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Underground Gardens

Posted: Mon Jan 16, 2012 1:11 pm
by kristincre8s
Anyone remember the old Underground Gardens out at the end of Shaw by the old Levitz Furniture? We had at least a couple of school field trips there. I still have vivid images in my head of the hallways and the Grand Ballroom. That was an amazing place. I also remember the Lesterburger hovercraft ride that they had out in the parking lot for awhile. LOVED those deep fried burritos!

Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2014 9:26 am
by kmcc01
I grew up not to far from there and I never visited the place.Back in the 60's there was Levitz furniture and fig orchards out there. I can't remember what was in Highway City, it had a feel of something like the 30's or 40's in that little area. And further on down at Herndon and 99 there was this tall missile, don't remember what it advertised.

Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 8:25 am
by Steve H.
The "missle" around Herndon advertised a gas station. The thing was some sort of petroleum storage tank painted to look like a rocket. It said: "U.S. ARMY/PIONEERS IN SPACE.'

Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 2:19 pm
by Lost Fresno
Drove by this sign at least 500 times but only visited the attraction once! How about you?

Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2015 11:30 am
by Lost Fresno
Spent a wonderful few hours at the Underground Gardens. Highly recommend a return visit even if you've been before! Tell 'em Lost Fresno sent you.

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Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 10:04 am
by Lost Fresno
Here is a vintage photo from 1963!

Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Thu Jun 06, 2019 8:02 am
by Lost Fresno
Watch this great video by one of the family members!


Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2019 7:19 am
by Lost Fresno
Here is a vintage 1950 brochure of the Underground Gardens.

Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:32 am
by Keith Simpson
I remember that place it was so neat my family went there a couple times we lived out close to there out in highway City I remember the fig trees was up and down Shaw. That was a very neat place to go hang out

Re: Underground Gardens

Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:05 pm
by Clipper cat
My grandfather took me to see the Underground Gardens when I was perhaps 5 years old. (He was fond of visiting unusual and/or new Fresno sights.)No less a luminary than the great writer T.C. Boyle made the creation of the Gardens the subject of a short story originally published in the New Yorker magazine. You can read it as part of the short story collection "After the Plague"(published 2001).