The photo here is one of the oldest known drawings of the waterfront looking up J street, from 1849.
If any of the homes in my neighborhood existed in 1849, they would be about 10 streets to the right in this drawing. Not sure if any did, there is one big victorian home at the end of my street that may have. My house was built in 1920, but there are several from the 1800's scattered in our neighborhood. Of course not old by many standards, but for Sacramento yes. Our neighborhood is a mix of ages of houses from old to very new. In fact the 2 little houses just east of us, that sat on one big lot was recently split. One lot became 4. The 2 little houses were refurbished, one of them sold. The 2 lots at the back on the alley were also sold and right now is being developed. 2 small single family homes are being built. I have mixed emotions about it all. When we purchased our home in 1999, from our back porch we could see right to the park, to the playground. We could sit and see kids playing on the swings, hear the laughter. About 3 years ago, the Bed and Breakfast across the alley toward the park purchased the empty lot on our side of the alley and built another building. Did not totally take away our park view, but nearly. Now, with the 2 houses going in, no more park view. At least not from the back. And, even more than that we are losing much of our sunlight. The homes have small footprints because the lots are small. Small footprints equal tall 2 story homes which blocks much of the sunlight we had. I am feeling a little closed in. But such is progress right?
But I digress... In this blog I plan to post daily updates/photos, tidbits of life in Southside Park. It really is an amazing eclectic, culturally rich neighborhood. Such a total mix of people, beliefs, homes, events, wildlife! I love my home!!! I hope you will enjoy it too. Until tomorrow… Tj.
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