I love this shot because it reminds me of the route that my dad would often take to go downtown and to his work on weekends. He would exit there on the Sunset Blvd. off-ramp, maybe stop at Donovan's Texaco station at the northeast corner of Figueroa and Sunset before heading to his office at 1st and Hill. You can't get those days back, fewer people remember or care, and the likelihood of finding a photo of a place where my dad stopped to get a newspaper or stopped for prayer or to grab a bite to eat seems more and more lost.
The caption reads,
1960-Dec-29 - SB Pasadena Fwy (then US-6-66-99/CA-11, now Arroyo Seco Pkwy CA-110), just north of four level interchange. Figueroa St/Sunset Blvd off-ramp at right. Alpine St and Sunset Blvd OCs in the background (DOH D7 Archives photo).
Originally Arroyo Seco Pkwy when it opened in 1940, it was changed to Pasadena Fwy around 1955. Original name restored in 2010 on its 70th anniversary.
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