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:previous: I really like the exterior of this building Hoss. It's hard to believe it's a dreaded DMV.
Here's a color photograph of the Carl Maston designed Dept. of Motor Vehicles from the USC archives. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/gFU4UA.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...9coll31/id/500 :previous: That looks like my car when I first moved to Los Angeles in 1983. (but mine was a Mach I) |
Hoss, thanks for answering my question about the building on the narrow slit of land.
1948 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/DVBUYx.jpg detail 1936 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/xDG1yK.jpg posted by HossC / detail I was surprised to see that there was a building behind it. (green arrow) -no doubt an additional rental for extra income.(looks like it's placed sideways on the lot) That foundation (blue X) makes me wonder what used to be there. (that's me, always wonderin' ;)) as you noted, the shorter building next door was torn down by 1948 . __ |
re: Flyingwedge's post on the 1st English Lutheran Church.
There's something especially pleasing about this church. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/wewq3p.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00075/00075341.jpg Here's another view of it's neighbor, the Abbotsford (no doubt already seen on NLA). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/B84yse.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00081/00081400.jpg It looks so massively square (well, rectangular). It makes me wonder if the Abbotsford had a atrium or light-well. -the back is also a solid rear wall (see the top pic) __ |
'mystery' railway crossing.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/wpvhb3.jpg old file :previous: Everything looks so pristine and clean....there's not a speck of litter.........it's almost surreal. -note the interesting building in the distance (maybe a electrical substation?) & I really like that truck. __ EDIT: Hoss found the original source of this fine photograph. http://www.pacificelectric.org/los-a...virgil-avenue/ __ |
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I had this one labeled... "bad fence, litter" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/cnFRLf.jpg old file/probably ebay __ |
More Abbotsford Inn + NW corner of Fifth and Olive
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original fold3.com Here is the Los Angeles College building after it had been remodeled as the Abbotsford Inn: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...v.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla.../laviews%3A585 Rev. D. W. Hanna's Los Angeles College had previously been at the NW corner of Fifth and Olive: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...u.jpg~original August 15, 1886, Los Angeles Herald @ LOC -- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...15/ed-1/seq-5/ This undated view gives a nice look at that building at the NW corner of Fifth (on the left) and Olive (on the right): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...c.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla.../laviews%3A988 This photo, dated 1885, looks NW across the future Pershing Square at the building at the NW corner of Fifth and Olive, mislabeled as Hazard's Pavilion (1887), which was on the NE corner of Fifth and Olive. In the background on the hill is Grand Avenue. On the west side of Grand, above the Los Angeles College building's tower, there is an undulating retaining wall: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...v.jpg~original UCLA -- https://dl.library.ucla.edu/islandor.../laviews%3A561 (There is a reference to the mislabeled Hazard's Pavilion building being the "old Sentous Hotel," but I don't know anything about that.) That same wall was still there in 1911/12 when this photo was taken: Quote:
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This is on the LATL H-Line Private Right of Way between 1st., and 2nd., Streets at Virgil, Avenue. Check out the ACME traffic signal at the far right that was used to protect the crossing.
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If you'll all indulge me in a brief aside...
This reminds me of something I've never been able to figure out. The boys did another sudscentric two-reeler towards the end of 1945 Beer Barrel Polecats; it must have been one of last of the Curley Howard shorts. The Wiki article says it was set during Prohibition, as the Stooges do get busted and jailed for illegally manufacturing and selling beer. However, if you watch carefully you'll see that it seems beer is unavailable for some other reason than Prohibition. Early in the film we see that they've been looking all over town for beer, including one or two cocktail lounges where they presumably could have had some other kind of alcohol. "No beer!", they complain to one another as they leave the bar. Besides, considering that in Three Little Beers Prohibition seems already to have become blissfully forgotten by 1935, why would the Stooges do a Prohibition-themed film in late 1945, nearly a dozen years after Repeal? Generally the writers aimed for some degree of topicality, alluding either recent news items or popular media of the day like other films and radio programs.
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Here's a view from 1st and Westmoreland (or Madison)... https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7765/...eebae105_b.jpgNeilsen's Super Service, 3436 W. 1st Street, 1928 Well, a couple of things about this nice little service station on 1st Street. First the address is 3436 W. 1st Street which, on a modern map, places it on the SW corner of 1st and S. Madison Avenue but that street sign over there on the right reads 'S. Westmoreland' which is a block farther east than Madison Avenue. This must be because of the significant street realignments and extensions (and likely address reassignments) which took place in the area because of the ongoing reclamation of Bimini Slough and the unstable ground. And secondly, over the top of Mr. Neilsen's Super Service we can see the back of the roof sign for the Belmont Theater at 126 S. Vermont Avenue. In 1928 this would still be the original much more ornate sign. USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 And a close-up... https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/...cee105e0_b.jpgThe Belmont Theater, 126 S. Vermont Avenue, 1926 Here's the Belmont Theater in 1926 with the original, more ornate roof sign. A veritable beacon. LAPL The later sign... https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2943/...fe4a0a07_b.jpgThe Belmont Theater, 126 S. Vermont Avenue, 1942 The Belmont Theater in 1942 just about it's peak in popularity with the somewhat simplified roof sign. Notice the billboard for Bimini Baths which are about one block to the south (right) and a block east (behind the theater. Also the Palomar Ballroom is out-of-frame to the right. Primarily because of the Bimini Bath house and free public swimming, the Bimini Slough area had become a sort of entertainment mecca. LAPL |
MR, was the Belmont sign simplified as a wartime austerity measure to conserve electricity? It must have been spectacular in its original form.
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original USC Digital Library And here's a color view of the interior. I liked this particular shot because of the child hiding out under the counter :). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original USC Digital Library |
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I love this picture of the boy and (I'm assuming) his Dad. You can almost hear that conversation! Great for a caption contest! |
Hope there's room for some levity, I'm in a silly mood.
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Oh...this building used to be part of the airport? ___ Quote:
That Turn in Your Rubber sign conjures up a few thoughts and images. |
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I may have posed a similar question before about the visceral aspects of this traveling, but when seeing a photo like this I often wonder, if you were an inhabitant of a house or an apartment that was next to one of these right of way lines, how much noise did these cars make when passing by your abodes? (When this car approached this crossing, for example, was there a bell rung?) Were there any smells associated with them? Also, did they have specific schedules for stops or was it just known they came by at certain times, like every 15-20 minutes or something? Did any lines run all night? If not, how late did they run? I don't think I've seen any timetables posted before. I've seen route maps, but I don't recall timetables. Thanks! |
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What's the old Pete Seeger song "little boxes made of ticky-tacky" "and they all look just the same" ? The only difference here is that they are not on a hillside. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Online Building Records During the 1920s (i.e. before the current building was constructed), 1807½ Glendale Boulevard was home to a real estate agent named William H Babb. The clipping below is from the 1922 CD. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original LAPL |
Here are Julius Shulman's pictures of the IBM building at 3424 Wilshire Boulevard. This is "Job 2797: Charles Luckman Associates, International Business Machines Corporation Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1959".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original This is the view looking north from the parking lot. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original I'm guessing that this shot was taken from the front of the Chapman Park Hotel. The roof sign in the background on the right belongs to the Embassy Apartments. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I think I can see a sign for the Chapman Park Hotel reflected in the windows. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original A look along Wilshire. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original The last image is a little more abstract. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The building still looks much the same, except that the corner steps have been filled in. I think I went back to 2014 to get this view with the sun on the correct side. On the left is the old pylon from the Ambassador Hotel. The sign on the Embassy Apartments is currently missing an "s". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original GSV |
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