Then and now: Evolution of the Y in SLT

This photo of the Y in South Lake Tahoe is dated 1949. Photo/Lake Tahoe Historical Society

A “Then and Now” in 2013 looked at how the Tahoe Valley Y”intersection evolved. Just recently, I came upon a detailed aerial photo, perhaps 1949, which includes labels on early landmarks around the Y. None of which exists today.

Not much development existed at the Y in 1969. Photo/U.S. Geological Survey

Nevada Lumber and the schoolhouse were gone before 1960. They were near today’s sites of Tahoe Valley Pharmacy and TJ Maxx. Lampson’s Market and the gas stations remained when the Y”intersection became a four-way in the early 1960s.

The Y area evolved through the years. Photo/Google Earth

Today, all aspects of the Y have changed since the aerial photo taken more than 60 years ago.

— Bill Kingman