Once upon a time a young child found her ‘Emerald City’ in the middle of Los Angeles. She stood on the northwest corner of Beverly Blvd. & Fairfax Avenue, in front of the Sontag Drug store, adjoining the Fairfax Theatre and she stretched her arms wide.
In front of her was the faded orange Gilmore Stadium, home to the L.A. Bulldogs, a semipro football team, and the midget car races. You didn’t want to sit too close at the races. The cars spit dirt clots into the stands on every turn.
East along her stretched out left arm and tiny fingers was Mr. Gilmore’s huge self-service gas station. It was rumored that he got his gas during the war by illegally tapping into a Texaco pipeline.
Set back was the vomit green Gilmore Field, home to the Hollywood Stars, a Triple-A baseball team, loosely affiliated with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. It held all of 12,000 people and seats in the bleachers were really cheap..
Once upon a time a young child found her ‘Emerald City’ in the middle of Los Angeles. She stood on the northwest corner of Beverly Blvd. & Fairfax Avenue, in front of the Sontag Drug store, adjoining the Fairfax Theatre and she stretched her arms wide.
In front of her was the faded orange Gilmore Stadium, home to the L.A. Bulldogs, a semipro football team, and the midget car races. You didn’t want to sit too close at the races. The cars spit dirt clots into the stands on every turn.
East along her stretched out left arm and tiny fingers was Mr. Gilmore’s huge self-service gas station. It was rumored that he got his gas during the war by illegally tapping into a Texaco pipeline.
Set back was the vomit green Gilmore Field, home to the Hollywood Stars, a Triple-A baseball team, loosely affiliated with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Pittsburgh Pirates. It held all of 12,000 people and seats in the bleachers were really cheap..