My Town...

[RICHARD]

Yeah! We finally got a Playboy Bunny!

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I forgot one other fact about Pacoima.

The cops that brought you the Rodney King Beating/Lost Angeles Riots were working out of the LAPD Foothill Station, located in the fair town of Pacoima.

[Freedom]

Where I live now:

East Providence, RI.

- been variously part of MA and RI over the years, seems no one could set the boundary line the same way twice. (Been part of Seekonk Mass, Rehoboth Mass, once called Wachemoket, RI, quite an identity crisis!)
- home of one of the Charles Looff Carousels, the one used to show Buyers one of EVERYTHING! With 62 hand carved wooden figures including a camel plus 4 chariots, and yes, I make a point to ride at least once annually! Did you know, carousel art is considered American Folk Art? It was once part of Crescent Park, an amusement park, but only the carousel still exists.
- original home to Rumford Baking Powder
- Pomham Ricks Lighthouse, relighted in 2006 and still being restored.

- Meredith Vieira, of The Today Show, hails from here