Downtown Tehachapi~ The Quaint

 While taking pictures of the antique store yesterday, I turned around and snapped a few shots of the rest of downtown (Tehachapi Blvd). For those of you who have not been in the area in a while, you might notice some big changes. I also added a couple of nostalgic photos as well. Enjoy!


This is the store that I am standing next to. It is just left of Kelcy's Restaurant

  

This is the famous Kelcy's sign as seen in the Ford commercial. If you click the picture it will enlarge and you can see the old Burger Spot sign in the background.



 

The caboose that sits outside a renovated apple packing shed that now houses Kohnens Bakery, Hodads Surf Shack (clothing store) and The Lost Box (a gift and jewelry store)



Directly across the street from where I was standing is the Renovated Train Depot which burned down a couple of years ago. They were able to save one wall. Because of that ,it is still a historical site. Some of you might remember this building as the run down shack at the four way light.  All of us teenagers parked in front of it on Friday and Saturday nights in the 80's. Now the parking lot is gone, as is the old four way blinking light. Oh the memories!!!



looking East on Tehachapi Blvd.
See, no more four way light. Just a four way stop.

The old water towers facelift.

The City of Tehachapi has really done a wonderful job with the downtown area. I used to drive down Tehachapi Blvd. thinking that I hated the old signs and buildings. Now I look at the same signs with a different eye. When the  buildings become refreshed, and the surroundings are cleaned up and new, the old junk signs become quaint and nostalgic. I still think that I am more of a city girl and long to live in a place where everyone doesn't know your name (and dirty laundry) but for now, I get to live in...

Tehachapi ~ the Quaint.