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LAFD Station 50
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Fire Station 50 1524 Winfield Place (Winfield changed to W. 11th Pl.) Station is long gone. Station Closed in 1950. Reopened in 1958 at 3036 Fletcher Dr in Glassell Park, just east of the recently discussed Van de Kamps Bakery. The Engine is a 1938 American La France Pumper. Constructed in Elmira NY. Sad to say that ALF closed their doors for good on January 17th of last year, after having roots that go back 175 years. Hope that helps, Casey |
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Thanks for the information on LAFD station #50 C. King.
__ I came across this mid-sized apparatus last night on ebay. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/5Lqe12.jpg The sellers description is thus = "Los Angeles County Crown Firecoach Engine Apparatus Madderom." __ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/AETiL6.png GSV I wonder what the statue/weathervane is on top? It looks like an Indian holding a scalp. __ EDIT: I think it might be Bugs Bunny. lol http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/FjTgK6.png detail/GSV __ |
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It is Bugs Bunny, and in full color too! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ugsBunnyWB.jpg ltenney1225 on flickr |
Here's an excellent view of Alameda and Main Streets in 1955.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/KkRVEb.jpg ebay Halfway down the block is the Italian Hall which still stands at Main Street and E. Cesar E. Chavez Avenue The other buildings in the center of the photograph (and on this side of the Italian Hall) have been wiped out by a Chevron Station. I believe the sign on the building (above the street-car) says Union Hotel and Apts. Does anyone know some history on the building on the corner (in the center) where Alameda & Main meet? __ Here's the scene today. That whole triangle wiped out. :( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/PKFKqB.png GSV __ |
Tetsu, I looked down Ave. 34 between the old Repossessed Furniture and Basta's Market buildings.
view from Eagle Rock Blvd. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/3RpkhI.png I noticed an interesting blade sign in the shape of an arrow. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/LuktV1.png GSV detail It's a pretty cool vintage sign, and I imagine it used to have neon. It would be great to... #1 steal it (I'm kidding), #2 refurbish it and replace the original neon, #3 hang it in my loft (if I had a loft ;)) __ |
Stylish Mother and child on the grounds of the Ambassador Hotel, Los Angeles.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/uv6tM6.jpg old file of mine / possibly ebay __ |
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:previous: I had no idea! I thought that place was vacant. -actually I thought the whole street was vacant.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/911/axwkp2.png GSV __ |
Wig-Wag, I found another photograph of that protester beetle.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/48QXM1.jpg ebay :previous: I searched for this corner on GSV, but couldn't find where Maple intersects with 7th Street. I'm not sure what I was doing wrong I wanted to see if the building that housed Charlie's (and furnished rooms upstairs) was still standing. It looks especially L.A. 'noirish' in this photograph. The first photograph of the beetle I posted actually has Wig_Wag in it. See it here. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=25155 __ *Jack, I re-visited ebay to get the link to the photo in case you wanted to buy it, but I couldn't located it. I'm pretty sure it had 4 days left on the auction. __ |
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This is the intersection where Charlie's 10 and 15 once stood at 239 E 7th Street. I think it's the same building, although it's been modified. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LA7thMaple.jpg GSV You were right about the eBay listing, e_r. There's still just over four days left. The current bidding is at $6: Los Angeles MTA VW "Bug" Protest Car ahead of 3094 PCC orig 620 Rect.B&W neg |
LATL 5 Line Supplementary Location ID
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ebay As noted in HossC's post, this is the end of the Los Angeles Transit Lines No.5 line at Colorado and Eaglerock Boulevards after it was cut back from Colorado and Townsend on April 18, 1948. The building to what is now front of the streetcar (note the door open to the safety island and trailing trolley pole) is still with us today and stands one half block down at the intersection of Eaglerock and Merton. http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps0f5743bf.jpg "Remnants of the 5 Line are captured in this image dated June 15, 1948, at Townsend Avenue as part of the Los Angeles Transit Lines' abandonment." http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...ps86224ab0.jpg This view shows the removal of the tracks at Colorado and Townsend after the the line was cut back to Colorado and Eagle Rock Boulevards on April 18, 1948. The view looks east on Colorado boulevard. Note the California Hwy 134 sign on the pole to the extreme right. The 5 Line was converted to buses on May 21, 1955. Cheers, Jack |
