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Beacons Street’s Comeback Dreamed by Sylvia
Sylvia, Beacon Street reformer and former Club Del Rio owner, recalls the street’s wartime heyday when navy sailors and longshoremen filled the cafes. She notes a later decline as shipyards closed and harsher street life took hold, and she pledges renewal efforts backed by local officials and her own political clout.
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Fifi Dorsey
Red’s
Buck Jones
Chateau Gardens
Hollywood
Beacon Street
del Rio
KFOX
Nat King Cole
Andy Russell
Nellie Lutcher
Mills Brothers
Spike Jones
Ozzie Nelson
Sammy Kaye
Billy Eckstein
Navy
Ft. MacArthur
San Pedro
Club del Rio
Sylvia
Beacon
Sixth Streets
Long Beach
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
United States
Ronald Reagan
Adlai Stevenson
Vincent Thomas
Pat Brown
Syl