WEST COAST BEFORE CONCRETE

BEFORE CONCRETE

COVERED UP THE

NARROW ALLEYS

AND WELL WORN

PATHS WITHIN

THE SOUND

OF PACIFIC WAVES

AND SURF, THREE AND

SOMETIME FOUR OR FIVE STORY BUILDINGS,

EACH UNIQUE AND

QUITE DISTINCTIVE,

MOST DESIGNED BY BEACHFRONT CARPENTERS WHO WERE RELAXED AND GLAD TO BE OFF THE LONG ROAD WEST AND OUT OF THE DUST BOWL WINDS. THE STAIRWELLS WERE OUTSIDE, DESIGNED IN A SIMPLE Z - LINE FASHION FOR REASONS NOBODY HAS MENTIONED, BUT IT HAD TO DO WITH SAND AND SHOES AND THEN, AS TIME PASSED, SANDALS AND BEACH BALLS, BESIDES, THERE WAS NO SNOW JUST SUNSHINE MOST OF THE TIME. THOSE OLD BEACHFRONT HOMES AND APARTMENTS WITH THEIR BACK DOOR PORCH AND BANNISTER PATIOS FOR POTTED PLANTS, THOSE WOODEN STAIRS ...