Sunday, May 24, 2009

Barrington Avenue, at Ohio Avenue

Here are three shots taken from a few yards north of Ohio Avenue, looking north along Barrington Avenue.  The first photo dates from April 14, 1934, before Barrington was paved.  The second photo is from the late 1930s after paving.  Some interesting details are visible: note that at some point between the first and second photos, the city figured out that there was too long a span on the telephone lines that run along the left side of the street.  The city added the fourth pole north of the lateral alley entrance (it shows up in the second photo as a darker-colored pole).  The only building definitively visible in the second and current photos is the small house at the right side of the frame.  The barracks-looking A-frame building on the hill at the left is still on that hill (part of University High) but is obscured by the stand of eucalyptus trees, which are also present in all three photos.  I wish the street wasn't always so full of cars on the sides so we could clearly see the sidewalks.