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Mosher
e-r and HossC (and maybe GW) posted about Mosher Tire Service back in late May. I believe e-r's eBay image sported a large watermark. Shorpy's got a nice high-res copy of it up today. And yes, that's the Hotel Dix next door.
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5698/...03ce559a_h.jpgMosher Tire Service, 1534 N. Cahuenga, 1942 http://www.shorpy.com/node/20066?size=_original#caption |
Here's today's installment of Julius Shulman's Bank of America pictures. This one is "Job 1434: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1953", with the bank located at 8946 South Sepulveda Boulevard.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original A close-up shows the USS Portsmouth over the door. It also shows the address, which makes tracking down the location a little easier :). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original This is the view looking north. On the left is the Bobby Thacher School of Dance, while there's all-night bowling across the street. The bowling alley was part of the Paradise Theatre complex which I'll cover below. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Sadly, little/nothing is left of these buildings just north of the bank. I like the "Mile High" ice cream sign on the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The application to erect the bank is dated 05/16/1949. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original The new roof sign (pictured in the Shulman image, above) was added in 1952. Page 2 of the application (not shown here) gives its size as 21'6" x 9'0". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Both from Online Building Records System I believe that this is the original building, and it's still a Bank of America, although I couldn't find the building permit to remove all the visually appealing aspects of its design! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original GSV The left (west) side of Sepulveda has been completely redeveloped, but traces of the Paradise Theatre remain on the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original GSV Here's a better view of the Paradise Building at 9100 S Sepulveda Boulevard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original GSV According to William Gabel at cinematreasures.org: The Paradise Theatre in Westchester was located a few blocks south of the Fox Loyola Theatre. It opened on August 23, 1950 and as well as the theatre, there was a bowling alley and cocktail lounge attached.The site also has some interior and exterior pictures of the Paradise Theatre - they can be found here. There are a couple more pictures of the Paradise Theatre in post #13248 by Flyingwedge. Thanks to tovangar2 for the link. |
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Thank you. I'm really enjoying your Bank of America series. Many branches have introduced me to neighborhoods I had overlooked before. I think this is the first branch we've seen with both the Old English typeface and the ship logo :-) Unfortunately that's a really grim remodel. It was once so crisp and dignified, with the tall windows marching around the corner curve. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Have we seen this image of the LA County Courthouse under construction before? Forgive me if we have, Google Image Search sometimes fails me. This view is from the intersection of Temple and Broadway/Fort: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...04358%2BAM.jpg lapl |
Ghost sign''
Shorpy's got a nice high-res copy of it up today. And yes, that's the Hotel Dix next door.
Any ideas on what the ghost sign says on the side of the Dix Hotel...."(something) Dix Hotel" |
I meant to post this clipping a couple of days ago when I posted the Ventura Boulevard Bank of America pictures. On the same page of the April 24, 1952 edition of The Van Nuys News where I found the chiropractor's advert was this one for Kay's Children's Shop at 6261 Van Nuys Boulevard.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...d.jpg~original www.newspapers.com The name Kay's Children's Shop was familiar from another recent Bank of America post about the branch on Van Nuys Boulevard. In the picture below, also from 1952, a new store at a different address was being advertised. I wonder if this was a new branch or a relocation. Quote:
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/0nXnSr.jpg http://flickrhivemind.net/blackmagic...04/13233179575 I couldn't find a Whiteside Avenue, but here's 4041 Whiteside Street in East Los Angeles. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/c8BKaz.png gsv 'Wilshire Blvd. at Citrus' must have been the location of the dealership. Here's another ad I recently found. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/iXnp9Z.jpg http://mydesertmagazine.com/files/19...38-January.pdf |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/YCeYe2.jpg gsv Up close, there is impressive brick-work, as well as diamonds between the window with initials in them.....J.A.R. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...913/ZkjNWj.jpg detail / gsv In this view, looking from the north, the building is a 'flatiron' shape. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/PEJ9pT.jpg gsv Here's a closer look at the impressive front entrance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/hTTMG9.jpg detail The three streets involved are E. 2nd Street, Alameda Street and Traction Avenue. (see below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/2e4GrK.jpg google_aerial I find it hard to believe that we haven't seen this building on NLA; but I don't recall discussing the 'diamonds' with the J.A.R. initials. ____ 0ne last thing: Here's the brick building and the Neptune building together. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/3wMoJC.jpg google_earth A closer look at the roof of the Neptune building reveals an intricate skylight. I've tried to locate interior photographs of the Neptune but haven't had any luck. skylight detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...905/c0ASrL.jpg I would really like to see this skylight from the inside. I'm hoping the glass isn't tarred over. (I heard that the Little Tokyo Branch Library used to be located in the building) __ |
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Andrew Nicollet at https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater 'Earthquake' set (1974). __ |
Three in a crown.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/4sxLZV.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/rbrUFQ.jpg "Pasadena Flower Show, Horticulture Assoc. October 1932. Peggy Lou Neary, Esther Lambert, Wanda Shepardson." __ |
Angel City Brewery Building 216 Alameda
216 Alameda, now the very trendy Angel City Brewery, was built in 1924 as the John A. Roebling's Sons Company of California wireworks warehouse. (However, Esotouric gives 1913 as the build date. I haven't sorted that out yet.)
Hudson and Munsell were the architects. The company (famous bridge builders) name is on the beer garden side (back) of the building, facing Traction Ave: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-P...63321%2BPM.jpg la weekly <--- info about the mural at the link. I cannot make out what it says over the front door: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-r...62601%2BPM.jpg google maps photos GW took us here before as did Horthos There are masses of pix and articles re the Angel City Brewery building online. It's one of the stalwarts of the Arts District. Esotouric has a good article on the custom Batchelder tile inside the building. Don't miss it (Much as I love the tile, it's the spun-wire, bridge-cable stair railing that knocked me out. Many more photos at Esotouric's flickr page) |
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Using your link, I was thrilled to see the various "J.A.R." references in the interior of the building. esotouric http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/Q0WYve.jpg http://esotouric.com/wireworks/ esotouric http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/FxH1Nz.jpg http://esotouric.com/wireworks/ Be sure to visit Esotouric's website to see the 'bridge-cable'-spun-wire staircase. (that t2 mentioned) http://esotouric.com/wireworks/ __ |
A feast of cold-cuts. 1960s postcard. (it's like a work of art. ;))
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/Gn6rRD.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/9OlR7t.jpg Langer's is still in business at the southeast corner of MacArthur Park (formerly Westlake) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/8hO2vR.jpg gsv __ |
NOIR from atop Los Angeles City Hall, 1958. (so many dark spaces) -I love that.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/tBhvaA.jpg 1958 / eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/DqrgdH.jpg 1958 / eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/BKvOa8.jpg 1958 / ebay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/dHzuwr.jpg 1958 / eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/ZVSVtY.jpg 1958 / eBay such a simpler time. -no banal skyscrapers yet. __ |
John A. Roebling's Sons Company
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N...82206%2BPM.jpg And here's J.A.R. himself, John Augustus Roebling (1806-1869), in case you were wondering: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-T...73539%2BPM.jpg wiki See the Roebling Museum site for info on the family and the company |
A daylight slide (big fins on that car)
1960s (?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/6OYMve.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Cars-Cadilla...item2ee56f8099 What's attached to the top of the streetlight? -an antenna of some sort? __ |
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