FLASH FROM THE PAST

Millard Canyon, which borders the proposed La Vina housing project area in Altadena, once contained a showplace home called “Boulder Crest.” Built in 1910 by Reinhardt J. Busch, the three-story, Swiss-style lodge boasted electric lights, hot and cold running water, marble shower stalls, hardwood parquet floors, an adjacent garden and a fish pond covered by a thatched roof. The Las Flores Canyon fire of 1935 destroyed most of it, leaving only a masonry wall that was incorporated into a new, private residence.