College on Fire: 1963

I was there around the same time, Anonymous Tipster, and you're absolutely right about the former Mission Revival look of the College of Marin campus. You should see pictures of the place from the 30s through the early 50s; utterly charming. Ironically, an article in the Independent-Journal when some of the newer buildings were going up (after knocking down the old ones) quotes some college administration brass to the effect that the new structures were designed to reference and harmonize with the traditional architecture. What a joke. In reality, where once we had destinctive and characteristic, we now have Anywhereville.

I went there in 1967-69, when the campus still had some of the Spanish style (someone called them Mission Revival) buildings, and a free-running creek. Now it's just ugly, and the creek is a concrete ditch.

Great shot and gorgeous fire truck. That vintage crossing signal (good eye BTW) is an old Wiley.

This is on College Ave. and the signal is for Stadium Way, the short street behind the Woodland Market shopping center. It's called Stadium Way because that whole area immediately to the north was occupied by the football field. Here's a Google street view from about where I took the shot:

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What intersection is this? Is this near where Woodland's Market and Kent Middle School are now? AWESOME shot. It's a shame they demolished it all. Looks like it was a much prettier campus than it is nowadays.

The truck is a White 3000 made sometime between the very late 1940s and 1960 or so.

Looks like a 1950s White cab-over.