HOLIDAY TRIMMING TRADITION IN DANGER FROM STREET-REPAIR CREW.Byline: Lisa Mascaro Staff Writer The holiday spirit on San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. Valley's famous Candy Cane Lane almost lost some sheen sheen n. 1. Glistening brightness; luster: the sheen of old satin in candlelight. 2. Splendid attire. 3. A glossy surface given to textiles. when city crews dug into a street project just weeks before thousands of cars were to come to see the decorated dec·o·rate tr.v. dec·o·rat·ed, dec·o·rat·ing, dec·o·rates 1. To furnish, provide, or adorn with something ornamental; embellish. 2. homes. But city officials said Monday that the paving work on Hatteras Street will be done well before the start of the festivities fes·tiv·i·ty n. pl. fes·tiv·i·ties 1. A joyous feast, holiday, or celebration; a festival. 2. The pleasure, joy, and gaiety of a festival or celebration. 3. that have been a neighborhood tradition for more than 50 years. Public Works Department Many governments worldwide have had departments or ministries referred to as the Public Works Department either formally or informally. In Australia: - New South Wales -
Still, neighbors eyed the dug-up street Monday with skepticism. ``Why did they wait until the last minute with the holidays? They know this is a really popular area,'' said Diana Dekermendjian, whose family has been decorating its Penfield Avenue home for the past 10 years. ``They should have done this back in September,'' she said. ``It's just going to cause a lot of chaos.'' Every holiday season, the residents of the neighborhood deck out their homes in fanciful fan·ci·ful adj. 1. Created in the fancy; unreal: a fanciful story. 2. Tending to indulge in fancy: a fanciful mind. 3. displays of lights, Santas, toy soldiers and other holiday cheer. The displays draw visitors from across Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, who drive up and down the streets to see the collection. One resident said up to 1,000 cars a night descend de·scend v. de·scend·ed, de·scend·ing, de·scends v.intr. 1. To move from a higher to a lower place; come or go down. 2. on the neighborhood, which is bounded by Oxnard Street, Corbin Avenue, Winnetka Avenue and Martha Street. A dug-up street would hit like a lump of coal in a stocking at the holidays. ``If the city doesn't get it done, I think that would cause a lot of frustration,'' said Dekermendjian. But others said that even if the work stalls, it wouldn't be so bad because traffic crawls so slowly anyway that motorists might not even notice the construction. ``If people want to come, they'll come,'' said resident Pam Alch, whose family will be decorating its home for the third year. ``I'm just hoping it's going to get done.'' Resident Ron Scott added that because most of the traffic drives north and south through the neighborhood, the construction on Hatteras - which runs east to west - might not be so noticeable. ``If they took a north-south street and didn't have the street finished, that would create some complaints,'' said Scott, who was working on his light display Monday morning in the garage. Still, residents were pleased with the prospect of a fresh coat of paving and hopeful the city would come through in time. Many said the decorating begins in earnest the first weekend of December, with visitors expected to start pouring in by Dec. 10. Many families will keep the displays up through the New Year's holiday weekend. Lisa Mascaro, (818) 713-3761 lisa.mascaro(at)dailynews.com |
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