first time I went to America (from Australia) I stayed the night in the old Furama Hotel, ate at Hacienda Del Rey and drank at the bar at the Furama. The Furama is gone but I still love Westchester very cool to see what it was like back in the day. Growing up in the 70s and 80s I could relate

My Mom lived in Westchester in the 40s with her Mom,brother and Grandmother Her Mother remarried and they moved to El Segundo!! I love both towns!!

I swear, no one remembers this...not even friends from Westchester, but for a short period, Sounsations' bags had a picture of a huge ear on it, with a lady's face with her tongue sticking out at it...with the slogan "We give Good Ear". I swear to God. I remember it a clear as day.

Who remembers Barry at SoundSations? He always answered the phone the same way...."Reecccooords..." Loved that man.

I lived on 93rd Place with our back fence on the airport property 1958-70 until the airport used eminent domain to take our house. Went to dozens of movies at the Loyola and Paradise theaters. Loyola Village School and Orville Wright Junior High. Remember the original "Hamburger Handout" just down the hill from Dinahs? and that little gathering of food stands nearby? We ate at least once a week at the Villa Inn - they had rectangular pizzas!

I lived in Westchester in the 90s graduated from Westchester High , best memories living there ❤️

Oh wow, that brings it all back. Getting an ice cream con at Sav-On before seeing a matinee at the Loyola. JC Penney's, Woolworth's (before the antique mall), House of Pies, Westchester Music, Delian Music, JT's Coffee Shop, Hill Mart, catching tadpoles in the creek across from Dinah's, the La Tijera McDonald's with the little carousel, and before that when it was an original walk-up stand, Little Inn, Sam's Samwiches, Mayfair, Food King, Boy's Market, "Go, hey go, go you Mighty Comets," etc.

I used to live on Sepulveda and Manchester right behind the Pep Boys.I would go to the triple A everyday

OMG, 2:30 - Karl's Toy Store. I love it!

Wow just found and watched the video brought back some good memories. I lived there from 75-80 on Georgetown ave just down from the park and golf course. I just watched another video on the park and the homeless encampment being cleaned up.

So many good memories...lived there from 1976-1999. Does anyone remember Micki's Teriyaki? It was next to Vergari Dance Center, and they had the BEST beef teriyaki plate! Wish I had the recipe for their sauce.

Great memories... what about earth shoes from Thom McCans? Went to St Jeromes and those were the shoes to have. And Wallabies???? Anybody?

I still have some calligraphy pens and nibs that I bought at Karl's, probably 1964, accessed with the the JC Higgins bike that I also still have. Hoarder? Only the good stuff.

I remember it- we went there when the store was on the West side of the street (same side as The Broadway) in the late 70's.

Good work, born & bread in PDR 1957 on Waterview.D&W,Toes

Soundsations still exists. They moved to the La Tijerra medical triangle, by old DJ's sports Collectibles. I think Louis is still there.

Damn, Hill Mart...memories. I went to Westchester Lutheran across the street for a few years.

OMG, I LOVED the selection of models they had at Karl's Stationary! It was the bomb...

The Hughes fields were great places to ride dirt bikes, if you didn't get kicked out by security guards. Too bad all those open spaces are gone. You could dig clams at Toes beach before the marina was dredged. Riding go karts in fox hills, Mr. Pockets billiards.

Good question about Louis. Last I heard him, he moved his store in 2004...then I moved out of LA. Love to know what happened to him. He and I traded CDR's. A really good guy.

Lovely pictures of the Loyola theater. We would go across the street to Sav-on's and buy 3 candy bars for a dime before going into the movie. The terrace parking lot on top of Broadway's brings back memories of parking with boyfriends and watching the sun set. I had friends who lived in the houses in Playa Del Rey before it was torn down for the airport. Now the empty streets look like a ghost town. Thank you for posting this video!

I worked at Hill Mart for most of the early 1980's! I loved that job so much!

Great one. Thanks Don. I grew up in Westchester in mid 60's and left shortly after high school, WHS '76 (actually Del Rey HS until 77 and then my GED... Thought i'd spend an extra year in HIgh School cause it was such a good time... Westchester/PDR was a GREAT place to grow up...

Oh yeah, me and my brother used to go in there, late 70's, when it was on the WEST side of the street before they moved across the street! LOVED that place.

I would get all my Star Wars figures from Karl's. Savon on the corner of Manchester/Sepulveda was the place to get an Ice cream cone. Remember Soundsations record store?...when it was on Sepulveda?

