tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post4288142043274718920..comments2024-02-11T17:12:19.354-08:00Comments on History, Los Angeles County: Shoestring Corridor Begats Harbor GatewayVickey Kallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-47931346872509906992014-08-10T00:03:52.747-07:002014-08-10T00:03:52.747-07:00Pat, we were on 215 St as well--the 1600 block! Sm...Pat, we were on 215 St as well--the 1600 block! Small world. And I did go to Torrance schools, although friends on the same block went to LA city schools.Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-23184546781892108982014-08-09T12:40:28.096-07:002014-08-09T12:40:28.096-07:00I'm delighted to see this. I grew up in what w...I'm delighted to see this. I grew up in what we called the Shoestring Strip, on 215th Street, which meant we went to Los Angeles schools, but if we wanted to go to the post office we would walk over to the one in Torrance. (It was a little bit like being stepchildren, but at the time it was a wonderfully safe-feeling working class neighborhood.) In the late 1940s, when we moved there, Western Avenue was a dirt road, and on the rare occasions when it rained we would go splash around in its mud puddles. There were a couple of sloughs (pronounced "slews") nearby that we'd also play in, looking for frogs -- sloughs on which more housing was later built. Wonder if those houses ever had problems with water leaking in....Pat McNees (www.writersandeditors.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10368465949789349428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-90991920564370402882012-02-26T13:15:18.201-08:002012-02-26T13:15:18.201-08:00Sandro? Pol, by any chance?
I tweat @VKHistory
Th...Sandro? Pol, by any chance? <br />I tweat @VKHistory<br />Thanks!Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-17705515743474205212012-02-26T12:49:32.765-08:002012-02-26T12:49:32.765-08:00Thank you amazing blog, do you have twitter, faceb...Thank you amazing blog, do you have twitter, facebook or something similar where i can follow your blog<br /><br />Sandro HecklerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-49359969021714662312011-10-02T06:53:46.147-07:002011-10-02T06:53:46.147-07:00I just added this blog to my feed reader, great st...I just added this blog to my feed reader, great stuff. Can't get enough!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-83519673328946214812011-08-12T08:47:23.566-07:002011-08-12T08:47:23.566-07:00Useful information shared..Iam very happy to read ...Useful information shared..Iam very happy to read this article..thanks for giving us nice info.Fantastic walk-through. I appreciate this post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-14792269760626345062011-07-19T14:34:54.955-07:002011-07-19T14:34:54.955-07:00I admire your web page , it has of lot of informat...I admire your web page , it has of lot of information. You just got a perennial visitor of this site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-1518675247212928252010-05-22T16:52:37.611-07:002010-05-22T16:52:37.611-07:00Greetings
It is my first time here. I just wante...Greetings <br /><br />It is my first time here. I just wanted to say hi!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-7202687313968058732010-05-06T15:59:35.738-07:002010-05-06T15:59:35.738-07:00Paloma, I am rightfully chastised. I reread Ana...Paloma, I am rightfully chastised. I reread Ana's comment several times. My initial reaction was that someone was just kidding around, but I could be wrong and that was no reason to be rude. The questions, which I initially thought were vague, are actually not--though they would be difficult to answer.<br /> The poster (Ana) left no contact information so I'm still not convinced that she really wanted a dialogue. However, I apologize for my negative, nasty cracks and have deleted them.Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-53596728928259094632010-05-06T15:37:50.441-07:002010-05-06T15:37:50.441-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-35671812239091668452010-05-06T13:13:05.891-07:002010-05-06T13:13:05.891-07:00Vix,
Why so rude. Isn't the purpose of this b...Vix,<br />Why so rude. Isn't the purpose of this blog to share information? Your last remark comes off as haughty and meanpalomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10571060816996163005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-14197785381119243942010-02-09T21:49:25.361-08:002010-02-09T21:49:25.361-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-66550697613134944782010-02-09T16:31:33.562-08:002010-02-09T16:31:33.562-08:00Hello everyone,
I am a Masters in Urban Design stu...Hello everyone,<br />I am a Masters in Urban Design student from U.C.L. university (London). This year we are doing a project in Los Angeles and I choose your area, Harbor Gateway as my site, because i can see that it is an interesting area to explore. <br />For me it is so interesting why is this area there and the limit between Los Angeles and Carson , Torrence, and the other areas. Do you have any difference in terms of law, policeman, political, economics with this areas that they not belong to Los Angeles? Do you have any advantages or disadvantages because you belong to L.A.?<br />It will be really interesting for me and my project if you could tell me this and also the problems that you have in this area that it is so unique because it is a strip. Why is there and not in other part? historical reasons? <br />I tried to find this kind of information in internet but I am not successfully. If you could help me it would be great, with some information and maybe with some contacts or websites.<br />I just read taht some Evelyn was doing a research in this area, if you could help me it would be great. It is not so easy to find anything.<br />Thanks so so much!! <br />I hanls looking forward to hearing from you!!<br />AnaAnanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-44472688062472070542009-11-22T22:38:18.409-08:002009-11-22T22:38:18.409-08:00The original Ascot Park--or at least, the one arou...The original Ascot Park--or at least, the one around in the early 1900s that had horse racing--was much further north than the Agajanian track of later years. I'm pretty certain about the Central and Slauson location--a location that no one would call the Harbor Gateway today, but back in 1906, it was just outside of the city limits and included in the shoestring corridor.Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-75214212123288429212009-11-22T16:02:41.557-08:002009-11-22T16:02:41.557-08:00There might be some errors here.
First off, the o...There might be some errors here.<br /><br />First off, the original Ascot Park was located in El Sereno and it wasn't until later on that the J.C. Agajanian owned Ascot made it appearance, whether it was replacing a older horse racing track. Well, I'm researching further.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11798948268577409946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-4053610065999595892009-05-18T11:52:00.000-07:002009-05-18T11:52:00.000-07:00Thank you for the tip about the Journal of Economi...Thank you for the tip about the Journal of Economic Geography.<br />Since posting this, I've learned that the Ascot Raceway that figured in 1908 was located at Central and Slauson! It had been built only a few years before, outside the city limits so that gambling could take place. Mostly for horse racing, it had stables, etc. Not sure when that Ascot was torn down.Vickey Kallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626852594829464240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3450441540392234305.post-19107896213094149522009-05-18T01:03:00.000-07:002009-05-18T01:03:00.000-07:00How interesting. I started doing research on Harbo...How interesting. I started doing research on Harbor Gateway this March, and just ran into your blog that focuses on the Ascot Race way. In my notes, I have that the lease expired in 1990, so the land was sold to developers who made commercial buildings and a parking lot out of it. Anyway, I agree that finding information on this city is a doozy. I found most of the early history in the journal of Economic Geography (JSTOR).Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13717975035207940745noreply@blogger.com