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:previous: Thanks Noir Noir and odinthor. I appreciate your help :) I'm intrigued by the overgrown bushes. I'm guessing the photographer is standing in an empty lot. perhaps . |
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Something I keep looking into from time to time. The title of it has been referred to in various places as "The Power of Radio" or "The Genie of Radio." https://westmb.org/images/Spirit%20o...20adjusted.jpg |
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https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...tBroadway1.jpg Huntington Digital Library The other side can be spotted in a 1950 LAPL image - it's the one with the Seagram's 7 advert on the side. I believe the photographer in the original picture was standing in the grounds of the California State Building. |
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. Art in L.A.’s Union Station Has Been Hidden for Decades. Now It Prepares for an Oscar Debuthttps://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ng-renovations The now-gleaming train station will get its close-up this Sunday when the 93rd Academy Awards ceremony is broadcast live from throughout its historic halls. On April 29, the restored spaces will open to the public, its big reveal. Can't wait to go see it! |
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I just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in.
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I was just browsing the list of new construction projects in Hollywood, and I am rather disappointed in what passes for architectural style these days, or since the late 40's really. It all looks like everything else that's been built in the past 20 years or so. Cheap, bland, and ugly. I really don't understand how people are apparently pleased with these eyesores. One looks like an unfinished wire frame. W.T.F.? S.M.H. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised, in this day and age it's apparently acceptable to go out in your pajamas with uncombed hair and flip-flops, so I suppose I shouldn't expect more from any other aspect of our society. *deep breath* Moving on, it would seem that I'm not the only one who's had to have some shall we say "heated arguments" with obtuse security guards over photographing a building from a public sidewalk. I really don't understand their version of reality where they think it's illegal to take a picture of the building they're paid to watch. But what do you expect from a glorified hall monitor? :shrug: Not to worry, from what I've seen with the recent advances in robotic security they'll soon be replaced by a parking meter on wheels. |
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The restroom areas near the old concourse once had a child care facility in the ladies lounge and a barber shop and shoe shine station in the mens lounge. Much of the old equipment and furniture is in storage under the station in repositories. There are also hundreds of old ceramic tiles, make-up counters for the Harvey Girls (who worked in the Harvey House) and file cabinets containing paperwork going back decades. |
Here's a not-so-mystery location.
Original Slide, no date. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/PnTPMe.jpg eBay no longer listed Unless I'm mistaken (I'm not) this is the old Misses Janes School for Girls before it was moved several hundred feet away from Hollywood Blvd. to the back of the lot. 1907 Sanborn / before the move (pinkish dot) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/0u2EZN.jpg Prospect is now Hollywood Blvd. Previously seen HERE courtesy 3940dxer. If you'd like to see a 1905 photograph of the house along Prospect Ave. go HERE. The Misses Janes School is still standing and is currently the _____________. (I can't find the website) Did it close? Today, the old Janes School is practically hidden from view in all directions. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/ztBXDa.jpg That's Hollywood Blvd. at the bottom. / Google-Earth . |
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That's exactly what it is. Here's another view, (sorry, I'm posting from my cellphone so it's not easy to paste an image, so here's the link): https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/zz0002vddc/ |
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This is intriguing: Down a back alley off Hollywood Boulevard, past the old-fashioned hotel entryway beneath a flickering ‘No Vacancy’ sign and up an eerie staircase, three doors await you in a lushly decorated hallway—behind one of them lies the secret entrance to Hollywood’s most spectacular speakeasy-style cocktail bar. Inside, you’ll find antique bookshelves, tightrope walkers, fire-breathing dancers, live music, handmade cigars, a photo booth inside a phone booth, a variety of hidden corners and staircases, and the best cocktails in town, in true speakeasy style. You must be on "the list" to enter. Arrive early if you’re not on the list, dress to impress, and best of luck getting in. ___ This has been open quite a long time! Not that I've been out clubbing in Hollywood the last decade. Those pictures inside are a trip. I'd not heard of this being turned into a nightclub. It made me wonder what the place was used for all these years before it. Then I saw one old photo that says it was the Starline Tours headquarters and visitor information center. (People would go all the way back there to find visitor information? :shrug: |
