Historic Hood River
410 7th Street
3-28-2016
Notes
You’ll probably recognize this spot as Hood River’s downtown skiing/ snowboarding hill whenever we get a good snowstorm. It doesn’t look like the neighborhood has changed much in 100 years.
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Kenn
Great comparison, I really like before and after photos and the chance to note the changes.
Ellen
Very cool. Used to live in this neighborhood and I still take pictures of this view every Spring. Watch for my 2015 picture in the HRN’s Panorama Special in April. Pretty sure Kirby has selected it for Favorite Pictures of the Year.
L.E.
Wish I could move the old photo around like I can the Google Earth one.
Bill Seaton
Well, here we are on Catholic Hill. Back in my childhood days, I used to walk up this hill and turn at this corner to go to Park Street School.
JIm Gray
Lived at 7th & June as a child, spent every winter sledding down this hill, big ditch on the east side & unpaved in the 50’s & 60’s. Walked my Mom Downtown on the deeply grooved sidewalk as she didn’t drive.
nels
And the proverbial hound dog…
Bill P
Sledding on "Catholic Hill" was always a challenge when you got to Sherman Ave.
Bill P.
Arlen Sheldrake
moved out to Belmont on "Vanport Flood Day" 1948 from our home at 701 Prospect…..yes, Catholic hill….tough to drive up on the gravel.
Barbara Parsons
Catholic Hill was a big challenge for students in driver training, taught by Ocean Beach Patton. The car we learned in had a standard transmission, of course, avd Mr. Patton always had each student stop in the middle of the hillm(going up) and re-start the car. The clutch and accelerator had to be very carefully synchronized, and gravity wasn’t on the driver’s side. Judy Mohr was in my driving group, and while I was grinding the gears and slipping backwards, she would lean over my shoulder and whisper, "Find your friction point.."
Jeffrey Bryant
Hood River Glacier, 1926-01-14, image 12 – “Joe Dobson has completed laying a six-foot sidewalk on Seventh street, from Sherman avenue to Montello avenue. The new walk replaces an old wooden sidewalk. Although the canyonside traversed by the street is very steep, pedestrian traffic is heavy and the improvement was appreciated by a large number of Heights residents.”
https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn97071110/1926-01-14/ed-1/seq-12/
Arthur Babitz
That section of stairs/ steps has held up very well for 98 years. It also has scoring in the concrete so you can walk up it when it is wet. Good work Joe Dobson!