HUNDREDS SHOW UP TO GRAB A PIECE OF L.A. HISTORY: THE 6TH STREET BRIDGE

It was a spectacle that would stay with him into adulthood: two imposing arches that soared past as his father’s blue Ford Tempo whizzed down the 6th Street Bridge.

Pete Chavez made sure to peer out the rear window at those iconic structures every time his family traveled between East Los Angeles and downtown.