Not exactly "historic" since it isn't all that old, but it is kind of historic. This photo really shows the southwest side of downtown before the boom really got started. Actually, the redevelopment had already begun. This was from around 2000. The Blackwell-Thurman Criminal Justice Center is there on the left side. It was finished in 2001. I remember that building took forever to be completed because of problems with the interior mechanics. It broke ground in 1997 and took 4 years to complete. You can also see the site prep for the Silicon Labs and CSC Buildings along Cesar Chavez. They started construction in 2000. Based on the cloudy skies and dim sunlight and also the fact that the trees were either changing colors or didn't have any leaves, I'd say this was probably taken around Thanksgiving in 2000.
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