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We have seen Santa Monica's enormous Arcadia Hotel on NLA but I believe this might be a view that we haven't seen before. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/xKchy7.jpg eBay I'm curious about the large barn-like building on the far right. I'm quite sure we haven't seen it before. Here's a closer look at the structures to the south of the hotel including the structure in question. - - - - - - -> https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/HbefGu.jpg detail Oh, and one last thing. I believe this is a photographer's wagon. (you can see it at far left in the detail immediately above) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/HlMnAe.jpg I don't believe it's a portable dressing room because the bathhouse, no doubt with changing rooms, is right there. . |
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What was going on in the city on this apparently chilly 1950 afternoon?....let's check the Her-Ex headline..... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds "Dorsey Says City Can Be Ordered To Ban All Autos Blocking Streets" (I think).....seems rather draconian, but without the context it's hard to say what was being proposed. The "Dorsey" in question appears to be Ralph T. Dorsey, city traffic chief.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds 1920's He gave us the world's greatest pacifier, otherwise known as the pedestrian push-button signal.....a mini-bio from here: https://ladot.lacity.org/sites/defau...fornia.pdf ...... Ralph T. Dorsey was the first Traffic Engineer for the City of Los Angeles and a colorful and remarkable person. He was born in Downtown Los Angeles and received a high school education. He was the nephew of Susan Miller Dorsey after whom the high school in Los Angeles is named. He was a short, wiry man who became a semi-pro baseball player, a flyweight boxer, a miner and finally, an electrician, a trade that he learned from correspondence school. He was employed as an electrician with the City of Los Angeles when the first experiments with automated traffic signals were underway. He was the inspector of the initial signal system of 31 intersections in Downtown Los Angeles. In this capacity he not only became an expert in the operation of traffic signals, but more importantly in the operation of traffic through signal timing techniques. The roots of traffic engineering lie in the art of safe and efficient intersectional traffic operation. Dorsey epitomized that art by being the first person to successfully control pedestrians, operate an interconnected signal system (with a control center), develop optimum signal system offsets, and develop 16 daily timing plans all by 1926. In 1928 he pioneered reverse lane operation, and in one case, 12th Street was operated as a reversible one-way street. Also, in1928 he applied the first known railroad pre-emption features. He installed the first known pedestrian push button signal in January 1929. He had the longest tenure as the City’s top transportation official. From June 1930 until his retirement in 1954 he headed the Bureau of Street Traffic Engineering, the Department of Street Traffic Engineering, the Department of Traffic Engineering and the Department of Traffic. He indeed was a pioneer, an innovator, a character and one who invented ways to keep traffic flowing long before there were standard practices. |
Greetings all! I've been away for a spell so it's taken me a while to write and say thank you for the nice words said about the book here and here. BHLA has certainly been well received!
So, speaking of Bunker Hill, I thought it might be of interest to the assembled that there's been something of a discovery...where once there were no extant surviving houses from the Hill, it seems there is one, and a good one at that... https://bunkerhilllosangelescom.file...2.00.22-am.png https://bunkerhilllosangelescom.file...2-am.png?w=519 Read all about it here https://bunkerhilllosangeles.com/2021/02/27/a-survivor/ |
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Two slides take in "1967, Venice". (per the seller) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/79dMiM.jpg eBay This is my face..:stunned:..when I noticed the two young boys riding in front. This kid said 'Hold my beer'. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/4dX7Vs.jpg eBay The blonde boy :previous: in the white t-shirt might be the kid on the right in the first slide. Has anyone heard of the advertisers. . . Royal Star Apartments or Ron's Restaurant? . |
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:previous: There was an episode of Mannix that took place there when it was a drug rehab clinic. Does anyone remember that episode? Update: I found it! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/uV0QMx.jpg The episode was 'Delayed Action'. Season 1, Episode 22 (aired on March 2, 1968) Only a few scenes were shot on location. If I remember correctly it's a pretty good episode. . |
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Here's an amazing original photograph of the. . . Shepherd-Campbell Co. Service Station, 2500 Figueroa Avenue, Los Angeles. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/9dHyOo.jpg Link An arch this wide must be full of rebar - otherwise it would crumble in the slightest earthquake. This image differs from the other photographs we have seen of this station. You can view them Here . |
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