Fred Lynch retired in 2018 after capturing images for the Southeast Missourian since 1975, in that time moving from black-and-white to color, from film to digital and to video. The blog title is a nod to an earlier era of news photography and the 4x5 Speed Graphic: It's more important to be there for the shot than to worry about technical details.

Town Plaza aerial in detail

Posted Friday, March 13, 2015, at 12:00 AM

The parking lot is filled at the Town Plaza sometime after the grand opening of the shopping center in August 1960. The aerial photo by G.D. Fronabarger is looking east from over Kingshighway. The river is at the top. William street is at the right of the parking lot.

In this closer section, Central High School is at the top. In the center is Semo Body & Salvage Co., 2003 Independence St. This area would later become the site of Plaza Galleria and the present Walmart Neighborhood Market.

Here are more Town Plaza aerial photos with links to Town Plaza topics:

Town Plaza site aerials

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Here are some aerials of the same area I shot about six or seven years later.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/town-plaza-turns-50/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Fri, Mar 13, 2015, at 12:48 AM

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