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[Alkapone]

Originally Posted by Alkapone

After all this time it’s just occurred to me why we are seeing these groups of people at this side of the block. The old fire station had become the Greyhound Bus Terminal and the Asbury Bus Lines had a depot or stop down the block too. (Santa Fe Trailways/fred Harvey were up one block in the 1700’s also on the west side.) So during the war years it wouldn’t be odd to find soldiers, girls, taxis and what not gathering around there pretty regularly. And there’s usually a bar or cocktail lounge in the area of bus terminals for all those send offs.

John Bengtson gave good coverage of the area around 1625/27/29 from the era after Cahuenga stopped being the center of Hollywood (up to circa 1905) while gravity had moved toward Highland (1905-1920) and then swung back toward Vine (1920-1990+): https://silentlocations.com/2023/07/22/the-keaton-fairbanks-hollywood-fire-station/

The Fire/Police stations were removed elsewhere and road maps place the Greyhound station about where the building remained…so far no actual photos of that era. Later, busses were consolidated on Vine and this building was in time consumed in a fire. During the ‘60’s and early ‘70’s it was Small World Importium at the 1625 address. A midern structure now occupies the site as visible on the Silent Locations blog.

[Alkapone]

Images of the 1979 fire which finally took out the old structure at 1625 N. Cahuenga: https://www.lafire.com/stations/FS027/1979-1200_fire-FS27.html

[ethereal_reality]

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Here are a couple of snapshots that just showed up on eBay.


"Vintage Texaco Gas Station Photo Los Angeles Slauson Ave LA Investment Co Ford"


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[odinthor]

To fill out our Niederer dossier:


LA Times, 10-28-1919


Credits in image

[ethereal_reality]

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An atmospheric view of Westlake Park.

"1940s Los Angeles California Westlake Theatre 35mm kodachrome slide photo"



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[ethereal_reality]

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Please tell that 'cage' protecting the statuary is no longer there.


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It's hideous.

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[ethereal_reality]

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a mystery location.


"FOUND PHOTO Southern California Los Angeles Rodeo Cowboys - Vtg Snapshot 1940's"



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I'm intrigued by The Penguin. (bar?)

A CLOSER LOOK



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[odinthor]

And here is Jacob Niederer himself:


https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/CS.aspx?V...1&DocRID=2A3BF19LZWD6&FR_=1&W=1280&H=593

[ethereal_reality]

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Handsome bloke despite his oversized head.

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[Lwize]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Please tell that 'cage' protecting the statuary is no longer there.
It's hideous.

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Someone must have told the cage, since it's gone.

[Scott Charles]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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An atmospheric view of Westlake Park.

"1940s Los Angeles California Westlake Theatre 35mm kodachrome slide photo"



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Here's a photo I took from that exact same spot one early morning in 2005:

[sadykadie2]

Originally Posted by Alkapone

And Newport Center should locate Fashion Island (see the wiki).

And the City was in Orange, near UCI. My dad went to UCI medical school and we used to visit it as a family. It was an indoor mall . It was demolished to make way for an outdoor mall there now-The Block

[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by Scott Charles

Here's a photo I took from that exact same spot one early morning in 2005:


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That's a beautiful photo, Scott Charles, thanks for posting it. I like that there's a couple lone figures perfectly silhouetted in the morning light; the street lamps waiting for daybreak... Do you know what month it was? The feeling I first got looking at it was that it was chilly and dank, but maybe that's what I'd like it to be right now! I can also feel it might've been warm and humid.

[ethereal_reality]

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Yes, it's an excellent photgraph!

Thanks for sharing it with us, Scott Charles.

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[ethereal_reality]

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Meet the employees of the Globe Office Shop at 613 South Hill Street.


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I know that we have seen a street view with the Globe Coffee Shop earlier in the thread but I haven't been able to find it. (I was going to include it with this post)

Does anyone know which photograph I am talking about?
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[ethereal_reality]

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Here is a Globe menu from a location on Seventh Street...



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I didn't realize forgot that they served cocktails.


P.S. I see that the 613 So. Hill St. address is the office.
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[Lwize]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Here is a Globe menu from a location on Seventh Street...



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Those cocktails are listed in Cents, not Dollars?!

[Scott Charles]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

That's a beautiful photo, Scott Charles, thanks for posting it. I like that there's a couple lone figures perfectly silhouetted in the morning light; the street lamps waiting for daybreak... Do you know what month it was? The feeling I first got looking at it was that it was chilly and dank, but maybe that's what I'd like it to be right now! I can also feel it might've been warm and humid.

Thanks for the kind remarks, Martin Pal and _ER_!

Assuming that the photo's EXIF data is correct, the picture was taken Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 8:10 AM.

The weather was cool, damp, and cloudy, though not rainy.

I'm not sure why the streetlights are still on - look at how high the sun is already in the sky - but I have other photos I took at the same time, and the streetlights are lit in every photo. Maybe they automatically stay lit when it's foggy..?

[ethereal_reality]

It seems we covered the Globe Cocktail Lounge back in 2022.





Go Here to see the earlier post.

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[Flyingwedge]

Thomas D. Stimson bought and pulled down two three-story brick buildings not yet three years old to build his Stimson Block
at the NEC of 3rd and Spring in 1892-93. These were the Perret and Perez-Mauricio Blocks.

The Perez-Mauricio Block was sometimes just called the Perez Block (I think Perez and Mauricio were related, possibly sisters):



1892 LA City Directory @ LA Public Library


The Perret Block, by architect Frank Capitain, was planned by mid-1889:



Jun 27, 1889, Los Angeles Herald @ Newspapers.com


Plans for the Perez Block were complete by November 1889. Other articles show its architect was A. M. Edelman:



Nov 10, 1889, Los Angeles Herald @ Newspapers.com


Here are the two buildings on the 1891 Dakin Map (Spring St. on the left, 3rd St. at the bottom):



Los Angeles Public Library/FW photo


Here are the Perez (green star) and Perret (red star) Blocks as seen from Bunker Hill, with the East LA orphanage at upper right:



Hazard-Dyson Photograph Album page 131 @ UCLA


This street-level view of the Perez and Perret Blocks must have been taken in 1890. That was the year the street addresses changed, so the
one-story building between the two blocks wouldn't have had its 150 address (above "Grotto and Chop" on the sign) any later than 1890. Also,
the only references for City Wallpaper Co., advertised on the side of the Perez Block, are from 1890. I think the Perret Block looks pretty cool:



2003-0173 @ CA State Library


Sadly, Mr. Perret died before his building was completed:



Oct 22, 1889, Los Angeles Times @ Newspapers.com


Here's where Stimson pulls down the Perez and Perret Blocks :



Aug 3, 1892, Los Angeles Times @ Newspapers.com


This looks north across 3rd Street at the 1893-1963 Stimson Block early in its life:



1989-0434 @ CA St. Library