13760 Sherman Way

I was checking out the first apartment we live in when we moved to Van Nuys CA. The building is still at 13760 Sherman Way. I forget the apartment number but we in the top front apartment. Some pictures below:

Dad and me in our driveway by his 1959 Plymouth

Mom And me. Our apartment is the top one at the end of the stairs.

Just me in car.

Me on the stairs. And me below eating in my Dad's chair.

In the early 60's I had a parakeet who I named "Kookie" after the character on the TV show 77 Sunset Strip. Kookie use to sit in the venetian blinds and wait for me to come home from school. Sadly one day Kookie flew into a silver container and broke his neck. We buried him in a cigar box in the dirt in front of the apartment. For all I know he still could be under there.

The apartment building was built in 1958. We moved there because it was close to my Dad's work at Flying Tiger Line at Burbank airport. I checked Zillow for this post and a one bedroom, one bath apartment now goes for $1,783! We live a two bedroom apartment which we moved into in April of 1960.

The Building now:

Old Family Friends

My Dad Al Wilson worked for Flying Tiger Freight Line. One of his fellow employees and family friend was Tom Kroll. Here is a picture of Tom Kroll, Nancy Wilson, Al Wilson and Terri Kroll on Dec 25, 1970 at our apartment on Haskell Ave.

Here is a picture of Al Wilson with Henry and Elsa Carlson in 1962 in our apartment on Sherman Way

Van Nuys 1960

Being Christmas time it is normal to lok back at this time of the year. I found some pictures from 1960 when my parents and I moved to Van Nuys from Detroit MI. I made a small collage of photos from outside our apartment building at 13760 Sherman Way. The last time I checked Google street view the building was still there.