noirish Los Angeles v2.0

[Martin Pal]

E_R, that eBay photo of Sunset Blvd./Fllthy McNasty's you posted is quite good considering it's from a 4.75" by 3.5" snapshot!

I post this snapshot below because it also shows that building we discussed recently on Sunset Blvd. with the glass elevator.

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Originally Posted by HossC

Sadly, closing the original thread has deprived us of the ability to quote and edit any of the posts within it.

[ethereal_reality]

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Excellent snapshot, Martin Pal. ...So . .um. .what is 'Evil Knievel "Meats" Monti Rock 3? ..Were they going to have a wrestling match?..

Originally Posted by HossC

We're looking north on the 1600 block of Cahuenga Boulevard. Barker Allen Electric (on the right) was at 1642, but I think the only surviving buildings are at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard.

Thanks, Hoss. I wouldn't have guessed Cahuenga Boulevard.

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[ethereal_reality]

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Here's another Lankershim snapshot from the same eBay seller.



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This one shows the El Portal Theater in 1947.



And here's how the El Portal looks today.


El Portal

Lookin' good except that it's missing the blade sign...The four street lamps in front are a nice touch.

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[odinthor]

Across side street Weddington from El Portal is this nice building.


gsv

It's for lease. Do we want an NLA satellite clubhouse in the Valley?

[Lorendoc]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

NLA 2.0!

I tried searching something on NLA 2.0 and so one has to go to NLA 1.0 for searches there, it seems.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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A moody mystery location that looks like it's right out out of a film noir.


1947 Rain Storm Lankershim Blvd Los Angeles 1940s Photo California Cars Stores


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The seller says it's Lankershim, but where on Lankershim?

I love the rain.

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There was a Thrifty's at 5225 Lankershim, just down the block from the El Portal at 5269.

[Alkapone]

Whoopee!Last login was Nov. 2016 and finally recovered my password…don’t ask. Great work folks! WARNING: This animal armed with buckets and bucket of historic photos, ephemera, artifacts and general gobblygook. Do not put your fingers past the cage bars!

[Scott Charles]

Originally Posted by odinthor

Across side street Weddington from El Portal is this nice building.


gsv

It’s for lease. Do we want an NLA satellite clubhouse in the Valley?

I used to go there all the time back in the ’70s/’80s - it was called Paperback Shack back then…

[ethereal_reality]

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It was built as a bank, right?

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[Martin Pal]

I was by the El Portal on a dark and stormy night last November 15th. Roads were flooded. Got soaked. The El Portal, opened in 1926, is across from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Building and Theatres. This area, which can be gotten to by the subway which is how I got there that night, is now labeled the NoHo Arts District. The El Portal is an all arts venue having plays, concerts, movies and even open mic nights on occasion. When i walked by there I saw part of the marquee, through the raindrops, and it said there was this upcoming performance:
CVW

[ethereal_reality]

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Another mystery location from Whore (1991) which is a pretty bad movie by the way. That said, it's availabe on YouTube for anyone who'd like to bite the bullet and watch it. ..(I did)......twice
The opening credit are there- you just have to rewind to the beginning.

This convenience store appears to be makeshift but I think that's probably how it was in real life too.
















If this is where I think it is - I had no idea there were stores down there. ..(or if I did I had forgotten)


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[Martin Pal]

E_R: You asked: So . .um. .what is 'Evil Knievel "Meats" Monti Rock 3? about the Filthy McNasty's marquee and all I can find out so far is just that the place was a favorite hangout of Mr. Knievel.

Here's a photo captioned: Filthy McNasty with Stephanie McDermott and friend outside the club with Filthy's car! (1974)

VLA

Articles also say that after Filthy McNasty's closed the location became The Central in the '80s. If I knew that before I didn't retain that info:

VLA

[Scott Charles]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

I was by the El Portal on a dark and stormy night last November 15th. Roads were flooded. Got soaked. The El Portal, opened in 1926, is across from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Building and Theatres. This area, which can be gotten to by the subway which is how I got there that night, is now labeled the NoHo Arts District. The El Portal is an all arts venue having plays, concerts, movies and even open mic nights on occasion. When i walked by there I saw part of the marquee, through the raindrops, and it said there was this upcoming performance:
CVW

I saw Phantom of the Paradise there when El Portal was still a movie theater and I was a little kid (1974).

