Sox, all of which a e their spring train-

grounds in the Phoenix area. Television viewers keep happy- hoenix has its full

quota of radio and television stations.

Phoenix is a traveler's paradise, with direct train,

bus and multiple air routes toev rywhere.

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In vast and varied Arizona, Nat~re is both beautiful and mysterious. But clues to the past of earth

and man are everywhere, a challenge few questing minds can resist.

Under a faithful sun or stars that seem so near, you feel you need only stand tall to touch them,

Arizona stretches ... deserts that know only cacti, silence or the whisper of old battles or buried

treasure; a forest turned to many-color d stone; the cliff dwellings of Montezuma and Tuzigoot;

picturesque missions dating from the Conquistadores; a crater where one of the largest meteors

ever to strike the earth since the beginning of recorded history lies embedded forever; and the

fantastic Grand Canyon, where every period of earth's geological past can be read, layer by layer,

in a gigantic miles-long chasm of spectacular rock so awe-inspiring, you can only look, gasp, and

look again.

When the desert blooms, every cactus and desert plant burns with candles of floral color. Always,

there's something to attract the explorer and the sportsman. The hushed, fitted mountains of

the north tempt the hunter with elk, antelope, javelina, bear, wild turkey, mountain lion, big

horn sheep and deer. In the winter, you can drive from sun-warmed valley to the ski-slope in

hours. Itwill take you years to discover all of the fi hing streams and lakes in amazing Arizona ...

the nearest is Lake Pleasant, a mere 18 miles from Sun City. And it takes ju t a few hours to reach

Rocky Point for Deep ea fishing in th Gulf of California.



There are Indian ceremonials to see,

changed but little since the time of Ce-

o ronimo. And ghost towns (like Tombstone,

of Wyatt Earp fame) webbed by pioneer

trails," ghost riders in the sky" of Arizona.

So much to see, so much to do , .. and all

within easy reach of your comfortable home

in Sun City.



DAY BY DAY

and the activities, plus your friendly neighbors,will keep you as busy as you wish to be. Every-

thing you need for daily living is as near as Sun

City's own big shopping center, 'with super mar-

ket; druggist; variety store; laundry and dry clean-

ing; beauty and barber shops; furniture, carpet

and appliance stores; televis ion repair sb op; bank;

gift shop; health food store; service station and

a nursery to keep "green thumbers" happy. Sun

City also has its own Medical and Dental building,

Post Office and the protection of a fire station.

Streets are curbed and paved throughout this

beautiful, palm-shaded town; homes are sur-

rounded by landscaped lawns. Sidewalks and

driveways are in and paid for.

And your taxes are low, because there are no

schools in Sun City. Transportation poses no

problem, whether or not you drive your own

car. You can reach Phoenix in minutes via fast

express buses.

Sun City has its OWn luxurious Guest House

Del Webb's Kings Inn Motor Hotel provides ex-

cellent accommodations for guests. Its coffee

shop and beautifully appointed restaurant are

popular with Sun Citims, too,

Should you decide to vacation ill Phoenix and

look Sun City over, do make your reservations

well II I advance. Just write to: Kings Inn Motor

Hotel, Sun City, Arizona.



SINGLE and DUAL-STORY

G o p e w t i ~ eA p L 1 ' l t h t e l t t ~

• If you want the privacy of a home and the

luxury of a beautiful garden patio outside yourdoor ... but would just as soon "let George doit" with lawnmower, rake, hose and rubbish cans

... then these are for you, for year 'round living

or a maintenance- free seasonal home.

To meet every need, there are single-story unitswith one and two-bedroom apartments and dual-

story with deluxe two bedroom apartments.

Depending on your selection, apartments include

such features as private fenced garden patio, gas

forced-air furnace with duct system, Arctic CircleEvaporative Cooling or individually controlled

refrigerated air-conditioning, garbage dispo ers,enclosed laundry area adjacent to the kitchen,full bathroom and covered over-size carport.

