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.

Cape's north city limits 1950s

Posted Monday, January 30, 2012, at 12:00 AM

Traffic moves toward Jackson on North Kingshighway at the city limits of Cape Girardeau sometime in the 1950s when there was little commercial development there. (G.D. Fronabarger photo)

The view is looking south and the hill leads up to the present Kurre Lane. At the left is Kingsway Drive. In 2012, Plaza Tire Service is located on the site of the block building.

The census for Cape Girardeau in 1950 was 21,578.

Here is a previous blog about the Windmill Drive-In at the north edge of the city.

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Here's what the area looked like from the air about 10 years later.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/kingsway-dr-kurre-lane-neighborhood/

Here's an aerial of the area taken more recently, along with a story about the relocation of the Cape LaCroix Creek monument that used to be at the corner of Hwy 61 and Kingsway Drive.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/cape-photos/cape-downtown/cape-la-croix-creek-mar...

Here are more photos from the 1600 block of Kingsway, including some information about the folks who have lived there over the decades.

http://www.capecentralhigh.com/family/beep-beep-beep-mystery/

-- Posted by ksteinhoff on Mon, Jan 30, 2012, at 9:01 AM

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