![1931 - Broadway (Hwy 111)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5d03ab_40cfa567e2094834b31a7deaaa735490~mv2_d_2892_1962_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_100,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/5d03ab_40cfa567e2094834b31a7deaaa735490~mv2_d_2892_1962_s_2.jpg)
Looking east along Broadway (now Hwy 111) | Cobb's Grocery & the Post Office are on the left. (Click on any of these images in this header to see the whole photo and scroll through them.)
![1946 - Broadway (Hwy 111)](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/5d03ab_0710406e25c54e1daa11ba9214fb3940~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_83,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/5d03ab_0710406e25c54e1daa11ba9214fb3940~mv2.jpg)
Looking east along Broadway (now Hwy 111) from Glenn Ave | The street is beginning to fill in.
1931
1946
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Looking east along Broadway (now Hwy 111) from 2nd St. | By 1951, cafes and diners, motels and cottages to-let, a drugstore and various businesses have been added in the 20 years since 1931. The highway is now four lanes, better paved and has curbs, sidewalks and some landscaping
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Looking east along Hwy 111 in 2020.
1951
2020
Then & Now
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< THEN
DeLux Trailer Park - 1939
First trailer park in Cathedral City. Palm-frond roofs provided shade from the hot, desert sun.
NOW >
Cathedral City
Community Amphitheater
2020
A new amphitheater is currently under construction behind the City Hall Plaza, at the corner of Cathedral Canyon and Ave. Lalo Guerrero.
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THEN
Real Estate Office - 1920s
George Allen Real Estate - first Real Estate office in town. Corner of Broadway (Hwy 111) and Cathedral Canyon Dr.
LATER
Totem Pole Cafe - 1940s
Rebuilt as a cafe and local meeting place, it was the first diner in town. The owners Mr. & Mrs. E.J, Wheeler are pictured in the early 1940s.
NOW
Taco Bell - 2020
Now, a Taco Bell sits on this corner.
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< THEN
Sun Haven Court
Broadway (Hwy 111)
& Date Palm Dr.
1945
Sun Haven Court, owned by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Clark, was at the corner of Broadway/Hwy 111 (2-lane road) & Date Palm. The Clarks founded the Cathedral Citizen, our first newspaper, in 1951.
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< NOW
Agua Caliente Casino
Coming Soon!
Hwy 111 & Date Palm
2020
Today, this intersection is a large and busy one. The new casino is being built where Sun Haven Court once stood. Quite a difference,
Photography of current-day Cathedral City
by Beverly Beirne