As a purchaser, your warranty deed with insured

title policy guarantees you absolutely clear title

to your apartment-home with no blanket mort-

gages, liens or other encumbrances of any kind.

A Board of Management selected from amana the

apartment owners administers all affair of de-velopment and maintenance and determines the

amounts each owner "rill be assessed as his pro-

portionate share of the taxes, insurance, gardencare and exterior upkeep of the common areas.These assessments are pres en tly ~estima ted at just

$30.00 per month far l-bedroom units, $40.00for 2·bedraom, far less than cost for such items

in average private homes.

For complete information write for the separatebrochure to Del E. Webb Corporation, P. 0 _Box 7588-ABB, Sun City , Arizona.



2 BEDROOMS, 1 BATH, PORCH & PATIO

This home is ideal (or two people, . ' compact for easy care and

upkeep, yet with a spacious air, from ki t chen-din ing room and

beautiful living room to king- ize master bedroom an d second

bedroom that doubles, if desired. asa den, Livable details:

entrance from arport, guest closet at the front door, bathroom

vanity with imported marble top and large plate glass mirror.

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One of the most convenient floor plans ever" . " a home that

requires. a minimum of care and promotes smooth flow of traffic.

A lovely L.shaped living-dining room leads onto a covered lanai

through sliding glass doors. Imported Italian marble tops the

vanity; the master bedroom is large ana has ample closet space.

Built·ill range and oven have vent hood and exhaust Ian.

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2 BEDROOMS, 2 BATHS, BUILT·IN RANGE & OVEN

A beautiful 8J1d ext remeiy conveni e ll I home w i th 2 complete

baths . .. one directly off the rear bedroom. The room-arrange-

ment sa es mallY teps and permits access from out ol doors to

bath and bedroom without entering the living room, liding

glass doors open onto a covered lanai. The well -planned kitchen

has vent hood, exhaust ian, colorful breakfast bar . , " and

other feature ,

Plan 14-8

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If your [urnitu re is large. it w il l f i t into this home beautifu Il y

..... even your dining suite. Among the man)' exceptional fea··

tures: built-in bookcases and storage cabinets in the living room j.

Mr. and Mrs. closets and separate dressing room in the master

bedroom: specious pantry, buill-in electric range and oven, sep-

m-ate dinette space overlooking the lanai, in the lovely kitchen.

Plan 16-C



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A bea uti]ul, easy-to-ea reo for horne w ih a leisure roo III designed

for relaxing . .. with buili -ln bookcase shelving, TV space, china

cabinet and desk ..The f ne kitchen has ceramic tile breakfast

bar find dinette space ... electric range, oven and garbage dis·

posal. Other features: sliding glass doors opening onto covered

lanai; man-size enclosed shower; big Mr. and Mrs. closets.

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1flr" Is"·rA home for those who like to live and entertain, , . \\ ith a

minimum of effort . Features: leisure room with bookcase shelv-

ing, TV space, china cabinet, formica-top desk; cheery kitchen

with el crric range and ven, ceramic tile breakfast bar and

dinette ; sliding glass door opening onto covered lanai.CARP

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FROM STEEL-REINFORCED FOUNDATIONS AND SPACIOUS, COVERED

PATIOS TO KING-SIZE PICTURE WINDOWS, IMPORTED MARBLE VANITIES

AND 24 KARAT GOLD PLATED SHOWER HEADS ...

Featuring new Powers Hydro-Guard Thermostatic Mixing

Valve in all showers that adjusts water temperature

instantly. regardless of pressure changes in hot or

cold water when turned on elsewhere in the house.

Premium Hardware

Ash Kitchen Cabinets with wide selection of color glaze

Masonry Construction and Steel·Reinforced Foundations

assure maintenance-free care through the years

All Bathrooms have Vanities with Imported Marble Tops

and Large Plat" Glass Mirrors.

