Community Corner
LETTER: Santa Monica as it Once Was
Janice Slossy reflects back on what it was like to grow up in Santa Monica before the Third Street Promenade was closed to traffic.
I grew up in the Santa Monica-Venice area and have lived in the Bay Area for the last 10 years.
I miss, with all my heart the Santa Monica from years ago, and find what has happened to my beloved town SO SAD. As a teenager I had a job on 3rd Street before it was a promenade but rather a through street.
Each time I have returned to Santa Monica, I find the congestion, the hype, dogs being allowed in Palisades Park, the explosive construction SO SAD.
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For so many years my goal has been to return to Santa Monica, and really sad when I realize it will never be what it once was.
Janice Slossy
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