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• Tujunga Car Lot 1920
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• VICTORY BLVD ELEMENTARY
& THE WILD WILD WESTBy Louis Elovitz
Digital Journalist
I WENT HERE. Actually I first went to preschool
at VJCC Valley Jewish Community Center, then
I entered Victory Elementary from kgn to 6 grade
Victory Blvd Elementary was built in 1924
as seen above, th road on the right top side
is Victory Blvd, named for our Victory in WWI.
That building is gone but the spirit and school remain.
At least once a year we had EVENTS staged on the
asphalt play yard. It could be the LAPD showing
car demonstrations, or the ZOO would send a
truck sponsored by Sears full of animals to see.
Sometimes there would be a 'pay event' like a
small circus or a Western show...
We see the Wild West
visiting Victory Boulevard
Elementary with a special show
by Monty Montana
who rode his horse
and performed rope tricks,
he also rode in many
parades for years.
Years later Monty was
at my daughter Jessica's
HOMECOMING at
Verdugo High in
Sunland Tujunga
ALIEN VISITORS to ST-NOHO ???
1955 by Charles Phoenix
The LUER FRANKS company sent this rocket advertisement
out to various market openings. Children could go inside and
sit in the spaceship and watch a commercial laden cartoon.
Here it is in Sunland and I saw it myself as a child in the
Valley Plaza Shopping Center at Alexanders MarketThe same rocket in
'mothballs' somewhere
in Arizona.
RED CAR NoHo 1950's
NOHO RAILROAD STATION
This view of historical Lankershim Train Depot
in North Hollywood, California, is a very old pic.
Built in 1896 by Southern Pacific Railroad
at the corner of Lankershim Boulevard
and Chandler Street. There is a restoration
project starting in conjunction
with the Metro Transit.
∆more info clic here∆
Cars 5120 and 1299
hang out at NoHo
Red Car Station
and railyard.
The Pacific Electric Red Car service to the
San Fernando Valley. This Car 5170 is
traveling over the Tujunga Wash which
is now the 170 FWY @ Chandler in NoHo.
THRIFTIMART NoHo
LANKERSHIM & OXNARD
-ancient Polaroid by Richard Sapiro -looking NORTH
Above Thriftmart, " Open 24 Hours"
across from Bekin's Moving and Storage
which now is a Leed's Mattress store
and in the same shopping center as a
Baskin Robbins Ice Cream store, one of the
first stores for that then Glendale company.I went to NHHS with
Steve Baskin who's
family were part owners
of this unique
SoCal ice cream store.
A long gone supermarket chain of the 1950's
to 60's absorbed by Smart & Final.
There was one near Oxnard on
Lankershim in North Hollywood
with it's tall " T " icon.
There was another in the Valley Plaza that
was a small shopping center with small shops
on one side of the market and also a shoe repair
and Chef's chicken bbq.
EVERY DAYS A SPECIAL DAY AT THRIFTIMART
EVERY DAYS A SPECIAL DAY FOR YOU
WHAT EVER YOU PUT IN YOUR SHOPPING CART
YOU'LL SAVE AND SAVE AT THRIFTIMART...
HODY'S RESTAURANT NoHo
LANKERSHIM & OXNARD
-ancient Polaroid by Richard Sapiro -looking SOUTH
Oxnard & Lankershim in North Hollywood
during the late 50's. A major L.A. restaurant
chain called Hody's. There was one at Hollywood
& Vine, and two at La Brea & Rodeo. They had a
clown mask menu for kids. There was a coffee
shop and dining room including a bakery.
There was a major fire and it was never rebuilt.
PHOTO by Richard Sapiro
DEDICATED TO INFORMING ALL ABOUT THE
FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES OF
The same rocket in
TRACING THE HISTORY,
PRESENT AND FUTURE HOPES OF
THIS COMMUNITY.
ORIGINALLY THE HOME OF THE
GABRIALINO, 'Tonga' Native Americans
HUNTING & GATHERING HERITAGE,
CLEAN AIR HEALTH AREAS, HOME OF VARIED PEOPLES,
NOW NUMBERING OVER 60,000...WELCOME !
BOLTON HALL
Sunland-Tujunga, California
THIS ROCK STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN
1913. THIS AREA WAS CALLED
"Little Lands (Los Terrenitos]".
