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Jen 09/13/2011 2:31:00 AM
if you click the Print Article option, it should show up as another page you can read.
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01/17/2011 4:12:00 AM
I'm confused as to how to view this and am perturbed. I registered, is that not enough. I'm another commentor, Elan's brother. I'd like to read this article.
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mark 07/21/2010 8:42:00 AM
I have attended the horse races in Inglewood hundreds of time. In 1978, Hollywood Park HAD THE HIGHEST ATTENDANCE IN THE COUNTRY, 35,000 PATRONS PER DAY! Now, only 5,000 attend the races on a Saturday or Sunday, less on weekdays. With this tremendous drop off, I can't imagine people going to Inglewood to eat, dine and shop. Shopping malls do best when they are right by the freeway. It seems a stretch to think Inglewood a "destination". Even when the Lakers played there, the fans would drive in and drive out. There were no sports bars. It seems that the Hollywood Park site would be best left as a race track or developed residentially. Good article, nice city.
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Max 02/26/2010 9:02:00 PM
If it concerns L.A., it concerns me.
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Henry 10/10/2009 10:27:00 PM
It's nice to finally figure out how to successfully register and access this article. However, I am not able to see the photos that come with the article. Anyone know where I can browse to access the photos? A comment at the Cinema Treasures website, from my search for information on the closed Fox Theater on Market Street, says the color photos are beautiful. I'd like to see them, too.
Just a note or two. My city of birth in the Midwest began getting rid of streetcars about the same time Inglewood did, and do I ever miss them! I recently began to read a book published in 2009 titled "A Fiery Peace in a Cold War" by Neil Sheehan. One of the book's photos is of the Saint John's Catholic School for Boys at 401 E. Manchester in the year 1954. In the background, barely visible, is what appears to be a theater marquee. I also have an interest in old movie palaces that have survived, and those that haven't. By using Google maps and street views, I discovered the closed Fox Theater. A reader's comment at the Cinema Treasures website referred to Erin Kaplan's article on Inglewood. I now have seen photos of the Fox AND United Artists movie houses in their heydays and as they are (or are demolished) today. I also got to see some nice old streetcars, a favorite from my childhood. It would be nice to see the photos that accompanied Erin Kaplan's article from July, 2005.
Henry
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Lynda Solan 01/05/2009 1:23:00 AM
What a great article. I know this was written several years ago, but while I was cruising around the internet today, I found this on a link re: Inglewood, CA. Inglewood is my hometown, and as you can see, I am now many miles from "home". I grew up there in the '60's, and enjoyed every minute. Thank you for taking me back to a place in time where everyday brought someting or someone interesting...black, white, brown, young, old. I actually remember sitting at the counter at Woolworth's on Market Street, sipping the afternoon away with a cherry coke. I hope in the years since you wrote this, Inglewood is on the upside of improvement.
