tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929050711038151455.post8962150409857040310..comments2024-03-01T17:22:34.771-08:00Comments on Covina Past: The Oldest Building in CovinaJ Scott Shannonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05325580057756480929noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929050711038151455.post-9056858504072376432021-09-01T13:10:28.471-07:002021-09-01T13:10:28.471-07:00We share many of the same memories.
BTW Ben Lomon...We share many of the same memories.<br /><br />BTW Ben Lomond was, and is, an elementary school.W. Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136399964612314367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929050711038151455.post-19669197780759437432021-09-01T11:08:43.627-07:002021-09-01T11:08:43.627-07:00Your site brought back so many memories of my chil...Your site brought back so many memories of my childhood while growing up in Covina during the 70s! On Cienega, between Baranca and Grand was a huge field where they grew strawberries.There was a BMX track and a softball field. I got stuck in a tree in that field,just behind the In N Out on Arrow Hwy, and had to be rescued by my sister (45 years later, she still brings it up). The Donut Hole, Roller City, Kelby Park, Alpha Beta, The A & W, The Jewel Thief in Eastland shopping center, where you could make your own jewelry, and this awesome store called The Pennysaver... <br /><br />There was a really cool catwalk between my neighborhood on Starcrest Dr and Ben Lomond Jr High. I fell off the bars on that playground and broke my arm. I was about 6 years old (and my best friend had to run home to get my sister to rescue me, AGAIN)! I remember getting in trouble by the crossing guard for jaywalking to kindergarten because we didn't want to walk ALL the way to Baranca to use the crosswalk to go to Cienega School. I got in trouble for riding my bike and crossing Grand Ave (a really busy street when you're seven years old) with my best friend to a bird farm on Cienega, where we bought eight baby chickens (they were really cheap & the feed was like a quarter)! I tried to hide them in my dresser drawer - all eight, because Joey made me keep his half, too (when your mom works and your preteen sister is your babysitter, it's a recipe for all kinds od shenanigans)! My mom was NOT happy! <br /><br />What a different time it was back then! Building forts, catching lizards, sneaking into the school grounds after hours to climb on the roof, 7-11 slurpies and a giant dill pickle!! Heaven on earth! Now, I won't let my ten, seven, and four year old grandchildren play in my front yard without my supervision. Probably a good thing, considering...<br /><br />THANK YOU!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13677988299435322425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3929050711038151455.post-41620991303282812722019-01-17T13:27:14.430-08:002019-01-17T13:27:14.430-08:00Every once in awhile I do a search for Covina, mos...Every once in awhile I do a search for Covina, mostly for photographs of old. I don the same for the city where I now live, Alexandria, VA. <br /><br />This blog post brought back some memories of growing up in Covina in the 1960s and '70s. Of particular interest is the older homes, usually those like at 760 E Covina Blvd (I remember the water tower behind)what used to be in he 400 block of E Covina Blvd (it's GONE now). I'd think that they were the original "farm" houses around which modern suburbia grew.<br /><br />Thanks for the postW. Pattersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14136399964612314367noreply@blogger.com