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:previous: Dated 1967. https://calisphere.org/clip/800x800/...d710e363907094 The below photo was in the bottom feed of the one above and I had to post it, too: dated 1975; two dudes at Fairfax High School. https://calisphere.org/clip/800x800/...a70a0701069fca |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/yIqnLM.jpg I wonder if that's her car. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/kNpiCm.jpg This one is disorienting to me. One car in the lot. . |
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In the photograph below you can see the old gas station ("Janes Auto Service") and some sort of outdoor stand on the left. (I see a scale so perhaps he's selling fruit and vegetables) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/eTytqj.jpg 1930s? In the next photograph a photo studio has been set up in front of the defunct service station. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/hw3xID.jpg The girls are wondering if the house is haunted. No Vacancy |
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Now for something more recent. mystery location, Hollywood California 1970s Is anyone familiar with the Golden West Broadcasters? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LUhd3g.jpg eBay The seller states "Car at KTLA "so perhaps Golden West Broadcasting is a subsiduary of KTLA. :shrug: . |
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I used to live on Gordon Street in an apartment building owned by Gene Autry and worked on Highland in a building owned by Roy Rogers. Guy Madison was a client. Growing up, they were all cowboy heroes. |
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Thanks for the correction: Janes' Auto Service, not Jane's Auto Supply. The building in the background is still on Whitley Avenue, I believe. It is next to the Re-Tan Hotel. The Fontenoy is also seen in the background. |
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Bing Maps KTLA building on Mt. Wilson. Look up if you dare. (Bing has better streetviews here) |
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KTLA Channel 5 spawned my love of old movies, first through their frequent airing of Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields films made at Paramount (in prime time no less!) and later through "Movies 'til Dawn" which featured lots of obscure gems of every genre. https://i.postimg.cc/kgp59rGB/KTLA.gif |
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The $100 flivver (Model T or A?) for sale catches my eye. I wonder what it would sell for today? I wonder if somebody turned it into a "hot rod"? |
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I don't know if this is a fanciful notion based on coincidence or not. :shrug: https://i.imgur.com/hjIlXke.jpg Google Books - Hollywood Remembered by Paul Zollo A 1982 article on Carrie Janes Collier and the house. https://i.imgur.com/9ksaTRE.jpg newspapers.com - Los Angeles Times 03 Oct 1982 Mentioned at the end of the article, here's Guy Miller in 1956 setting up his scale model of the Manhattan skyline. https://i.imgur.com/EkelAtD.jpg gothamist.com |
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I want to know who the conservator was, because of course he decided that she needed to go, AND also decided to sell her house to developers.
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GWB also owned radio stations in a number of states. Three that come to mind on the west coast: - KMPC (now KSPN) Los Angeles - KSFO San Francisco - KVI Seattle |
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Noir Noir, thanks for posting the 1982 Los Angeles Times article on Carrie Janes Collier and her caretaker, Guy Miller. Unbeknownst to me, a photograph that I once considered for my avatar shows two of Guy Miller's skyscraper creations! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/AD3j6n.jpg gettyimages "A young visitor at Guy Miller's Miniature City display in Coney Island. On the left is the Chrysler Building, and the right the Empire State Building. circa 1955." The caption is incorrect. The building model on the right is a building in downtown Manhattan. ..........................This one in the middle. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/vanStv.jpg I used to know all the building's names - but not anymore. . |
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When he was in Los Angeles he made latex molds of a few of the buildings and then made plaster casts for sale. When he lived in Hollywood he mainly worked at a local printing company as a typesetter. |
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Now back to Los Angeles. Here's a slide - taken in Nov. 1974 - of 'Don the Beachcomber' in Hollywood. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Mcv9Ug.jpg recently found on eBay / no longer listed If you look beneath all the flora I believe you would find an apartment building. I know that we have discussed this D of B location on NLA and if I'm not mistaken one of the posts included a black n white photograph. (but I wasn't able to find it. :( In this view we're looking at the northwest corner of Mc Cadden Place and. . .! need to check google-earth / be right back! If you look in the distance you can see the tower of the Methodist Church on Highland Ave. I decided to add this. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/LMpfE9.jpg LAPL . |
