Category Archives: Weekly Articles
January 17 – 23, 2011
THRASH MOTORS in April of 1959. Then it was Pontiac Grill at the corner of Front and Cathcart Streets. Then it was Café La Vie now it’s The Surfrider Café. If you read closely you’ll see that the window ads … Continue reading
January 10 – 16, 2010
UCSC LAND before UCSC. This 1957 photo shows High Street turning into Empire Grade at the bottom center with what’s now the Barn Theatre most prominent. Then there’s the Cook House. The Cooperage, Glenn Coolidge Drive and the Carriage House … Continue reading
January 4 – 10, 2011
CHRISTMAS BEFORE THE TOWN CLOCK WAS THERE. This was taken December 26, 1951 at Pacific and Water Streets before they rescued what’s now our Town Clock from rotting in Harvey West Park. That’s after they removed it from the top … Continue reading
December 21st, 2010 – January 4th, 2011
SANTA’S VILLAGE. May 9, 1959. (Right to left) Real reindeer, Santa Claus (aka Hocus Pocus), George Liberace (Liberace’s real brother) and some odd-looking Pee Wee Herman type guy. Santa’s Village opened in 1955 in Scotts Valley and went bankrupt in … Continue reading
December 13th, 2010 – December 19th, 2010
SAME SNOW AS LAST WEEK, OTHER END OF PACIFIC. This was 1957 and as many, many Facebook contributors have noted we’ve had several snows around here. This is looking up Mission where Water, Mission and Pacific meet. It’s another of … Continue reading
December 6th, 2010 – December 12th, 2010
December 6 – 12, 2010 PACIFIC AVENUE WITH REAL SNOW 1957 @ 7:45 a.m.. One of my repeat seasonal favorite photos. This is the corner of Cooper Street on the left, and looking down Pacific towards the ocean. It shows … Continue reading
