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If you're looking for more historic clocks, there's a recently restored one in downtown Fullerton on Harbor Bl. in front of an old jewelry store. I'd attach a photo but I still can't figure out how :(.
And here's my two cent's worth on the L.A./non-L.A. issue. First of all, most of the pictures here are of buildings that are no longer around, so really, what's the point of arguing about things that don't exist? And of the buildings that still exist, the vast majority have been bowdlerized, like the old Art Deco DWP office-cum-restaurant, with that god-awful brown stucco overlay. I enjoy NLA because of the idea it represents, which is an appreciation for the architecture and style of a bygone L.A. But the sad fact it is bygone, for better or worse, depending on your point of view. An idea isn't really limited by geography, and if showing a photo from somewhere else helps put an historic L.A. building in a more meaningful context, so much the better. Besides, if there's one thing we can all agree on about L.A., it's that its had an affect far beyond its city limits. Not too many other cities have pulled off stealing water from a river 300 miles away, pumping it over a mountain range, and then celebrating it the way Mullholland did! Personally, I'm much more a fan of Greene & Greene and of Art Deco than I am of most modern design, but that doesn't mean I can't appreciate a well-executed piece of modern construction. Maybe it can be the same with photos of other places--as long they're consistent with ER's vision for NLA, there should be room for branching out a bit. Just my opinion.... |
A few days ago I asked a question about Google Street View but it appeared at the bottom of page and maybe went un-noticed, so I'd like to try again. It seems that currently, 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?
Regarding for the LA-centric question that arose, my own preference is that photos and text stay fairly tightly focused on L.A. Someone mentioned a "two hour rule" and that seems about right to me. If it's 2 hours away from L.A., it's not L.A. any more. I also wish that folks here would avoid re-posting large groups of photos when quoting other replies. And it would be nice if people would censor themselves a bit and keep personal squabbles and digs at other posters off the thread. I don't think anyone really wants to see that here. |
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http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...pse0f81524.jpg I didn't think the room would be recognizable but it was pretty obvious when I found the gym. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psde10e301.jpg Great space with big arched windows overlooking the park on the wall to the left of the photographer of the vintage photo. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...ps00f8de43.jpg It's been reconfigured a bit, I think - as I'm not sure how the walls jibe with where I was standing. Behind me is a glassed-in desk like a roller rink and next to that is a hallway so it's pretty different from the wall of windows in the old picture. Or it's an adjacent room with the same ceiling that I couldn't access but I doubt there was enough room for that in there. http://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g1...psa6ef7b9f.jpg All photos by me Excuse some of the image quality as I'm always playing with old film and older cameras. I have so many of these from around town on my Flickr page and waiting to be developed - if people are interested, I can post more. This thread is totally invaluable for subject matter while I fumble with vintage cameras. Obscure landmarks and idiosyncratic mechanisms are a fun combination. I'm amazed I get anything back sometimes. :uhh: https://www.flickr.com/photos/30811353@N04/ |
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I see that the new version of Google Maps has a handy feature that lets you view historic Street View images, but overall I still don't like it. I've done a bit of Googling, and couldn't immediately find anyone with a similar problem, although I did find that Google seem to be restricting me to what they call "Lite Mode" in the new maps because I'm still using Windows Vista. I also came across several comments suggesting that Google had removed useful features and were pushing users towards Chrome to get the most out of the new maps. You don't list your operating system, browser etc. - that may narrow down the causes of the behavior you're experiencing. In the meantime, if you want to return to the old version of Google Maps (which I still use):
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Every thing in perspective. :):shhh::dancing: http://www.thisismarilyn.com/artwork...s-original.jpghttp://www.thisismarilyn.com/artwork...s-original.jpg "It's all Freeway-Close!" http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI...29R-177995.jpghttp://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI...29R-177995.jpg Great post BifRayRock! Cheers, Jack |
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I did not think I had a clock agenda, but maybe there is a multi-step program someone can recommend. FWIW, these were fixtures at many train depots. The City of Orange has one near the Santa Fe Depot 475 W. Chapman Ave.. Possibly far afield, Tehachapi has/d one too, as does Claremont. Hard to tell what is duplication rather than "McCoy" (or is it Memorex?) They seem to add the same sort of charm or ambiance that Disney sought to create or recreate. Just as with this group's quest to locate a certain palm tree, I have to wonder what happened to "Jumbo," the Montgomery Bros. Clock. Per the long distance photo GW posted earlier, its size alone would have made it a newsworthy landmark. Of course, that is not so surprising considering the short memory we have for other strange landmarks, e.g., Reddi-Whip. Maybe it fell over shortly after it was installed, or it never told accurate time, or it was melted to make Leach automobiles for a non-existent war effort. Given LA'ers penchant for moving large structures, maybe it still exists in some other non-LA venue. :shrug: The tower clock pictured next to the Van Nuys building in 1967 :previous: suggests that similar decorations were elsewhere in the city but taken for granted as pedestrian traffic impediments. Now that there are far fewer surviving examples, not unlike old ornate penny-scales often pictured outside of drug stores and five-globe street lights, they are revered. (I would like to have one but the kitchen has too few electrical outlets! :koko:) Orange http://img.groundspeak.com/waymarkin...b39cbaeaca.JPGhttp://img.groundspeak.com/waymarkin...b39cbaeaca.JPG Tehachapi - https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1355/1...829a35eb_m.jpghttps://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1355/1...829a35eb_m.jpg Claremont - https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...eaFRDnwSaqPZnQhttps://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...eaFRDnwSaqPZnQ As non-LA as it may seem, I vaguely recall clocks at Universal City's Victoria Station Restaurant. I can't say if they were free standing though. http://www.cardcow.com/images/set444/card00149_fr.jpghttp://www.cardcow.com/images/set444/card00149_fr.jpg |
