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In early August 1972, the owners of the Urban Military Academy sold the property at 155 South Layton Drive to a non-profit organization and a Board of Directors was quickly assembled. The Board prepared for the establishment of Brentwood School, a traditional co-educational day school.The school has since moved its entrance and changed its address to 100 South Barrington Place. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV This video from the Brentwood School site contains some vintage images. |
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Think you need to consult a 1936 map, or earlier. :shrug: It is a guess on my part, but either Beverly Blvd. near Barrington was renamed or subsumed by residential development in the late '30s. Where Sunset intersects Barrington is a good starting point. Slightly south of that point is Beverly Court. The last bona fide listing for the address appears to be in the 1936CD, page 0022, under "Barrington." However, it seems to have disappeared from a 1938 map of the area. |
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Speaking of military and teenagers...here I am [left] with a platoon of Navy Sea Cadets on board Coast Guard cutter COBB [WLM-564], Los Angeles harbor. That big yellow thing behind us is a buoy. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psebx89seu.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps2ndgrlqc.jpg CD file |
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Unfortunately, I can't make a case re: the structures in the photo, because the current buildings are newer and larger than the storefronts shown. The subsequent redevelopment doesn't rule out this hypothesis but certainly doesn't rule it in, either. Not sure if Historic Aerials or demo permits could help here. I'm open to suggestions or alternative viewpoints. Slide #2: Nailed by e_r, it's the turnback loop at Union Station. |
:previous: Thanks for the information HenryHuntington. Your insight is always appreciated.
__ Here's a group of four more slides from the Los Angeles Planning Department. (1970s, one from 1983) Slide#1 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/Oa7rEh.jpg eBay :previous: This first slide is probably the biggest 'mystery'. (it shows a pedestrian bridge taken from a moving car) Slide #2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/d6PCFk.jpg eBay This slide is my favorite of the bunch, but there's no 'mystery'. -you can clearly see the street sign. (2400 E. 1st St.) Slide #3 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/dmHuO8.jpg eBay This is the only vertical slide in the bunch. (there's a street sign but it's too far away to read, so it qualifies as a 'mystery' location) Slide #4 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/Zwg56J.jpg eBay 'mystery' Mexican restaurant (perhaps somewhere in East Los Angeles?) Descriptions (or lack of) below. 35 mm date - note on frame - processed by 1) Jan 72 ** color transparency 2) Feb 72 F5 color transparency 3) May 83 ** RGB Hollywood 4) Jun 76 ** RGB Hollywood http://www.ebay.com/itm/35-mm-color-...sAAOSwKOJYF5jl __ I like that photo of you in your Coast Guard uniform CityBoyDoug. You look quite dapper. __ |
I'll add one more for tonight. (the seller is offering this one solo) -not in a grouping of 4.
'mystery' vantage point. Original 35 mm color slide * 1968 overview houses * View north/west from Elysian Park. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/w7OzOv.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/35-mm-color-...MAAOSwx2dYFMOB I like that old wooden guard rail:previous:. Perhaps we've discussed this 'overlook' before (on NLA), but I can't remember it's exact location. (note the rail cars at lower right) __ |
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The Talpa restaurant has been a neighborhood favorite since 1964, widely recognized as serving Los Angelenos “real” Mexican food.The names Lupe & Iris Muñoz appear on the sign. Also, if you look just above the Comida Mexicana sign, there's a representation of the projecting sign saying "11751 Cafe". The front has had a makeover at some point. There's also another Mexican restaurant next door. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original GSV The hand-painted murals can still be found inside. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ATheTalpa2.jpg thetalpa.com |
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I think the original slide has been mirrored. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original eBay, originally posted by e_r Here's a view from Grand View Drive in Elysian Park, which is as close as I could get. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV The white tower above the wooden rail, just left of center in e_r's picture, appears to be part of the Frisco Baking Company. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Google Maps |
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Here is a link: https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/route6..._pasadena.html I wasn't aware that Downey and Norwalk had milestone markers; thanks for sharing that. I grew up in that general area (Cerritos). |
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As to the Old San Diego Road mentioned in earlier postings, and drawing in a scattered way from my various looks into old accounts, arrivals from SD by land back in ye olden tymes were more or less principally (and with many variations depending upon the particular needs of the individual traveler) by either the "lower" route or the "upper" route. The "lower" route would be--starting in SD, and in today's terms--the 15 to the 91 to the 5 then west on Firestone to Alameda, north on Alameda to downtown; an important variation of this would be the San Juan Cap variation in which the traveler from SD would go on the west side of Lake Elsinore (rather than the east), then over the mountains on the Ortega Highway route to SJC, then northwards on what is now the 405 route to the 5, then as before). The SJC variation was what the incoming Gov. Micheltorena and his “battalion of thieves and pickpockets scoured from the jails” took in 1842, the LA city fathers meeting and greeting him in what now is Downey. The "upper" route would replace going west on Firestone with continuing northerly on the 5 then 101, and entering downtown LA via what was Aliso before the freeways. An even more upperly route would be to come in via Mission San Gabriel; but that way diminished in importance as time went on. When Commodore Stockton and the American force were coming up from SD at the end of 1846/first days of 1847, the Californios anticipated that he would be coming via the "lower" route, and so prepared an ambush at the San Gabriel River crossing of that route. Fortunately or unfortunately (me, I'm always on the side of the Californios!), some favoring the Yankee cause gave warning to Stockton, who then altered his course and took the "upper" route vis-à-vis the river crossing, making the Californios scramble to dispute the crossing. Well, and so on and so forth... That's what I think of when I think of the Old San Diego Road! :koko: |
