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# Doomed to repeat it?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/doomed-to-repeat-it-20061017/
- Published: 2006-10-17T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T21:40:55.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Main St, #archive-import

A pair of local institutions face quite opposite fates, as they grow older and their neighbors grow younger and richer. On Sunday, the Santa Monica-UCLA Medical Center marked its 80th year with a street festival attended by local officials.

Meanwhile, the Zephyr skateboarding shop on Main Street — regarded by many as the birthplace of modern skating — faces an uncertain future, as the building’s owner looks to redevelop the space.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know: “Is Santa Monica’s history, culture and heritage properly celebrated and preserved, or should bygone eras just be allowed to be gone?”

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on October 17, 2006.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/101706.pdf?ref=smdp.com)