Palm trees at Golden Eagle Shopping Center June 9, 2012
Have you noticed the palm trees recently planted by the new owners of the Golden Eagle Shopping Center on East Washington Street?
Believe it or not palms were once used as street trees in Petaluma as can be seen in this Sonoma County Library photo taken in 1926.
Looking north on Main Street (what we know today as Petaluma Blvd. North) at Lakeville Street 1926. SCL Photo 15401
Petaluma Depot on Lakeville Street 1945. Courtesy Evelyn Lawson
Who knows maybe it won’t be long before we see a palm or two planted at the depot site on Lakeville Street.
About Katherine J. Rinehart
Katherine J. Rinehart received a MA in History from Sonoma State University in 1994. For the past 19 years, Ms. Rinehart has worked in various positions within the fields of Cultural Resource Management and Historic Preservation and is currently employed by the Sonoma County Library where she has worked in the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Department since 2002.
Katherine is the author of Petaluma: A History in Architecture, a contributor to Celebrating Petaluma published by the Petaluma Sesquicentennial Committee and the Petaluma Visitors Program. Ms. Rinehart is an occasional contributor to the Press Democrat and is proud to be a Petaluma Good Egg.
I just noticed the new palm trees while driving across town yesterday! Thanks for sharing the lovely old photos. Good to see our downtown area further beautified!