George Harris Built this early
area monument with the ROCKS from
this area, we call, "THE ROCK".
Bolton Hall is full of this area's
'pioneer' & Indian SPIRIT &
ARTIFACTS.
Visit Bolton Hall
Tues.- Sun. 1-4pm. Located at 10110 Commerce, just 2 CITY BLOCKS, 'up from' Foothil Blvd.
in TUJUNGA, California.
Tours by APPOINTMENT call- 818.352.1718
It is IMPORTANT:
'Declaration of Historical Monument'#2
BOLTON HALL
by the City Of Los Angeles,
California PROTECTING Bolton Hall
since 1962.
CHECK YOUR LOCAL CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT in your community!
NOHO
IN 1898
San Fernando Valley Farming
this is what started North Hollywood
Lankershim Ranch fields being plowed and sowed.
BOLTON HALL
In the early 1900's a SOCIAL movement
brought people together in
"LITTLE LANDS".
This movement subsided, yet people
continued to settle in the foothill areas
between the
VERDUGO HILLS and the SAN GABRIELS, the ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST.
The community
building
was known as the
CLUBHOUSE.
The name of the
meeting place / city hall / jail
was BOLTON HALL,
coming from the name of
local hero - Bolton Hall.
In 1932, the City Of Los Angeles,
annexed the area, and the building
was used for various city departments.
In 1959, the Parks and Recreation
almost torn the building down.
In 1960, Assemblyman Tom Bane
introduced legislation in Sacramento
and in 1962 Bolton Hall was declared
L.A. CITY HISTORICAL
MONUMENT #2
(Monument#1 is Avila Abobe in the Old Plaza)
1967 brought restoration funds,
yet do to inflation
and budget constraints
the upgrading had
not been completed until the
CELEBRATION of December, 1980.
So, any community can
save its historic architectual structures.
Check your local HISTORICAL SOCIETIES.
McGroarty
Art Center
Tujunga, California
SOME OF THE INFORMATION AND ABOVE PICTURE FROM
http://www.verdugo-online.com/clubs/macweb.htm
[click above for their site]
CULTURAL ARCHITECTUAL
HERITAGE
THE McGroarty home, now the
McGroarty Cultural Art Center
was designated
Historical Monument
# 63 in 1970.
"Rancho Chupa Rosa"
The historic McGroarty home
7570 McGroarty Terrace, Tujunga, CA 91042
(818) 352-5285
John Steven McGroarty, Renaissance Man of the Verdugos
The McGroarty Arts Center is the former home
of California Poet Laureate, Congressman,
dramatist, journalist, and historian John Steven
McGroarty (1862-1944) and his wife Ida.
JS McGroarty was a columnist for the Los Angeles Times
for over 40 years and wrote eleven
books and seven plays. He gained international fame with
his Mission Play pageant that
established a world record run. While in Congress,
McGroarty worked to protect the elderly
and Native Americans. He was proclaimed Poet Laureate by
the California State Legislature
in 1933.
The Rancho Chuparosa
The McGroarty home, set in the tranquil Verdugo foothills
of Tujunga, was built in 1923. Like
many homes of its time, much of it was constructed with
rocks found in the soil or possibly from
the nearby Tujunga Wash. The home features a large
veranda with a spectacular view of
surrounding oaks, the sprawling city below, and the
majestic San Gabriel Mountains to the
north. The interior has a large hall where exhibitions,
banquets, large classes, community
meetings, and performances are held; upstairs there are
additional rooms for smaller
classes. In the basement popular ceramic classes are
held for which three onsite kilns are
kept very busy. The home also features McGroarty's
personal library full of antiques and
numerous mementos of his life and accomplishments.
The McGroarty Arts Center Today
The McGroarty Arts Center plays a pivotal role in the
cultural life of the local community
throughout the year by hosting affordable ongoing eight
week classes for adults and children
in painting, music, crafts, acting, yoga, creative
writing--and many, many more varieties of fine,
literary, and performing arts. Besides this fundamental
mission and the role of preserving the
legacy of John Steven McGroarty, the Center also serves
as a venue for artists to display or
perform their work. The main hall is available to the
community to rent for special ocassions.
Become a Friend of McGroarty!
