Category Archives: Weekly Articles
April 23 – 29, 2015
This great and imposing Hotel Metropole stood about where Eye Q optometrists and Logos Book Store are now at 1111 Pacific Avenue. It was a National Dollar store and also Hal Morris moved Plaza Books there before the 1989 earthquake. … Continue reading
April 9 – 22, 2015
Early San Lorenzo Park. This is dated 1967 and looks out from the County Building, and looking over Dakota Avenue. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information always welcome: email bratton@cruzio.com DATELINE April 6, 2015 DATELINE April … Continue reading
April 2 – 8, 2015
PACIFIC AVENUE AUGUST 23, 1967. Note the four car width of Pacific Avenue and the cars going in both directions!!! Now where the Tea Cup sat, we have Louis Rittenhouses’ Jamba Juice building on the east side and Lulu Carpenters … Continue reading
March 17 – 30, 2015
UCSC STUDENT VIGIL AGAINST TUITION May 18,1967. Sure, that’s then California Governor Ronald Reagan visiting the UCSC campus. I’m betting that is Vernon Berlin who started KSCO radio holding the microphone on the left. History knows what Reagan thought of … Continue reading
March 10 – 16, 2015
CALIFORNIA STATE MILITIA FROM CAMP STONEMAN. Here they are marching west in the early morning along Soquel Avenue in the 1890’s . That would be Shopper’s Corner in the lower right, and Branciforte going up to the left. photo credit: … Continue reading
March 3 – 9, 2015
OUR SANTA CRUZ RAILROAD WHARF AND MUNICIPAL WHARF in 1913. The railroad wharf (on the right) was gone by 1922. The Santa Cruz Canning Company was located at the far end. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional … Continue reading
February 25 – March 3, 2015
DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ 1920. Here’s the corner of Cedar and Locust Streets. It was the Hotel Santa Cruz back then. Now it’s the Planet Fresh Burrito place. The two story building on the closest corner used to be where Gary … Continue reading
February 17 – 24, 2015
DAVENPORT 1907. This is the huge construction by the Ocean Shore Railroad of the trestle just below Davenport. It was intended to go to Scott Creek up along Swanton Road. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional information … Continue reading
February 10 – 16, 2015
KING AND MISSION STREETS JUNE 7, 1957. This is the grand opening of the Flying A Gas station. Complete with clown. Now it’s Five Gables Dentistry where Dr.David Klim has his offices. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. … Continue reading
February 2 – 8, 2015
THE ONCE POPULAR WRIGLEY PLANT AND PERSONNEL.Newcomers may not be aware that both Wrigley’s gum and Lipton Tea had big time manufacturing plants out on the Westside. Here’s the Wrigley tour staff “Gal Usherettes” provided by Manpower, Inc. on April … Continue reading
