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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
Noir_Noir, especially in less populated times I'm not averse to the idea that addresses of the exact same space can vary over some decades,
but how do we account for the two different addresses for the Russian Eagle?
Since it's in an ad and not an article, wouldn't that be assumed to be an accurate address? There isn't any date I can find for this ad, is it possible after the explosion it moved east down the street before moving again to Hollywood?
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I've also now located this ad on J.H. Graham's website.
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First mentions of the Russian Eagle Cafe's place it at
8648 Sunset Blvd. I don't know how long it was there before the fire and explosion in June of 1928.
The Russian Eagle apparently became the Double Eagle (and/or the Double-Headed Russian Eagle) for some years after the Big Bang of 28.
archive.org - Motion Picture (Feb-Jul 1929)
archive.org - Screenland (June 1930)
Sunset and Doheny is mentioned as the location for one of these versions.
Also a widening of Sunset would necessitate a move to avoid half the cafe disappearing.
In 1933 the Russian Eagle reappears as an alfresco dining experience in a date palm grove to the rear of the Hollywood Plaza Hotel at
1633–37 N. Vine St.
paradiseleased.wordpress.com
cdnc.ucr.edu - The Jewish News of Northern California, 31 May 1935
On Halloween 1935 the doors were opened on the Russian Eagle Supper Club at the new and final location of
8428 Sunset Blvd.
archive.org - Los Angeles Times 1935-10-31
It's tenure there was brief enough and it was gone sometime in late summer of 1936.
Major General Theodore A. Lodijensky, whose baby it was, had had enough and left Hollywood to head back east.
cdnc.ucr.edu - Daily News (Los Angeles), 7 March 1947