The center is now operated by the Friends of the
McGroarty Arts Center and receives only
minimal city funding. It is mostly private donors and
philanthropically-minded organizations
that have kept the center afloat. Please take the first
step of support for this historic and much
needed institution by joining the Friends of the
McGroarty Arts Center! Membership requires
only a small tax-deductible donation and you will be kept
abreast of exciting happenings at the
center and have the opportunity to lend a hand at events
that promote the best side of our community.
You may obtain a Friend of McGroarty membership form
and schedule of
classes at
(818) 352-5285.
PHIL'S DINER NOHO
From a 1920's design by Charles Amend
Phil's Diner served the railroad business
area of 1900's North Hollywood. Located
on Chandler just off Lankershim many
blue collars workers came to this modest
diner.
Commerce Street OLDE TOWNE Sign Post 2003
DEDICATED TO
INFORMING ALL ABOUT THE
FOOTHILL COMMUNITIES OF
COMMERCE STREET FAIR #3 October 2000
Jamie M Elovitz editor
positiveenergy.com
ORIGINALLY THE HOME OF THE
GABRIALINO 'Tonga' Native Americans
OF HUNTING & GATHERING HERITAGE,
CLEAN AIR HEALTH AREAS,
HOME OF VARIED PEOPLES,
NOW NUMBERING OVER 60,000...
WELCOME !
SUNLAND-TUJUNGA LIBRARY
OUR NEW LIBRARY BUILDING
OPENED IN SEPTEMBER OF 1996
replacing a 1950's stucco structure
that endured many readers young and old...
Now, a NEW MODERN LIBRARY possessing
COMPUTERIZED card catalogs, AND web access
VIA personnal computers for all, USER FRIENDLY
AND STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL,
A BUILDING THAT
RETAINS OUR AREAS' NATURE.
7771 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD
TUJUNGA, CALIFORNIA
818.352.4481
,,Senior Librarian:
HOWARD FINN PARK
RIGHT BEHIND OUR NEW LIBRARY IS HOWARD FINN PARK
This park, with a spectacular background of Mt. Gleason,
was named in honor of former Councilman Howard Finn.
NEW L.A. NORTH VALLEY
CITY CIVIC CENTER
LOCATED WITH LOCAL L.A. COUNCIL HEADQUARTERS
Sunland-Tujunga Civic Center
on Foothill Blvd. East of Mt. Gleason Ave. Tujunga, Ca. 91040
L.A.F.D.
FIRE STATION 74
PUBLIC NOTICE:
L.A. COUNTY
HEALTH CENTER
valley care
[2003 note: CLOSED by L.A. County]
REMEMBER !
SUNLAND-TUJUNGA
borders the
U.S. ANGELES
NATIONAL FOREST
tujunga canyon
by matt maxon
Local Schools
Verdugo High School
106250 Plainview Ave. Tujunga 818.353.1171
Mount Gleason Middle School
109650 Mt. Gleason Ave. Sunland 818.352.1466
Apperson Elementary
10233 Woodward Ave. Sunland 818.353.5544
Mountain View Elementary
6410 Olcutt St. Tujunga 818.352.1616
Pinewood Elementary
10111 Silverton St. Tujunga 818.352.2515
Plainview Elementary
10819 Plainview Ave. Tujunga 818.353.1730
Sunland Elementary
8350 Hillrose Ave. Sunland 818.353.1631
OUR LADY OF LOURDES SCHOOL
7324 Apperson St. Tujunga 818.353.1106
"HOMEWORK HOTLINE"
KLCSch58 1-800-LA-STUDY
Los Angeles Unified School District
free by phone
tutors M-Th 4-6pm
[S-T TV CABLE Ch 8]
AMERICAN LEGION HALL #377
10039 Pinewood Ave. Tujunga 818.353.9856
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION
BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE
IN 2002 THIS WAS ...
Please View Our QuickTime iMovie
[click above]
SEE OUR PRODUCTION
TEARING DOWN OUR PAST
?
??
?
what do you
see in this
"architecture"
bye bye our past
THEATER to banquet hall
but... DEMOLISH our
art-deco architechture!!
yes, that is what happened
TOO!
LATE!
GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN
1998 ENDED 2002
with the 'removal'
of our HISTORY!
..........................
