Food For Thought #3: Los Al restaurants – On the BoulevardFood For Thought #3: Los Al restaurants – On the Boulevard
After two posts on the restaurants of Rossmoor, (Rossmoor Center food here, Rossmoor Village here) we now move “outside the[...]
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Food for Thought #2: Rossmoor VillageFood for Thought #2: Rossmoor Village
For a tiny area, we have had a lot of restaurants over the years. I started compiling a list on a[...]
Food for Thought, Part I: Rossmoor CenterFood for Thought, Part I: Rossmoor Center
This is the first in a series of posts about all the places to eat around here over the years.[...]
Theaters in RossmoorTheaters in Rossmoor
Technically, the first documented dedicated movie theater in the Los Alamitos-Rossmoor area was the Fox Theater which opened up in[...]
McDonald’s: Reopening eagerly anticipated now, but in 1971 it was unwelcome in Los AlMcDonald’s: Reopening eagerly anticipated now, but in 1971 it was unwelcome in Los Al
After a short time down for some remodeling, the Los Alamitos McDonald’s restaurant will be reopening next week, according to[...]
Business in early Los Alamitos – 1896 to 1956Business in early Los Alamitos – 1896 to 1956
Most of the first merchants in Los Alamitos were saloon keepers. And many not of the best reputation. These men[...]
1973 – Los Al: City Finding a New Economic Identity1973 – Los Al: City Finding a New Economic Identity
reprinted from the February 2, 1973 Anaheim Bulletin (Editor’s Note: The following article is one of a series reviewing the[...]
Businesses in 1950s Los AlamitosBusinesses in 1950s Los Alamitos
This can be kind of misleading, because newspapers at the time considered Los Alamitos to extend east to Miller(Valley View)[...]
March 1967 – Seal Beach annexes the Rossmoor CenterMarch 1967 – Seal Beach annexes the Rossmoor Center
You’d have to be a hermit or living jn the Bin Laden compound to be oblivious to the recent John[...]
Biography- George PillsburyBiography- George Pillsbury
GEORGE E. PILLSBURY. Los Angeles Born Tewksbury. Mass.. 1857. Educated public schools and Lawrence Academy. Began civil engineering in Lowell,[...]