I first met Tonja in 9th grade at Charles Culler Junior High School that year, although it was a couple years before she noticed me. I subsequently took her on many dates to Cool Crest, the Drumstick, Gateway Bowl, A&W, the Cork 'n Cleaver, and the Starlight Theater. All these are visible (albeit at low resolution) in the 1964 image, and with the exception of Culler Middle School, they are all long gone. If I had clipped those images a little better, we would have picked up the site of our junior prom date (KenEddy's), and senior prom date (Tony & Luigi's).
You can view a little time-lapse imagery yourself. The City's public GIS viewer has a slider that let's you move from 2005, through 2007, to 2010 images. Click on the "Aerial" button at the top right of the window, and drag the slider. It's fun to look at some of the rapidly-developing areas of Lincoln and see the change over those five years. Hopefully, we'll be adding 2013 imagery to the mix later this year.
7 comments:
Director,
My five year old Gateway Computer is going to be replaced when/if it ever crashes. Computers have a lot in common with our dogs. . . even though they are old & creaky we still love them.
Gun Nut
Director,
Maybe I am slightly off topic with this question but here goes: There is a link that Journal Star providers can access to show current inmates lodged in that fine facility. I refuse to pay the price to LJS to subscribe to their service for various reasons. Is there a website the general Public can use to get this information for free?
The reason I ask is recently a lady friend wanted me to check to see if her boyfriend was in jail. The LJS website would not let me access that information without a subscription. Quite frankly it pisses me off that they have the audacity to charge for what should be a Public Service.
P.S. The boyfriend was locked up. Now there is trouble in Paradise.
Gun Nut
Bet this one doesn't get posted, but if you go to tools on your PC and delete browsing history you can access the stuff LJS wants you to pay for. I do this about once a day, and it works!
Anonymous 5:43 PM: I do that every day, also, and still get to read the paper online.
Tom, Thanks for the memories. I hadn't thought of those places in years. They were all great date places, as I recall. However, once at the Cork 'n Cleaver, I distinctly remember having a hamburger with a suspicious looking bun...the lighting was so dim it was hard to tell what it was! Turned out to be a moldy bun. UGH! I never went back!
Gun Nut (and others):
You can also open a separate window and select "private browsing" from the menu. This will vary somewhat with different browsers and/or operating systems. I use it with both Windows 7 and my iPad's OS6.x. You may still have to close your browser window and open it again occassionally to avoid the block imposed by LJS in order to get money. I have no problem with them wishing to charge for the privilege of using their site, however, I think subscribers to their paper version should have free access.
I hate it when my buns get moldy.
That's right, Steve. There's not too many things worse than moldy buns. LOL!
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