[gloriann mcgowan]
SEE THE FINAL REPORTS FROM
OUR ATTEMPT TO SAVE OUR HISTORY
GRASSROOTS CAMPAIGN
FINAL REPORTS
2002
STARTED OCTOBER 24,1998
Sunland-Tujunga's
ART DECO ARCHITECTURE
THE THEATER WAS IN
SUNLAND-TUJUNGA
ON THE 6700 BLOCK
OF FOOTHILL BLVD.
TUJUNGA THEATER
HILLTOP THEATER
[gloriann mcgowan]
RAINBOW THEATER
CANYON THEATER
all names
that have graced
this 843 seat venue
built in 1938
by S. Charles Lee
Other Theaters by
Architect
S. Charles Lee
Los Angeles Theater
San Luis Obispo Theater
Miami Theater
S. CHARLES LEE ARCHITECT OF THEATERS 1920-1950's
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES
IN 1941 HE BUILT THE 1st STEREO THEATER
with Walt Disney
The ANIMATION THEATER Disney Burbank Studios
WE HAD EVERYONE'S THOUGHTS >>
people said >>
EVERYONE WANTS TO BE
ABLE TO USE
THIS THEATER AGAIN
ENVISIONING REGULAR
WEEKEND MOVIE SHOWINGS,
SPECIAL FEATURE EVENTS
AND COMMUNITY THEATER.
they also said >>
EVERYONE SEEMS SURE
THIS CAN HAPPEN
Our History:
WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE BOLTON HALL MUSEUM
YOU CAN SEE
THAT KEEPING OUR PAST ALIVE
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA,
MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL WAS SLATED
TO BE TORN DOWN AND REBUILT BECAUSE OF
EARTHQUAKE CONCERNS.
THEIR COMMUNITY OF LOS
FELIZ SAID NO!
IT WAS RETROFITED AND BESIDES
BEING THE 1930's HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING
IT ALWAYS WAS,
IT IS SEEN IN MANY MOVIES
AND COMMERCIALS.
Marshal High School
Please View Our QuickTime iMovie
[click above]
SEE OUR PRODUCTION
2002
final report
MOST OF THE BUILDING WILL
BE SAVED AND WILL BE A
BANQUET HALL.
but...
THE
HISTORICAL
ART-DECO FRONT
WAS NOT SAVED.
tearing down our past
?
??
?
bye bye our past
more info
click below...
this was our 'theme' during our campaign
Please View Our QuickTime iMovie
[click below]
WE DID THE BEST WE COULD
THIS WAS...
OUR ART-DECO THEATER
'land for sale'
$650,000
+ free theater building
or
DEMOLISH the THEATER
??FINAL??
[yes, it was removed, unfortunately]
.CAMPAIGN REPORT
?FINAL?
[yes]
CAMPAIGN REPORT
2002
THIS WAS HOW
WE TOLD THE STORY...
THE BAD news:
OUR THEATER
'land for sale'
price:
[2000] OUR THEATER [1943]
with OR withOUT
our THEATER!
GOOD DEAL,
LAND on FOOTHILL BLVD.
1938 ART DECO
HISTORICAL BUILDING free !!!
let us all state our need:
WE NEED OUR HISTORY!!
MOST OF THE BUILDING WILL
BE SAVED AND WILL BE A
BANQUET HALL.
BUT...
the art-deco front of the building
MAY BE DEMOLISHED!!
[ final REPORT ART DECO FRONT REMOVED]
ORIGINALLY
OUR THEATER WAS CALLED THE
TUJUNGA THEATER [1938]
OUR THEATER
WAS BUILT IN 1937-38
designed by
S Charles Lee
ARCHITECT S. CHARLES LEE was responible for THEATERS throughout the U.S.A.[1920-50!]ESPECIALLY HERE ON THE WEST COAST. THE HISTORIC LOS ANGELES THEATER ON BROADWAY IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IS ONE. S CHARLES LEE CREATED AN ANIMATION THEATER FOR WALT DISNEY IN 1941, THE FIRST THEATER WITH STEREO SOUND!
"the show starts on the sidewalk"
a book about the architect
by maggie valentine
[get it thru libraries]
WE NEEDED TO INVESTIGATE
ALL ROADS LEADING
TO PRESERVING OUR
HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE ...
our history
[gloria mcgowan]
AND THE WAY TO GIVE CONSCIENCE
TO HERTIAGE,
GIVING THANKS TO ALL OUR FOREFATHERS,
WHO BEFORE US,
HAVE GIVEN US OUR FUTURE,
THEIR OFFERING FROM THE PAST.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF "THEATERS' IN L.A.
