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Hawthorne, California

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  • SpaceX, Kevin C Hill (guest) wrote 4 months ago:
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  • SpaceX, DaveT (guest) wrote 8 years ago:
    Parts and moulds from SpaceX's rockets and spacecraft can be seen in the surrounding lot.
  • Little Asia Chinese Resturant (site), TommyBoy (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    The place burned down years ago and its only a vacant lot now.
  • The Cockatoo Inn (site), Michael (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    Gina, I am Sicilian. In 1964, my family drove to LA to visit my mother's aunt and uncle (non-Sicilian) who lived in Glendale, CA. (I grew up in West Allis, WI, a suburb of MKE.) While we were there, we ate supper at, someone's house who was affiliated with the Cockatoo Club, maybe it was a son of Andy Lacoco, but he took us to the club during the day to show it to us. He had a cockatoo at his home also. I was 12 years old at the time. We also visited an olive oil factory from which my father used to order our olive oil from time to time. (This is what I remember, not sure how accurate it is.)
  • The Cockatoo Inn (site), Gina (guest) wrote 9 years ago:
    My Father also Sicilian was Andy Lacoco's Best Friend. They were childhood friends from Milwaukee. My Father operated a trucking operation in Los Angeles and we lived in Northern California where he also had another type of trucking company. My dad would fly back and forth between the two places. Andy would send the Cockatoo limo to pick my Dad up from or take him to the LAx airport weekly. When the giant Tuna fishing boat was built in Green Bay, WI, my Dad was Andy's personal guest to sail with him on its maiden voyage through the Panama Canal to bring it to San Diego where it would operate. When the Cockatoo was sold, Andy sent my Dad home with some of the Beautiful Italian Clear and Red Crystal Stemware from the elegant dining room. We used it on Holidays and special occasions, as I still do to this day. It was a devastating time when Andy was investigated for Horse Race fixing. He served a short time at Lompoc, where he had the run of the place, I was told. He had a stroke at Thanksgiving dinner a short time later. Andy wasn't as handsome as my Father, he was kind of coarse looking, but he had a huge powerful presence about him and a heart of gold for those he loved.
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33°54'50"N   118°20'45"W
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