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I was hoping the vintage building was still standing, hidden behind this cheesy post-modern bank facade. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/UmamNV.jpg detail Are we certain this isn't a renovation of the older building? (maybe I missed that post) |
"1957 Original Slide Los Angeles Police Administration Building" (later the Parker Center)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/0l7sfg.jpg eBay Groundbreaking for the Center occurred on December 30, 1952, and construction was completed in 1955. The architect was Welton Becket. The building combined police facilities that had been located throughout the Civic Center area. The location was previously home to the Olympic Hotel. The building was a state of the art facility, and the envy of other police departments across the nation. So great was the demand for public tours that the Department assigned policewomen full-time for the first year to give tours several times a day. It was later renamed in honor of Chief William H. Parker, who died in office on July 16, 1966 from a heart attack. Chief since 1950, he helped establish the LAPD’s reputation as a world leader in law enforcement." The building was closed in 2013. https://jesswaid.com/tag/los-angeles/ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/YcmwM9.jpg https://jesswaid.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/15webb.jpg I spy a familiar face:previous: _ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library So much of this area has been wiped out, but we have a couple of survivors at Toluca and Colton Streets. NB. This is a combination of four screengrabs. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library Here they are today. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV The lot opposite the buildings above was empty in 1963, and still is. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original USC Digital Library The house next to the empty lot, however, appears to be another survivor. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
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Have we talked about this large greenish apartment building on NLA? It looks familiar, but i can't recall the name. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/8uycfC.jpg the camera pans right and shows this next door neighbor. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/U6ZPmJ.jpg and later in the video, we see the same apartment from a different angle. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/06ADwt.jpg Abie's Place would be just ahead and on the left. I believe that's the Dept. of Water & Power bldg. under construction at upper right:previous:. So is this the apartment building? (circled below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/NrVOqk.jpg W & P http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...+)_8_of_8.html |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s...0%2BPM.bmp.jpgGSV The Ruddys' "Mission cottage" was bought by Hugh Bryson in late 1911 to be replaced by his fabled eponymous apartments; Bryson sold the house to a haberdasher who moved it to 222 South Gramercy Place by the next summer. It's still there, and, as you can see, looking very good. My story on the house is here: http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html |
Since the Chapman Park Hotel is one of out favorite places to visit on NLA, I thought I'd give you a heads up on this skeleton* key that's currently on eBay.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/TGYRt7.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Collectible-...kAAOSwnNBXTxFo So how do you tell when a key is a skeleton key.....(isn't 330 the room number?) *the seller is the one that says this is a skeleton key. _ |
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Following on from my Julius Shulman Plaza West Covina post, here is how the mall evolved. The first aerial view shows the area as fields in 1952.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Historic Aerials The first stores were in an L-shape set at 45 degrees, roughly following the lines of the fields. This image is from 1964. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Historic Aerials The Wikipedia entry for Plaza West Covina says "West Covina Plaza, an open-air strip shopping complex, opened in 1962, anchored by The Broadway and Desmond's, a specialty retailer." However, the picture below is dated by its source as 1958. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original westcovinalapuentebaldwinpark.blogspot.com The same site also has this ground level shot just dated as 1950s. Is that a searchlight on the right? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original westcovinalapuentebaldwinpark.blogspot.com/Clifford O'Brien Returning to the Wikipedia page, "The complex [above] was demolished in 1974, leaving The Broadway and Desmond's intact. These were worked into an enclosed complex known as West Covina Fashion Plaza, which opened in 1975." This 1980 view shows the eastern arm of the original mall standing beside the new building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original Historic Aerials The eastern section was eventually replaced - "In 1991, the official name of the shopping venue was changed to Plaza At West Covina. 1992-1993, a new wing anchored by Robinsons-May was constructed east of the Bullock's store." The 1995 image below is very close to the current layout. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Historic Aerials |
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On the map below, the little stubby street just east of Lookout Point Park is 35th Street: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original Googlemap I think the vintage photo shows a seam in the concrete rather than a rail, but the base for the old observation platform is still there, as is the fine view of LA Harbor: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original Feb 2015 GSV # # # P.S. Great job finding where 2711 Wilshire ended up, GW! |
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Here's a reminder of the empty lot I'm talking about. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/IiHNJG.jpg :previous:Thanks for this FW. Kinda' fun that the circular platform is still there. I had to take a look for myself and found a similar circular area. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/hiUoi7.jpg google_aerial I had to snicker when I saw this tiny little viewing platform raised about 2 feet. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/isTxT0.jpg gsv Then I noticed the round metal area is the same as the one in the middle of the old telescope platform. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/g6HWNm.jpg gsv Now I'm thinking these might be old gun mounts. Does anyone know, were there ever guns at this overlook area? __ *I just found this 1937 aerial that shows the area in question. (just above the word 'Merriam) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/PieoWp.jpg http://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_MacArthur close-up http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/yiPa0T.jpg ...but it doesn't give me any answers. In fact it leads to more questions. In this view there are six objects. Are these cars...or something else? __ |
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Nothing there in 1909 either: http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...pssn57spku.jpg Library of Congress Panoramic Maps Collection https://www.loc.gov/resource/g4364l.pm000290/ |
...while we're in the San Pedro/Point Fermin area
Just south of the Gaffey Street overlook area is this fine looking apartment building. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/gdezf2.jpg gsv It also appears in the 1937 aerial. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/Phamos.jpg Here's a couple more views (this is the corner of Gaffey and 36th Street) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/b3Jqrd.jpg along Gaffey street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/igdsoY.jpg detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/MAIIFI.jpg I know there's a name for the elaborate window on the left but it escapes my mind at the moment. I don't know if the 'grapevine' window is original to the building. (it's rather interesting none-the-less) _ |
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The whole hill in that area above the Point Firmin Lighthouse is honeycombed with tunnels, storage rooms and other defense structures from Fort MacArthur. Batteries Merriam and Leary were on the hill directly above the bulge as seen in the aerials above. Batteries Osgood and Farley are restored and there is a very interesting museum there. Prior to that, there was probably another type of gun mounted there since Fort MacArthur had been an active army post since the Spanish American War |
:previous: Thank you oldstuff! You answered my question to a T.
...which makes this all the more intriguing. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/MntfmF.jpg eBay I don't know the make of cars very well, but I'd guess this photo dates to the 1930s. So were the guns removed between the World Wars? Were they re-installed during WWII? |
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Here's the link to the Merriam location in particular, but you can navigate from there all around the area for other information. http://www.ftmac.org/Leary-Merriam.htm |
This Julius Shulman photo is a complete mystery. There's no location or date, and there aren't even any vehicles to help out. We've seen another Robert's Drive-In a few times on NLA, but this one uses a different style of lettering. It might not even have been in Los Angeles. Anyway, it's "Job R-1: Roberts Drive-In, 19??".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Maybe someone remembers "La Cantina" cocktail bar on the left. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Getty Research Institute |
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