Special Valentines Flowers

When crossing a part of the city who do not know and do not live in the details of the place – for businesses, buildings, houses and – may seem random, devoid of any real significance. However, living or working in an area for a while, and it takes an extra dimension, the personal history. And you can see not only what exists now, but years of combined layers of memories and associations with the place, and the knowledge of what has preceded.Thus, North Hollywood native Kent Willard, the subject of our recent series of stories, see our community. Driving around it was a revelation, has not, before I learned a lot in the history of this city. His was one in North Hollywood, as will be seen – a perfect place for a child, a hamburger place, great is the car gets on the skids, Drive-In Movies, slot car racing, baseball games , skating and cycling adventures without end.

After the years have been as the owner of Willard, where he spent much time on his beloved Red Lantern, and close friends, because the LAPD detective, has won many first-hand knowledge of the infamous crimes in the neighborhood.

Kent is currently still living in the valley of the protection of the family home, and stayed awake the courage to get there. Patch managed to go to a clinic, Comprehensive Health Center Community Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, where he was seen by a doctor who prescribed the drugs they needed. The time dedicated to his daughter, Katie spirits lifted considerably as it does in the new year, and for the first time, we are pleased to offer an image of smiling Kent.

With LAFH is on the way to a permanent home, and on track to meet its goal of eventually opening a florist new Willard. It is only a chimera, studied floristry business reality in the digital age, and is designing a new business model that could compete with the appearance of flower delivery companies in the line. When it comes to trade in flowers, man has always been extremely understanding, and has not changed.

And this concludes our series of stories with Kent Willard in 2011, things are much more attractive than ever, we are delighted to bring a private tour of his North Hollywood. While driving around Kent, took advantage of his generosity of spirit and love of local history to ask questions about their memories of this extraordinary city he knows so well. The following is an assortment of souvenirs.

Kent Willard: “North Hollywood was a great place to grow that I liked, I had fun when we were kids on bikes, play ball ….

“Jack Webb liked TV North Hollywood [raid] And I had somehow always find a way from which he drew, and I’m going to ride a bicycle and see ..

“I spent more time in North Hollywood Park, played Little League for eight years, came by road and reduce by half the park there, and there was a pedestrian tunnel .. so it was a bridge that went from washing, I left the tunnel for pedestrians, Schwinn Sting-rays and lowered by a rope through the pedestrian bridge there. Then, climb the fence and push down the strings of our bikes and go down the drain big. And we go water biking waste of our great – it was dark, jet black, and have a light bike to see. “

Victoria Drive-In [10137 Victory Blvd, W. Coldwater Canyon] “It was an old style drive-in theater tail. I loved going there, we went there a lot. Right there, where the restaurant is on the screen was. And behind this is that you park. There were so many good timesthere. He was one of several units at once. It was Pickwick Drive-In in Burbank, where the flags it is today, and one of Sepulveda, north of Oxnard, next to the road in San Diego. And unity inRoscoe Roscoe Boulevard just east of Van Nuys. It’s a shame they closed them all. “

Red Lantern Inn [5409 Laurel Canyon Blvd, in the northwest corner of Laurel Canyon and Chandler. Now a senior residence] “I liked the red lantern. I ate there almost every day and went to the bar. I want to walk to Willard. That was me. She was very supportive of the booths, wood paneling dark, the food excellent. Joe Capra, infant son of Frank Capra, opened in 1956.

“It was a good steak and fish house, good food, good portions, good atmosphere, good price .. probably 200 people who are. They had a bar. It was completed in October 1989. I was there for closing the night had been invited to a party. It was like a living room all the regulars “Everyone was there and everyone knew ..While I was bitter, sometimes sour.

“In the Laurel Red Lantern [in the NE corner of Laurel and Chandler] had -.. Mobil gas station in the middle of the mall is L-shaped piece of a pizza that had a chain that used to go a little further.”

A & W Restaurant now Four’N 20 [4723 Laurel Canyon Blvd.] “If Four’N 20 is now used for a root beer A & W drive-thru, a normal restaurant. I went there a lot of things. It is used to give these glasses, and take them home and put them in the freezer so that everything would be a cold beer.

