Look: Changes since the 1950s (El Monte, Arcadia: credit, high school, to live)

[NewportBorn]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

My parents bought our first home in South Inglewood in 1952.... 8900 bucks. It's still there, as are both the homes they grew up in during the 20s, 30s and 40s.

Two blocks over from us, across Ballona Creek in Hawthorne, lived the Wilson family. (Wilson as in Beach Boys)

Nice, its amazing the history everyone has.

I am really young (16), but I love seeing what places used to be/look like.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by NewportBorn

I love seeing what places used to be/look like.

Reseda Apartment early 1960s


Hollywood Bowl maybe 1959 or so



Universal Studios I think



Burbank apartments (I love the cream colors used back then on cars)


The house I grew up in in Canoga Park, probably around 1966 or so.



Canoga Park 1961 or 1962



BUR airport in WWII. Note the camouflage

Santa Susana Pass Road, I think in the 1940s





Newbury Park High School



YMCA in Thousand Oaks 1967

[MLD012008]

Nice Nita, I remember a Bob's in SVF on Sherman way in Canoga Park. It was a drive in with car hops and you ordered through a speaker. Rootbeer floats in ice cold mugs. Boy was that a treat, I must have been 5 or so... 48 now, where did it go?

[MLD012008]

How about this... Lived in a small one bedroom apt with Mom and two siblings in North Hollywood. Around the corner was the George Barris Kustom shop. We used to walk over there as a treat to get out. Oh the simple pleasures. Batmobile and Bob Hope golf cart. Life was good!

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

My parents bought our first home in South Inglewood in 1952.... 8900 bucks. It's still there, as are both the homes they grew up in during the 20s, 30s and 40s.

Two blocks over from us, across Ballona Creek in Hawthorne, lived the Wilson family. (Wilson as in Beach Boys)

and has Inglewood changed since then. Our oldest daughter was born at Centenella (spelling) hospital, the second one in Hawthorne and we dreamed of buying in Inglewood but it was out of our price range..by 1960 you couldn't find much under 25,000. We did buy our second home for $19.500 in Gardena, 1963..

Thanks for mentioning the Beach Boys, I certainly didn't know that.

MLD<you are just a little younger than our oldest daughter..time does go by way too fast..except when you are very young, then it goes by too slowly..LOL

Nita

[Fontucky]

nmnita, my Momma grew up in Morningside Park, West Inglewood. The house is still the same, save for the barfy color someone painted it. The magnolia tree my grandmother planted in the front yard back in 1934 still stands tall.

[Charles]

Originally Posted by MLD012008

where did it go?

It was right here:

21222 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 9130 - Google Maps

Bobs Big Boy - Canoga Park

Bob's Big Boy #20
21222 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Map

Now Vallarta Supermarket.


from

Bobs Big Boy in Los Angeles - Things To Do In Los Angeles

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Fontucky

nmnita, my Momma grew up in Morningside Park, West Inglewood. The house is still the same, save for the barfy color someone painted it. The magnolia tree my grandmother planted in the front yard back in 1934 still stands tall.

wow, too bad Inglewood has changed so much, I guess this is just part of life.

NIta

[nmnita]

Originally Posted by Charles

It was right here:

21222 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 9130 - Google Maps

Bobs Big Boy - Canoga Park

Bob's Big Boy #20
21222 Sherman Way, Canoga Park, CA 91303 Map

Now Vallarta Supermarket.


from

Bobs Big Boy in Los Angeles - Things To Do In Los Angeles

Charles, where did you get all this awesome information??

Nita

ps the first Bob's was not a drive in as I remember, during the second world war daddy was overseas and every Sunday mom, my sister and I would would go to the movies and stop for hamburgers, It was a little place on Colo Blvd on the Glendale/Eagle Rock border. Then came the first drive in on San Fernando Rd. The original Bobs was replaced by drive in on Colo. Of course eventually they built walk in as well as drive ins.

Just looked over the list, they do not mention either the one on Colorado Blvd in Glendale or the one on San Fernando Rd, interesting.

Last night we were watching the food channel featuring the best sandwhiches in the country, and what do you know? Up popped (no not Bobs big boy) but Phillipes..(spelling)

Nita

[Charles]

Originally Posted by nmnita

Charles, where did you get all this awesome information??

Click this below:

Let me google that for you