Yes, it has snowed in Los Angeles.
Image from California Historical Society Collection at USC Library
1942. A brand new Ralphs Supermarket in the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles, at the corner of Crenshaw Boulevard and Rodeo Road (now Obama Road). These large food markets – or supermarkets – began appearing in Los Angeles neighborhoods during World War II, offering convenience, choice, affordability, parking and style. As was typical for new supermarkets, the market at this location became a key hub in the increasingly multicultural Crenshaw neighborhood. The 1942 Art Deco structure was later demolished and replaced with a larger structure. Ralphs eventually closed the store in 2013. Today, the location is the site, at 3670 Crenshaw Blvd., for a pending new mixed-use, residential and retail development called District Square.
If you've ever driven I-5 northward from L.A., you know this stretch of highway. Why is it called "the Grapevine?"
