My old PALM SPRINGS neighborhood - Old and Current Photos Gallery Photo Gallery by Don Boyd at pbase.com

My old PALM SPRINGS neighborhood - Old and Current Photos Gallery

We moved to our new home at 5691 W. 9th Lane in June 1957 and I watched the homes going up west of us, along with Palm Springs Junior High one block to the west which opened for the first time in September 1957. The neighborhood around the junior high, now a middle school, has changed significantly over the past 50+ years and I thought other folks from the area would like to see what it looks like today, especially if they haven't been back here for decades after moving out.

For those of you who are new to computing and/or surfing the internet, this is just one page of many pages of photos on this site. The home page for our Old Hialeah/Old Miami galleries is at https://pbase.com/donboyd/memories and all the oldie galleries spin off from that page. You can also click on the yellow colored >>Memories of Old Hialeah, Old Miami and Old South Florida Photo Galleries << at top of any page to get back to the main oldies page to search other galleries.

1955 - the Andy and Mary Martinez family's new home at 6305 NW 111th Terrace in Palm Springs	Early 1960's - my home in Hialeah from 1957 to 1966	Early 1960's - backyard of my home in Hialeah from 1957 to 1966	1963 - aerial view of western part of Palm Springs, Palm Springs Estates and areas north of them
1963 - who built what - aerial view of western part of Palm Springs, Palm Springs Estates and areas north (comments below)	1963 - my old Palm Springs neighborhood, W 56th Place to W 60th Street	1967 - looking south from my home at 5691 W. 9th Lane	1967 - driveway and carport at 5691 W. 9th Lane
Late 1960's - 5691, 5661, 5631 and 5601 W. 9th Lane, Hialeah	1970 - David A. Hurst's 1957 Chevy at 6120 W. 10th Avenue	Mid 1970's - the Palm Springs Junior High neighborhood	Early 2007 - aerial east to west view of West 9th Lane area of Palm Springs, Hialeah
Early 2007 - aerial south to north view of West 9th Lane area of Palm Springs, Hialeah	Early 2007 - aerial west to east view of West 9th Lane area of Palm Springs, Hialeah	Early 2007 - aerial north to south view of W. 9th Lane, Palm Springs Middle and Dupuis Elementary area of Palm Springs, Hialeah	West 9th Lane between W. 56 Place (now Street) and W. 58 Street - click on image to enter
West 9th Lane between W. 58 Street and W. 60 Street - click on image to enter	West 10th Avenue between W. 56 Place (now Street) and W. 60 Street - click on image to enter	Palm Springs Middle School (former Junior High) and John G. DuPuis Elementary - click on image to enter	Looking west on W. 60th Street from 9th Lane (#1954)
990 W 56th Street (former Place) - the former Blardinelli home

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Alex		21-Nov-2008 05:44
Hello Lorrie, It's so neat to see these names from the past. It's probably been 27 years since we spoke. I moved back to SC from Miami a couple years after graduating from Winthrop and still play Sundays in a rec league there. I love reading all these posts about places I haven't thought of in years. I had forgotten so many of them, and that's even with going down to see the family a couple times a year.

Don Boyd		29-Oct-2008 22:17
Hello Lorri, It's about time that you found the site, haha. It's good to hear from you. Just about the whole neighborhood is mentioned athttp://www.pbase.com/donboyd/image/104362815 where it is all commentary and no photos. Your friend and neighbor Donna Mehalko helped me with a lot of the names and she has comments posted in one of the galleries. Two of the Kayal boys next door have also sent in comments at the bottom of the above link. I hope that your mom and dad are fine and that you tell them hello for me and that you show them this site. Your dad is still probably miffed at me for scalping your yard by mistake (mower wheels were too high, blade too low) one time when he hired me to mow it while your family was on vacation; he took great pride in his grass. It's good to hear from you. Don

Lorri Sheffield-Rioux		29-Oct-2008 21:25
Hello, My name is Lorri Sheffield. I lived a few doors down from Mr. Boyd. My best friend from childhood was (is) Donna Mehalko. She lives in N.C. I live here in Coral Springs,Fl. (Broward County) It was great to see pix of the old neighborhood. I can still here the sounds of all the neighborhood kids playing soccer in the street, in the field at the Jr. High and of course at Sparks Park. Thanks for posting these wonderful pictures and memories.

