Another missing Hermosa time capsule
Seymour Bilowit with son Scott. Photo When officials buried Hermosa’s “millennium time capsule” at the foot of the Pier Plaza pedestal clock in 2008, they registered the underground cylinder with the International Time Capsule Society, which promises to keep a record for whomever decides to dig it up 100 years later. And it’s probably a good thing. If the 21-year-old society had existed in 1972 or 1962, two other Hermosa time capsules might not be AWOL. A time capsule containing personal letters, an old Easy Reader and other memorabilia from Hermosans was buried March 18, 1972 in conjunction during a grand opening ceremony for Empire Savings and Loan in what is now the Citibank building on the Plaza. The capsule was to be opened on March 18, 2000. But the time came and went, and the capsule remained buried, and nobody seemed to remember the precise burial spot. Mermaid Restaurant owner Quentin “Boots” Thelen, who has since passed away, thought the capsule was buried north of the building, underneath what is now a small parking lot. Others said the capsule lies at the bank building’s cornerstone, or perhaps under a concrete planter. Another hunt was recently triggered for a time…
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