COMMENT 191096
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2011-07-09 12:38 PM |
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What an excellent adventure - places I've always wanted to explore and many I've never even seen. Thank you! - Neal
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COMMENT 191138
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2011-07-09 03:15 PM |
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Can the public access any of these buildings?
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EDONE
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2011-07-09 04:17 PM |
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Edhat did a Where Is It about the old control tower in 2007.
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COMMENT 191151
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2011-07-09 04:38 PM |
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I was told that ... in the late 60's a small group of curious teenagers gained entry to one of the bunkers on the airport property. Inside they found it still packed full of World War II dynamite !! They liberated a couple of cases and proceeded to have their very own 4th of July celebration. The authorities got wind of the cache of dynamite and had to close the airport while some very nervous bomb removal personnel removed the highly unstable, 25+ year old explosives.
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AQUAHOLIC
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2011-07-09 10:22 PM |
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I love following your adventures! Wonderful stories and history of Santa Barbara and environs. No visit to City Fire Station #8? You might have been able to persuade the Firefighters to give you a ride in one of their specialized Aircraft Firefighting trucks...pretty cool!
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COMMENT 191213
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2011-07-10 07:13 AM |
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We got a tour of the airport by the general manager several years ago and were told the that the airport was made part of the city of SB by connecting it to the city itself viaa thin strip of land running along the coast that connects the two.
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COMMENT 191229
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2011-07-10 07:59 AM |
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The City boundaries extend out into the ocean (near downtown) and a thin strip of ocean (that is included within the City limits) connects the airport with the rest of the City. You might be able to find a map online that shows this. It appears to be a total land grab by the City.
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SBALAX
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2011-07-10 08:52 AM |
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When I started college as a Freshman at UCSB in 1959 most of the classrooms and dorms were in buildings left from the Marine Corps Air Station. The only permanent buildings I remember were the original Library (now swallowed up by the present one), Santa Rosa, Anacapa and Santa Cruz dorms (I lived in Anacapa which, with its sister Santa Cruz, had opened that year.), and the Science Building. Everything else -- the gym, the Auditorium, the Student Union, the Administration building -- were repurposed military buildings. My father worked for the company that did the Master Plan for the campus and that's one of the reasons I chose to go to school here. When I saw the ocean views from the second floor rooms at Anacapa (Ute wing) I was sold!
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COMMENT 191305
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2011-07-10 11:35 AM |
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Re Aquaholic - I'm pretty sure the previous story by the Urban Hikers, which was part 1 of the airport had photos of Fire Station 8 including inside shots and a bit about the firefighters at the station. The fire trucks you speak of are very cool indeed.
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BECKY
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2011-07-10 07:14 PM |
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I love the old hanger that used to house Art From Scrap. I sure hope they preserve it.
The view of Stratman Aero Services is great. Don has stories to tell, as he's done small plane repairs for decades.
The funny building near the old hanger across from the airport is currently rented to our local bee keeper!
History hides among us in plain sight, as do numerous wonderful stories, if only you bother to look, ask, and listen.
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COMMENT 257748
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2012-02-17 04:53 PM |
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Great pictures! Learned a lot!
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