Fully Insulated Walls a nd Ceilings and 3·loot overhangs

stabilize interior temperatures year· round

Chrome Shower Heads are 24k gold-faced and all tubs

have Moen . 'Dialcet" mixing valves

All Bathroom Fixtures are American Standard

Thermostatically-controlled, Fiberglas·filtered Lennox fur-

naces a nd Arctic Circle evaporative coolers both operate

through complete duct and register system (Refrig·

erated Alr-Condtttoning optional at additional cost)

Asphalt Tile Floor Cavering in every room

All Models have front porches and covered lanais or

concrete patios

Sliding Aluminum Weathertite Frames on windows and

glass patio doorsChoice of' colors for both interior and exterior - wide

range of selections available

Exira Large P,iclure Windows Full Size Carport. . concrete d rive (double carports are

optional at additional cost)

Garbage Disposers and sunken refuse containers

Lanai Screening optiona I at additional COS!

Glass-lined Hot Water Heaters with 5·year guaranteeDishwasher optional at additional cost

Frigidaire Deluxe Built-in Electric Glass Door Oven an d

Cook Top with exhaust hood in all homes except Plan 1El::tra Large Exterior Storage Room

FHA Schedule 1andscaping

Ceramic Tile Kitchen Counters, Bathtub Splash and Shower

Splash in your choice of colors Full lot trnprovernents (pavi ng. cu rbs and sidewal ks)

Home Designs by

Charles & Arthur Schreiber, Arch itectsPhoenix, Arizona

Interiors by

Marion Paul, A.I.D.

Hollywood, California

Community Landscaping by

Averill & Bra nch, Landsca pe Architects

Phoen lx, Artzona

PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE SERVED BY:

Electricity - Arizona Public Service Co.

Gas - Arizona Public Service Co.

Telephone - Mount6in States Telephone and Telegraph Co.

Sewers and Water - Sun City Sewer & Water Co.

For Complete Price and Purchasing Information, wri1e to:

Del E. Webb Corporation, P. o. Box 758B·ABB, Phoenix, Arizona



Every year, thousand of Americans face the problem of how to live in re-

tirement ... and they discover it's not as simple as they thought it would be.

Intelligent people abhor aimlessness; they have no wish to become recon-

ciled to contributing nothing of themselves to the life around them.

Del Webb's answer to the retirement-dilemma the nation's first commu-

nity for active retirement, Sun City, Arizona was, literally, an overnight

success. In January, 1960 , people came from all over America to see the ex -

ceptional town built especially for those "over-fifty" who preferred ACTIVE

LrVI G to boredom. Some retired, some planning retirement and some too

young to retire went home to tell their friends about the most as toni hing

community they had ever seen. And of the multitude who came to look

thousand stayed to live.

They stayed to live in a warm, sunny climate

They stayed to live in handsomely styled, quality-constructed home which

sell for unbelievably low prices. They stayed becau e they wanted a full

measure of LIVI G for the best of their lives.

It's been happening ever since, in Del Webb communities! un City, Florida,

near Tampa ... Kern City, California, near Baker field ... and un City,

California, near Riverside.

In each Del Webb community, the atmosphere is happy and friendly ...

because residents have the freedom (plus the facilities) to be themselves, and

they respect one another's right to privacy.

A s people who have backgrounds or profe sional interests in common tend to

gravitate toward one another and form circles of warm and creative com-

panionship, so do these mature-minded retiree share the resolve to live in

worthwhile activity that's so much a part of th stimulating spirit of every

Del Webb town.

A N DK e ti l l e h t f u t

T H E INDIVIDUALIST

It's a Way-of-Life that encourages all to be themselves more completely ... -

with such pleasures as warm friendships, the sharing of the good things of

life, the fun of getting together wh n they feel like it for club meetings, pot

luck uppers, square dances, picnics, entertainment and parties. Their happi-

ness is based on a firm foundation of self-re pect and self-confidence ... of

pride in constructive skills and balanced, purposeful living ... in many im-

portant services and welfare activities sponsored by their communities.

In every case, it took initiative to get out of a familiar rut ... but initiative

is one of the qualities for which people with independent minds are noted.

That's why you find so many exceptionally interesting people in a Del Webb

community; they belong there.



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