(Jenna Schoenefeld/For The Washington Post)Guthrie’s Alley Cat bar has remained a landmark in revitalized downtown Bakersfield. At the same time, he affirmed that the 119-mile stretch linking Bakersfield and the Central Valley city of Merced will be the first to proceed. A new hotel under construction last month in Bakersfield, one of three in progress across the city. (Jenna Schoenefeld/For The Washington Post)The hotel opened in 1928, a luxury spot for the Bakersfield oilman, and has since traced the city’s uneven trajectory. “We want to make sure they don’t have to do that anymore.”Young people like fun, never something Bakersfield exuded.

Source: Washington Post July 19, 2019 23:02 UTC