{"id":43851,"count":1,"description":"Laveen (pronounced \/l\u0259\u02c8vi\u02d0n\/) is a suburban community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, situated eight miles (13\u00a0km) southwest of Downtown Phoenix near the confluence of the Gila and Salt rivers. Parts of Laveen constitute an unincorporated area in Maricopa County, while the remainder falls within the city limits of Phoenix, constituting the city's \"Laveen Village\". Although Laveen has been home to \"pastoral alfalfa, cotton, and dairy farms\" since the 1880s, housing and commercial developments have been increasingly urbanizing the area.\nThe Laveen area was first settled by farmers and dairymen in 1884. Despite its proximity to Phoenix, the community was isolated from its larger neighbor by the Salt River, which until the Roosevelt Dam was completed in 1911 carried water year-round. The only bridged crossing was at Central Avenue, more than six miles (10\u00a0km) away. Because of its isolation, early Laveen was autonomous of Phoenix and became relatively self-sufficient,...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/laveen\/","name":"Laveen","slug":"laveen","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/43851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=43851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}