During Labor Day weekend 2024 I was cleaning out my garage and came across an old map layout of the…
On That Time When 6000 People Lived in Griffith Park
I lived there for about 5 years, from Februarly 1947 until about the middle of 1955 at 313.
On That Time When 6000 People Lived in Griffith Park
My first home was Roger Young Village. I have an old black and white picture from 1949 that shows the…
On About Me L1OTB
I remember the Helms guy when I was a kid in the 50's & early 60's. you could get a…
On Rolling L.A.’s Helms Bakeries Trucks Out of the Past
Surfridge was part of Playa del Rey. LAX is in Westchester, just east of playa and El Segundo is the…
On Surfridge, LAX, and the El Segundo Blue
Graduated from Franklin high school in 1948. This drive-in was one of my favorite places to hang out with friends.…
On Picture This: Van De Kamps Coffee Shop and Drive-in, Atwater Village
My cousins were peter Lancaster and Marylou Lancaster. We spent so many great times there. Pete wrote me a letter…
On Guest Post: Growing up in the Foothills, Sunland’s Lancaster Lake (part 2 of 4)
I lived and worked in Palo Alto during the 70's and 80's and remember this street art well. I never…
On Trompe L’ Oeil and the Palo Alto Street Art of Greg Brown
My grandfather, Francisco J. Gutiérrez was a Monrovia cement contractor whose 1926 imprint is on the gas station’s Shamrock side…
On Another Vintage Bit of Historic Route 66 in Monrovia
Cindy, the pumps were removed for restoration. The entire building is being restored (early 2024).
On Another Vintage Bit of Historic Route 66 in Monrovia
