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This photo shows the junction of Pacific Avenue and Front Street around 1866. At that time Pacific Avenue was called ... [Read more] This organization has for fifteen years been a notable institution of Santa Cruz, and for a long time was as ... [Read more]
Santa Cruz has a Long History of Convention Business, by
Ross Eric Gibson
With studies under way to possibly reintroduce the convention industry to Santa Cruz, it might be well to recall its ... [Read more]
Santa Cruz Owes Site to Spud Rush, by
Ross Eric Gibson
The clock tower marks the heart of Santa Cruz. But this is hardly an ideal place for a downtown, and ... [Read more]
The St. George was a Center of Culture and Art, by
Ross Eric Gibson
The original St. George Hotel rose out of the ashes of an 1894 fire, then perished in a 1990 fire. ... [Read more]
San Lorenzo Once was Full of Fish: The River was Santa Cruz's No. 2 Tourist Draw, by
Ross Eric Gibson
Before flood-control measures were taken by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1959, the San Lorenzo River was Santa Cruz's ... [Read more]
The Flatiron Building, Pacific Avenue and Front Street, by
Margaret Koch
Hugo Hihn, brother of Frederick A. Hihn, had the Flatiron Building constructed in 1859-60, of bricks made right in Santa ... [Read more]
Santa Cruz's Town Clock, by
Carmen Morones and Rechs Ann Pedersen
The Town Clock, which towers over the convergence of Pacific Avenue and Water and Front Streets, is actually Santa Cruz's ... [Read more]
Commercial Development: Downtown business; Residential development, by
Susan Lehmann
As discussed in an earlier section, the Santa Cruz Mission and its satellite properties (including the Mission gardens, orchard and ... [Read more]
Commercial Development: Chinatown, by
Susan Lehmann
Chinatown -- Although no traces remain, there is curiosity among many Santa Cruz residents about the location of the city's ... [Read more]
MyEarly Childhood Memories: Part Four, by
Sarah Hinton Gourley
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The History of the Santa Cruz Public Library System: Part 2-- 1881-1904, by
Margaret Souza
When the Library was transferred to the City of Santa Cruz, there were about three thousand volumes in the library. ... [Read more]
The Great Santa Cruz Fire of 1894, by
Pamela Reynolds
On Saturday night, April 14th, 1894, fire ripped nearly unchecked through part of downtown Santa Cruz, and frantic citizens found ... [Read more]
An institution of which Santa Cruz is justly proud is Chesnutwood's Business College, a commercial school which has acquired a ... [Read more]
Penny University, by
Carmen Morones
A trio of professors from the University of California at Santa Cruz started the Penny University in 1974. Page Smith, ... [Read more]
On the 1500 block of Pacific Avenue sits a bronze sculpture of an elderly man wearing a Derby hat and ... [Read more]
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The Garfield Park Branch Library, at 705 Woodrow Avenue, was one of four Carnegie Libraries built in Santa Cruz, California between 1903 and 1921. The Main or "Carnegie Free Library" was built downtown in 1903-04, and two grants from the Carnegie Corporation for two small branch libraries was received ..." [More]
Excerpted from History of the Garfield Park Library, 1914-1997 by Daniel McMahon
