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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library Melrose Hotel and the Hotel Richelieu on Grand Avenue between First Street and Second Street, 1946 http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library Some previous posts featuring the Melrose and Richelieu: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=622 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12813 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=15646 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16110 |
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The tower on the right, as several have already commented, is of LA High School. I graduated from LA High in the summer of 1967 and the earthquake occurred less than four years later. The building was demolished that year and my alma mater is forever gone. If the quake had occurred in 2014, I feel almost certain that the building would have been repaired, restored and made earthquake resistant. The 1970s was not a good time for historic preservation and there is not much to be said about the present school building. __________ |
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The Pioneer Memorial is 2 blocks north of here on Hill, just past the Santa Ana Freeway. |
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It was pretty. I'm surprised how much architectureal detail the interior still had |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/40...90/28/3kdr.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/2625/rec/57[/QUOTE] THE BLACK WATCH was a 1929 film directed by John Ford, starring Victor McLaglen and Myrna Loy. Apparently it was playing at the Fox Carthay Circle. |
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The term "Black Watch" refers to a rather famous British Army regiment made up mostly of Scots from the Highland region. The "watch" refers to their original 18th century role as a patrol regiment to help keep the peace between highland and lowland clans. The meaning behind "black" is a little more murky, but may refer to the dark tartan patterns they wear. Black Watch soldiers have fought in every major British Army engagement from the mid-1700's up to and including the Afghan/Iraqi wars. |
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1957 - View is from Flower Street north of 7th Street, looking south. The YMCA at 715 South Hope Street is to the left.
Martz Flats and YMCA became the site of the Charles Luckman 1973 Broadway Plaza. On the right is the thirteen story Renaissance Revival 1924 Parkinson & Parkinson Gas Building; today this view is obscured by the curtain-wall 1960 AC Martin Gas Building at 8th Street. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/82...0/707/5ky8.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6255/rec/2 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/10...90/89/k7ah.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6255/rec/2 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/94...0/580/lhk2.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6255/rec/2 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/62...0/132/gbwg.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6255/rec/2 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/10...90/14/nbd5.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6255/rec/2 |
1969 - North view along Flower Street from top of the Bank of California Building. Prominent buildings in
the background from left to right are the Bunker Hill Towers, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and the Music Center. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/68...0/802/zty3.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/7694/rec/1 |
400 block of South Flower Street cleared for redevelopment with the Sunkist Building, 707 West 5th Street, to the right
still in place. In the background on the right, the Art Deco style Edison Building, 601 West 5th Street, and Pacific Bell Tower, 420 South Grand Avenue, on the left. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/80...90/32/ui3r.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/7697/rec/3 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/66...0/541/18x0.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/7697/rec/3 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/48...0/138/cdzz.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/7697/rec/3 |
1966 - Looking at backside of 705 Hope Street demolition and Roosevelt Building at Flower and 7th Streets. YMCA building is to the right.
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1968 - The Congress Hotel with Jerry's Restaurant at the corner. Next door is the Hotel Armondale, 748 South Flower
Street. The Roosevelt at 727 West 7th Street in the distance. The new Pereira designed Crocker Citizen's Bank tower over at 611 West 6th Street looms above. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/78...0/401/hl3o.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/7691/rec/13 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/11...0/822/t4hk.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/7691/rec/13 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/41...0/853/3t2t.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/7691/rec/13 |
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1970 - Upper three stories of the Hotel Armondale, 748 South Flower Street, have been demolished as
work progresses concurrently on the Congress Hotel next to it. Blue 1960 Gas Company building prominent in background sits across 8th Street. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/68...90/36/wxhl.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/7702/rec/18 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/93...0/707/1gzf.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/7702/rec/18 |
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Keep 'em coming, FredH--it's not just that you post the pictures, it's your expert building id's... The Armondale rang a bell, not so much because of the L.A. connection but because of his connection to the Grinnell at 800 Riverside Drive here in NY, on the website of which I first saw the article below... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...2520AM.bmp.jpgLA Times Oct 27, 1919 https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-L...ondaledual.jpg1947project More on the noir aspects of the Armondale here at the great 1947project (scroll down): http://www.1947project.com/the-winte...t#.Ut5_LhAo7IU |
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The Armondale and the Martz Flats, circa 1916 per the USCDL |
Here's more on the 1947 DOGTOWN murder from Feb. 14, 2012.
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