Monday, April 12, 2010

Last Day with the Bruckners & Burbank Nostalgia

Yesterday, Sunday, my gracious hosts and wonderful friends, Scott and Dona Foy Bruckner (BHS '66 & '67) took me to Olvera Street in Los Angeles before dropping me off at the Burbank airport.

We parked at Union Station which is where Scott comes when he takes the train to work. What a cool building!












Across the street is the lively and fun Olvera Street.






We had a delcious Mexican lunch...


... followed by yummy sweet churros!


We then drove around to look at some of the LA architecture








This is where Scott works


He has a great view of the city


Check out the jazzy Walt Disney Concert Hall






Los Angeles City Hall


Los Angeles River


LA Central High School


My mother went to LA High but it sure didn't look like this - lol!






Then we hopped on the freeway to head back to Burbank


Joaquin Miller Elementary School - my alma mater!


The same auditorium building!


Miller's playground




Sara (BHS '67) and Carol (BHS '68) Marino lived across the street from the school


Two doors up lived Johnny Marie Solomon (BHS '68). Dona has reconnected with Johnny who now lives in Arizona.


Jeanne Barron's (BHS '67) former house on the corner of Providencia and Kenneth Road.


My former house on Tujunga near Bel Aire


Amazing house on Ninth and Verdugo




House on Angeleno and Ninth where they gave Hershey candy bars on Halloween which Dona and I both remember. They also had a giant parrot when we were kids.


Two unique houses made of stone on Olive Avenue and Ninth Street


The Nicholls family home on Olive Avenue just below Bel Aire where I enjoyed visiting twins Carol and Cathy


Larry Maxam's house when he was in high school. April 17, 2010 is the Larry Maxam Park Dedication (info)


'The Little Store' - one of the few remaining left in Burbank!


Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School - both Scott and Dona went here


Looks the same!


The Emerson playground


John Muir Junior High (now John Muir Middle School)


Burbank High School






Thanks so much Scott and Dona. Good-bye for now... but I will be back!

5 comments:

  1. Great photos! Looks like you had a wonderful time!

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  2. Sure did!! Never really hung out in downtown LA before so this was a fun adventure for me.

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  3. Cathy thank you for the wonderful pictures for those who are unable to be there..you are always having such a great time and its great to see that..Linda Green Nicholson

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  4. Thanks Linda... you're my cheerleader!

    Big Hugs to you, my friend.

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  5. Wow, this is cool! I went to Emerson with my sister and then John Muir and then Burbank High - lived on Olive between 6th and 7th. The house is gone now, It's apartments but thanks for sharing pics - memories

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