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Not sure what black deco building to which you are referring. The Black and Gold Bank building on Wilshire was erected in '29 and predated its next door neighbor, the E. Clem Wilson bldg. http://www.thecentraloffice.com/cali...P/lsanca10.jpghttp://www.thecentraloffice.com/calif/LA/LAP/LAP.htm |
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below: I've had this photograph forever on one of my old cds and always wondered where this little coffee shop was located. Perhaps this is the Mannings you speak of GW. http://imageshack.us/a/img515/7267/s...9unknownfo.jpg unknown/possibly ebay The design of this coffee shop is amazing. I love the circular lighted 'canopy' above the entrance and how the store is open-air to the street. __ |
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If that picture is from 1968, then the annex (shown prominently in your photo) was built later, as though it is shorter than the main building, it is as deep as the taller structure and would be visible in the aerial shot. At first I thought it could have been hidden due to the angle of the photo, but aerial photos show that it would be visible. In any case, I do doubt that this building would have been built purposefully to house exchange equipment. It has windows on all four sides and exterior fire escapes, which would be odd for a building that's not meant to house many, if any people. Sometimes the utilities building these buildings add windows or faux windows to the facade for aesthetics or are required to do so, but they wouldn't place them on the alley, sides, or rear facades as this building has. The annex building is a perfect example of this- it has some ornamentation to the front, but the side is a big blank wall. |
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http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics41/00070282.jpgLAPL Apparently Manning's was the Starbuck's of its day: http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...nings-main.jpgKCET See story HERE. |
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I just found an earlier matchbook of the Wilshire-La Brea Recreation Center.
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Regarding the original use of the main building, as I said, I am no expert and your reasoning is sound. Still, it is possible that the building was designed for more than one purpose, e.g., to house both equipment and serve some other phone-related business. Admittedly, the "modern" archetype for switching buildings is a windowless monolith, but there are examples of telephone exchange buildings that do not fit that archetype. Whether they are anomalies or remodels/rehabs, I do not know. Santa Monica GTE, original construction '00s(?) http://www.thecentraloffice.com/calif/LA/LAV/snmnca.jpg Compton (1916) http://www.thecentraloffice.com/calif/LA/LAP/cmtnca.jpg LA (Normandie) 1920s http://www.thecentraloffice.com/cali...P/lsanca12.jpg LA "Capital" 1920s http://www.thecentraloffice.com/cali...P/lsanca23.jpg Adams Office (original on left 1910s) http://www.thecentraloffice.com/cali...P/lsanca14.jpg North Hollywood (1930s) http://www.thecentraloffice.com/cali...P/nhwdca02.jpgAll from http://www.thecentraloffice.com __________________________ http://www.justabovesunset.com/photo...707_deco02.jpghttp://www.justabovesunset.com Regarding the black and gold Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, there is no doubt that it was built as a bank from the photos themselves. The photos are marked as such, and at least one of the photos has fencing that advertises what is being constructed. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9452 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...Y6S8VJ3A1V.jpg If there were any lingering doubt, Security FNB built other branches in the same cookie cutter mold. Below is a before and after for a Long Beach Branch, Fourth Street and Cherry Ave. http://www.insidesocal.com/gritchen/...OW-GAY-OLD.jpghttp://www.insidesocal.com |
Before machines were invented to do the switching automatically, women would sit at desks in the telephone buildings and do this job. So the older telephone company buildings and the workers at the switchboard could use a large amount of light from windows.
It's from another city, but shows the workers inside: http://imageshack.us/a/img526/8868/w...elephonebl.jpg 1939 in Winston-Salem's Art Deco Southern Bell Building Forsyth County Public Library I love this thread. It's by far my favorite thread on this forum! |
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The trams were a great way to go between the two piers. It was .10 each way and stopped all along the boardwalk.
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There was a Manning's on the south side of Hollywood Boulevard at Whitely Avenue, with old wood booths and a cafeteria style setting. The other cafeteria was the Ontra on Vine Street, near the old El Capitan Theatre. The El Capitan on the Boulevard, west of Highland Avenue was called the Paramount Theatre since the early 1940's. Today, the theater is once again called the El Captian and the theater on Vine Street is now the Avalon. The Ontra and Manning's are long gone. Tempus fugit, brothers and sisters.
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Not that you can really tell the difference, but here are a few actual Los Angeles operators: http://jpg1.lapl.org/00095/00095979.jpg Still going in the '60s and beyond: http://jpg1.lapl.org/00096/00096007.jpg And there's always a noir connection: Carrie Estelle Doheny, wife of the Teapot Dome's Edward Doheny and stepmother of Ned Doheny of Greystone murder/suicide fame, started out as a telephone operator. She ended up a countess, although of the papal sort, which is somewhere between Mardi Gras and the peerage. http://imageshack.us/a/img407/4573/chron2173p1.jpg All LAPL |
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He does look out of place. Makes you wonder if he may be up to no good. Or perhaps he was just bothered by the photographer stopping to take the photo. You will never know.
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Great 1954 shot looking east on Sylvan Street in Van Nuys--pretty forlorn now, but at least the Valley Municipal Building is still there. |
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I had no idea that it used to be a bowling alley. Any chance any lanes are still there? Has anyone been inside or found photos of the existing or original interiors? |
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