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Huntington Beach, Villa Park, Yorba Linda, etc. Today's "before and after" photos show the intersection of Main St and Pacific Coast Highway (Ocean Ave) in Huntington Beach, during the 1940s and in 2007. The only common features are the streets themselves (although PCH has been widened), and the Huntington Beach Co./El Don Liquor building.
I thought a 2007 photo would be recent enough, but I now realize that the scene has changed again since just last year. Today, the gargantuan "Strand" development is nearing completion (just beyond El Don Liquor), and the restaurant sign in the foreground has changed.
Speaking of Huntington Beach, Kai Weisser's new book, Huntington Beach Lifeguards will go on sale April 28th. The book is part of Arcadia Publishing's historical "Images of America" series. I can attest to the fact that Kai really did his homework on this one. For a list of book signing events with Kai, see his recent post on Greetings from Huntington Beach.
The Register reports that the Villa Park Elementary School Restoration Corp will meet Monday, 7pm, in the Villa Park City Council Chambers to discuss the fate of the historic Villa Park Elementary School buildings. For information, call Teri at (714) 997-4926.
The Yorba Linda Historical Society's next meeting will be held Monday (tomorrow), 7:00-8:30pm, at the Yorba Linda Community Center, 4501 Casa Loma Ave. Their speaker will be Myra Hilliard, the executive director of the Whittier Museum.
Posted by Chris Jepsen at 4/13/2008