YET NOTHING NEAR THE THOUSANDS
WHO LIVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ...
we are lucky for the natural
splendor given to our area
WHY TAKE AWAY THIS THEATER
THAT HAS WITHSTOOD EARTHQUAKES
DECADES OF USE.
........
.[gloriann mcgowan]
TUJUNGA THEATER
[1938]
843 seat theater
TUJUNGA
HILLTOP/RAINBOW/CANYON
TELL OUR COMMUNITY
ALL ABOUT "YOUR STORY"
ABOUT THE ART-DECO THEATER
ON FOOTHILL IN TUJUNGA
YOUR
STORIES WILL BE
ON THIS WEBSITE
FOR ALL TO SEE!
EVERYONE WANTS
THE THEATER
RESTORE IT
TO A WORKING
COMMUNITY VENUE
[the campaign is OVER, we lost, architecture REMOVED, 2002]
READ
"YOUR Story"
Subject: Tujunga Theatre
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:00:10 -0700
From: Judy Josephson
Organization: Josephson Family
To: Save@positiveenergy.com
My family moved to Tujunga in 1940. My parents lived in the same house
on Valmont Street for 36 years. I bought my first home at the corner of
Hillrose and Commerce, in 1960. My parents, my bother's family and my
family all moved away in 1973. We settled in another small town within a
major metropolitan area, Laguna Beach. My husband and I occasionally
forget ourselves and call "Pacific Coast Highway" "Foothill Blvd."
A cousin of my worked at the movie house in the late 40's and early
50's. As kids we walked to the show every Saturday for the matinee that
included serials, cliffhangers, and lots and lots of westerns, as well
as movies about World War II. It is sad to see what has happened to, not
only the movie house, but the entire area over the years.
It was a wonderful rural area within the City of Los Angeles to grow up
in. We lived on a large piece of land and had horses, chickens, ducks,
and even a goat. We hand the first built-in home pool in the area.
Good luck with your efforts to save the structure.
Judy (Goodman) Josephson
Subject:
Hilltop theatre
Date:
Sat, 5 Aug 2000 14:02:52 -0700
From:
"Edward Krebs"
To:
I recall when I was growing up, I use to go to Busy Bee Drug Store. For 25 cents I would get a Root Beer Float, then for 10 cents, I'd get 3 candy
bars. I would take the candy and go to the Hilltop theatre. I also remember they had a talent contest which I won for playing my accordian on stage
with a friend named Kay. I think we won $50.00. and had our picture in the local paper. I still have this article somewhere. I loved this theatre.
Foster Freeze was right next door too. It made summer days special and memories that will never be forgotten. I can still smell the popcorn...
THANK YOU EDWARD
WHAT A GREAT STORY
maybe you can play the accordian
WHEN WE SAVE THE THEATER!
Subject: Hilltop Theatre
Date: 2 Feb 99 22:04:36 MST
From: JEFFREY FOWLER
To: SAVE@positiveenergy.com
Greetings From Texas
We lived on Beckett St. in Tujunga when my sister and I walked down to the
show to see The Nutty Professor(Jerry Lewis)Flubber,The Ghost nd Mr. Chicken.
Later in the seventy's I played in a band Triad for a youth organization
keeping teen in off the street.
On Feb 28 ['99] we are doing a music festival in Dallas and a event called "Rockers
Against Hunger" where the admission price is a canned good. Maybe you should
consider doing fund raisers to save the Hilltop. Or open a Classic Movie
Theatre that features old movies.... Isn't it about time we saw the Duke on
the big screen again?
Jeff Fowler
Another Fine Mess
www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Alley/2711
Subject: The Tujunga Theater
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 23:20:10 -0700
From: Jeffery Masino
To: Save@positiveenergy.com
I grew up in Sunland/Tujunga and saw my first movies at what was then
the Hilltop Theater.
Subject: Saving the Theatre
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 04:01:28 EST
From: Tryppedout@aol.com
To: US@positiveenergy.com
As a Tujunga resident, I am very interested in helping to save the theatre.
Please keep me informed as to what is being done and what needs to be done.
