Taken in 1956, this photograph captures construction workers along Dunn Avenue. The description on the digital record states, “A photo of construction workers on Dunn Avenue building what appears to be a sidewalk and street curbs. Houses line the right side of the street, with a fenced-in building on the left.” Can you determine where this construction project was located along Dunn Avenue?
SOLVED!!
This mystery was very quickly solved by Taylor Clay. He used the 1949 aerial map to confirm that this is the intersection of Dunn Avenue and Airways Boulevard. The map shows the houses on right, which is north side of Dunn, and the large building on the left is also visible. Using Google Street View we can still see the power lines, high voltage towers, fencing, and the hill along south side of Dunn today. This location was confirmed by Glenn Bandy, who pointed out “the shadow in the foreground of the traffic light” and Phoebe Moore, who placed our photographer near 35.091583, -89.987861.