190th and Hawthorne: 196?

This is a photo from the 1960's over the intersection of 190^th Street and Hawthorne Boulevard. The photo was taken from up on one of the KNX radio antennas, located in what is now Columbia Park, with the camera facing southwest.

Notice in the photo that 190^th Street did not go under the railroad tracks on the east side of Hawthorne Boulevard at the time. Instead, drivers heading west on 190^th had to follow the street as it curved just north of the railroad tracks had to make a left turn on Hawthorne, go under the railroad tracks, and then turn right on 190^th to continue their journey. Sometime in the late 1970's, 190^th was reconfigured to the layout that exists today (190^th continues almost straight under the rail tracks).  If you drive through the intersection today, you'll see that the railroad bridge over 190^th looks much newer than the bridge over Hawthorne Boulevard.

Today, a corner of Columbia Park occupies the bottom portion of the photo and a McDonald's restaurant is on the corner that is barely visible through the tower's wire tension adjustment device..