Bassett Street School gets sidewalks after long fight
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Valley Times Photo Collection;
Creator
Dean, Gordon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph caption dated September 24, 1962 reads, "While parents in many parts of the Valley complained about the cut in school bus transportation, parents at one mid-Valley school were glad to have sidewalks. It took a long, hard struggle to get the sidewalks around the Bassett Street School, 15756 Bassett St., West Van Nuys. Parents in the neighborhood saw a bill introduced in the City Council in 1958 to get the sidewalks. But they didn't see the sidewalks until a few weeks ago. And students for the first time, this month, were walking to school on the completed walkways." Photograph caption reads, "Bassett Street School students walk safely to school - Controversial sidewalk finally completed for opening of school."
Bassett Street Elementary School (Los Angeles, Calif.) Traffic safety and children School children Roads--Shoulders Sidewalks Dwellings Lawns Automobiles Street signs Streets City planning Women Boys Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Group portraits
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