IVIV (1) Near the Airport

[Robin Landseadel]

On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:

> Dave Monroe wrote:
>> "Doc's office was located near the airport ..." (IV, Ch. 1, p. 143
>>
>> http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/PENGN-EMS/InherentVice._V218759443_.pdf
>>
>>
>> "near the airport, off East Imperial"
>>
>> The southern edge of Watts. Imperial Highway goes from west to east
>> right after the Harbor Freeway, changing about a mile and a half from
>> the center of Watts.
>>
>
> Did a double take when I read  EAST Imperial 'cause obviously it's  
> West Imperial Highway that runs through Watts and south of the  
> airport, but realize now that Pynchon was talking about  Imperial  
> AVENUE in El Segundo, which uses a localized east/west designation.  
> (local street runs parallel to the highway) Details.

Thank you for those details. I've edited out my mistaken IVwiki post,  
will later correctly post citing El Segundo's East Imperial.