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Goodbye San Fernando Road, Hello Main Street. by Chris Price, Has Been Around Even Longer 5 C ENTS TSEPThEMBER e-O CT OGBER 20a07 zetteY.EAR 13, N UMBER 3 Goodbye San Fernando Road, Hello Main Street. By Chris Price, has been around even longer. In fact, if you look at an ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER . aerial photo of Old Town N ewhall (available on the city’s website) you will see that Newhall Avenue and Renaming Of Downtown San Fernando Road w ere once one straight street. The first name change that will take place will Thoroughfare Honors Newhall. of course be that of Main Street. San Fernando Road from 5th Street to Lyons Avenue will soon officially A T I be Main Street. Not to fear, however; address num - R Address Numbers Will Remain. A L C bers will NOT CHANGE, and the U.S. Postal Serv - A T ice has assured city staff that the name change N A S Now that the Old Town Newhall restripe and should not affect delivery services in any way. City F O Y signal modification project is complete and the staff will transmit paperwork to the Post Office as T I C traffic in and around downtown has been recon - well as utilities, mapping services, emergency serv - E H T figured, the Santa Clarita Redevelopment Agency ices, and others, and Postal Service computers will F O Y will concentrate on the further improvement of be changed to hold both the new and old names on S E T “Main Street.” file virtually forever. R U O Substantial public participation was incorpo - San Fernando Road currently changes to Bou - C rated into the decision to honor Newhall by renam - quet Canyon Road at Magic Mountain Parkway. ing one of the busiest thoroughfares that serves it to During subsequent phases of the name change THE CITY’S DOWNTOWN NEWHALL SPECIFIC PLAN ENVISIONS reflect that fact. While the name San Fernando Road process, Bouquet Canyon will either be extended A PUBLIC LIBRARY AT THE TERMINUS OF MAIN STREET, has graced street signs for years, Newhall Avenue CONTINUED ON PAGE 7. WHERE IT MEETS WITH LYONS AVENUE. Street Art Fest Newhall In San Francisco. Offers Music By Dr. Alan Pollack PRESIDENT , S ANTA CLARITA VALLEY For Every Taste. HISTORICAL SOCIETY . On September 29 and 30, the Santa Most people would associate Henry Mayo Clarita Street Art Festival, sponsored by Newhall with the town he founded on the Rancho San Lockheed Federal Credit Union, will Francisco in the Santa Clarita Valley in 1876. They highlight a spectrum of artistic talent in might not know, however, that Mr. Newhall consid - Old Town Newhall. ered San Francisco his primary home, and in fact This exciting two-day festival will be K C spent much of the last half of his life in that city. A located along San Fernando Road between L L Although arriving in the Bay Area literally with the O Lyons Avenue and 5th Street. The free P N clothes on his back during the California Gold Rush, he A outdoor event is open to the public and L A became a wealthy and prominent citizen of San Francis - F features live entertainment: international O N co through his auction, railroad and real estate endeav - O dance performances, live music, fine arts I T ors. When he fell off a horse and suffered severe C and crafts, hands-on activities and the fine E L L injuries during a ride through this valley in March 1882, O art of street painting. it was to San Francisco he was rushed and subsequently C The highlight of the festival is the met his untimely end at the age of fifty-six. A RARE RECEIPT FROM THE SF&SJ RAILROAD COMPANY FOR Street Painter Block, sponsored by Glen Ivy CONTINUED ON PAGE 4. FIFTY-SEVEN FLASKS OF QUICKSILVER – I.E., MERCURY. CONTINUED ON PAGE 12. 2. at getting into the space (two or more attempts will no doubt ‘People are voting with their right foot and The Old Town Newhall Gazette. be the norm), not to mention simply driving forward into a space on the vehicles with large overhangs ©2007, OLD TOWN NEWHALL USA. impeding the sidewalk. Of opposite side of the street. We are all inher - LEON WORDEN, Editor and Publisher. course, departing will be easi - ently lazy once we get behind a wheel.’ er. As you will have probably — Andrew Graves LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. already seen, people are voting with their right foot and simply I have had several con - Newhall Is The Greatest seconded and implemented driving forward into a space on Good Work, tacts with the old Ridge Route For Raising A Family. this scheme should be made to the opposite side of the street. prior to and during my resi - direct traffic once a week in We are all inherently lazy once Now Let’s Eat. dence in the Newhall area. I I was born and raised in Old Town Newhall. we get behind a wheel. This, The job you’re doing is was a charter member of the Newhall. Great history of our I really can’t wait to hear however, may also cause a looking great. Our only con - new Newhall-Saugus Elks family. Newhall is the greatest. about all the insurance claims number of accidents as they cern and question is beautiful Lodge back in 1965-1967 (Elks Lived there until I got married. this scheme will be responsible have to depart by reversing trees along the front of stores Member for 37 years until Moved to the San Fernando Val - for. Californians are not used across oncoming traffic. with meandering walkways and 2002), member of the ley (and) raised three children. to backing into right-angled Well done, city planners. benches (fountains?) for an Newhall-Saugus CAP under spaces, and now we’re expect - I’m sure this all looked fine inviting atmosphere. Enticing the command of Reserve Helen Maker, ing people to make their best and “avant-garde” as you specialty foods: American (hot U.S.A.F. Colonel Milt Dia - San Fernando Valley. efforts at reversing into angled played with your Hot Wheels dogs, hamburgers, shakes), mond, who owned the Newhall spaces? Drive-in (forward) cars in the sand box. Unfortu - American Indian (pine nut sal - General Store until 1967 while angled parking, implemented nately, those of us who regu - ads, jerky, trout), Indian (curry a firefighter. by every other city with a larly shop in Old Town Newhall chicken, etc.), Asian (sushi, I still hold a strong inter - Hot Wheels Parking, pedestrian-friendly downtown have to actually live with your teriyaki, sweet n’ sour), Italian est in the entire area including area, e.g. Ventura, has the flashes of brilliance. (spaghetti, pizza), Jewish the old Ridge Route. I (turned) Courtesy Of Planners.. benefit that it gets the parking (delis, pickled eggs and 76 years old on July 16 and I just wanted to be one of car off the street very quickly; Andrew Graves, cucumbers), holistic, health have been a resident of Hemet the first (of many, I’m sure) to the departing car only has to Newhall. foods — just some of our sug - in Riverside County since say how ridiculously stupid the wait for a gap in traffic to gestions. Looking good. Keep 1987. new parking is on the new leave. With reverse-in parking, up the good work. Main Street. Reverse-in angled the arriving car first has to James L. Burns, parking? Whoever suggested, hold up traffic, then have a go Wonderful Group Robert & Cindy Hazard, Hemet. Of People. Happy Valley-Newhall. Thanks for this fabulous update. I have been a resident Gazette Sparks of Santa Clarita since 1984, raised two children here and Memories. have loved being here every I was on the L.A. County minute. I would like to put my Fire Department until March The Gazette. name on your list of volunteers 1970. I was stationed at L.A. for the Newhall Old Town ren - County Fire Station No. 76 on DISTRIBUTION: FIFTY-FIVE THOUSAND. ovation. All of the individuals old Highway 99 across the involved in making this happen road from the L.A. County LEON WORDEN sound fully committed and a Sheriff’s Wayside Honor Ran - Editor And Publisher. wonderful group of people. cho. In 1965 I moved into the [email protected] new brick fire station at Casta - Christy Holcomb, ic Junction near the intersec - TIM WHYTE West Hollywood. tion of old Highway 99 and Production And Layout. Highway 126-W. I lived in Bou - [email protected] quet Canyon from 1965 until PATTI RASMUSSEN my retirement at age 38 on a Chief Correspondent. Nightmare Parking service-connected disability. At that time I left the area. [email protected] Situation. Prior to becoming a fire - Please, please do some - fighter, I drove big rigs up the The Old Town Newhall Gazette is pub - thing about the restriping of “Grapevine” on old Highway lished by Old Town Newhall USA, an San Fernando Road (Main 99 to Bakersfield and back. I Street). It is proving to be a also drove gasoline tank trucks SCV Communications Group company. nightmare parking situation. and trailers as far as Little Tips Watching drivers try to navi - Restaurant to the big Standard Send Correspondence To: gate the “back-in” parking is (Chevron) Station on Hwy. 99 OLD TOWN NEWHALL USA very scary. It is so unsafe. which had some twelve atten - Post Office Box 802993 Don’t wait for accidents to dants on duty daily, and to the Santa Clarita, Ca. 91380 occur. It needs to be addressed Standard Station at Castaic [email protected] now.
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