I'VE
GOT NO CLUE ON THIS ROZELLE AERIAL, but the
funny little development at the right center
of the shot sure has my attention. I'll guess
1960 by the negative number, and assume it's
East County or National City-Chula Vista. I
sure hope someone can solve this one.
The
upper right center appears to be the Bay
View Navy Housing complex off Paradise
Valley Rd. The large road in the lower right
is Reo Drive. We are looking north from a
little northwest of where the Bonita
Shopping center is now -- Ed
Miller ’62
Welcome to Paradise Hills. The road coming
up the canyon from the bottom of the photo
is Reo Drive. (It’s coming from the South
Bay Freeway, Route 54). The complex at the
upper right is built on Munda Road (running
North-South), and just north of it is
Paradise Valley Road wiggling through the
canyon. The street running North-South on
the upper left is Harbison Avenue, and the
little curve to the left with white roofs is
Earle Drive (what a great street name,
almost) -- Earl
Feldman ‘61
I think the Rozelle photo is Paradise Hills.
The "interesting little development" is
labeled "Naval Housing" on Google Maps, and
Wikipedia calls it Bayview Hills. Reo Dr. is
the larger road coming down from Potomac St.
My 1972 Rand McNally/Shell map shows a lot
more streets than Howard's photo shows. I
wasn't able to find out when Bayview Hills
was built -- Mike
Fry '60
I believe we're looking north at the
Paradise Hills area east of National City.
The main drag that hits the bottom of the
photo a little right of center is Reo Drive.
The curious bunch of buildings farther back
is shown on Google as Naval Housing. The
streets around there had names like Saipan,
Guadalcanal, and Bataan. Also Wasp--don't
ask me what that's for. They are gone now,
although a small bit of Saipan remains. Now
there are names such as Sky Harbor, Sea
Foam, and Rocky Shore. Maybe the WWII vets
wanted to forget. I think whatever was there
in the Rozelle photo has been extensively
redone -- Bob
Richardson '61
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