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I agree with Otis. That was just an amazing article on Batchelder's tile art. I didn't realize his tiles also decorated the lobby of the Stowell Hotel (1913)
and the Roebling Building (1913) among others. Thanks for the link mdiederi. -and kudos to the author Liz Arnold. The Chocolate Shop http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/820/6ktm.jpg http://curbed.com/archives/2014/07/0...vationists.php __ |
Here's a chocolate shop that was located in Pasadena (at the same time Mr. Batchelder was producing his tiles in Pasadena.)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102.../842/kqvwo.jpg ebay -makes me wonder if there were any Batchelder tiles at this location. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/829/g61f.jpg reverse __ |
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ebay The small hotel located above the disinfecting company gives me a noirish vibe. I did a little snooping in the 1956 city directory and found out the hotel was the Memphis Hotel (at least in 1956). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/853/26gb.jpg lapl Here's the same view today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/840/5zj2.jpg BING The Chunk-E-Nut building actually has some pretty nice tile work going on. (in the 1948 photo it looks like the tile designs were painted over) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/829/xpfl.jpg BING The buildings are just west of the 6th Street Bridge. It make me wonder, if the new 6th Street bridge is built (the design is beautiful) would these neglected properties enjoy a new lease on life? __ |
The Arden plant was still up and running at least thru 1967...my dad used to stock/sell Arden milk at our family grocery store up until then. He would drive past the Arden plant and the gasometers every day on his way driving my sisters to St. Mary's Academy on Slauson and Crenshaw.
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Hollywood Camera Exchange, 1600 Cahuenga Boulevard
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/849/62b7.jpg ebay The same building today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/829/03i3.jpg GSV __ |
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:previous: lol :) Somebody has a pretty good sense of humor.
__ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/855/s5wx.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320...0/855/czo7.jpg Can you work your magic again GW?;) -like you did with the Daniel Murphy estate a few days ago. __ I just noticed the home to the left is under construction. also...instead of mother and child it could be governess/nurse and child. (the woman is all in white..even her stockings and shoes) __ |
Have we seen the Girl's Collegiate School on NLA?
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North side of 8th between Olive and Hill
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Looking NE at 8th and Olive. The Rookwood is on the corner; to its east/right is the Hotel Bristol (originally Hotel Woodward), built 1906-7. Then a gap where the Whitmarsh Building is, then the Claud Beelman-designed Garfield Building, built 1929-30. The H-shaped building north of the Rookwood and the Bristol is 740 S. Olive (1922), now senior housing. South across 8th Street from the Rookwood and Bristol is the Commercial Exchange Building (1924), which had a slice taken out of it when Olive Street was widened in 1935: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original Bing Looking SW at the east side of the Whitmarsh Building, minus the arches: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps258323b2.jpg Bing Looking straight down: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original Bing It seems the Rookwood was a John Parkinson project: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original Los Angeles Times, June 14, 1903 The Rookwood was sold not long after it was completed: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original Los Angeles Herald, March 12, 1905 @ LOC -- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...arRange&page=1 Enter Mr. Whit(e)marsh: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original Los Angeles Herald, July 30 1905 @ LOC -- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...arRange&page=1 Here's the beginning of our building with the aesthetically pleasing but structurally superfluous arches at 417, 419, & 419-1/2 W. 8th: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original Los Angeles Times, August 27, 1905 The Whitmarsh Building was soon home to a ladies' bath: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original Los Angeles Times, September 23, 1906 The Whitmarsh is listed in the 1909 LA City Directory under Furnished Rooms: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original Fold3.com The Rookwood and Whitmarsh on the 1906 Sanborn, with "Sunshine" in between: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original LAPL The Hotel Woodward was built between the Rookwood and Whitmarsh in 1906-7: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original Los Angeles Times, November 12, 1906 The next two photos, seen here before, look NE at 8th and Olive and the Rookwood, Woodward, and Whitmarsh, c. 1910-13: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...9coll65/id/482 http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/484/rec/129 In 1920 the Whitmarsh was known as the Hotel Rex. The Woodward had not yet become the Bristol; you can see rd above the Rex sign in this zoomed version of a previously posted photo: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...2.