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Article: PAST PERFECT SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO'S HISTORIC LOS RIOS NEIGHBORHOOD KEEPS HISTORY ALIVE.(U)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- February 15, 2002
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Byline: Eric Noland Travel Editor
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO - For construction materials, they used anything that was at hand: mud, grasses, rough timbers, found lumber, twigs. For fencing around their yards, they would plant prickly pear cactus, then let it grow so tall and thick that a chicken (or a toddler) couldn't possibly execute an escape through it.
From the beginning, the houses undoubtedly had a makeshift, temporary look to them. But pride of ownership and pride of community can lend a powerful element of permanence to any clutch of dwellings.
And today, not only do the little structures along Los Rios Street in San Juan Capistrano still ...