Today is the day, that I start my research about Downtown Corpus Christi during the time period of 1940-1950. At first I started to look on the internet about the topic, but I came up with nothing. The digital archives were somewhat of a help because it allowed me to see the pictures of what Downtown initially looked like during that time. There wasn't very much information on the descriptions that came with the pictures. During that time period, there wasn't much but after looking, for some reason during the 50s and on downtown began to change. What was the catalyst that allowed downtown to do that? While I was looking, I saw a photo of a parade that was taking place during that time and it was called the defense day parade, which had to do with WWII in some shape or form. By looking at these photos, the community came together in order to help the war effort, but my question was why was it taking place downtown? During that time was downtown getting held back from transforming into something new due to the war? How established was downtown during this town period? Were businesses booming or slowing down? Since the internet had nothing, I know that my trip to the library is very crucial to this topic. I am happy to say that I will be going to the library once school lets out and hopefully I get a break through about what I need to focus on when dealing with downtown Corpus Christi.
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