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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I found this photograph of Venice Beach while I was searching for the postcard of the Dancing Pavilion.
I know the enormous gas-meters downtown, as well as the one next to Charlie Chaplin's Studio in Hollywood,
but I don't remember a gas-meter this close to the ocean.
old file of mine
Any one else aware of this one? I'm sure someone is. |
I don't remember seeing that gasometer before, but it looks like it was between Main Street and Hampton Drive. The aerial shot below is from 1952; it's gone by 1972.
Historic Aerials
At the middle of that lot today you'll find Google Los Angeles. The gasometer would have been just off the right of this picture.
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