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9.24.2015 https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...81&oe=569A66AD Photo by me I thought I'd pull back and show the building in its contemporary context. https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphoto...5f&oe=569F7DF1 The building was divided in half on the inside, with the Starbucks occupying the front half and the B of A occupying the back half. Separate entrances for both of them. I say this because in South Pasadena, there was a combination Wells Fargo and Starbucks, with no divider. It's like you can see a bank teller and then walk across and order a Starbucks. I stopped banking at Wells Fargo around 9 or 10 years ago, so I don't go there anymore, but I believe that since then, they've divided the Starbucks from the Wells Fargo. |
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...................................................................................... Back on the 1400 block of W Adams e_r, next door to that pretty A.M.E. church you just showed us, is a reused, free-standing blade sign. I'm often fond of reused signs. Drilled for long-missing neon, it's now crammed with painted lettering on a mysterious shape: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O...3%252520PM.jpg gsv It reminded me a little of the Gilbert Hotel blade sign on Wilcox in Hollywood. It originally (and somewhat perplexingly) said "Drive-In Hotel". Now it's just got strange spacing: Quote:
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Thank you so much for your excursion to the Bank of America on Colorado Boulevard, sopas ej. I wasn't expecting you to go so quickly!
Today's Julius Shulman post is coming straight outta Compton, although the photos date from at least a decade before any members of N.W.A were born. Here's "Job 1031: Bank of America (Compton, Calif.),1951", showing the Bank of America on the corner of Compton Bouelvard and Tamarind Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original On the far side of the bank, it looks like the stores were competing for the tallest blade sign. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Here's a close-up of the stores on the right. Security First National Bank also had an attractive building. Next to that was Florsheim Shoes and Nygard's gift and toy store. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Here's the view looking the other way. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original I'm guessing that the car with the great roof rack belongs to the guy up the ladder. The stores here are Senit's (? apparel and accessories), Kirby's Shoes and Hart's Jewelers. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute This area has been drastically changed since 1951, and none of the buildings in the Shulman photos are still standing. So, with an absence of meaningful "now" pictures, I decided to show the changes with some aerial shots. Here's how the area looked in 1953, just two years after the pictures above. Notice that the buildings to the south of Compton Boulevard backed onto the slightly angled Palm Street. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Historic Aerials Everything stayed much the same for about 20 years. The 1972 image shows the area between W Compton Boulevard and W Palm Street cleared, and the Compton Library under construction. The east section of Palm Street can still be seen on the 1980 image (below), but the first part of the west section has been wiped out by a new plaza between the library and the new courthouse (W Palm Street continues out-of-shot to the left). The area south of E Palm Street has been cleared of everything except a parking lot. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original Historic Aerials The area from the Shulman pictures now looks like this. Although the street below Compton Boulevard is still named E Palm Street, it is now further south. A sign at the intersection of Compton and Tamarind calls it "Compton Town Center". Personally, I think it looked more like a town center in 1951! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original Google Maps Although it's not visible in the Shulman photos, there is a survivor from that era. On the corner of Compton Boulevard and Willowbrook Avenue is the 1935 Compton Post Office. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original Charles Swaney/livingnewdeal.org |
:previous: The aerials are striking. What a loss.
That stretch of E. Compton Blvd. was so tightly packed with buildings, and know it's mostly parking lots with a few buildings scattered here and there. So sad. |
I happened across this interesting building while snooping around in the google-mobile.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/BW6muY.jpg At first I thought it was an old hotel, something akin to the Mount Washington Hotel (which I believe is still standing), or perhaps a convalescent hospital. street address #234 (look at that old front door) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...661/HmVh3G.jpg And here's a wider view... that shows what I presume is a later addition on the right side. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/QH6ysE.jpg gsv Well, now I know what it is at least; the dark banner hanging on the building says it is the Los Angeles Leadership Academy. :previous: It makes me wonder if it started out as an academy? or was it something before? __ I also bet this has been used as a movie location a time or two. -the palms out front are icing on the ice. * I just noticed these old steps out back. (they seem to run into a retaining wall now) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/OCdz8L.jpg gsv |
I don't remember seeing this stunning night-time view of CBS Columbia Center.
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I was scared to death of them as a child. (not an understatement) They were at the exits of a swimming beach my family visited each summer in Indiana. When it was time to leave, I'd close my eyes and my Dad would carry me through. I can still hear the clankity-clank sound it made. *I just gave myself goose-bumps. |
"Looking north on Figueroa, 1967."
I've never noticed the A-Frame before. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...912/PilNPQ.jpg eBay It seems out-of-place in relation to it's surroundings; but the mere size of it makes it impressive. (it's as tall as that three story building across the street) I'm not sure of it's purpose. -my best guess is that it's an automobile showroom. __ |
Local news is reporting that the reproduction Pacific Electric Red Cars in San Pedro will stop running after this weekend, due to an upcoming construction project. They may return in 18 months to two years...or they may not return at all. Last chance to ride them, if you're in the area.
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hmmm.....I don't believe I've heard the term "Airport Trailer Park" before.
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