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Thanks for sharing your memories of the tour of Angelus Temple, Martin Pal. .. Did it seem cavernous inside or was it smaller than it appears on the outside?



Orig 1960 35mm Kodachrome slide - Downtown Los Angeles street scene w/Library


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[ethereal_reality]

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I've never noticed this elaborate little tea garden in Chinatown.

orig 1960 35mm Kodachrome slides - Los Angeles Chinatown street scenes


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So where in Chinatown was it located?

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[ethereal_reality]

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I also don't remember seeing this quaint little barber shop.



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I take it this street is . .um . . N. Broadway(?)


Someone excelled at stacking crates.
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[ethereal_reality]

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I happened upon this photograph in one of my old files and I've been trying to out why I labeled it as. . . (see below)








Let's take a closer look at these handsome fellas.


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I thought perhaps an airplane they worked on was named Miss Bellflower but I wasn't able to find any further information.


P.S. I did find out that Bellflower has a 'Miss Bellflower' contest every year.

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[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Thanks for sharing your memories of the tour of Angelus Temple, Martin Pal. .. Did it seem cavernous inside or was it smaller than it appears on the outside?
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E_R, the temple was designed so Aimee, and probably performers, can move around the various levels for more personal interactions, which would make it feel more intimate. The fact it was always filled to capacity makes it seem smaller in photos. The photographs of the interiors show that it was always standing room only there. Over 5,000 people could fit in there originally. Let me see... It originally held 5,300 and a renovation around 25 years ago reduced the capacity to 3,500. So what we saw has 1,800 less seats than originally!

Actually, the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood feels a whole lot larger than the Angelus Temple interior and yet the Pantages capacity is around 2,700.

[ethereal_reality]

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Thanks, Martin....


Here's a photograph of the interior in 1930.


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Aimee is holding her right arm up in the air.



And today.


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I've always wanted to go inside but never got around to it.

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[ethereal_reality]

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Before we get too far removed from the gasometer discussion I want to post this amazing photograph of the 'Grand Canyon Limited' arriving in Los Angeles in April of 1947.



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[ethereal_reality]

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I did some of my own sleuthin' on this next 1960 Chinatown photograph.


I couldn't help but noticed the tiny insurance agency.


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I found it!...It's on Jung Jing Road.


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Emory and Chow. The best of both worlds.

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[HossC]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I also don't remember seeing this quaint little barber shop.


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I take it this street is . .um . . N. Broadway(?)

The New Chinatown Barber was at 930 N Hill Street, so you were only one street out, e_r. The building is still there, although I've gone back a couple of years to when the tree was smaller.


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[ethereal_reality]

Very cool, Hoss!..Thank you.


I see that the lovely terrace on its roof is gone. That's too bad.

[HossC]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I've never noticed this elaborate little tea garden in Chinatown.

orig 1960 35mm Kodachrome slides - Los Angeles Chinatown street scenes


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So where in Chinatown was it located?

Hong Kong Art Goods was at 950 N Hill Street, not far from the barber shop above. The "Hong Kong" signage is still on the wall, but the tea garden has gone.


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[Flyingwedge]

Originally Posted by ScottyB

And what's the story here? Is this a transplanted lighthouse?. Odd-looking foundation. It's being renovated apparently (note the man on the roof). To become what? An eccentric house? Looks kind of like a giant chicken coop.

Is it being built, renovated, torn down, or prepared for relocation? I'm going to guess built or renovated, and that this is the fall of 1886.

That building may well have been designed to be an eccentric house. It had the pre-1890 address of 420 S. Flower, and it appears to have
been built or moved there by a real estate agent named Asa Adams. He first appears there in the 1887 LA City Directory:



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Here is the 1888 Sanborn map (north at the top) showing the eccentric house (arrowed; "D" for Dwelling) and its almost unreadable address,
along with a few other numbered landmarks:



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Those same numbered landmarks are below on the southish-facing photo. The two trees in front of #2 seem to have no leaves, and there
is a fence along Flower north of #2. As JScott pointed out, number 4 is the Bellevue Terrace Hotel; note the water tank house (arrowed)
behind it that appears to be under construction. Also note the angle of the sun:





Here is a photo taken from about the same spot but aimed just a little more to the right. The eccentric house site is out of frame, but
landmarks #1-4 from the previous photo are present. There is no water tank house behind the Bellevue Terrace Hotel, which seems
to have a ladder leaning against its side, possibly indicating work on the hotel. The two trees in front of landmark #2 are full of leaves,
there's no fence along Flower north of #2, and the sun seems to be high in the sky . . . all of which suggests to me that this photo was
taken around late spring 1886 and before the previous image:



00030886 @ LA Public Library


The largest of the three buildings of the Bellevue Terrace Hotel (the one we see prominently in the photos) was begun around
mid-March 1886. Using that date as a starting point, then accounting for the water tank house, tree leaves, etc., that's how I
figure the eccentric house photo is from fall 1886.

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Wow--outstanding post, FW.

I looked about for bits and pieces on Adams, hoping to find a reference to his odd building on Flower . . . and found nothing pertinent. But here are some stray miscellanea on him, plus two stories on the fatal accident of his only son:

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There were at least four of these Chef's Inn (AKA Robert Hill's Chef's Inn) restaurants but I have never seen a photo of the Glendale location at 6100 San Fernando Road until I saw this menu on eBay. Looks like it might have been a drive-in in the 1930s. Bland office building on the site now.
They were also at
3786 E. Colorado in Pasadena
734 Foothill Blvd. in La Cañada Flintridge
3201 Coast Highway in Corona Del Mar


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[ethereal_reality]

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Does anyone know if this apartment building by Schindler is still standing?


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[ethereal_reality]

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This is such a cool old picture.


Historic photo Long Beach, CA from original negative Pine Ave 1800s


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[ethereal_reality]

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I'm hoping this little department building is still standing (wherever in Long Beach it might be)


Historic photo Long Beach, CA from original negative



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[odinthor]

[old photo of liquor-selling establishment, supposedly in Long Beach]

But . . . but Long Beach famously did not allow the sale of alcoholic beverages within its boundaries from its very inception until 1933. Any liquor-selling establishment would have to be outside of Long Beach proper.

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[QUOTE=Flyingwedge;10592168]Is it being built, renovated, torn down, or prepared for relocation? I'm going to guess built or renovated, and that this is the fall of 1886.

That building may well have been designed to be an eccentric house. It had the pre-1890 address of 420 S. Flower, and it appears to have
been built or moved there by a real estate agent named Asa Adams. He first appears there in the 1887 LA City Directory:

Thanks for the follow-ups, JScott, FW, and odinthor! Interesting history and sad story. The label on the photo had me looking SE, confusing me greatly. I'll be looking for another picture of the structure in question.

[Noir_Noir]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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This is such a cool old picture.

Historic photo Long Beach, CA from original negative Pine Ave 1800s

Originally Posted by odinthor

[old photo of liquor-selling establishment, supposedly in Long Beach]

But . . . but Long Beach famously did not allow the sale of alcoholic beverages within its boundaries from its very inception until 1933. Any liquor-selling establishment would have to be outside of Long Beach proper.

The picture is in the Long Beach Library Digital Archive.



lbpl.contentdm.oclc.org


D. J. also had a location on North Main, Los Angeles.



cdnc.ucr.edu - Los Angeles Herald,18 September 1892