This stereotypical American neighborhood scene of 1965 has it all; single family homes, lush lawns, station wagons and kids on skates and skateboards rolling down the sidewalk. This block of NE 32nd Avenue is between Stanton and Knott Streets, looking south.
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August 1, 2012 at 6:56 am
Funny too as the 2 girls have curlers in their hair, and are wearing curler bonnets, which were very popular at that time.
August 1, 2012 at 7:56 am
They didn’t have many street trees in those days did they? That tiny twig of a tree in the lower right corner seems to have survived. http://goo.gl/maps/JrJqT
August 1, 2012 at 8:18 am
But the fir didn’t.
August 1, 2012 at 8:34 am
Back in the 60 we didn’t have a lot of trees in our neighborhood, but nearly all our neighbors had great vegetable gardens.
Something that is hard to do with a lot of shade from trees.
August 1, 2012 at 9:05 am
That chunk taken out of the curb hasn’t gotten repaired yet either!
August 1, 2012 at 9:19 am
Hah! I think you’re right, Eric C. Good eye!
August 1, 2012 at 9:38 am
My aunt lived right there in the sixties… I think I can see her house. The picture isn’t sharp enough to recognize the kids though.
August 1, 2012 at 12:48 pm
Oh my gosh. Skateboarding without shoes? $10 says none of those cars had seatbelts either!.
August 1, 2012 at 1:22 pm
I remember girls setting their perms with empty orange juice cans.
August 1, 2012 at 3:47 pm
I lived on 32nd & Schuyler, right near Kienow’s. Back then the houses on our block were selling for $15,000 or less. Now, how about $500,000?
August 2, 2012 at 8:43 am
Wait, cars in the driveway? You mean, even back then consumerism had overtaken the garage? Or were the cars so big that they would never have fit in those little Model T garages?
August 2, 2012 at 10:20 am
Wonder if the two girls are “prepping” for their prom hence the rollers in their hair
August 3, 2012 at 7:51 am
Yay! neighborhood pics from before the trees took over. I miss being able to see several blocks away, or some of my views of ‘overtown’ that have been blocked away by trees.
Can a city have too many trees?
August 3, 2012 at 12:20 pm
Kirk. On some cosmic level you have asked a very fair question. On a more practical level however we need context. For instance.
Are you now or have you ever been a practicing Druid
.
Do you own a chain saw.
Are you related by blood or marriage to any one named Weyerhauser.
Are you more likely to tear up at;
a. Hearing a recital of George Pope Morris’s “Woodman Spare That Tree.
b. Hearing that Pope and Talbot have closed a paper mill.
August 3, 2012 at 12:29 pm
Oh and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nFypGo7BE
August 22, 2012 at 1:50 am
The house on the right is at 45°32’35.53″N 122°37’59.11″W. The big evergreen tree is gone now.