All the Lives of La Mirada

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April cried when they tore down the belltower. When it was new, La Mirada was a Mediterranean Revival-style colony lost in cow pastures, even if the fields across Powers Avenue were always a “body dump.” So many people married and held receptions here and Tom had to rake the green shag carpet.

One response to “All the Lives of La Mirada

  1. My Mother and I lived in La Mirada from 1973, I left in 1975 to go to NYU but she stayed until 1977. It was a very nice complex, loved the pool, and as said was the premiere place to live in the area.

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