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:previous: I was confused by this as well Albany.
It turns out, there was a shorter building between the Hotel Chapman and 6th Street. (HossC identified it as the building in the The Fugitive episode where Lois Nettleton visits the tailor) If you look closely, you can see a corner of the shorter building (below). http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/knPR2g.jpg |
Soon to be shut down, torn down, and rebuilt over the next year:
the California Incline in Santa Monica. It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad world http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3079/...99fcde355f.jpg flickr https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...5262b53d71.jpg http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/content/k...63_630x354.jpg abc news |
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Look at this https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?m...E.k2IAgfCHIb1Q and scroll down to Rose Ave. for more info. There was another holder a little further north in Santa Monica but that was much smaller and its exact location is unknown. That was from the Edison Gas Company around the turn of the century before they sold out to Counties Gas. |
:previous: THANKS for the information Gastorical!
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It's also visible in this postcard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/pVrd1N.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/DMJBZE.jpg eBay I wonder how noisy it was if you had a room directly beneath the helipad. I imagine it'd vibrate you right off the bed.;) __ |
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:previous: You could be right Gastorical. I had forgotten about the 'mini-me' gas-holder.
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I found this intriguing image that shows several tanks in Santa Monica, but none appear to be a gas-holder. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/JtvKbV.jpg http://hdl.huntington.org/ Here's a closer view. (note the carriage waiting at the bottom of the stairs, and someone has hung their laundry out to dry) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/BQS8U0.jpg I couldn't help but notice Shoup's Tavern. (the building is uncharacteristically long for a tavern. note the impressive flagpole, sans flag) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/x4TI0h.jpg detail __ |
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cheers, Jack |
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Curbed LA published a bunch of historic pix of the California Incline on Friday, including this one from LAPL: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...14212%2BPM.jpg Demo starts in the morning. Info from the City of Santa Monica about the project here |
In the beginning...
This one is reversed in the archive...
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7123/...20f04838_o.jpgEarly shot of the California Incline, ca.1905 Dirt road leading to the top of the cliffs at Palisades Park in Santa Monica, ca.1905. The dirt road at center heads away from the viewer along the edge of the cliff at left and down to the Pacific Coast Highway at right. A wooden fence made from tree branches serves as a guard rail along the edge of the road. The road is bordered by a grove of palm trees at left. An automobile is making its way down the road at center. The ocean is in the distance at left with two small piers visible. USC digital archive/California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8440/...1a05e229_o.jpgEarly photo of California Incline leading down from the palisades to the coast highway, C.C. Pierce, ca. 1905 USC digital archive/Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 |
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Perhaps they were just making an assumption, but the sources say it's a Rose Parade train--"About a block further north, at Glenarm Street, we see an inbound Rose Parade train passing the pseudo-Spanish style mini-mall at Glenarm Street in the '40s." uncanny.net seems to have gotten it from El Sereno Historical Society |
I originally found this postcard of the Ivanhoe Motor Hotel at 11925 Wilshire Boulevard on eBay. Then, after a little searching, I found this larger version of the front.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original www.bonanzamarket.de http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nhoeMotel2.jpg eBay The only photograph I've found is this postcard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nhoeMotel3.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nhoeMotel4.jpg www.cardcow.com The views at Historic Aerials aren't conclusive, but I think the rear building is missing by 1980. According to IMDb.com, the Ivanhoe makes an appearance in the 1949 movie 'The Crooked Way'. Their listing says, "Eddie Rice and Nina Martin stop in front of this location, Eddie then breaks into the gun store and steals a gun." I've only found a few short clips on YouTube (the ones that say "Full Movie" are just links to othe sites). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...CrookedWay.jpg www.noiroftheweek.com |
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The Bonaventure hotel in your 1960's post card was completed in 1976. |
:previous: I meant 1970s so-cal-bear. -my bad.
__ speaking of mistakes. I've noticed that my new computer has an excellent spell-check that automatically corrects misspelled words. That's all fine and dandy, but each time I type noirish it automatically changes the word to nourish. Every once in awhile a 'nourish' slips through, making me appear dumber than I actually am. ;) __ |
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Holy crap! It did it to me too! It's not your computer, but the website's auto correct. |
A heads up to all NLA'ers.
One of the best film noirs featuring numerous Los Angeles locations is showing tonight on TCM. 8pm eastern - 5pm pacific. "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955), Directed by Robert Aldrich. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/Yojf0n.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/54uUtj.jpg http://fineartamerica.com/featured/k...nd-design.html THREE reasons to watch: "Kiss Me Deadly" video http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/3KgkgR.jpg click here: http://www.criterion.com/current/pos...kiss-me-deadly __ |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t...meekercorv.jpgimdb.com Meeker all by himself would be enough reason to watch, but then Meeker and a Corvette...AND Bunker Hill to boot.... |
California Incline
Here's a terrifying early view of the California Incline:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...90654%2BAM.jpg water and power I can't see where it connects to the beach (?) Interesting LAT article about the fragile cliff face. Palisades Park, gifted to us by Arcadia Bandini Sterns Baker, is 30 feet narrower than it was 70 years ago. |
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