Stonewood Center, before the doors exist
Firestone and Lakewood Boulevards already carried regular traffic in the early 1950s. Cars queued at the lights and moved through in short waves.
The land east of the intersection was still largely open, but Downey was expanding, and William M. Lansdale and his wife set out to anchor a larger retail center there.
In 1953, they secured a 99-year lease on 63 acres of the former Jenison Ranch. The project was first known as Lansdale Shopping Center…