VIDEO (NARRATED): FLYOVER OLD BURKE VILLAGE, 1975

Old Burke Village resident Lonnie Schorer took her camera aloft in the fall of 1975 to shoot the series of pictures that are the basis for this video. The animation flies through a panorama that existed for only a short time longer, before development closed in. Old Burke Village is located just north of the railroad tracks in Burke.

Transcript of narration:
Lonnie and David Schorer moved to Old Burke Village in 1974. Next door to Ann and Ken Applegate. Ken was a pilot. One day in 1975, Ken flew while Lonnie shot pictures of their neighborhood and homes. The village dates from 1898 - a dozen or so Victorian houses - across the tracks from where the Burke railroad station once stood. In 1975, cars still rumbled across the tracks and waited for passing trains. With its open fields and large yards, the village felt like quiet country living. Today, commercial malls and subdivisions crowd the landscape. Burke Lake Road was rerouted to a railroad overpass. Old Burke Village still keeps its charm, but now as an island, not quite so removed from the accelerating pace of suburban life.

Video developed from photographs provided by Lonnie Schorer and a U.S. Geological Survey image by A Look Back At Braddock volunteer John Browne

Copyrighted material, Schorer photos not to be reproduced without permission of owner, Lonnie Schorer