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Old 10-15-2008, 04:06 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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This is a website I just became acquainted with. Shows aerial photos from different years.

HistoricAerials.com
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Old 10-15-2008, 04:44 PM
 
Location: Declezville, CA
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I love that site. It's fascinating to find an aerial from the early forties of my section of Fontana and seeing my old house sitting there all forlorn and alone.

It sure ain't alone now.
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Old 10-17-2008, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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Found this cool Google Earth KML for over 2000 historic USGS Topo maps.

http://www.gelib.com/maps/Topos/Topos_nl.kml
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Old 10-17-2008, 08:24 PM
 
Location: Denver, CO
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Went downtown today to the library and saw the exhibit! It was definitely worthwhile. Most of the maps there date from the 1850s through the 1940s. You could see how the city started to fill in from downtown to Santa Monica down to Long Beach and sprawling out into the valleys over time. Amazing how even as late as the 1940s there was so much open agricultural land in LA, so many commuter rail lines.
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Old 10-18-2008, 05:24 AM
 
Location: Las Flores, Orange County, CA
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You could see how the city started to fill in from downtown to Santa Monica down to Long Beach...
I'll bet a lot of people don't realize the original Los Angeles Port was about where Will Rogers Beach is just northwest of the Palisades.

It was called the Long Wharf and was served by a railroad. I posted on this earlier.

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http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/listed_resources/images/881_01.jpg (broken link)
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Old 10-18-2008, 06:53 AM
 
Location: Los Feliz
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I'm guessing that might have something to do with the 10 ending there. Is that true? Those pictures just thrill me for some reason. I can't get enough. Cant' see the exhibit until Monday. This is fascinating for a country rube like myself.

This same kind of thing interested me in GA. Just so different in many ways. The aerial photos of the '36 tornado damage in Gainesville, Ga (my hometown) always grabbed my attention as a child. My grandfather barely lived through it. Sorry, I know this is an LA forum.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:21 AM
 
Location: South Pasadena
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I'm guessing that might have something to do with the 10 ending there. Is that true? Those pictures just thrill me for some reason. I can't get enough. Cant' see the exhibit until Monday. This is fascinating for a country rube like myself.

This same kind of thing interested me in GA. Just so different in many ways. The aerial photos of the '36 tornado damage in Gainesville, Ga (my hometown) always grabbed my attention as a child. My grandfather barely lived through it. Sorry, I know this is an LA forum.
The LA Long Warf was gone long before the freeway, or cars. Not sure why I-10 ends in that particular area. Another interesting thing in those photos is how narrow the beach is, not much space between the bluff/road and water. Most of the sand for Santa Monica beach was dumped there during LAs building boom.
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Old 10-18-2008, 07:24 AM
 
Location: South Pasadena
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I'm guessing that might have something to do with the 10 ending there. Is that true? Those pictures just thrill me for some reason. I can't get enough. Cant' see the exhibit until Monday. This is fascinating for a country rube like myself.

This same kind of thing interested me in GA. Just so different in many ways. The aerial photos of the '36 tornado damage in Gainesville, Ga (my hometown) always grabbed my attention as a child. My grandfather barely lived through it. Sorry, I know this is an LA forum.
The LA long warf was gone long before the freeway, or cars. Not sure why I-10 ends in that particular area. Another interesting thing from those photos is that the beach is so narrow, not much room between the bluff/road and water. Most of the sand for Santa Monica beach was dumped there during an LA building boom.
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Old 10-23-2008, 12:17 PM
 
Location: CITY OF ANGELS AND CONSTANT DANGER
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i went to see the exhibit the other day.

completely worth it!

so many great maps.
some novelty maps, some world city maps, some historical global maps, some cali maps, and enough LA maps to keep you busy for several hours.

i will go back very soon.

i have a particular favorite, a couple actually.
i just wish they had prints for sale...

highly recomended.
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Old 10-25-2008, 09:12 PM
 
Location: Mt Washington: NELA
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I checked it out as well- very nice. Actually, any excuse to bask under the library rotunda.
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i went to see the exhibit the other day.

completely worth it!

so many great maps.
some novelty maps, some world city maps, some historical global maps, some cali maps, and enough LA maps to keep you busy for several hours.

i will go back very soon.

i have a particular favorite, a couple actually.
i just wish they had prints for sale...

highly recomended.
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