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_of_the_Paradise

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

Articles also say that after filthy McNasty's closed the location became The Central in the '80s. If I knew that before I didn't retain that info:

VLA

I remember it as The Central.

In 2021 the Filthy MacNasty's facade was rebuilt for Daisy Jones and the Six mini-series...Has anyone seen it?

via WeHoTimes.



Thanks for the information, Matin Pal. I didn't know Filthy MacNasty was a real person. ....: -l

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[odinthor]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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It was built as a bank, right?

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In re: 5301/5303 Lankershim

Probably built as a bank, by its looks; but its history before 1958 has so far eluded me--perhaps the address used differs from the above. From 1958 to 2001, recourse to LA Times archives reveals (the mentions are unremarkable and unworthy of occupying space here with images):

1958, Lemonade stand for the Multiple Sclerosis Drive (likely referring to the sidewalk in front!)
1960, No. Hollywood Democratic Party Headquarters
1963, Security First National Bank
1972, unoccupied branch of the above, being used temporarily by the Junior Achievement organization, after a fire destroyed their other headquarters, still there July 1973
1974-1976, Wide World Import Bazaar
By 1985, Paperback Shack (Scott Charles mentions it as there in the 70s as well as 80s, so it probably immediately (?) succeeded the above Bazaar)
1995-1997, American Renegade Theatre
2001, being used for presentation by California Artists for Humanity, unclear if they were resident at the site

I haven't checked the city directories yet for further information.

[Scott Charles]

Originally Posted by odinthor

By 1985, Paperback Shack (Scott Charles mentions it as there in the 70s as well as 80s, so it probably immediately (?) succeeded the above Bazaar)

I wish I could put an exact year on it, but I was going to Paperback Shack on my own in the early ’80s, and before that I used to go with my parents… which would place those earlier visits somewhere in the late ’70s.

Another place I used to frequent on Lankershim was Goodman Music, which was a Guitar Center type of store, selling synthesizers and electric guitars. Looking at Google Maps, I can’t recall its exact location, but it was somewhere around 5251 Lankershim.

[ethereal_reality]

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What if I told you this wasn't some dude driving his convertible on a brisk October day in, say, Indiana?



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And what would you say if I told you it's actually a guy driving on the Autopia at Disneyland!



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And if I'm not mistaken, that's the wooden framework for the Matterhorn in the distance. ...How cool is that! ..






"Autopia Cars Ride Disneyland 1950s Photos California Young Man Sunglasses Coat"

[knapford]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Another mystery location from Whore (1991) which is a pretty bad movie by the way. That said, it's availabe on YouTube for anyone who'd like to bite the bullet and watch it. ..(I did)......twice
The opening credit are there- you just have to rewind to the beginning.

This convenience store appears to be makeshift but I think that's probably how it was in real life too.
















If this is where I think it is - I had no idea there were stores down there. ..(or if I did I had forgotten)


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E_R, looks to me like the interior of the Pershing Square Parking Garage.
Why I remember these things, I do not know...

[ethereal_reality]

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Good news! I have a mystery location, folks.


"1948 Chrysler New Yorker 1940s Photo LOS ANGELES Zinke's Proud Man"


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[ethereal_reality]

But wait, there's more!...Here's a second photograph.....Same location. - Same car.



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I'd like to imagine the three enlisted men stumbled out of the cocktail lounge down the street & decided to have their picture taken.




You know what I'm going to ask next, right?

Yep!

Find me the name of that cocktail lounge...(I think it's a bar because the vertical/blade sign looks like it says 'cocktails'.)



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[ethereal_reality]

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Originally Posted by knapford

E_R, looks to me like the interior of the Pershing Square Parking Garage.
Why I remember these things, I do not know...

THANKS, knapford! That's what I was thinking too.


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