The Beverly Center shopping mall has been around so long it’s hard to imagine driving down La Cienega Blvd. and not seeing it. But before it opened in 1982, that site (also known as Beverly Park) was home to an amusement park known as Lucas Kiddleland. This shot was taken in 1945, the year it opened.
My friend Monika Henreid used to go here for her birthday’s when she was very young. Her dad Paul Henreid would take her. She has many fond memories of Bette Davis (whom she’s said on a few occasions that she was like a second mother to her)
My friend Monika Henreid used to go here for her birthday’s when she was very young. Her dad Paul Henreid would take her. She has many fond memories of Bette Davis (whom she’s said on a few occasions that she was like a second mother to her)