Throwback Thursday: How Napa looked in the early 1970s
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...
Source: napavalleyregister.com