West Coast, Last Century, A Different Era
A neighborhood known as University Heights is our discovery zone for today. Houses from a century ago, more or less, with a few newer homes sandwiched in. Some are quite large, probably extended a few times. Others are suited to chaps who put their money ...
I'm glad they are interesting to others; I find them alternately cheerful and depressing
Maybe that's just an aspect of living in the same town for most of my life. My mom had some friends in this neighborhood so we came here in the Fifties, then my wife and I moved here when we married in 1975, now we rarely come through except to see what's...
It used to be very strict segregation of single-family and multi-family dwellings, with little pockets of commercial (grocery, cleaners, small restaurants)
Now almost anywhere in the county you can add on and add up on your own lot. Many residential areas are being backfilled with large apartment complexes to get a lot more people in a much tighter space. Here is the area where we were walking & driving:...
Thank you for the foto story, very interesting to see those styles
and love your comments!
I love those two smaller homes in pictures 4 and 5 =)
So quaint and pretty, even more so the flamingo-colored home . Also, the 30s apartments with the integrated single garages are wonderful compared to the modern day stuff ....
Mike, nice work as AS ALWAYS.
Some of the older homes look good, some, well................ Please keep up the good work.