130 years of Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo in less than five minutes
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- Pierre Rademaker, of Rademaker Design, has been studying the history of downtown San Luis Obispo and collecting images for decades. He gives us an abbreviated history of SLO’s main street, and how it has constantly been in a state of change.
When my grandma was growing up, she used to ride her horse up and down Johnson because it was a dirt road and that always baffles me! Lots has definitely changed, even in my twenty something years of life. Sometimes its hard to cope with the new, when you miss the old, but change is inevitable! I guess sometimes I just miss the big open fields and ranches that are now filled with ugly big box stores and sub divisions.
Downtown had a lot of stores for residents. Big chain stores, mixed with locally owned and operated smaller stores dominated downtown. This is not the case today, with many vacancies. You noticed the signage and look of each store front back when, as there were no trees. It was a lovely and safe place to grow up in. The 1950's-1970's was a great time for SLO, and the middle-class of America (1945 to 1971). Only the building are as it was, and I assume Agenda21 will change the buildings and lifestyles forever, going forward - backwards.
Nice recap of how our town has evolved over the years reflecting the needs, styles and the make up of the population. Thanks Pierre.
I love the downtown area of slo. It has a very unique look and feel to it.
Awesome perspective of how higuera has changed
There are still flies but for an entirely different reason. Bring back the horses and ship out the BUMS!
Great job Pierre. I was a paperboy in the downtown around 1961 and Higuera was not yet a one-way street. Much of the downtown was bars and restaurants much like today.
They ruined the look of the buildings.