William Galloway Jr.’s properties in downtown Altadena, California, tell two stories: one of good luck, one of bad.
The retail buildings sit side by side on Lake Avenue, the small commercial corridor overtaken by the Eaton fire one year ago this week. 
One property houses bustling businesses within its white-bricked walls, including a small but busy restaurant, an antique shop and a clothing store. It escaped the blaze without damage, and all of the pre-fire tenants reopened by November.
The other is a husk of its former self. Charred and roofless, it is adorned with the remains of overhead light fixtures, now twisted…