Our 'hood, Glendale's Adams Hill (yes, one of L.A. magazines Top 10 Neighborhoods You've Never Heard Of -- trust me, every Realtor in the region is pimping that cover story), held its annual street fair on Saturday.
Mostly the usual fare: Funnel cakes, a ferris wheel, random booths, cover bands performing songs straight from the "Jack FM" playlist, and neighborhood organizations trying to get you to sign their petition.
Although, for the first time possibly ever, I actually put my name and address on a petition -- and I even put the real information. The Adams Hill Homeowners Assoc. was collecting signatures to help save the neighborhood's historic Streamline Moderne gas station, which is now abandoned but slated to become a part of a new park.
An evil business owner in the area wants to tear down the building and force the city to put parking their instead. Boneheaded, shortsighted business thinking. This gas station building defines the neighborhood, giving it a 20s/30s look that is Adams Hills' calling card.
The homeowners association will be testifying in front of a Glendale city committee on July 6 in order to keep the park alive and make sure the gas station is still restored. I hope to be there...
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