My Morning Constitution on the Main Boulevard Through Temple City, July 20, 2011

Facing west while walking home on Las Tunas in Temple City.

Temple City Civic Center and police station.

Temple City Community Park.  During the summer they often host concerts, and the park gets filled up with spectators.

Facing east at about 6:40 am on Las Tunas in Temple City.

At the intersection of Las Tunas and Kauffman in Temple City at 6:40am on Wednesday morning, July 20, 2011.  

I liked the way that this street, Loma Avenue, looked at 6:45 in the morning.  The cool shadows cast by the morning sun  were evocative of some of my best and favorite mornings growing up with my family in Duarte.

This sign made me laugh.  By inverting the two words "Temple Liquor" to "Liquor Temple," you kind of get why it made me laugh.

The corner of Rosemead and Las Tunas that has been vacant for close to 5 years now.  There was a great movie theater here and a barber shop and a terrific parking lot with large eucalyptus trees.  All that is gone.  This may be a good example of the real estate bubble cleaning itself up.  Nobody's buying or building.

A stunted and lonely eucalyptus tree marks the only remnant of the lot's former glory. 

New listing agents?  By the area code, it appears that the agents are from Los Angeles.

Sharon Tsai does a good real estate business in Temple City.

Mosaic mural.  I believe that Home Savings used to commission these pieces all around the Southland.  This Chase Bank used to be a Home Savings years ago.  I don't even think that Home Savings is in California any more.

Another vacant lot on the south side of Las Tunas.  The developer or city tore down the  buildings belonging to small businesses.  This lot is adjacent to the New Century Ford structure that was built, stocked, and sold.  Now a finance company operates out of the Ford building.

The abandoned New Century Ford show room.  Cars came and went within a year.