Allesandro Elementary School Lockdown: Joys Of Hillside Living

Photo: Diane Edwardson, August 13, 2014.  LAPD closed area streets around Allesandro Elementary School which was locked down for several hours this morning while they searched for a suspicious person on campus.  Read more: The Eastsider. 

Neighbors on Riverside Place, Riverside Terrace, India & those who park illegally on the Red Car Property were unable to drive out of the neighborhood during the lockdown as there is only one means of access to their streets behind Allesandro Elementary School.  At least one Riverside Place neighbor called his assistant to pick him up at Ralph's; he took the Silver Lake Ave Public Staircase out the back way.  (Photo above shot from Silver Lake Ave stairs at the Red Car Property.)  

Other neighbors were scrambling to reschedule clients & explain to their bosses why they would be late to work since there was not a lot of news coverage, despite 3 news helicopters hovering nearby.  Once again, The Eastsider was first with the important local news.

Photo: Diane Edwardson, August 13, 2014.  LAPD helicopter circled aggressively for a couple of hours, here seen over Red Car Canyon - not a park, it just looks like one.

Photo: Diane Edwardson, August 13, 2014.  Neighbors atop Corralitas Drive felt their homes shaking from the low altitude circling by the LAPD.  At times, it seemed as if they were definitely lower than the 300' altitude above homes they are supposed to maintain.  Early in the lockdown, they seemed to be barely above the tree line atop our hill.  

We're glad the LAPD puts on a good show of force to prevent a school shooting tragedy.  It's just another joy of hillside living.