noirish Los Angeles v2.0 - Page 119

BDiH · #**2361** Posted **Sep 8, 2026, 7:43 PM**

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I think the name was Macy Liquor, but not certain. Now shuttered.
Macy Street is now Cesar Chavez, near the Plaza Church. Looking west. Bunker Hill in background.

Looking east. Terminal Annex in background

Macy Liquor. Al Galvin, proprietor.

ethereal_reality · #**2362** Posted **Sep 8, 2026, 8:34 PM**

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Is this you, GatoVerde?

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GatoVerde · #**2363** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 12:42 AM**

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Is this you, GatoVerde?

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Yup ET, that's me, 1st grade in Room 3 with Room 8.

Martin Pal · #**2364** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 12:57 AM**

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[...]
In mid-January we were discussing the L.A. Times article about the 101 Best Movies about Los Angeles.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/list/best-los-angeles-movies
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Apparently, a month or so after that article, the authors followed it up with this one: (14 more titles listed alphabetically)

The Best L.A. Movies That Didn’t Make Our 101 List, According to Angelenos
https://www.latimes.com/2026-02-13/best-los-angeles-movies-according-to-angelenos-readers-respond

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And today, another list:

The 33 Best L.A. Crime Movies, Ranked
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/list/best-los-angeles-crime-movies

ethereal_reality · #**2365** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 2:33 AM**

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A mystery location.

FOUND PHOTO Long Beach Grand Prix in California 1970's

eBay

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ethereal_reality · #**2366** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 2:37 AM**

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A mystery location from the movie 'Falling Down'. (1993)

motionpictures

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ethereal_reality · #**2367** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 2:38 AM**

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And here's one more for tonight. / . . also from Falling Down. (1993)

motionpictures

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ethereal_reality · #**2368** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 3:34 AM**

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Mystery vantage point / Long Beach

Where were these three people standing when they got their photo taken?

eBay

It seems awfully high.

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sadykadie2 · #**2369** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 5:52 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Mystery vantage point / Long Beach

Where were these three people standing when they got their photo taken?

eBay

It seems awfully high.

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Behind them is The Breakers, an old hotel that became a Senior living facility. I did an internship there for Occupational therapy in the 90's

Alkapone · #**2370** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 5:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Mystery vantage point / Long Beach

Where were these three people standing when they got their photo taken?

eBay

It seems awfully high.

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Cooper Arms Apartments here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooper_Arms_Apartments

Gotten a lot of practice reading the scribble on old postcards in the past.

Alkapone · #**2371** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 6:01 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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A mystery location.

FOUND PHOTO Long Beach Grand Prix in California 1970's

eBay

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Fox West Coast Theater extensively covered here: https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/10/west-coast-theatre.html

And there’s a good photo down there passing through the Cooper Arms site.

Godzilla · #**2372** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 2:28 PM**

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A mystery location.

FOUND PHOTO Long Beach Grand Prix in California 1970's

eBay .

https://cdn-8.motorsport.com/images/mgl/YP3W3A32/s1200/carlos-reutemann-ferrari-312t3-1.webp

https://cdn-3.motorsport.com/images/mgl/6D1L1NG0/s1200/andrea-de-cesaris-alfa-romeo-1-1.webp

Villa Riviera

https://longbeachize.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/VillaRivieraAddison.jpg

Long Beach aerial

https://www.photopilot.com/media/images/DSC04859_-_Long_Beach_Overview.1d4bc781.fill-1600x900.jpg

[email protected] · #**2373** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 4:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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A mystery location from the movie 'Falling Down'. (1993)

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Sunset and Hyperion...

Alkapone · #**2374** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 4:26 PM**

An interesting (menu) listing for Pig Stand Drive-ins which 8ncluded the Santa Monica Boulevard and La Brea location : https://www.ebay.com/itm/267444216093

JHGraham posted about California Pig Stands and had an address around 1933 of 1101 North La Brea (West Hollywood) which is the NW corner at Santa Monica just east of the United Artists Studio complex at Formosa. But this menu seems to indicate a name change and dropped the Vine Street building (which had been sold). So far there seem to be no good photos of the La Brea operation beyond the front signage. It might creep into some of those aerials. Anyone got a further Oink about this place?

riichkay · #**2375** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 5:36 PM**

No info provided for this photo off of jalopyjournal.com....I'm guessing the year at about 1940....I ran a couple of CD's and phone books around that year but had no luck finding the business.

Scott Charles · #**2376** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 6:00 PM**

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Sunset and Hyperion...

Yep. Been there myself, many times.

Scott Charles · #**2377** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 6:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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And here's one more for tonight. / . . also from Falling Down. (1993)

motionpictures

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The former Brooklyn Theater at 2524 E. Brooklyn Ave (now Cesar Chavez Ave) in Boyle Heights. It's a vacant lot now.

https://losangelestheatres.blogspot.com/2020/08/brooklyn-theatre.html

Alkapone · #**2378** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 9:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by riichkay

No info provided for this photo off of jalopyjournal.com....I'm guessing the year at about 1940....I ran a couple of CD's and phone books around that year but had no luck finding the business.

The least cropped version google could find was on pinterest here: https://uk.pinterest.com/harleyjmiles/old-hotrod-scene/

Not much help, but here’s the whole…

sourced pinterest brit as above.

Of course, now we know it’s a dead ending side street on a hillside roadway. Very similar to the later location of a Mobil station on Western above Franklin across from Immaculate Heart, but these buildings blow that idea away.

odinthor · #**2379** Posted **Sep 9, 2026, 10:44 PM**

Unless I managed to overlook it, the one thing we haven't brought into evidence here concerning the corner of North Figueroa and Sunset is the (1906) Sanborn map's contribution:

Detail from Sanborn 1906 plate 326; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:...lifornia,_1906,_Volume_3,_Plate_0326.jpg

I have reoriented it so that North (or at least Los Angeles "North") is at the top. Our area of concern is at bottom center.

By the way, the overall link to the Sanborn maps is: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categ..._Angeles,_Los_Angeles_County,_California

ethereal_reality · #**2380** Posted **Sep 10, 2026, 12:57 AM**

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thanks for the follow ups to my recent posts.

here are a couple more from Falling Down. (1993)

warnerbrothers

warnerbrothers

Good luck!

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