Don Boyd		28-Oct-2008 04:18
I am posting this for Bruce York: "I found this site just surfing around, and what a pleasant surprise. Thanks Don, for an excellent website, which has brought back so many memories...of a simpler and more laid back life which I remember well, even though I was only a kid when I lived in Hialeah. I was born in Miami Beach in 1951, and my family (parents and an older sister) moved from the Beach to a new development, Palm Springs, in the summer of 1956 (when I was barely five years old). This was our first home, having rented apartments prior to that. We lived at 5411 West 6th Ave. I went to first grade at Twin Lakes Elementary, and entered the brand-new DuPuis Elementary for second grade. (Yes, I remember those nice multi-colored doors!) It was really nice being part of a new development. Everyone’s house was new; a new life for most of us, and enjoying life in suburbia like so much of the country. Having a three-bedroom house with porch and carport, and my own bedroom was a thrill for me. We lived in Hialeah for only six years. I went to DuPuis from 2nd through 5th grade. In 1962, for different reasons, we moved back to Miami Beach, where I lived till leaving home in the early 1970s. I graduated from Beach High in 1969.....my sister Carole, in 1965. There were reasons why I was happy to be back on the Beach.....I had grandparents there, and roots as well. My parents moved from New Jersey to Miami Beach in 1948. I never gave too much thought to my years in Hialeah. However, in hindsight they were formative and important years....that is where I went to school for five years, hence most of my childhood was spent there. This site has stirred up so many feelings and memories...things I haven’t thought of for a long time. However, I tend to think about the past a lot....I don’t dwell in it, but we were better off in so many different aspects. I miss it! So, sites like this one, and reading other people’s recollections puts a smile on my face! With all the time that I spend online, it wasn’t until a few weeks ago that I did some searching on Old Hialeah, and sure enough....here it is! Having moved there in ‘56, that was before the shopping center opened and hence the start of Palm Springs Mile. I remember when we had to go to Kwik Chek (was that it?) on East 4 Ave. Anyone remember Stevens and Fredericks supermarkets? Not in Hialeah, but huge supermarkets, with good prices, I assume. So much of my time was spent at the stores at the shopping center on 49th St. At Red Road. Also, this was before the movie theater opened. For movies, we went to the Essex Theater and the Circle Theater in Miami Springs. Also, I have great memories of the 22nd Ave. and 27th Ave. Drive-Ins. Apparently, my parents enjoyed movies very much, as they took us kids there often. When the shopping center opened, we shopped at Grand Union of course. GC Murphy’s five and ten was where I spent a lot of time. Remember Neisner’s? Grable’s Bakery? I remember when the first Burger King opened on the Mile (1961 or 62 I believe). That’s when a Whopper was really a whopper!! I’ve had a weakness for them ever since. But today’s Whopper can’t compare. I remember the first Intl. House of Pancakes (first one in Hialeah that is). And the bowling alley....great! Wasn’t there a place with miniature golf and trampolines as well? In the early years, I remember hearing the cows in the distance.....toward the present-day Palmetto Expwy.....and possibly closer than that. There was pastures and wide-open spaces at the edge of town. I went to the swimming pool at Municipal Auditorium....took swimming lessons there as well. I was talking with my sister about this website, and her being four years older than me, fondly remembers part of her teen years in Hialeah. She used to rave about the dances at Municipal Auditorium. And that was when the greatest music ever (IMHO), oldies was the music of the day. It was Top 40 at the time....but what incredible music, and to be able to go to dances. I wish there was something like that today....but a different world indeed! I noticed a post on this forum by Peter Sandler. I was floored to see his name. That was one of my best friends....and if you read this Peter, I would love to get in touch. It has been 44 years since we last saw each other.....damn, that makes us sound old....but it’s all in the attitude! Peter mentioned names of people (classmates) that I clearly remember. And I have recognized other names that people mentioned in the forum.....classmates, folks who are my sister’s age, names from the neighborhood etc. Every so often I think of memories from Hialeah....but this site has really got my brain going. Another good friend was June Doerson, who lived around the corner. Also her older sister Carol Doerson was best friends with my sister. In the years since my Hialeah childhood, I lived back in Miami Beach, moved to San Francisco, and on a visit to my parents one year, went down to Key West for a visit....and eventually moved here. I have been in Key West 21 years (a freshwater Conch.....to be a Conch, you had to have been born in KW). But, I WAS born in Miami Beach! My parents are 88 and 89 and have been living in Broward since 1985....although my mom is in an assisted-living facility needing a lot of care. Dad is in a facility too, great physical shape, but the memory is going. He DOES remember things way in the past pretty well....and always had regrets about selling the house in Hialeah. Anyway, I will share more as it comes to me, and as I read everyone’s posts. I enjoy it immensely!" Bruce York

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