Memory Lane: The unforgettable downtown Napa fire
One wintry evening in 1932 downtown Napa was the scene of a fearsome fire. This multiple alarm blaze consumed the Behlow Building, once located along Brown, First and Second streets,
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One wintry evening in 1932 downtown Napa was the scene of a fearsome fire. This multiple alarm blaze consumed the Behlow Building, once located along Brown, First and Second streets,
Jan 8, 2021 Downtown Napa was a different place in the early 1970s before the cityâs urban renewal program swung into high gear and the county cleared a swath of land south of Third Street for its new government/courts complex. It was older, less prosperous, without tourists. The city commissioned photos of the âbefore,â including aerial shots that capture a riverfront almost unidentifiable to someone who knows only todayâs landscape. The Napa River was boxed in with stores and warehouses, reflecting the cityâs origins as a river town where commerce centered on the wa...