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Slide 3: Photo is looking northeast, showing the intersection of Lombardy Blvd. at Ladd Ave. in El Sereno. |
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Working with HenryHuntington's locations, here are some more up-to-date pictures. First, "Slide 1: This is the S. Fresno St. pedestrian overcrossing of the westbound Pomona Freeway in Boyle Heights. Photo apparently was taken from the #1 lane eastbound." I don't think the Googlemobile has ever been in the #1 lane, and trees block a couple of the #2 lane views. This one is from further back. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eptSlides7.jpg GSV Now, "Slide 3: Photo is looking northeast, showing the intersection of Lombardy Blvd. at Ladd Ave. in El Sereno." I moved the Googlemobile nearer to Ladd Avenue because the original camera lens really foreshortens the distances. I looked for the battered Triumph Spitfire, but it's long gone ;). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eptSlides6.jpg GSV |
Just a simple night shot from Julius Shulman today. This is "Job 343: Allen G. Siple, London Shop (Beverly Hills, Calif.), 1948".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute Here's a daytime view courtesy of Martin Turnbull's site. It also provides the address of The London Shop - 303 North Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original www.martinturnbull.com There's a Burberry store on the corner of Dayton Way today. Looking through the historic GSV images, the current building has only been there since 2014, but the previous building wasn't the one from the Shulman picture. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV |
re: Urban Cadets posing in front of the 'Georgian-style' building with the white pillars (on the left in the photo below)
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The date is 1923. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/auVb1m.jpg eBay Here's a closer look so you can see their faces. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/RMIlcP.jpg 1923 detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/ydHCdJ.jpg 1923 detail They sure don't look very happy. As HossC stated earlier, this is now the site of the Los Angeles Tennis Club. (but both building in the top photo are now gone :( __ |
Child star Jackie Coogan attended the Academy starting at age 10. But since he was born in 1914 and the photograph is dated 1923 (when Coogan would have been 9), it's unlikely he's one of the pictured cadets, which means we can't play "Where's Uncle Fester?"
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Buster Keaton in 'College', 1927. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/lfSZjM.jpg https://in.pinterest.com/pin/317785317429309358/ What caught my eye was the multi-story building with the roof-top sign:previous: (I checked the 'silentlocations' blog and I don't believe this particular building has been found) IMDB mentions Los Angeles City College on N. Vermont as a location, but this building looks more like a commercial building (especially with the large roof-top sign) On the other hand, this building (shown below) looks more academic. (this is also from 'College') http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/nUBTWy.jpg http://chagalov.tumblr.com/post/3815...n-college-1927 Here's another image I just found; same multi-story building/rooftop sign but in this view Buster has a walking partner. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/PaEaVc.jpg http://stancarey.tumblr.com/post/223...n-college-1927 I just noticed the diploma in his hand..............................................................................................:previous: I haven't seen the film so I'm unable to explain the sequence of events, sorry. one last look... http://imageshack.com/a/img924/1122/xHB2nO.gif Giphy.com |
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There's this open area where the 5 crosses the Rio Hondo flood channel (Next to Veteran's Memorial Park) that is allegedly a battle site that's haunted, but i can't find the website that told me that originally. But it would be on the Upper route you've laid out, so maybe there's some truth to that battle site story after all. ETA: Wikipedia has the skinny on the battle and its location: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Hondo_(California) "The river passes through the location of the Battle of Rio San Gabriel, fought on January 8, 1847, and which resulted in a U.S. victory. Although the battle was actually fought on west bank of the present-day Rio Hondo near where it is crossed by Washington Blvd,[6] the battle is named after the San Gabriel, which at that time flowed along these banks. A flood in 1867 caused the San Gabriel to change course, which it retains at present. The old San Gabriel was renamed the Rio Hondo after this flood. In Downey, California, the Rio Hondo was once known as the "Old River", because it was the old course of the San Gabriel River. The Old River School was named for it, and Old River School Road was named for the school. The "New River" is the present course of the San Gabriel River." |
Buster Keaton in COLLEGE...
These shots are from the beginning of the film. In the first picture, Buster and his mother are on the way to his high school graduation. The next shots with the diploma are post-graduation and you can see that the rain has caused Buster's suit to shrink. (I believe the movie opens with a title card that says something about California's perpetual sunny weather and then cuts to Buster and Mom walking in the downpour.) |
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