SW 59th & Bryant

[Pete]

[category=]1969[/category]

[Bimmerdude]

Bummer...no SE 59th and Bryant map. Pretty sad that this area (as well as SE 44th and Bryant went down the tubes....

[pw405]

Ya, I agree. I grew up in that area and it used to be a decent community. I almost fear driving through there now. People openly sell drugs at intersections and the houses are no longer maintained like they should be. Such a shame.

[Bimmerdude]

I grew up in the Oakcliff addition (right in front of Bodine elementary). Lived there up until 1992. That neighborhood (and I'm sure Hartsdel) used to be nice, until a lot of the section 8 people starting moving in. I'm sure when IGA, Anthony's, Otasco and TG&Y were there, it was nice. We were poor living there, but kept our house in good shape as well as looked out for our neighbors too. Pretty sad.

[whorton]

Bummer...no SE 59th and Bryant map. Pretty sad that this area (as well as SE 44th and Bryant went down the tubes....

I sense your disappointment. Here is the intersection from 25 Jun 1954. Bryant is vertical and to the left. 59th Horizontal and the lower half.

[RadicalModerate]

SW 59 and Bryant was tough territory to cover, back in the day. There was a sweet lady in the vicinity yet even she couldn't convince me to invest (time/effort/etc). Something about "remodeling her house" . . .