I was born there 94 years ago, on 56th street, when the palm trees were about 5 feet tall, and there were more vacant lots than built-on ones. And Vermont Ave. was dirt beyond Slauson. Went to Budlong Ave. School, John Muir Jr. High and Manual Arts. Picnicked at Exposition Park before the Coliseum. Played touch football with 5 other kids on the grass football field at the Coliseum. Nobody around to say "no". All gates were open. We just walked in. You want a history of early LA from a kid that grew up there? Ask me. LA was a paradise then. Arnold
— Arnold Burghardt
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posted February 24, 2009 at 9:53 a.m.
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I was born there 94 years ago, on 56th street, when the palm trees were about 5 feet tall, and there were more vacant lots than built-on ones. And Vermont Ave. was dirt beyond Slauson.
Went to Budlong Ave. School, John Muir Jr. High and Manual Arts.
Picnicked at Exposition Park before the Coliseum. Played touch football with 5 other kids on the grass football field at the
Coliseum. Nobody around to say "no". All gates were open. We just walked in. You want a history of early LA from a kid that grew up there? Ask me. LA was a paradise then. Arnold
about South Los Angeles
posted February 24, 2009 at 9:53 a.m.