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Regarding the pronunciation of "Los Angeles," it seemed that there were generations of British people who would say "Los ANN-juh-leez." In the 1990s I worked with a guy from Hong Kong who spoke English with a British accent and he also would say "Los ANN-juh-leez."
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Union Stage Depot located at 5th Street & Los Angeles Street in 1932.
http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/5...agedepot5t.jpg usc digital archive I'm not familiar with this depot....anyone know the details? What is a 'stage' depot? |
The Santa Fe Station, Los Angeles.
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7...depotlosan.jpg usc digital archive I LOVE the dog on the horse's back. |
Another fine photograph of the Santa Fe Station in Los Angeles.
http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3...aferrhuuge.jpg usc digital archive |
The Southern Pacific Station on Central Ave. between 5th and 7th Street.
http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6...ernpacific.jpg usc digital archive http://img406.imageshack.us/img406/5...npacificde.jpg usc digital archive |
The Santa Monica Depot in 1888.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/zKeFA9.jpg usc digital archive Below: Santa Monica Depot in 1895. http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/7...lesindepen.jpg usc digital archive |
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Looking north on Spring from 2nd, 1939
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/5...erofhillan.jpg USC archive Northwest corner of Hill and 7th, 1939 http://img187.imageshack.us/img187/5...erofhillan.jpg USC archive Of COURSE it's 1939; "Dark Victory" is playing! |
^^^Two VERY beautiful photographs sopas_ej.
Also thanks for the information regarding the Union Stage Depot. I guess if I had thought about a bit more, I might have correlated stages with buses. Also in the photograph (of the Union Stage Depot) you can see where the buses entered on the far right in the photo. |
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Here's another that must have been taken near in time to the one above (note the "Dark Victory" ad facing the parking lot). It's the 900 block of South Broadway... https://otters.net/img/lanoir/DW-B5-50A-2-ISLA.jpg My mom had her picture taken by a street photographer near here in 1936. |
^^^That's a great shot....love all the signs.
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Thanks to Los Angeles Past for referring me to this thread. I read the whole thing during my free time over two days this week, and I saw so many cool things that relate to me in some way.
Last month, someone posted conceptual images of a proposed Music Center located at 6th & Hoover. Interesting, because that development would've wiped-out the building I live in (as well as my entire block)! If you look at the concept art you will see two unidentified streets: The one that forks off of Hoover is Occidental Blvd, and the parallel street to the east is Lafayette Park Place. The music center would've gone in the land between those two streets. I believe the proposal was dated 1950, and my building was constructed in 1953, so obviously my building's developers were not worried about potential eminent domain by then. I suspect that my building was part of a "second generation" of buildings on my street, replacing a single-family residence. The hi-rise apartment buildings in the area are third-generation, replacing the small multi-family buildings like mine. As of now, there is one single-family building remaining on my block, and as always seems to be the case in Los Angeles, it is maintained but not continuously lived in. I call such houses "Scientology safehouses", but I have no idea what they are actually used for. :P Occidental Blvd is a divided street with tall palm trees planted in the median. They look almost as tall as the "Longstreet palms" discovered by Los Angeles Past, so I'd estimate their age to be 80-90 years, which just about jibes with the age of this neighborhood. OK, I've rambled on about this long enough. Someone else's turn! I'll try to paste the 1950 Music Center concept art below: http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/647...dmusiccent.jpg |
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Welcome to the site Johnny Socko!
Your post had a lot of interesting details. :) |
Below: The Ambassador Hotel in 1929.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8...ssador1929.jpg usc digital archive Below: A 1957 proposal for the site. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/4...amb1phase1.jpg |
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I just found phase II and III as well.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/874...assadorpha.jpg http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/857...aseiii1957.jpg Looks like the original Ambassador Hotel is lost between Phase II and III. Developers never know when to stop. (of course we still lost the Ambassador many decades later) |
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