L.A.’s New Hampshire and Vermont Mystery: Partially Solved

Last week, I asked why New Hampshire Ave. is to the west of Vermont Ave. in L.A., when up in New England, Vermont is the one on the west.

Bob Timmermann, who earlier this year spoke about Sepulveda Blvd. at the Central Library, did some digging:

From my half-assed sleuthing at the Central Library, the reason why Vermont Ave and New Hampshire Ave in L.A. are backwards in relation to the states is due to the fact that the streets weren’t named at the same time.

Vermont is a very old street in L.A. terms. It first shows up in 1866. New Hampshire wasn’t built and named until 1887, when it was part of one of the developments that sprung up in Southern California during Real Estate Boom I.

Next year at the Central Library, I plan to follow up on my Sepulveda trip with a journey down Western Avenue. Unlike Sepulveda, this should have slightly better scenery and fewer trucks.

Thanks Bob!

L.A. Mystery: Vermont and New Hampshire

Up in New England, Vermont is to the west of New Hampshire. So why then…

… is L.A.’s Vermont Ave. to the east of New Hampshire Ave.? Any city nerds out there with the answer?

While Wall Street Burns, We Vacate

As seen in a Manhattan store window.

Going on vacation the same week that the economy is collapsing is quite a surreal experience. Just as the Dow was skidding and Wall Street was panicking, we were driving through Vermont and New Hampshire, on a trip planned long before the nation’s economic woes grew so severe.

After a week in New York on business (where, among other things, we discovered our favorite pizza joint yet — details to come — we drove up to Southern Vermont, then up to the northern part of the state, and then New Hampshire. In all three regions, we were treated to the best fall weather/fall colors combo in years, the locals kept telling us.

We also hit some good meals, a couple of medicore ones, and adjusted our plans as Blogger Preschooler suffered through an ear infection.

Stowe, Vermont.