Thanks,
Rudy Allen
Subject:
save old walk in
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1998 19:01:36 -0800
From: "john hunt"
To:
if memory remind me of movie house in town there when i live in tujunga back in 60 and 70 we went to edward drive in were kmart is now
and went it left we went to the walk in with or friend and girl friend and watch the jame bond and other action movie old western the cowboy
with john wayne and other good movie and last time that talk to anybody down their that had no movie house then and remember the go time
and bad thing movies specal that one with linda blarid .
that a lot for the me put my two cent it been awile scene i have been in tujunga ca
i live about 500 miles from there so any people remember hunt family you can email at opey@syix.com
Subject: the theater locale
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 16:42:18 EST
From: Churgeon@aol.com
To: progress@earthlink.net
You want one, you get one.
I am now in my mid 30s, meaning I can remember the " Rainbow theater " at its
useful best during my younger years. I remember sticky carpet, 2 movies for
one nice price, somewhere to go LOCALLY for entertainment that was fun and
safe .
Of course now the single screen theater is a dying breed because of the "multi-
box "
multi screen theaters that you have to drive to. i remember frozen bon bons,
popcorn with real butter and no guilt, a few arcade games in the lobby to kill
a few minutes tween movies. i hope some how, someway we can revive the " good
ol days" in that theater just a litle bit. It would be nice to be able to
spend a entertaining evening in your own neighborhood. I t would be a real
kick too!
Hope to hear from you
Kirk Dorton
Subject: (no subject)
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 1998 23:54:24 EST
From: Beshue@aol.com
To: save@positiveenergy.com
I live very close to the theater now and would someday like to see the
building in use so I can take my daughter when she is of age.
We must do something with this beautiful building. As most businesses in
Tujunga are closing their doors, we need to increase commerce in Tujunga.
Right now, the building is being used by drug addicts, homeless bums and
alcoholics. It scares me to even go to the businesses near the theater.
Please keep me informed.
M. Hughes
K. Coleman
Subject: The theater
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 1999 18:22:45 -0800 (PST)
From: Starbuck35@webtv.net (Dana Scully)
To: save@positiveenergy.com
I think its wonderful what you're doing. I'm glad I finally have heard
about something being done to save that theater. I saw my very first
movie there, Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs when it was the Rainbow
Theater. Let me know what's being done and how I might be able to help.
Good luck!
ERIN GRACE
Subject:
Save the theater!
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 02:07:45 EDT
From DuffmanLA@aol.com
To: SAVE@positiveenergy.com
Dear Tujunga Theater:
As I drive down Foothill Blvd. everyday on my way home from work, my eyes
stare with disgust at the proliferation of unsightly used car lots, and
greasy auto shops with their broken down cars heaped upon one another. As my
eyes fix on you I have hope that Sunland Tunjung will one day be the
community it was mint to be and not just a place where abandon cars go to die
and shopping carts hang out on every street corner. I see you as a start of
Sunland Tujunga bringing its history forward.
Names like; Little Lands, Los Terrinetos, William Ellsworth, George Harris,
Verdugo, etc., should appear on street signs, buildings, park stones, maybe
Commerce Street can be Known as "Little Land Plaza" with its original street
lamps brought back. Sunland Tujung has a lot of history hidden away and
bringing back the Theater will be the first step toward bringing the history
of our community out.
Subject: Re: "Save The Theatre"... I have an Idea?
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 04:10:02 -0700
"A. Edward Moch" wrote:
To Whom? For a number of years, my wife and I have been living in Tujunga.
Years before I came from The Bronx New York. In my teen years I was a member of
The Bronx County Historical Society. We did what we could to save various
"Landmarks" in The Bronx. Some we saved... some we couldn't during the "Burning
down The Bronx years". Living here... I always been intrigued by The old
"Tujunga-Rainbow-Hilltop". Before I became a member of the board of directors of
VHTV, our local Community Television Access Station, I always wondered if VHTV
could move into the old place? Boy...VHTV sure could use the room and the old theatre
I feel would be a perfect location for us do "Live" and "Taped" shows for our
communiy-at-large... but this is my opinion. If we can find a way to save the old
place... that would be nice, and it's use as a historical site would benefit all. Please
update me and let me know what the latest on the old place is? If it sounds possible... I
will bring this subject up at our next VHTV board
meeting?
With Good
Intentions,
A. Edward Moch PS: VHTV will be at the 2nd annual Commerce Street Faire this
Saturday, October 16th. look for us there...
