When an alleged drunken driver took out an iconic landmark in the Fresno High neighborhood, many wondered why the 10-foot tall stone and brick pillar was built in the first place.
The pillar at Palm and Simpson avenues has stood in the historic central Fresno neighborhood for decades and was one of several that have survived over the years. Was it a boundary marker, was it part of the city’s original trolley system, or was it some form of elaborate tramp art?
Whatever it was, it was reduced to rubble on Dec. 18 when a 41-year-old male driver traveling southbound on Palm Ave from Shields Ave, struck a car headed north. The male driver suffered minor injuries, and the driver of the other vehicle suffered a broken clavicle. They were transported to the hospital to be treated…