“Four’N 20 used to be south of there for about three buildings – a stand-alone building was then sold that property and moved in A & W used to be, and that its current site ..”

Laurel Plaza (Macy) [6150 Laurel Canyon, north of Oxnard] “Now Macy’s only because, as most people know, most were destroyed in the earthquake. She was very beautiful there, used to spend much time there. It was a great shopping area, and had an ice rink to skate there, a couple of restaurants. A pet for the market, the history of jewelry, several other shops. Laurel And there, in Gold’s Gym, had a lot good shops there are now only gymnastics, but gold had closed many stores, so -.. furniture stores, clothing shops, a mattress store “(five-part series of patches of valley view video Laurel Plaza Plaza for details.).

Bob Burns, now Sizzler [6343 Laurel Canyon Blvd, S of Victoria.] “It was a wonderful restaurant called Bob Burn. He became Gaylord and Sizzler. It is divided in half, and dinner was half half adinner coffee house. in the second half took place at the bar, a cozy bar. “

Lamplighter “[El Gordo and the corner of Sylvan Avenue Canyon, still standing, but ended ..] A small restaurant, good food, good service. Van De Kamp was a restaurant and there was a strong wind mill on top of the place. He then became Lamplighter, which was owned by a guy named Pete Metz. can eight or ten years died and his son George now has restaurants. But they are not under the name May Lamplighters

“At first, Pete Conrad property in Glendale, and sold it and opened Lamplighter Laurel & Sylvan and open a Van Nuys Boulevard, and opened one in West Valley Vanowen sold one. And his colleagues kept the name but the quality of food and service, Lamplighter apparently was not very big, so George would not be affiliated with him, so he changed the name of Van Nuys Boulevard Lamplighter Corky back, which was originally called when Pete was bought after a Toluca Lake George Paty Paty bought and kept its name. Therefore, no left Lamplighters, except that it is in the hands of the family of Metz in May .. “

Little Vienna [NE corner of Magnolia and Whitsett] “In front of Post, had a dinner house called Little Vienna. They had good food, nice bar, roving violinists. Nice atmosphere. It was a good place. Almost opposite Street entrance. The building was gone from the post office long. However, the building that used to be a market. If the tree is now the dollar used to Wally market, so thatmarkets were very close. “

Alpha Beta market, now Cambridge Farms [NE corner of Burbank Boulevard and Whitsett] “At first it was an Alpha Beta market, many small shops on the street here, where a 7-Eleven, was a parking space in -.. -.. Something that used to have their children can make a little slot machine, put them on the right track there, and the race that used to go around with my cars and slot racing, as if the half- 7-Eleven is. across the street, Pharmacy Edwin was there forever. “

Randy Donut, now Bank of America [the northwest corner of Laurel and Magnolia] “Even in the corner where the bank stood Donut Randy – that giant donut on top of it, it was the donuts at least 25 feet above the building donuts and moved to Manchester and Highway 405 This is now an icon was there for the first time in North Hollywood ….

“This was Robby, who was a small bar in the size of a car door beside several other small shops ..”

Restaurant Johnny, now AM-PM [southeast corner of Laurel and Magnolia] “… Johnny used to be a restaurant. Girls are skating car-hop service for your car. They skid the car. And give the children a little cartoon character Johnny mask logo with a rubber band is placed behind the head and small holes for your eyes. It was a great neighborhood, a place to grow. “

Jon market [in the SW corner of Laurel and Magnolia] “…. right on the corner was a drug store that sells everything from cosmetics to medicines and small animals. And I really mean that use the sale of fish and turtles, and things like that. And then there was a small strip center just behind her, who had a flower shop, of all things, and a couple of different stores.

Dupar a / [Trader Joe Ventura Blvd SE. Laurel Canyon Blvd &] “Despite ago. Trader Joe’s at the top of the hill, there were plenty of cabin, such as houses, which were mainly used by the CBS studios there, the People’s House. There was a Naylor small Dupar was there and there was also one of Dupar.

