The Summer Olympics took place in Los Angeles in 1984 when I was a sprout and my dad had a period of paternal custody. Those who drove were singing the praises of Peter Ueberroth for spooking the city into traffic calming, the likes of which had never been seen before, and I was in heaven (pure heaven!!!)  because my uncle, who remembered the ’32 Olympics, took me to the swimming events. Here we have two future movie stars on the […]

Categories: Architecture, Culture, Entertainment, History, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Movies, Olympics, Uncategorized, Writing • Tags: 1932, 1984, Bugsy Siegel, Buster Crabbe, Dorothy Poynter, Griffith Park, high dive, Johnny Weismuller, Liberace, Los Angeles, Olympics, Peter Ueberroth, Steven Soderbergh, Summer, swimming pool, The Coliseum