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Old Posted Dec 11, 2013, 2:03 AM
BifRayRock BifRayRock is offline
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality View Post
^^^Take your time sopas_ej.....and have fun. I wish I were in L.A. to tag along.

below: Another great building that has survived in downtown Los Angeles..
The Bendix Aviation Corporation at Maple and 12th Street.
The tower on top was a nighttime aid for aviation.
The tower stands 150 ft. The letter B is 25 feet tall and 16 feet wide.


usc digital archives

below: A contemporary photograph of the tower.

ax2groin

below: A contemporary photograph with 'noirish' qualities.

James Herman

I can just imagine a murder taking place in one of the lighted windows.






Bendix Aviation, the Bendix Trophy and the Bendix Building.



https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...EwwJ7HAHDM2adg

http://www.wvi.com/~sr71webmaster/80...dix_Trophy.jpg








1930 - Bendix Building - 1206 Maple Ave
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...4EXY1SSJA6.jpg


http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7R48JMJXIA.jpg


http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...99321TIAFS.jpg


http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7DEL74X5ST.jpg


1977
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...BMQIBL8XCQ.jpg



http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...oll44/id/91429









http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8282/7...476edc2d_o.jpg




Bendix in South Bend Indiana. Not LA, but very nice.
http://www.monon.monon.org/sobendpixs2/bendix1.jpg





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