“In the SE corner of Laurel and Ventura, where he is now the mall was a service station and car wash was famous there for about 60 years. In the late 40 or early 50′s, tried to make a historical monument. It was very modern for its time. But they have stabilized, what is today.

“In Lankershim many small shops, jewelry stores, clothing stores Chandler and Lankershim a pharmacy for many years .. On the opposite side of the street, where Metro Rail is an Alpha Beta there and later became Electronic Olsen and then became Pep Boys Pep Boys and then increased Lankershim just north of Oxnard And, of course, -. Train Depot, which still stands, though now closed – is there.

Tommy Flowers, now or academic HaChaim [northwest corner of Laurel Canyon Blvd. Oxnard and] “Tommy Flowers is to be used. The owner, Mike, was a friend of mine. He was held at a time. And there’s an alley behind right on the west side of the road from Hollywood, where The park is north of Oxnard.

“[The thieves] track came and went in the back of Tommy, and it seems that is not moving fast enough, then shot Mike, the owner of Tommy, and ran in his haste to escape the bullets, ran right through the bay window, Laurel Canyon ran and collapsed on the lot 7-Eleven parking lot, but survived .. flower shop has for sale two months later. never sold, so I went alone . “

Basile / Lenny / Blue Flame now Tommy burgers [northwest corner of Laurel Canyon Blvd. Burbank and] “Before he was there, Mike, who owns the property, there was a place called Lenny, which lasted about two years. Before, it was a large building housing a restaurant greasy out Mike , was named Basil was not a liquor store next to it, and a bar called the Blue Flame, which was not a bar next to his grandmother. but that’s where I first considered landing spacecraft. April ’81 .. “

Foxfire Room [12516 Magnolia Blvd.] “There was no crime that was not one where the guy came with guns, people began to tremble at the bar, and there were two policemen -. separated from each other, but apparently knew each other – they saw what was happening, and they arose and took up arms, and said, “Freeze -. LAPD “bad and gave him a couple of laps and then presses a couple of good laps – the police allegedly [ball] of the vests, and knew that he was murdered because he was in the camera.

“So the bad guys ran to the door and escaped from the final, but were captured when the boys of the police unit in Los Angeles SIS that .. I just hit the bars and was in Tampa in the class SIS Parthenos name -. rose and followed in his place, and when they arrived, it was announced SIS children jumped from his car and went and took a lot of road and down a stock exchange. and there followed SIS and shot them all, he killed.

“Going east on Chandler, where Phil was the dinner – and then were mostly industrial buildings, which are not for sale out there ..”

Bank of America, North Hollywood Shootout rather infamous corner [NE of Laurel Avenue. Archwood &] “I was working two weeks to the day after Valentine’s Day, February 28, 1997. I just had the phone with my brother, saying,” Well, I finished the Valentine’s Day to be boring for a while and I’d like something interesting would happen. ”

“Then I went to the store and sirens and black one after another, followed by road north on Laurel Canyon ambulance .. And recently, there were police cars, FBI, armored vehicles, National Guard, the military units. and establish a command post in victory and Laurel Canyon was all right one day .. I was the label, if the signs are painted, and I went there and the owner’s son asked if he saw what was happening, and I was watching live on television.

“He said,” Yes, come here and see – it’s just down the street! ”I saw the boys was killed the first man to go apparently was shot when he was killed .. shot in the head while he shot himself in the head. And left behind the only bank near the east bank a wall of concrete blocks.

“Then the other guy, whose tires were killed in his car, started walking toward the east from there to Lankershim, out of the car and tried to kidnap a type of car in a pick-up, which was in the opposite direction, pointed a gun at a boy. Just then run four police officers who had one training session at the Police Academy, and came out ready to rock and roll, shook and rolled me. Tir his death.

“Then one day, was more exciting than I thought it would.

“It has changed a lot, North Hollywood, but it’s still a great place to be the perfect place to live. To work, raise a family .. And I did all that here. And more.”

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