Back to the aerials this week. My friend and long time CZ Images
contributor Vicente Pascual sent me this really GREAT aerial photo of
Panama City and a portion of Ancon from 1952. This is a wonderful
capture in time of how things looked 62 years ago. A portion of
the Tivoli Hotel is seen in the far right of the photo along with the
Ancon Elementary School, Gym, Commissary, St. Luke's Cathedral, the old
court house and more. 4th of July Ave. was just a 2 lane road at
the time. Fort Amador is seen in the distance with the Canal and
islands beyond. Central Ave., the heart throb of the city is
center in the photo and most interesting is the Panama Railroad Station
is still in business as you can see the covered passenger loading area
behind the station along the tracks. The old Panama Railroad
rolling stock area still exists with freight cars parked for loading and
unloading. These track went all the way down to the docks off
Panama City.
What a great photo!!
Thank you Vicente!!
By the time I post the next
photo, it will be 2015!! Can you imagine that?? Wow has time flown
by. Happy New Year to all my visitors.

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