Architectural Ramblings

Photograph by Larry Harnisch Los Angeles Times
Here's something fun to do on a Saturday morning: Meet friends for breakfast at a restaurant where a drunk movie actress plowed her new convertible through the front window in 1957.
When I read the story I assumed Russell was in the parking lot and simply hit the gas pedal instead of the brakes. But no. After looking at the height of the curb and width of the sidewalk, I decided she must have been flying. And as there's no side street directly across Beverly Boulevard from where she struck the restaurant, I can't imagine how she managed to hit it so squarely perpendicular. But she did.
Here's the counter, 1957:
Los Angeles Times
Photograph by Larry Harnisch Los Angeles Times
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The hash browns were great, but the company was better!
Posted by: Mary | July 18, 2007 at 03:09 PM