'Then And Now' (old historic photos of your course)

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

This thread is for old historical photos or videos of what your course used to look like a long time ago. I'm talking 50 + years ago or what the land was before the course existed. I recently came across a few old pics of our course, and my wife and I retook the photos from the same places in the present time. I personally love old historic photos and seeing what places and landmarks looked like years ago. It's my hope that others do too, and that we can get some really awesome 'then and now' photos in this thread.

The first pic is the old 'Rock Garden' in Pueblo City Park back in the early '30s.
Not many trees and not much grass. Just the bridge and the 'Rock Garden'.
The second pic is taken from the same spot on Nov. 9th, 2012. This is currently the 18th hole of Pueblo City Park Disc Golf Course. You can see that there are now tons of trees and some grass. The bridge is still standing and structurally sound. There are also still some original 'Rock Garden' rocks remaining.

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

The first photo is from the early '30s of what was then called 'The One Way Lakes'. You can see the bridge once again and notice there is no terraced-wall along the left of the photo.
The second pic is taken from the same spot on Nov. 9th, 2012. This is currently the 17th hole of Pueblo City Park Disc Golf Course. The lakes are now gone, replaced by 17s fairway. Terraced-walls have been built along the left of the photo. And the bridge remains. Trees once again dominate the new photo.

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

The first photo is a pic taken of a picture hanging in our local library of the previously mentioned bridge. Notice the heavy forest.
The second photo is taken from the same spot on Nov. 11th, 2012. The photographer would basically be standing on 17's close, left placement, which is unuseable at the moment due to a broken lock tab. The heavy forest has thinned considerably and there is now a swamp under and near the bridge.

 

[joshmo65]

Schenley Park used to have a horse track up where the running track and soccer fields are now. Some of the foundations for the grandstands are still there and there is an elevated basket on one of them for hole 15. The picture below says that the picture is from the opposite side of the track, but I would assume that the grandstands would be on either side of the track.

 

[KenTyburski]

Great thread idea (provided it hasn't been done before and we all get prerubed). I love old pictures!

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

The first photo is an old historic photo of a statue dedication at what is now called CSU Pueblo. I'm not sure what the statue is or what it is celebrating, but we are trying to find out. This is right next to the middle of what is now Hole #1.

The second photo is from Feb. 8th, 2013 and taken from the same spot as the original pic. The same statue uncovered and now surrounded by a tree.

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

The first photo is the library at CSU Pueblo.

The second photo is taken from the same spot on Feb. 8th, 2013. Hole #1 now plays across the front of the library from left to right.

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

The first photo is the Belmont Resident Hall on the right and the gym on the left at what is now CSU Pueblo.

The second photo is taken from the same general spot as the first on Feb. 8th, 2013. There are now massive bushes along the gym and huge trees on the corner of the hall. The 18th Hole tees from the left of the gym to the basket, which can be seen on the right corner of the hall.

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

This is by far, in my opinion, the coolest pic of the CSU set.

The first photo is from 1966 during the building of the Belmont Resident Hall at what is now called CSU Pueblo. Just the steel frame is up and a huge crane is seen.

The second photo is taken from the same spot as the original on Feb. 8th, 2013. The pic is taken from what is now the far left of 18's fairway. The hall has been completed for many years and is surrounded by multiple trees and grass. The basket for Hole 18 is in the trees at the corner of the hall.

 

[LeewayeDiscGolf]

Another very cool pic in my opinion.

The first photo is an aerial shot of Pueblo City Park. A building can be seen in the field and a lake/river runs through the park.

The second photo was taken by Google Earth and is of the same area of Pueblo City Park. The current Hole 16 plays from the bottom left of the photo upwards. All that remains of the building in the field is some foundations peeking through the grass about midway on 16's fairway. The lake/river is long gone and is now the 17th Hole. A small swamp/creek still runs along the path of the original lake/river and forms the left side OB on Hole 17.

 

[nyrblue2]

Central Park in Schenectady, NY. Just did a quick google search and found the following:

From 1916 - skating on the lake in the winter

Present - I believe this is about the same perspective - trees have filled in the empty hillside beyond the lake and some houses were built up on top behind it - fountain now in the middle of the lake. Hole #15 plays down the hill through the trees just to the right of the fountain (as seen in the picture - "beyond" the walking path) then back up slightly to the pin perched behind the trees that appear to the left of the fountain (as seen in the picture). Hole #16 plays from right next to the light post seen just to the left of the fountain, back towards the hill on the right, across the walking path and up into the trees.

 

[Mocheez]

Lime Kiln Park, Grafton, WI c-1900 photo of Lime Kiln Factory

9th hole...

 

[jkdisc]

this was bayville long ago

 

[Cgkdisc]

North Valley Park - First winter in 1990 - Original hole 1 similar to playing from short tee on current hole 18 at The Valley DGC.

 

[Cgkdisc]

North Valley hole 1 1990

 

[jcarroll]

Here are some aerial snapshots of Holes 4, 5, and 6 of Carey Park taken from Google Earth.

Wish I could've played the course when there all those additional pine trees!

 

[scarpfish]

Wish I could've played the course when there all those additional pine trees!

Here's a photo of Hole 5 from 2003, before they were planted.

If my memory is correct, those were installed around late 2004. They really tightened that hole up and would have turned that into an epic shot had they grown to maturity. When we had the flooding in the Spring of 2007 and couldn't play the front nine for almost three months, that's what did them in.

Then, the following December, we had the ice storm, which reeked havoc on the hardwood trees. Here's the hole that breaks my heart, Hole #16.

2003...

and 2011...

Granted, due to that tree by the road being gone now, I've aced this hole twice, so there's always a silver lining.

 

[jcarroll]

Wow! Hole 16 looked like a beautiful shot back in that old photo! Do you have more historical photos of the course?? I'd love to take a look at some of the old course before I started playing a lot out there (pre-2007).

If you happen to come across any, you can email them to me at: [email protected]

 

[scarpfish]

Wow! Hole 16 looked like a beautiful shot back in that old photo! Do you have more historical photos of the course??

Those pics to my memory were taken in August 2003, not long after I started playing. Back in the day there wasn't a whole lot of DG information about, and being somewhat interested in web design, I was actually trying to build a local version of DGCR that would showcase photos and maps of existing courses.

I of course was in way over my head, and that project never off the ground. Thankfully, someone came along and not only did it much better, but got the entire world involved.

But while cleaning up the apartment, I happened to find an old photo CD that had those on there. I'm still trying to locate some others that showed when the pine trees were in place.

My plans are to re-shoot the course this Summer when the foliage grows in and show the difference after 10 years.