The Brentwood Rec Center re-opened on Saturday after months of remodeling. In some of the halls are photos from Brentwood’s past. The Brentwood Historical Society has posted the photos, along with descriptions:
Great photos, I was really happy to see the one about highway 40. As a very small child I remember a man coming to the door and asking my Father if he wanted some of the dirt from the highway construction. We did take some for our back yard. One neighbor had a retaining wall put up and had their yard leveled. The homes on our block of Bellevue had large hilly back yards. I always wondered what year that was, must have been early 60’s.
Spoke to Eric in the Parks and Rec department for Brentwood. Captions for each of the photographs have already been ordered. I agree they will enhance the impact of the great photographs. What a terrific idea to preserve at least a little of Brentwood’s history! David Plufka
Great photos, I was really happy to see the one about highway 40. As a very small child I remember a man coming to the door and asking my Father if he wanted some of the dirt from the highway construction. We did take some for our back yard. One neighbor had a retaining wall put up and had their yard leveled. The homes on our block of Bellevue had large hilly back yards. I always wondered what year that was, must have been early 60’s.
Spoke to Eric in the Parks and Rec department for Brentwood. Captions for each of the photographs have already been ordered. I agree they will enhance the impact of the great photographs. What a terrific idea to preserve at least a little of Brentwood’s history! David Plufka
Wow….amazing pictures. Great history. I hope the Rec Center will place this information next to the pictures.