Gustavia harbour, late 70's

[ouanalao]

I thought some of you would enjoy this rare photograph of Gustavia almost fifty years ago. Red rooftops, sailboats at anchor, and a harbour with room to breathe.

Does anyone remember Gustavia like this? I’d love to hear your memories of the waterfront back then!

 

[amyb]

I thought some of you would enjoy this rare photograph of Gustavia almost fifty years ago. Red rooftops, sailboats at anchor, and a harbour with room to breathe.

Does anyone remember Gustavia like this? I’d love to hear your memories of the waterfront back then!



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ALSO NOTE THE UNDEVELOPED HILLSIDE

 

[elgreaux]

I remember Gustavia almost like that - the Wall House was just the 4 stone walls - no roof, the current Hotel de le Collectivité was empty land, and when they began to excavate that hillside for the Carl Gustav I was appalled !
Little did I know then what would be happening now...

 

[cec1]

Not intending this note to be name-dropping . . . nevertheless, in lunch today with Bruno Magras, former President (& in many other roles) of the island, I showed him this photo. I can’t begin to remember all the interesting points he identified in it, though two stand out:
1. He noted that “the quay had recently been finished“ . . . in the lower right foreground, approximately where the Capitainerie is today. I remember — & Bruno confirmed — it as the location of a restaurant, “La Trinquette,” which had a deck over the water. I also remember it as a place where Albert Balayn, of La Gloriette fame, used to make daily deliveries of soups, cakes, & pies as he began a culinary career.
2. Also noted in the photo is early construction of Hotel Le Presqu’ile, across the harbor.

Both constructions are said to have been done in the early ‘60s.

A fantastic image . . . thanks for sharing!

 

[ouanalao]

Not intending this note to be name-dropping . . . nevertheless, in lunch today with Bruno Magras, former President (& in many other roles) of the island, I showed him this photo. I can’t begin to remember all the interesting points he identified in it, though two stand out:
1. He noted that “the quay had recently been finished“ . . . in the lower right foreground, approximately where the Capitainerie is today. I remember — & Bruno confirmed — it as the location of a restaurant, “La Trinquette,” which had a deck over the water. I also remember it as a place where Albert Balayn, of La Gloriette fame, used to make daily deliveries of soups, cakes, & pies as he began a culinary career.
2. Also noted in the photo is early construction of Hotel Le Presqu’ile, across the harbor.

Both constructions are said to have been done in the early ‘60s.

A fantastic image . . . thanks for sharing!

Many thanks for sharing these details!

 

[davesmom]

Interestingly enough, when I was first teaching at (U of) Michigan back in the late 70s-early 80s, I had a friend names Lisa Lundelius. She told me that she was left some land by her parents in Gustavia. I really did not know much about SBH at that time and was going to Martinique and Guadeloupe, doing Créole research/vacation . I do not know if anyone actually knows this family? A very nice girl who eventually married but I think she sold the land not long after.