"It wasn't as though George Pepperdine wound up on Skid Row; he died at the commodious 1614 Wellington Road."

This is not accurate and would have benefited from further research. My grandfather passed away bankrupt. He was able to stay in this house because he signed ownership over to the university before he declared bankruptcy. If not for that, he and my grandmother would have had to move to another location. Upon my grandmother's death, the university sold the house and auctioned off everything in the house. All the money went to the university.

I smell trouble.

1932 - East Seventh and Santa Fe Ford Pool Hall

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Around the corner,

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With the municipal dump still fresh in our minds, I thought I'd revisit the Blue Diamond Corp. The Blue Diamond Corp seems to have started off as the Blue Diamond Plaster Co at 2200 E 16th. Their entry in the 1917 CD (the first I could find) was only one line, but by 1923 they had become the Blue Diamond Materials Co, Inc with a half-page advert.

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Their first listing at 1650 S Alameda appears in the 1926 CD, and they are first listed as the Blue Diamond Corp in the 1932 CD, but by then they had reverted to single line adverts. The one below is taken from the 1938 CD. They continue to appear in the City Directories until the late 1960s.

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LAPL

The picture below shows an aerial view of Blue Diamond Plaster Company (USC's description), and is dated circa 1930. The large excavations may be why the area was chosen as the site of the municipal dump. Near the center they still had stables, even though USC has several pictures of their heavy duty delivery trucks, some with solid tires. They also had their own Blue Diamond baseball diamond!

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USC Digital Library

The steel plant doesn't appear on the aerial view above, so I tried to figure it out from the 1961 aerial view I posted here. I think it was built behind the general offices on Alameda Street. This one is dated 1931, and is part of a set.

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USC Digital Library

The 1921 Baist map shows the area of the Blue Diamond Corp/municipal dump to be mostly empty, although there are a couple of buildings labeled "Blue Diamond Plaster Co" next to the railroad tracks (that must have been related to the 2200 E 16th Street address).

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Using Google Maps and Historic Aerials I've overlaid the routes of East Washington Boulevard between Alameda and Santa Fe (below). USC has a constuction picture of the first extension of Washington Boulevard here. This picture itself only shows a big trench with a few industrial structures in the background, but the description is quite interesting:

"Looking over the excavation at the end of Washington Street at Alameda which city council paid $75,000 for right of way. Washington street would start in the center of the photo and continue straight over the gully." -- typed noted attached to verso, dated 12 September 1931. "Photo shows the gravel pit on the East Side which the city purchased for $175,000 and apparently cannot use. Diagram shows plans for extension of Washington street between Alameda and Alameda and Santa Fe." -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 18 September 1931. "'Hole-in-the-ground' to cost city still more" -- Examiner clipping attached to verso, dated 5 October 1934.

That seems to date the building of the first extension as 1931, which ties in nicely with e_r's original dump pictures. E Washington was still using the lower route in 1961 (see link to the 1961 aerial, above), but the Historic Aerials image from 1972 shows the current route fully in use (the path of the lower route can still be seen quite clearly). I'm guessing that the current route was built in the late 1960s, which is around the end of the Blue Diamond Corp at that location.

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www.historicmapworks.com

I did a quick search of NLA to check for previous mentions of the Blue Diamond Corp, and found one of my own posts about the Pigeon Hole Garage (the full post is here):

I assume there's no connection between the Blue Diamond Corp and the Blue Diamond Produce Co which I mentioned in post #19843 when I wrote about the Produce Terminal in the Central Manufaturing District.

A post with a then and now view:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17599


Well, it sounds like he didn't wind up on Skid Row, if he was fortunate enough to die in a big house, whoever actually owned it.

Oops! :blush:

I knew I smelled trouble!

He swore he was the only seller of officially licensed Olympic umbrellas

. . . so I left him to watch my car and wallet.

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Not at all...you have great details. Someone else had a post about the Ford pool hall's natural popularity with workers at the Ford assembly plant across the street.... Never easy to find old posts here, with the search tool or on google....

