Posts Tagged ‘tourist attraction’

Michael Jackson Landmark – Gardner Street School (Hollywood CA)

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

7450 Hawthorn Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046.

Gardner Street School

In 1969 Michael Jackson was a student in Laura Gerson’s 6th Grade class in Room 8 here at the Gardner Street School in Hollywood, CA. During the short amount of time he attended school here, the Jackson Five’s first single I Want You Back was released, along with three other hit singles, ABC, The Love You Save, and I’ll Be There. Within a few months the rookie pop singer left the school for private tutoring.

Twenty years later, the school decided to rename their auditorium after the now world famous pop music icon. And on October 11, 1989 the school held a ceremony to commemorate the name change…

In 2003 after allegations of child abuse by Mr. Jackson, the school covered up his name with plywood boxes.

Photo taken July 15, 2009

Van Nuys in the 60’s: Vintage Busch Gardens pictures

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

The juxtoposition of a bird sanctuary/botanical garden next to a musky brewery in the oven hot San Fernando Valley didn’t make for an enjoyable experience. The place stunk!!

I remember being there with my mother. I was maybe 8 or 9 years old, and we were on a boat floating through a bird sanctuary when a tick attached itself to my arm. I tried to brush it off but it would’nt come off! I then tried to scratch it off with my fingernail and it still wouldn’t come off. In a panic, I furiously tore it off my arm along with a nice chunk of skin. That’s what I remember about Busch Gardens. How about you?

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