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/8270/rec/11 I'm sure we've seen this shot before too, but since the building at the SW corner of 8th and Olive has photobombed two of the last three pix, here it is up close in 1927: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067457.jpg William Reagh photographed 8th and Olive in 1979 (The Hotel Woodward had become the Hotel Bristol by 1950): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb2/00017578.jpg Looking NE at 8th and Olive, April 2014; the old Rookwood, now the Olive Hotel, has had entrances on 8th and on Olive sealed up: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original GSV Apr 2014 East side of Olive Street; the Whitmarsh Building's right-of-way and the entrance to the Olive Hotel: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original GSV Apr 2014 The Whitmarsh is now home to the Golden Gopher and the Hotel Lindy: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original GSV Apr 2014 http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original GSV Apr 2014 Getting back to the Whitmarsh/Hotel Lindy's former arches, perhaps they were removed when the now-vacant Garfield Building was built next door? http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original Inlewolf/Found Type -- http://inlewof.blogspot.com/2008_12_01_archive.html And no wonder the Garfield Building is vacant: its lobby has this really boring green and purple marble . . . ho-hum: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...6.jpg~original Gelt Inc. -- http://geltinc.com/blog/2009/05/27/garfield-building/ More on the Garfield Building: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2328 http://bigorangelandmarks.blogspot.c...-building.html Beaudry on the Golden Gopher: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1206 Sopas ej on the Bristol and the Gopher: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1182 er on the Woodward/Bristol: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5489 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5490 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5491 Priors on the Commercial Exchange Building: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11558 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11560 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...saDeRosas1.jpg Google Maps As well as Casa de Rosas, the building is also known as the Sunshine Mission. I found three previous mentions of Casa de Rosas on NLA (all by GW!): http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2102 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5085425&postcount=18090 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=5085425&postcount=18125 Moving to ground level, since the previous posts, it now looks like the building is fenced off and the first floor is boarded up (this image is dated April 2014). Despite this, the paintwork still appears to be in good condition. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...saDeRosas2.jpg GSV The posts above cover a fair bit of the building's history, especially about its use as an early kindergarten/Froebel Institute. The text below is from a book called University Park, Los Angeles: A Brief History by Charles Epting. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...saDeRosas3.jpg books.google.com |
Boy you guys are great, I was just going to ask for some photo history of 8th Street between Olive and Hill to my amazement photos were already post. Many people were happy that the Commercial Ex. was purchased I was aware that the building was altered for street construction I wondered if there were any interior photos? I'm working my way through all the postings, thanks so much for making the site possible.
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On a separate topic, maybe someone can answer a question about Google Street View. It seems that in the new version, the view can only be rotated in 90 degree increments and not set to arbitrary "in-between" angles, like before. Or maybe there's some some hidden way to accomplish this. Does anyone know? Also, has anyone heard anything about when Clifton's Cafeteria might re-open? Wasn't it supposed to be sometime this year? I was able to go inside a year or two ago when they opened the bakery and bar (and let people explore all the public areas) during Art Walk L.A., but not sure if they still do that. Their web site seems to have shrunk since I last saw it, far fewer photos and pages than before. I hope they are still on track. |
Bar hopping downtown in 2014
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A night out slumming in downtown LA? Bring at least $75 per person. Parking, drinks, tips and maybe a discount dinner. [Personally I don't drink anymore or frequent bars, so this does not really impact me. All of that was CBD in another life.] |
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Perhaps the point is that downtown isn't for slumming anymore. And I don't think $75 a night would buy much of a good dinner anywhere in town, unless maybe you don't drink...and that's apart from parking etc A couple of prior (2010) NLA posts: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1182 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1206 |
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Coincidentally I just posted some current shots of the Commercial Exchange area to my Downtown Development thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...=212040&page=4
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Only four and a half miles from LA! http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073955.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073955.jpg |
1925 Ninth and Flower Streets Totally unrecognizable today. (Was Judge Guy Bush retained?)
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