tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post5901866134716619768..comments2024-03-03T17:14:05.768-08:00Comments on Robert's Vasona Branch Blog: Keeping Track of Photos on the InternetRobert Bowdidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-50281029967369082642010-02-23T09:19:07.466-08:002010-02-23T09:19:07.466-08:00Glad you liked!
The old maps are definitely inter...Glad you liked!<br /><br />The old maps are definitely interesting (and helpful for understanding how places have changed.) I'm also a big fan of the freeway plans of the 1960's because I grew up seeing the point where the planning stopped. I remember the stub ends of 280 ended at 4th and Townsend, waiting to roll over the rest of the Embarcadero, or the 280-380 interchange waiting to be finished over the hill to Pacifica, or the grading done to join 680 and 580 between Milpitas and Hayward.<br /><br />I'm really happy to see so much historical info available on-line; I remember searching the Berkeley libraries to read about the (cancelled) plans to extend 380 over the hill in the 1980's, and that required a fair amount of searching around in the libraries.<br /><br />RobertRobert Bowdidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14155962656525181088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3912308714924865824.post-54438921900183326662010-02-22T17:35:50.720-08:002010-02-22T17:35:50.720-08:00I really wasn't aware of some of these histori...I really wasn't aware of some of these historic photo databases until I stumbled across your blog; which is awesome. <br /><br />While not so much photo-related, I like pouring over old maps and and city plans that never went beyond the map room. One individual has posted a lot of bay area transit and highway plans from over the years. Some were built and some were not. Personally, I'm glad a lot of the highway ones never made it past the map, but it's interesting to look at proposed routings and try to understand the methodology at the time. Here they are:<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/walkingsf/sets/72157622518181915/Jarrett Mullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07459396868012776121noreply@blogger.com