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I can't find it, but I spent awhile just now looking for a photo I had seen when the L.A. Times had a photobook out on news stands right after the 1994 earthquake. There was one photo in the book showing an empty freeway with the sign "Welcome to Los Angeles" and underneath it someone had added: "Some Assembly Required." |
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I love your idea of using vintage (film) cameras to chronicle old landmarks of L.A. I checked out your flickr page and was floored with how many excellent and diverse images you have created. What a treat! This old rooftop sign caught my eye. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/388fc7.jpg Sonny_LA at https://www.flickr.com/photos/308113...n/photostream/ After a google search or two I discovered this is the old Don Hotel in the south bay harbor district of Wilmington. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/539/ae4307.jpg http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history...the-don-hotel/ The Don Hotel opened on July 2, 1929. It's name came from Los Angeles investor Don Hundredmark, the hotel's owner. The Wilmington construction firm of A.M. McLellan began building the hotel on Dec. 26, 1928. The four-story brick structure had 135 rooms, each with a private bath, as well as a spacious lobby, a large basement ballroom, a cafe and several stores. Hundredmark intended for the hotel to cater to tourists going to and from Catalina Island on such ships as the S.S. Catalina, that had begun ferrying passengers to Catalina from it's Catalina Terminal at Banning's Landing in Wilmington. During the hotel's heyday in the 1930s, publishing magnate William Randolph Heart had his own suite reserved, and crooner Bing Crosby was a frequent guest. In addition to Catalina tourists, the Don also drew guests whose yachts were docked in Wilmington harbor at the foot of Avalon Blvd. Today the Don Hotel is the Don Senior Apartments. The venerable Don Hotel sign atop the building's roof was taken down, and a restored sign with the same lettering that reads just "The Don" was erected in it's place in 2000. Here's the building today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/904/e83c37.jpg http://preservation.lacity.org/don-h...929-wilmington __ all Don Hotel info. from http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history...the-don-hotel/ Again, thanks Sonny_LA. Your photographs are an inspiration. Please feel free to share more of them with us here at NLA. :) |
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I am NOT seeking to expand the already-broad subject matter of this thread. Hard to have a "relaxed" discussion of geographical limitations without considering both structures and the people who built and inhabited them. Even chronological limitations would be daunting for so broad an audience. LA's so-called Fantasy Factories and their product make the subject more of an "ethereal" state of mind than easily understood "reality." Hollywood's perennial Goodwill Ambassador, Bob Leslie Hope, among others, was known for bringing a touch of "home" to many non-LA outposts. Like it or not, this too, is part of LA even the LA noir. Apropo of Martin's "some assembly required" observation, the common, ever-expanding city-limits gag, depicted above, may have been in one or two of the Hope-Crosby road pictures or some other Hollywood comedic efforts. A tip of the hat to Mulholland and his cohorts? Also reminded of the iconic New Yorker cover depicting a view from 9th Avenue. (Sorry) It does mention LA, in a small way.:frog: I'd bet more than a few NLA'ers share a not-dissimilar view from PCH. All in all, I think the thread is fine just the way it is. To borrow from HossC and Martha Stewart, occasionally, going off the beaten path can be a good thing, just be careful to avoid the occasional poison ivy. http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0327715a_j.jpghttp://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0327715a_j.jpg http://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/ww2...hope-cover.jpghttp://library.umkc.edu/spec-col/ww2...hope-cover.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RjrUpfFeEr...%2BColonna.jpghttps://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...w7Q5vyJ7nsZsi9 Quote:
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Interesting address. Currently a nondescript Mini Mall. Not sure how it originally may have looked. It was once host to the "Executive Room," pictured below from the late '70s. Billie Joel might be familiar with it. ;) http://www.popspotsnyc.com/billy_joel_piano_man/ http://www.popspotsnyc.com/billy_joe...nne_Laskey.jpghttp://www.popspotsnyc.com/billy_joe...nne_Laskey.jpg |
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A 'western' rehearsal at the Hollywood Bowl in the 1950s.
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Ham and Eggs Incorporated at 3953 Wilshire Boulevard, seen here in a circa 1937 photograph by Herman Schultheis. They even had the chicken chasing the pig on the sign. It looks like the same building as the Executive Room posted by Godzilla. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...HamAndEggs.jpg LAPL The building can be seen on the left of this 1936 shot of Perino's. Morgan at 3951 Wilshire was a florist. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LAPerinos2.jpg USC Digital Library |
:previous: Great additional information on Ham & Eggs Incorporated Godzilla and HossC.
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