Here are a couple more pictures of "C" St.  You can click the pictures to enlarge 



 

The house from my last post has those real tall palm trees in front of it. The picture is from the 1940's I believe judging by the old cars parked in the old beach parking area. Also I'd say the picture was taken in the winter because of all the cobbles on the beach.  If it was in the summer months there would be more sand visible.

 

Keep in mind,  this house was demoed in 1967.  That year was when everything in the above picture was removed and the beach revetment was started.  The big rocks you see under the Promenade in the picture below and dirt was what was installed after the last houses were destroyed.



 

This picture is what you see now from about the same spot on the beach.  I don't know what time of year this one was taken but you can see how much sand is now on the beach. Even in winter you'll see this much sand.  The revetment that the Promenade is built on and the first jetty south of the pier keep the sand from eroding.

So, here comes the population explosion.... from a hand full of single family homes on the beach to a hotel, condos and apartments.  The huge increase in population of the town of Ventura out the east end. As well as the neighboring towns of Oxnard and Camarillo with a nice 4 and 6 lane Freeway to make drive time short and comfortable.


The Ventura surf community inherited a general population expansion from the 1960's a casual 50,000 or so in the city of Ventura to over 100,000 now. Plus the over 100,000 in each of our neighbor cities.

 

When the surf is good and the lineup is full of 100 surfers there are still guys in the water that know what the old days were like and all about.  And, also in the line up on any give day are the old core guys kids.

 

I may not surf with some of the old core, because they don't surf any longer, But I do surf with their kids on a regular basis.

 

As Wayne Rich would say, the underground lives.

 

D.R.