Lost Eagle Rock

Today Eagle Rock Plaza is "just part of the community". However, this was
not always so.  Former resident Paul Ohannesian will present an illustrated
talk about growing up in the 50's and early 60's in the neighborhood
replaced by the Plaza at 7:00 on Tuesday, March 9 at the Center for the Arts
Eagle Rock, 2225 Colorado Blvd. This public meeting of the Eagle Rock Valley
Historical Society is free and open to all. Refreshments will be served.

Drawing on family photo albums and home movies, Paul will describe life as
seen by him at 5135 El Verano Avenue.  The talk will include photos of San
Rafael Elementary School, which Paul and his brothers attended and which was
demolished in 1960.    Images of the 1927 Eagle Rock High School buildings
as well as some fascinating panoramic photos of the San Rafael hills before
and during the construction of the freeway will also be shown.

A graduate of Eagle Rock High School (1964), Paul studied architecture at
the University of Southern California and has always had a strong interest
in historic buildings and neighborhoods. Though he moved to Canada in 1970,
in some ways Paul's heart will always be in Eagle Rock, of which he has many
fond memories