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- 17:54, 25 March 2024 Looff Carousel (hist) [61 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)
- 17:54, 25 March 2024 Giant Dipper roller coaster (hist) [61 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk)
- 17:48, 25 March 2024 Circles church (hist) [548 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The first '''Circles church''' was built in 1890, at the same time the unique surrounding subdivision of concentric circle streets was laid out. A second church in the center...")
- 17:34, 25 March 2024 Peace United Church of Christ (hist) [364 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Peace United Church of Christ''', formerly High Street Congregational Church, was designed by a Frank Lloyd Wright admirer, and built in 1958 on High Street. * ''The Sid...")
- 17:15, 24 March 2024 Emeline Street complex (hist) [365 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Emeline Street complex''' is a large Santa Cruz County collection of buildings and facilities that is home to various departments and programs, especially the Health Se...")
- 17:03, 24 March 2024 Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium (hist) [534 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium''' was built with WPA funds in 1936-40, just after and across Church Street from Santa Cruz City Hall. *The Sidewalk Companion to Sant...")
- 16:46, 24 March 2024 Santa Cruz Fire Department (hist) [1,388 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Santa Cruz Fire Department''' arose from groups of early volunteer fire-fighters such as the hose-cart teams. * History Pages: 43 - Go, Team, Go: The First Team Sport...") originally created as "Fire Department"
- 16:00, 24 March 2024 Fire Department Station No. 2 (hist) [83 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Fire Department)
- 19:45, 23 March 2024 Enterprise Iron Works (hist) [707 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Enterprise Iron Works''' was a foundry and metalwork shop that first appeared on Sanborn Fire Insurance Co. maps in 1886, and is now (2024) an art studio/workshop on Ch...")
- 19:28, 23 March 2024 Elm Street Mission (hist) [224 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The Spanish Colonial-style '''Elm Street Mission''' building was constructed in 1912. * The Sidewalk Companion to Santa Cruz Architecture (2005 book), p46. Category:Chu...")
- 18:44, 22 March 2024 Phoenix Pavilions (hist) [84 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake)
- 19:53, 21 March 2024 Empire Grade Road (hist) [478 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Empire Grade Road''' is one of the major roads in the Santa Cruz Mountains, running northwest along the spine of Ben Lomond ridge from the UCSC main entrance at Bay...")
- 19:41, 21 March 2024 Davenport cement plant (hist) [876 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Davenport cement plant''' was built by William Dingee in 1906. Dingee, however, went broke the following year. The plant had various later owners...")
- 17:56, 21 March 2024 Bituminous rock (hist) [1,774 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "What was commonly known as '''bituminous rock''' is sandstone impregnated with petroleum. It can be found in many places of coastal California, including the coastal terraces...")
- 20:09, 20 March 2024 1906 San Francisco earthquake (hist) [903 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_San_Francisco_earthquake 1906 San Francisco earthquake]''' caused significant damage to structures in Santa Cruz, including: *Miss...")
- 19:01, 20 March 2024 1868 Hayward earthquake (hist) [511 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1868_Hayward_earthquake 1868 Hayward earthquake]''' caused damage in Santa Cruz, including to a Pacific Avenue commercial building still...")
- 18:52, 20 March 2024 1857 Fort Tejon earthquake (hist) [493 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1857_Fort_Tejon_earthquake 1957 Fort Tejon earthquake]''', although centered far to the south of Santa Cruz, caused significant damage to...")
- 19:32, 19 March 2024 Eagle Hotel (hist) [74 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Holy Cross School)
- 21:28, 17 March 2024 Census and voter lists (hist) [890 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Census and voter lists''' are important sources of information about early area residents, including: *[https://www.sfgenealogy.org/doku.php?id=santa_cruz_county SFgenealog...")
- 19:53, 12 March 2024 Del Mar theater (hist) [484 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Del Mar theater''' opened in 1936 on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz, and is the oldest movie theater in the county. Its [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamline_Moderne...")
- 23:38, 11 March 2024 Santa Cruz County Governmental Center (hist) [490 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Santa Cruz County Governmental Center''', completed on the east bank of the San Lorenzo River in 1968, comprised two buildings - a 5-story-plus-basement office building...")
- 23:16, 11 March 2024 County Bank building (hist) [45 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The interior of the 1894 '''County Bank building''' at the corner of Cooper Street and Pacific Avenue was demolished following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, but the ext...")
- 23:06, 11 March 2024 Coast Road (hist) [66 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Highway 1)
- 22:57, 11 March 2024 Cliff Manor (hist) [75 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Dingee, William J.)
- 01:16, 11 March 2024 Santa Cruz Public Library (hist) [1,384 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Santa Cruz Public Library''' has its main branch at the corner of Church Street and Center Street in Santa Cruz. The building existing in 2024 was constructed in 1968, repl...")
- 20:04, 10 March 2024 Veterans Memorial Hall (hist) [438 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''[https://www.veteranshall.org/ Veterans Memorial Hall]''' was built in 1932 by Santa Cruz County, on Front Street in Santa Cruz, adjacent to the Santa Cruz Post Office....")
