tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post5187993429998254715..comments2024-03-22T14:59:09.847-07:00Comments on O.C. History Roundup: Buena Park au-go-goChris Jepsenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00207321906121901004noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-81259287019746376102008-06-22T13:02:00.000-07:002008-06-22T13:02:00.000-07:00Amen to the Nellie Gail Comment. The egos there a...Amen to the Nellie Gail Comment. The egos there are out of control as well. There is also a Nellie Gail blog. You can find it through searching the google blogs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-871982098089006862008-05-04T23:58:00.000-07:002008-05-04T23:58:00.000-07:00Chris, just wanted to thank you for providing the ...Chris, just wanted to thank you for providing the link to historicaerials.com. I discovered the web site last night and was so fascinated by it. I had been looking for a pre-1983 aerial photo of the area off the southwest corner of Nellie Gail Road and Red Corral Road in Laguna Hills. There used to be what I would describe as a trench or a dip in the land there, I stood over it when I was very young back in 1982. It was a magnificent sight for me back then. Sadly, several years ago, it was filled in with dirt and several dozen houses were built on it. I got to see a 1980 aerial photo of that area and was reminded of how terrific it once looked with NO houses built in or around that trench. Although I seem to remember there being some houses in the process of being built near it when I was there. <BR/><BR/>I have a couple of aerial photos of that area (with houses built around the trench) from the 1990s, and was lucky to fly over it several years ago right before it was filled in with dirt. <BR/><BR/>In my view, overdevelopment ruined Nellie Gail Ranch. I am aware though that the plan a long time ago was for a large-scale development there. However, it would have been better if there had been a total of 300-400 ranch style homes built instead of 1,400 oversized, generic looking cookie-cutter homes, NO homeowners association, real open space throughout so as to allow for quality horseback riding, an expanded Gallup Park to include all of that trench I was talking about, a barn on each of the residential lots, a profitable cattle ranch or two, a saloon just like the one in the movie "Tombstone," and stores similar to the ones at Knott's Berry Farm, with possibly an amusement park to cater to south Orange County residents.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31835367.post-4152512072036854872008-05-04T21:58:00.000-07:002008-05-04T21:58:00.000-07:00Hi Chris -Thanks for the link on your site - just ...Hi Chris -<BR/>Thanks for the link on your site - just to clarify a point, though, the amazing Mott collection was auctioned off to a number of bidders. We are lucky enough to have a *portion*. Keep up the great work!<BR/>Kenoutsidethebermhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11272382432824523809noreply@blogger.com