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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
San Fernando Rd (1936)
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Originally built for the Hemphill Diesel Engineering Schools |
GW, I thought you might find this interesting.
"In 1936, Architects Norstrom and Anderson expanded an existing lumber shed from 1923 and added a streamlined, two-story office portion
fronting San Fernando Road. The addition features a central tower and one of Los Angeles' great architectural tributes to the machine age:
an expansive frieze across the facade with reliefs depicting the use of diesel engines in trains, planes, ships, trucks, tractors, and electric
generating sets."
found on ebay
I'm curious about the lantern atop the tower. I wonder how it was lit? beacon-like?
gsv
stark lines-a contemporary view
Don Saban at
http://www.flickr.com/
streamline train
stylized rainbow
ocean liner
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilfit...ck/4471934106/
dirigible
Scott Lowe at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottlowe/7003155602/
After Hemphill's departure, the building on San Fernando Road became a pressing plant for Capitol Records.
unknown
below: Stan Kenton at Capitol Records' pressing plant.* ( I marked Shelly Manne with a red V)
http://digital.library.unt.edu/
* To be honest, I am not 100% sure this is the San Fernando Road pressing plant. When I first noticed Shelly Manne I immediately thought L.A.!
but Mr. Manne didn't move to Los Angeles until the late 1950s. -so this could possibly be an east coast plant.
previous post on Shelly Manne and his "Manne-Hole" on Cahuenga between Sunset & Hollywood Boulevard.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3443
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