Category Archives: Weekly Articles

CORNER OF FRONT STREET AND SOQUEL AVENUE on JANUARY 9, 1957. This is now entirely the CVS/Trader Joes parking lot aka Riverwalk Plaza. The photo includes a view on the right of where Home Mortage sits. photo credit: Covello & … Continue reading →

END OF THE LINE. Horsecar #1 at Soquel May 1890. This horsecar line went from Ocean Street to Arana Gulch (2 miles). That’s the Netherton and Williams Saloon in the background. That’s Ed Ely at the reins. photo credit: Covello … Continue reading →

OUR TOWN CLOCK’S ORIGINAL POSITION ON JULY 27, 1964. This shows the removal of the clock from high atop the International Order of Odd Fellows Building on Pacific Avenue. It went from here to sit in Harvey West Park for … Continue reading →

SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL NEWSBOY CARRIERS. Back in the day when school boys could get part time jobs. This was June 9, 1956. It doesn’t take long to count the girl deliverers. photo credit: Covello & Covello Historical photo collection. Additional … Continue reading →

PACIFIC AVENUE & COOPER STREET. That would now be Cinema 9 , Palace Art & Office Supply and Peet’s Coffee + Tea on the left. Pacific Wave is on the right where it says County Bank. Any and all car … Continue reading →

DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ. Circa 1875. Those are the horsecar tracks going right down the middle of a very wide Pacific Avenue. The publicly owned horsecars would take folks down to the beach…of course that idea had to be stopped – … Continue reading →

SANTA CRUZ OPERA HOUSE. The Knight’s Opera House which was located on Union (then Park Street) and Center streets opened 11/23/1877. Jack London spoke there, Paderewski played there and boxer John L. Sullivan spoke there too. Zasu Pitts was in … Continue reading →

“HELP” opens at the Del Mar August 11, 1965. This was almost exactly one year before their final concert at the Candlestick. Has there ever been such fan support for any group, any music in history? photo credit: Covello & … Continue reading →

MISSION AND KING STREETS. June 7, 1957. I can’t make out any price per gallon for their gas back then. The only gas there now is laughing gas administered by the Five Gables Family Dentistry dentists. photo credit: Covello & … Continue reading →

NEW LEAF MARKET-BANK OF ITALY-BANK OF AMERICA BUILDING. Chase’s Sidewalk Guide says this “1929 zig-zag Moderne building” was desdigned by Henry A. Minton. In 1977 it won a preservation battle and Thacher and Thompson adapted it for New Leaf Market. … Continue reading →