[6] Long and his Maryvale homes were regarded as marvels at the time due to the speed in which they were built and assembly line like process used to construct them.

[9] Marketing involved famous actors of that era including Buster Keaton, Pat Boone, and future President Ronald Reagan.

[10] The community was named after Long's wife, Mary,[5] and its initial master plan was drawn up by architect Victor Gruen.

[13] Due to the demographic change, the community experienced major disinvestment leading to slowed development, and increased poverty and crime.

[18] Maryvale made local, national, and international headlines in 2014, after reports surfaced of feral chihuahuas terrorizing area residents.

[25] The American Family Fields of Phoenix, a 56-acre facility located at 51st Avenue and Indian School Road is the spring training home for the Milwaukee Brewers.

[33] A number of Valley Metro bus routes call at the station,[33] including the bus rapid transit route I-10 West RAPID, which carries passengers from the center to Downtown Phoenix,[34] and the Phoenix/Gila Bend Regional Connector, which carries passengers between the Transit Center and Gila Bend.

[43] Maryvale is also the location of a state Superfund site known as the West Central Phoenix Water Quality Assurance Revolving Fund (WQARF), which involves the dumping of chemicals, including TCE, by a number of industries in the area.

The West Central Phoenix WQARF, according to Arizona's Department of Environmental Quality, is an area that contains five plumes of groundwater contamination, including Volatile organic compound, PCE, and TCE.

[45] In addition, a study that began in 1983 and was released in 1987 revealed that, in the same general area of the cancer cluster, elevated rates of birth defects were identified.

[48] The study, under the oversight of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,[47] faced a number of delays,[47] but eventually found no link between environmental factors and the leukemia cases.

[47] Critics accused ADHS of not looking seriously at the community's water supply, instead focusing on collecting data on a wide array of variables.

[47] Some critics also leveled accusations that the study was drawn out, with the intention of deflecting litigation against the city of Phoenix and pollution generating industries.

[47] As recently as 2009, Arizona's Department of Environmental Quality maintains there is no link between Maryvale's groundwater contamination and increased cancer rates.