Destin aerials - before & after

Wow!

:shock:

Dadgum! Where'd the beach go?

Dadgum! Where'd the beach go?

Don't ya just wish your Dad or Grandad had owned all that :shock:

Holy cow. That is really something.

Did any of you notice the B-52 Bomber flying over in the older photo?? Look closely.

Did any of you notice the B-52 Bomber flying over in the older photo?? Look closely.

Oh... very cool thought it was a shark

Thanks for sharing, that is amazing!! :clap_1:

I hate to reveal my age, but the first photo is the way I remember Destin. My family first started going there in the 1950's and continued well into the 80's (until we moved toward SoWal). My first memories of Destin probably started in the late 60's. At that time, we always stayed at the old Silver Beach Motel/Cottages (which, along with the Spyglass next door were the only two real motels). You could walk from Silver Beach east toward what is now Henderson Beach and not see a living soul for miles, and zero gulf front development. The only real restaurants in Destin were the Blue Room and Marler's Diner. At that time, you could buy a gulf front lot in the area for around $30,000. Not a week goes by when I don't hear my father say how stupid he was for not buying a huge chuck of gulf front property. We would all be retired now if he had.

I remember when they built Shoreline Towers in the early 70's. People were aghast. If they only knew what was in store 20-30 years down the road.

I rarely, if ever, get down that way anymore. Might as well be in Miami Beach.

Forgive me for waxing nostalgic, but that photo just put me in the mind of days gone by.

Re: Destin aerials - then & now

1964




2004

First pic is from movie "Dr. Stranglove". Notice B-52 bomber in foreground!

1964, so much time and so little money. Today, just the reverse, and they raised the prices.

Re: Destin aerials - then & now

First pic is from movie "Dr. Stranglove". Notice B-52 bomber in foreground!

are you quoting me again???

Those photos were taken from my web site without my permission. I would appreciate people at least acknowledging the source.

If you want to see the source of this go to this link at http://mindlace.com/strangelove and see the animated version (you need to scroll to bottom of page) of this that I cobbled together. It will explain more about it. That link has been circulated for a year and half via email. I get all kinds of comments when that was not my intention. However, it is a stark representation of our beaches.

Scott Jackson
Mindlace Media & Photo

Those photos were taken from my web site without my permission. I would appreciate people at least acknowledging the source.

If you want to see the source of this go to this link at http://mindlace.com/strangelove and see the animated version (you need to scroll to bottom of page) of this that I cobbled together. It will explain more about it. That link has been circulated for a year and half via email. I get all kinds of comments when that was not my intention. However, it is a stark representation of our beaches.

Scott Jackson
Mindlace Media & Photo

Hey Scott,
Glad to have the link and the source. What do you charge for an aerial pic assignment of an individual property or subdivision over SoWal?

Hey Scott,
Glad to have the link and the source. What do you charge for an aerial pic assignment of an individual property or subdivision over SoWal?

Sorry for tardy reply, been offline and doing some traveling. I have some stock photos of So Wal...in fact I have hundreds. But if you need something current we can talk. We can do this privately.