Car identification question
Hello to all the car experts here, I was wondering if you might have a guesstimate for the model year of the following:
http://i.imgur.com/UmK3NdN.jpg ...with many apologies for the pixellation. I am (with some help from HossC) trying to locate one of e_r's Yellow Cars from a few pages ago. I am not happy with my original suggestion, and knowing the date (or at least a lower limit for the date) would help my searches through the CDs. Thanks in advance! |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LABigCity.jpg MGM Home Video On a sad note, one of the stars of 'Big City', Luise Rainer, died just over two weeks ago (12/30/14). She was 104! |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psebd5a1cf.jpg Google img. |
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Probably just one of those things they thought no one would really notice, although the Hollywood Broadway sign isn't lit, as HossC pointed out. It's a fast moving chase scene. Maybe they had some kind of Hollywood stores in New York like we have New York Deli's and the like. I was watching Cagney & Lacy once (set in New York) and a bus came by on the scene that advertised it going to "Los Angeles Street." Quite a journey! |
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http://i969.photobucket.com/albums/a...re/lacfs38.jpg photo by me The Firecoach was a victim of Crown's own doing. They were so well built, they hardly ever broke down. Crown Coach closed its doors in the mid 80's. Crown also built the iconic Crown school buses on the west coast as well. They were located southeast of downtown LA. Well known photographer in the firebuffing world, Madderom refers to Chuck Madderom. |
:previous: -thanks for the interesting information C. King. That's quite a forlorn looking station.
__ After a rudimentary search on NLA, I don't believe we've seen this map before. Prudent Beaudry's 1868 map showcasing five different tracts of land, all owned by Mr. Beaudry. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/0N3EAg.jpg http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/c...udrys-1868-la/ In an accompanying article, titled "L.A.'s Two Lost Hilltop Gardens", Beaudry's two parks are discussed. (with many details I wasn't aware of) http://www.kcet.org/updaily/socal_fo...s-gardens.html "To advertise the potential of his hilltop tracts, in early 1870s Prudence Beaudry transformed two barren knolls into Bellevue Terrace and Beaudry Park, Edenic landscapes that, though privately owned, welcomed the public to visit." "Vistas were certainly the highlight of Bellevue Terrace. Perched atop a 70 foot hill that no longer exists (it's the site of the Central Library today), this 6.5 acre garden overlooked the growing city below and the pastoral countryside beyond. Clear days offered glimpses of the Pacific. But there were spectacles inside the garden too. High-pressure hoses cast water high into the air -"a refreshing sight" in the words of Los Angeles Herald scribe. And within the garden's eucalypus-lined perimeter, a grove of some 500 fruit-bearing orange and lime trees stood in an orderly grid. The Austrian prince and naturalist Ludwig Salvador visited in 1876 and left thoroughly enchanted, describing Bellevue Terrace as "a perfect jewel." "Further west was Beaudry Park. The 8-acre private reserve rose above the canyon that today carries Sunset Boulevard between the city's downtown and Echo Park districts. Here Beaudry's landscape gardener, Francis Tamiet, planted a veritable forest of fruit and ornamental trees: 475 oranges, 2,600 Mexican limes, 1,200 gums, 1,000 cypresses, and 100 Monterey pines." "Bellevue Terrace and Beaudry Park might have become crown jewels of Los Angeles' parks system, but Los Angeles in the 1870s possessed only the rudiments of an organized public parks movement. Ultimately, Beaudry placed his two gardens on the market soon after he liquidated the surrounding real estate tracts. In 1881 the state purchased Belleview Terrace for the site of the California State Normal School, a teaching college that eventually became UCLA. When the Los Angeles Central Library replaced the college in 1926, construction crews graded the hill out of existence." "Beaudry Park, meanwhile, was purchased in 1883 by the Sisters of Charity. On that site (now occupied by the Elysium apartment building and Holy Hill Community Church) the sisters placed their new infirmary, repurposing Beaudry's fruit trees and cypresses into a soothing backdrop for their patients." below is a view of Beaudry Park. (circular...at the bottom. -if you look closely, it's labeled as Park) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...537/A5bjsy.png http://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364l.pm000260/ Bellevue Terrace is visible in the map at the top. __ |
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