Wonderful Times
I LIVED ON MONTANA STREET, IN 1952 THRU 1955. I REMEMBER THE PIONEER AND ALSO ECHO PARK ( WITH ITS BOATS ). IT WAS A VERY NICE PLACE TO LIVE & I SOLD PAPERS ON THE CORNER OF SUNSET & ECHO PARK. ONCE, THEY HAD A STAGE PLATFORM, OUT BACK, WITH MUSIC PLAYING BY A GROUP–REMEMBER THIS WAS EARLY 50’S, WHEN R&R WAS JUST BEGINNING, INCLUDING ELVIS. WE MOVED TO MONTANA FROM GLENDALE AREA & I HAD TO TAKE THE RED CAR TO SCHOOL IN GLENDALE FOR A FEW MONTHS TO FINISH UP THERE. THE RED CAR–RAN PAST ECHO PARK (GLENDALE AVE.), UP TO BEVERLY BLVD. & WENT UNDERGROUND IN THE TUNNEL TO DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES. WOW–I SURE AM TELLING MY AGE. ANYWAY, WONDERFULL TIMES & THE PIONEER MARKET WAS ALWAYS GREAT TO US & ECHO PARK WAS SUPER TO SPEND TIME WITH FRIENDS & WHISTLE AT GIRLS. HA HA ALLOWED BACK THAN. I WISH EVERYONE COULD HAVE SPENT TIME BACK THAN, AN EARLIER AGE–BUT A LOT MORE FUN & PACE SO MUCH SLOWER. GOD BLESS EVERYONE.
BOB R.