History of Highland Park…

Check out this newspaper article (http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calindex/documents/10/520335.pdf) on the history of the Pasadena Freeway.  The article was printed in the 12/31/1970 edition of the Highland Park News Herald – Star Review and marks the 30-year anniversary of the Arroyo Seco Parkway by going into some detail on its history. 

It’s fascinating to read the Safety Record section and learn that the freeway, at that time, was considered to have an “impressive safety record” that “enjoys the benefit of all safety refinements as developed.”  Just goes to show you how much perspective and context plays into how we perceive something.  I wouldn’t consider the Pasadena Freeway the touchstone of safety refinement today (an additional 42 years after the article).