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The South Bay
Los Angeles County's South Bay is referenced by the lower arc of Santa Monica Bay and includes the communities between El Segundo on the north and Palos Verdes Peninsula on the south, eastward to the Long Beach border. Roughly defined over the years as the coverage area of the Daily Breeze newspaper, as well as the confines of the South Bay Council of Governments, the South Bay always has been much more than the beautiful coastlines of Manhattan, Hermosa, and Redondo Beaches, as seen in these vintage postcards. It was, as it is today, also the residential and workaday worlds of Torrance, Hawthorne, Lawndale, Inglewood, Gardena, Lomita, Carson, and the Los Angeles Harbor communities.
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128 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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March 7, 2018
Love these books. It's nice to be able to see what a city looked like in the olden days, especially when the streets or structures are either familiar or still standing.
This particular book covered some of the cities in what is known as the South Bay in California, specifically Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes, Lawndale, Hawthorne, Torrance, Carson, and Inglewood.
There's not as much variety in this one because it mostly consists of postcard images, which I'm amazed the authors were able to find so many, but a lot of them were very similar. A lot of them did not provide the year the image was taken which I think for a book that's supposed to be historical, it should have been of key importance to note. It would have made this more interesting if the authors had done a little more research and provided the reader with exact locations of some of the scenes or buildings, whether structures and buildings are still there or what is now standing there (book was published 2009).
Nostalgia:
Redondo Beach pier--Every summer, my dad would take us to Redondo Beach. We'd go weekly. There was a bus that would drop you off right at the beach and I remember we'd lug just about the whole house with us and spend almost all day there. Close to sunset, we'd walk on the pier, go eat crabs, and close out the day at the arcade. There were times I'd fuss at having to lug blankets, food, balls, clothes, all on the bus. But now...I really miss those days and miss my dad. I take my daughter now, but the pier I knew then is no longer there. However, I still feel the presence of my dad around me and it brings a warm feeling over me and a smile to my face. (The pier burned down in 1988. It's been rebuilt, but it doesn't quite have the same feel as the old one.)
The pier is also where I would say I had my most romantic date at. There was a really big rainstorm that day, so I'm not sure why we decided to go there. The beach and pier were pretty much empty so it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. We went to Tony's which is a round, gazebo-like restaurant with glass windows all around. It was beautiful (and a little scary) seeing the storm with its lightning show playing out against the raging sea. Hands down, most romantic date.
This particular book covered some of the cities in what is known as the South Bay in California, specifically Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach, Hermosa Beach, Palos Verdes, Lawndale, Hawthorne, Torrance, Carson, and Inglewood.
There's not as much variety in this one because it mostly consists of postcard images, which I'm amazed the authors were able to find so many, but a lot of them were very similar. A lot of them did not provide the year the image was taken which I think for a book that's supposed to be historical, it should have been of key importance to note. It would have made this more interesting if the authors had done a little more research and provided the reader with exact locations of some of the scenes or buildings, whether structures and buildings are still there or what is now standing there (book was published 2009).
Nostalgia:
Redondo Beach pier--Every summer, my dad would take us to Redondo Beach. We'd go weekly. There was a bus that would drop you off right at the beach and I remember we'd lug just about the whole house with us and spend almost all day there. Close to sunset, we'd walk on the pier, go eat crabs, and close out the day at the arcade. There were times I'd fuss at having to lug blankets, food, balls, clothes, all on the bus. But now...I really miss those days and miss my dad. I take my daughter now, but the pier I knew then is no longer there. However, I still feel the presence of my dad around me and it brings a warm feeling over me and a smile to my face. (The pier burned down in 1988. It's been rebuilt, but it doesn't quite have the same feel as the old one.)
The pier is also where I would say I had my most romantic date at. There was a really big rainstorm that day, so I'm not sure why we decided to go there. The beach and pier were pretty much empty so it felt like we had the whole place to ourselves. We went to Tony's which is a round, gazebo-like restaurant with glass windows all around. It was beautiful (and a little scary) seeing the storm with its lightning show playing out against the raging sea. Hands down, most romantic date.
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