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I happened upon this amazing photograph of Joan Blondell in her Hollywood home yesterday on eBay. (although I can't find it again) I was particularly struck by her enormous picture window! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/Uuv4Y8.png eBay I see she's about to play Twister. Here's the information on the reverse. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/8VwNcn.jpg Does anyone know Ms. Blondell's address in 1932? I'd like to check out the home on Google-Earth and see if I can spot the huge picture window. :) joshing about twister |
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Try here. :) https://i.imgur.com/YcJmswL.jpg rescarta.lapl.org https://i.imgur.com/0O5st4D.jpg Google Maps |
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Thanks for the address Noir Noir! If you look at the 1932 photograph again you will see that there is also a large window behind Ms. Blondell and, judging by the natural light on the right side of the photograph, there is also a large window directly across from her. So I'd say Ms. Blondell is sitting in the smallish 'room' that projects out from the house which would give us the three windows. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ius4x8.jpg What do'ya think? :shrug: It's also facing south and I'm pretty sure I see the Baldwin Hills in the 1932 photograph. (unless that dark area on the horizon is smog) EDIT: I've already changed my mind. What I circled above is an awning leading leading out to a deck. Now I believe Joan's 'studio' with the large window(s) is to the right of the awning. . .ummm This room https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/w2S8fm.jpg ............:runaway: . |
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A bungalow section of the property is listed on airbnb. You should book and check out all the windows you can. :D They have these old pictures of the house in the listing gallery. Construction in 1925. https://i.imgur.com/EYObEnQ.jpg airbnb.com And sometime later. https://i.imgur.com/0Mn4fS7.jpg airbnb.com |
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Add re: Joan Blondell, she wasn't up on Appian Way very long...in '36 she married Dick Powell, and moved in with his brood at 7919 Selma Ave....1940 census...
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds other side of the census ledger.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...720&fit=bounds Presumably this was the Selma Ave. house.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
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Here's a similar b&w view dated 1976. https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img...gr4Bv0bGQ4.jpg Dated 1971: The Villa Capri at the end of the street. https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img...Wqc63s5s14.jpg Dated 1955: https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img...lEIXPQ.4L0.jpg Dated 1943: https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img...HxLqCEVMgU.jpg Two interiors dated 1957: https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img...qUGpEw9h4w.jpg https://m.psecn.photoshelter.com/img...KBfB9WEpCk.jpg |
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Guy Miller, Jan. 1955 Here is the model of NYC, set up in a New Jersey park, 1956. I believe this was the day that LIFE magazine came to take photos. In the upper left we can see the many boxes where they were stored [long time storage was in a garage.] For many years it was on display in a NYC Port building. From what I remember he lost track of it in his later life. https://cms.prod.nypr.digital/images/257109/width-1200/ NYC views |
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Not so fast, e_r. Thanks to Wikipedia, we learn that the entrances to 70 Pine St. on Pine and Cedar incorporate 14-foot limestone models of the building itself. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rvicemodel.jpg Wikipedia (hotlinked) |
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Some may recall that Carlotta wrote a memoir of her time with Fields, and a film ("W.C. Fields and Me") was made starring Valerie Perrine as Carlotta and Rod Steiger as W.C. back in the 1970s or early '80s. One touching scene I remember from the film--when he lived in L.A., Fields missed the sound of rain on the roof at night that helped him get to sleep. Carlotta went out one night when W.C. was dying and sprinkled the roof with a garden hose to help Fields get to sleep. Ah yess...Carlotta had a sweet heart. |
W. C. Fields is one of my favorite comedians. However I was somewhat disappointed in the movie W. C. Fields and Me because it was almost nothing like her book.
From what I've read he used to be something of a regular at Boardner's in Hollywood, had an office near by in the old Warner Theater building, and for a time lived in a house in Whitley Heights. Finally I grew up about a mile from the "sanitarium" where he spent his final days. |
One of several places around Los Angeles where Fields lived. I've heard he never actually owned a home, preferring to rent instead. I don't know the address of this house and I wonder if it's still standing.
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