I rediscovered the following screen-grabs in one of my older files.
They're from a family's 8mm movie (hence the lady posing by the Sanchez Street sign)
#1
note the shuttered
Plaza Cafe'
#2
old file
#3
below: In this similar view you get a glimpse of the end of the block (not sure if the freeway has been built at this point in time)
#4
old file
Here's Sanchez Street today (no automobiles allowed)
gsv
below: The
Plaza Cafe' in 1949 (as seen from the northeast) -this might be just a few years earlier than the 8mm home movie.
Originally posted by
tovangar2
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=31356
lapl
Check out
tovangar2's excellent post (with numerous vintage photographs of Sanchez Street!)
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=31356
*I'm still searching for the source of the home movie. If it looks familiar to anyone, please let me know.