The Loyola theatre can be seen a few times in the 1983 Tears for Fears video for the song, "Pale Shelter". It's here on KZfaq.

I lived there 'till I was 20. Cowan Ave, Orville Wright. WHS, Old Emerson's Pharmacy....great memories.

They shot a Tears For Fears video in Westchester and I did not know!? hmmm.... I have to investigate :)

let's not forget about the "red onion" mexican restaurant, and of course, "lums" with their "hot dogs steamed in beer". i never tried one however--didn't sound appetizing at the time.

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH! I grew up in Westchester from 1960 to 1977.

And does anybody know any movies or shows that were done in the general area? The most prominent one I know of is HEAT- the final shootout was done off aviation next to the Proud Bird.

I went to Westchester High from 1954 to 1958 when I graduated. This is a blast from the past. I also was like thatDonOguy who abused the privlige of the record preview booths. I purchased many 45s and LPs back then. I still have most of them after all these years. I remember when the Paradise opened and spent many hours at the Loyola . Ate burgers at Biffs on Supulveda and Tiny Naylors on Manchester & Supulveda. In 1957 the Paradise had a sneek preview and I got to see Ricky & David Nelson I P

Oh man, my dad took us there (Compari's) to the original over on Centinela by Alvern(still there with different owners) and the old bank building one too- funny the vault was a wine cellar!

Was matt groening of the simpsons from LA? Fireside was pretty much the quintessential dive bar. I had fun trying to fake-ID my way in there. I think I might do a new video of westchester. I had the original wooden soundsations sign- they threw it away in a utility room behind the coldstone's on sepulveda. When I was little, my Saturdays used to be riding my bike down to Soundsations, listening to music all day, then then eating at Napoli's when it was basically a garden shed with a table. :)

Pastor Masted was there. I went there for grades 3,4, and 5, with teachers Mrs. Lutz, who later would work in the library, Mrs. Anderson for 4th, and Mrs. Andrews for 5th. What years did you go there?

Wow... this was truly amazing. Thanks for this... so many memories!!

Heeeeeeey. Ive lived here basically all my life....but im only 20 so that doesnt mean a whole lot. Westchester looked so happy back then. Where is that guy Louis now? I remember I met him at the store a couple times before it closed. But it was a cool shop to have in the area. Id be interested to talk to some people who know the history of our town.

Thanks Don-o. Good job. Brings back many fond memories. We had it pretty good, didn't we !!

Thanks for posting this its brought back some great memories.

oh man, I was embarassed to take those bags home. had to hide em :P

Check out You Tube video - - Jekyll and Hyde Together Again Part 3. At 7:28, there is a short scene showing the Loyola Theater marquee and the Compari's horse statue lit up in the background.

Savon's 5 cent ice cream cones. Loved that. The rock group the Turtles went to Westchester Hi in the 60's.

I shopped at Hill Mart since 1957!

no kidding!!!

Thanks for the ton of local information!

Thank you for this.

whoooooooo

Yup, I remember that bag. I wonder if they framed it.

OMG My bro and I went to Westchester Lutheran from KG- 6 in the 70's, Hill Mart was THE place! HOw about the arcade by the Loyola Theatre? I learned Space Invaders there!

I think the handicapped guy was the old owner of the place until he sold the place in the mid-80's to its current owner.

When we went, Pastor Hiller was the man, and Mrs. Gelderman was to be feared... Mr. Peterson was kind of weird... My first job ever was at the L.A. Coffee Company when it was right on Manchester by the old Red Onion

I see that this was posted 14 years ago. I hope you get your donosdump link working again; it came up "Oops! That page can’t be found."

Hey everyone. this is pretty cool. Look up Tears for Fears music video "Pale Shelter", and check out where they are at about 1:04 into the video. : )

Don-O ---- thanks, man. I wish I had seen this before today. I saw your post on Facebook in our neighborhood group. I was born and raised in Westchester. I was living there until 2 months ago. But I'm still close by. Nice video. Brought back some memories. I'd like to put together a real video documentary of the history of Westchester and Playa Del Rey. I made my very first KZfaq video of the board track that was in Playa Del Rey, you should check it out.

More Westchester videos are always good (despite Powerchorde's bellyaching). Soundsations and the old Westchester Music were major HQ for me. W. Music would let you preview the 45's...and, yes, did I abuse that previlage (sic) a lot. Surprised that they didn't kick me out!

Hey, this will blow you away. Here on KZfaq, look up Tears for Fears "Pale Shelter" video. Its from 1983. Check out where they are at about 1:04 into the video, and a few times after that