- 19:53, 10 March 2024 Chinatown Bridge (hist) [308 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Chinatown Bridge''' is the name given in 2019 to a previously unnamed pedestrian bridge over the San Lorenzo River in the early 1960s as part of the San Lorenzo Park...")
- 19:34, 10 March 2024 Catalyst, The (hist) [384 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Catalyst''' is a live-music venue on Pacific Avenue in Santa Cruz. Former owner Randall Kane converted the ~1930 Santa Cruz Bowl building into a nightclub in 1974-76. T...")
- 17:16, 9 March 2024 Chinatown (hist) [364 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Four different '''"Chinatown"''' neighborhoods existed in Santa Cruz between the 1850s and 1955. The last Chinatown buildings were demolished after the 1955 San Lorenzo Rive...")
- 17:00, 9 March 2024 Bookshop Santa Cruz (hist) [618 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''[https://www.bookshopsantacruz.com/ Bookshop Santa Cruz]''' is the oldest and last surviving downtown bookseller. Prior to the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, Bookshop was...")
- 16:49, 9 March 2024 Beach Hill Court (hist) [280 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Beach Hill Court''' is a late 1920s - early 1930s multi-residential "bungalow court" at the southeast corner of Second Street and Cliff Street. * ''The Sidewalk Companion t...")
- 16:35, 9 March 2024 Bank of Italy building (hist) [372 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Bank of Italy''' building was constructed in 1929 for a Santa Cruz branch of the bank that later became today's Bank of America. After B-of-A moved out, the local New L...")
- 16:28, 9 March 2024 Babbling Brook Inn (hist) [932 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right The '''Babbling Brook Inn''' is a B&B at the base of the Laurel Street hill. In the 1790s the Mission Santa Cruz grist mill...")
- 18:23, 8 March 2024 Big Basin Redwood Forest (2021 book) (hist) [202 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Big Basin Redwood Forest: California's Oldest State Park''' is a book written by local author Traci Bliss, and published in 2021 by History Press. [[Category:Publications]...")
- 18:17, 8 March 2024 Coope, John F. (hist) [57 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Billing, Frederick W.)
- 18:15, 8 March 2024 Packard, John Q. (hist) [57 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Billing, Frederick W.)
- 04:10, 26 February 2024 Abbott Square (hist) [364 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Abbott Square''' is an urban open space off Cooper Street in Santa Cruz. The space is part of the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History complex, and is named for downtown...")
- 21:09, 25 February 2024 Villa de Branciforte (hist) [87 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to History Pages: 4 - Branciforte)
- 21:05, 25 February 2024 Branciforte School (hist) [410 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Branciforte School''' was originally built on Soquel Avenue in 1869, on the site now occupied by Branciforte Plaza. In 1915 the current school building, designed by W...")
- 19:21, 25 February 2024 Neary building (hist) [71 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to Neary, Patrick)
- 18:40, 24 February 2024 Highway 236 (hist) [671 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "State [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_236 '''Highway 236'''] forms an 18-mile loop the begins (in Boulder Creek) and ends at Highway 9. The road prov...")
- 18:36, 24 February 2024 Highway 129 (hist) [656 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "State [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_129 '''Highway 129'''] runs east from its beginning at Highway 1 in Watsonville, following the Pajaro River...")
- 18:32, 24 February 2024 Highway 152 (hist) [646 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "State [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_152 '''Highway 152'''] runs east from its beginning at Highway 1 in Watsonville, becomes Main Street in Watsonv...")
- 18:25, 24 February 2024 Highway 35 (hist) [799 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "State [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_35 '''Highway 35'''] (officially "California State Route 35") begins at its junction with Highway 17, near the line...")
- 18:06, 24 February 2024 Highway 1 (hist) [1,586 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "State [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_State_Route_1 '''Highway 1'''] (officially "California State Route 1") is the longest state highway in California, running near...")
- 17:38, 24 February 2024 Highway 17 (1991 book) (hist) [412 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Highway 17''' is a 1991 book by Richard Beal. As the title indicates, the book traces the history of the state highway. Beal is a former local government official and land...")
- 17:26, 24 February 2024 Highway 17 (hist) [680 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "State '''Highway 17''' runs north from Santa Cruz, through Scotts Valley, and on over the Santa Cruz Mountains to Los gatos and San Jose in Santa Clara County. * Hig...")
- 20:29, 23 February 2024 Santa Cruz Mountain Wine Company (hist) [1,593 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right '''Santa Cruz Mountain Wine Company''' was created in 1887, and immediately bought a property on the east side of Market Street, just...")
- 20:29, 23 February 2024 Billing, Frederick W. (hist) [1,728 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Frederick W. Billing''', a native of Germany, was a businessman and talented amateur landscape painter who moved west from New York for his health. He had made a fortune in...")
- 17:44, 20 February 2024 Irelan, Lambert (hist) [403 bytes] Carey (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Lambert Irelan''' ([https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/118392017/lambert-irelan 1815-1894]), born in Ohio, came to Watsonville in 1864, where he was an M.D. and druggist....")