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Abandoned Skagit Valley#2
What’s left of an old milking barn.
Abandoned Skagit Valley
Recently visited the Skagit Valley. We discovered some more abandoned houses, barns and outbuildings that I will be sharing in the coming weeks.
Looking Back Thursday: 1970
San Francisco Chinatown, July, 1970.
Looking Back Thursday: Keystone Korner, 1970
San Francisco, July 1970. The music venue Keystone Korner. Who remembers Boz Scaggs? How about Bennie Cecil and the Snakes? I think we may have to turn on the ‘Way Back Machine’.
Looking Back Thursday: Telegraph Hill
Looking down Telegraph Hill towards the south. Photo taken in July, 1970. I thought it was really interesting that the sidewalks were actually sidewalk-steps, which made sense considering the grade of the hill. Also, the Bay Windows, I thought, were really neat architecturally. And, the cobblestone street (sometimes there was a layer of cement over the stones, but the cement never seemed to work well)-with all of its bumps, etc. Like stepping back farther in time than even 1970.
The Eyes Have It
Part of a wall mural spotted in Portland, OR. Maybe if Beavis and Butthead had a sister she would look like this?
Looking Back Thursday-Belated–(City Lights Books)
City Lights Books, in North Beach, San Francisco. Taken 1970, 35mm film. The bookstore survives to this day, looking nearly like it did 44 years ago.
Signs that Fit
Somehow I think these two signs fit together, although I am not sure how. The location is the oldest ( and one of my favorite haunts ) neighborhoods in Seattle, Georgetown.
Look Back Thursday: SF Cable Cars 1970
The seemingly timeless cable cars traversing the hills of San Francisco. In the first image I was inclined to drop the VW bug out of the photo, but in reality it is the point of reference in terms of the year. So…….part of it stays.
Telegraph Hill 1970: Lonely Commute
Looking-Back Sunday: Taken on film in 1970, San Francisco. Sidewalk steps and a lone man in a suit heading for work.
Micro Houses
One of the new trends in affordable housing, I guess. These ‘homes’ are constructed on a trailer chassis and I presume, have all of the usual hookups that living in the 21st century requires.
Looking into the Past*
Vanessi’s was located in North Beach, at Broadway and Kearny. The restaurant closed in 1997. The gas station, also located in North Beach, was a little bit different than the usual corporate-designed station, even in the 1970’s-when these photos were taken.
*Both photos scanned from 35mm print film, over 40 years old.
SF YMCA:1971
Continuing with the scanned prints from 1971: I stayed one night in the Embarcadero YMCA. On the left side of the image you can see the double-decked Embarcadero. that no longer exists. My room seemed just feet from the traffic, making for a very memorable night, with little sleep.
