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http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps0561c03a.jpg LAPL Anyway, by 1972, it was gone. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps49e7098d.jpg http://www.historicaerials.com/aeria...4207&year=2005 |
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to be next to the 101 Freeway) and the railroad tracks. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps4dd1b5f4.jpg http://www.historicaerials.com/aeria...4207&year=2005 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...icoRimlau1.jpg USC Digital Library An article I found on pacificelectric.org dates the demolition of the viaduct to around January 1963. It contains the following quote: "The job had been scheduled to take 8 weeks, but dragged on for more then 14 weeks. The bridge did not give up as easily as the contractor had thought it would." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...n.jpg~original www.pacificelectric.org/Ralph Cantos Previous posts on the viaduct: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5381 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7534 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AWallE5th2.jpg GSV For comparison, here's the image originally posted by e_r, although I've grayscaled it and tweaked the levels to try and bring out the detail. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AWallE5th1.jpg eBay/original posted by e_r |
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Nearby at 2801 Wabash Avenue is the well-preserved Malabar Branch Library, built in 1927... http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics37/00038173.jpgLAPL https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV Where's my chainsaw? https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV Could the hanging lamp still be there? |
:previous: I wasn't aware of the Malabar Branch Library GW. Thx for bringing it to my/our attention.
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...0/842/6tz3.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=21341 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...0/838/4ynb.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=21341 The two intriguing photographs were taken by 20 year old amateur photograph George Hodel. (yes, that George Hodel...the Black Dahlia murder suspect) __ |
-not sure if we've seen this early pc on NLA. (worth a second look anyway)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/845/jq3l.jpg ebay This is the same building that housed the subterranean Dragon's Den. (seen in the classic noir 'Criss Cross') earlier post here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12112 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...0/836/q4yg.jpg Compare the two arched windows and the two and a half basement windows with the earlier postcard. __ |
I can't find any previous mentions of the Wilcrest Apartment Hotel at 611-619 S Normandie Avenue. It's just north of Wilshire, and right next door to the Chateau La Martine mentioned recently by e_r (see here). The seller dates the postcard as 1940s.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AWilcrest1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AWilcrest2.jpg eBay The sign outside now appears to say something like "Normandie Garden Apartments", but Googling that gives a different building. Have you still got that chainsaw handy, GW? ;) http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AWilcrest3.jpg GSV |
:previous: -beautiful postcard scan
I like that the 'concave' center entrance has survived. (we've discussed this apt. before, but like you HossC, I wasn't able to find an earlier post) We've seen many photographs of the Hollywood Hotel over the years on NLA. Here's a photograph showing the aging hotel's Highland Avenue side in 1952. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/841/lhov.jpg ebay -those first two cars need to turn into the nearest car wash. Here's a similar view, also dated 1952. -originally posted by ChuckaLuck http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/836/q32m.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7998 __ |
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I found this earlier this afternoon on ebay.
1920s http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../836/m5067.jpg I'm struck by the unique building on the left. It doesn't appear to fit any one architectural style. The bottom columns look as if they could have been inspired by Egyptian tombs, while the third floor with it's deeply recessed windows looks almost bunker-like. All that said, the second floor is probably the most intriguing with it's hard to describe 'blocky' design. __ |
Tinker to Evers to _ _ _ _ _ _
Frank Leroy Chance, "The Peerless Leader," player-manager of the Chicago Cubs (1905-12) and manager of the Los Angeles Angels (1916-17), built the Frank L. Chance Building in Glendora (20 miles east of Pasadena) on the NE corner of Glendora Ave. and Foothill Blvd. (then Michigan and Minnehaha Avenues) in 1912. Chance and teammates Joe Tinker and Johnny Evers, immortalized in a bit of doggerel by Franklin P. Adams, were all inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
c. 1912; note The Cub Grocery on the left and Cub Pharmacy on the right: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/00076/00076287.jpg c. 1913: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/00076/00076286.jpg Chance died September 15, 1924, at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles; below is part of the LA Times article on his death the next day. The St. Maxon referred to in the article was at 653 S. Burlington, on the SW corner of Wilshire, where there is now a school. http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original LA Times But the Frank L. Chance Building is still standing: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original GSV |
:previous: Very interesting FW. That's a nice looking survivor.
this one turned up on ebay this afternoon as well. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/845/2oo7.jpg ebay __ ..and from the opposite direction. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/841/szwi.jpg ebay |
Stumbled across this: The Alex Theatre (Alex Film Society, it's a .org so I assume it's ok to post this) in Glendale, is running a film noir double feature July 26, 2014; "Gun Crazy" and "The Lineup." Here's the link, should the noir classics types be interested:
http://www.alextheatre.org/event/ale...razythe-lineup Having gown up in Atwater (Village), I frequented the Alex Theatre (A historic landmark) as a kid/teen. If you've never been, it's worth the visit regardless of what's being screened. Andys |
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Here I thought I had discovered some architectural anomaly. ha I looked again at that large photo of the Merritt Building. Were the rounded columns on the first floor still there at that point in time? I don't see them, and the entire first floor looks much darker. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/843/k8n0.jpg See what I mean. The first floor looks entirely different when compared to the 1920s photograph. (of course this happens to a majority of vintage buildings) __ |
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Here's a better view of the Merritt Building's original look. There's some history of the building and its redesigns in an article I found on blogdowntown.com. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ttBuilding.jpg LAPL |
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