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A long shot of downtown Pomona as it looks today...You are looking towards the East here from Garey avenue, which runs north and south...This used to to be the main attraction part of Pomona when the family first moved out here from the mid-west in 1950...It was then known as second street and all the buildings that you see on the right side of the photo and also on the left side were actually stores that you will find in any mall, which is today in operation, where people congregate to do their shopping, such as Woolworth`s and J. C. Penny`s, etc, which are all gone from this location now, and now, all you will find is antique shops...What a Shame!....And in 1961 they cemented everything over and called this the downtown mall, instead of second street, and people say it destroyed everything when they did that, including downtown businesses...I can remember, as a kid, when I used to go shopping down here because this is where you would go, to go shopping...I can remember, even Pep Boys was down here...and Thrifty Drug Store was about the last hold out, until they finally went under....Well, sorry, somemore trivia for you, I guess.....

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