I do not have an answer regarding the tracks other than street cars ran on La Brea through Inglewood near Hollywood Park. Something I was not familiar with is a "viaduct" on San Vicente that crossed over La Brea. When that disappeared is unknown. I am curious if there are any vestiges of the bridgework. Also wondering when La Brea was "straightened." 1313 S La Brea is the most recognizable building that still remains. It is the "triangular shaped rhombus."


If my navigational skills are correct, San Vicente is the straight road and the perspective is easterly.

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1930

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NE "area" of San Vicente and Fairfax intersection. Green Spray Market


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1932 Green Spray Market (Another Green Spray at at 10867 Pico Blvd per CD??)
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A San Vicente RR bridge once spanned Pico too.


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1927

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Genesee and San Vicente
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What makes Gerry run?

1965 - San Vicente and Wilshire, Distance runner Gerry Lindgren works out.
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I never knew about the squigly nature of S La Brea at San Vicente, but Google maps shows the northern portion of the squiggle is still there (note my incredibly steady red line, hand-moused like a surgeon!). Also, this explains the sharp chizzled fascia of the green circled building on the left, as it would have been on the sharp corner of the street north of the crossing.

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(Google Maps - hosted by me)

e_r: Do you maybe have a direct link to this photo? I'd like to get an up-close look at some of the decorative details of the Phillips Block exterior, and maybe get a full-res capture of the whole image, too. Thanks.

San Vicente - La Brea continued.

There seems to have been a natural cleft at the intersection. Any known springs or flowing water in that vicinity? I ask because of another well-commented upon slough at Beverly and Vermont.

1928 or later??
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Here's a current view of the intersection.
NB. I picked the closest view and rotated it by 25 degrees to match the picture above.

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Google Maps

As you can see from the Google image, the Green Spray Market building is still there, although it's lost the fancy details at roof level and the first floor now has solid walls. It's now Shalhevet School.

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Lwize beat me to the Google Maps view of the San Vicente and La Brea intersection. I also looked at Historic Aerials, and can tell you the bridge was there in 1952, but gone by 1972 with the current road layout in place.

Wilshire Tower, another look?

If only things could have remained this way just a little longer, except for that little 'ol Dominguez Building.


1929

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A current view of the intersection.

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Just to the right down S Santa Fe Avenue is Engine Company No. 17 and the Heinz 57 building, as posted by 3940dxer (see here for the full post - it's well worth it).

Since 3940dxer's cycling tour of LA last summer, the old Heinz building has been smartened up and turned into a restaurant called Fifty Seven. The only external signage seems to be this relatively subtle neon lettering on a pillar.

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GW also wrote about these buildings in post #10023.

Even Agent 86 would give a face-palm
 

Thank you both for follow ups.Edit. My history of the area is fuzzy. I have a vague recollection of the Green Spray Market being transformed into a hospital. There were once two hospitals in the area, the Midway Hospital and the Westside Hospital listed at 910 S. Fairfax. Could it have been the Westside that once occupied the Green Spray location?

Roof & Interior of Mary Andrews Clark Residence
 

Hello again NorishLA. It's me Mr.Swink. I am back with a new handle because for 6 months I have tried to gain access to my old account to no avail. So I created this new one. It's good to be back.

But I was on a location scout for a TV show last year and took these pictures inside the Mary Andrews Clark Residence at Loma and 3rd Street.

All photos property of me.

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Fantastic shots, Mr Swink, and welcome back.


As for Walter Wanger shooting Jennings Lang in the balls and in the process pretty much killing Joan Bennett's career...


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Cheap Eats
 

The Midway Hospital is still at 5925 San Vicente, although it's now the Olympia Medical Center. It's a couple of blocks east of the Shalhevet School.

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According to an article on subacute.com, "Midway Hospital Medical Center has been providing medical care to its community since 1947." The site also has the picture below, complete with the "Midway Hospital Medical Center" sign.

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