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rick m · #**2501** Posted **Sep 22, 2026, 11:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

Here's a flyer for Bizarre Bazaar giving the address as 6514 Selma Avenue. I could only find a listing in the 1967 CD.

www.are.na

This was Pat Rocco's retail store for local youth--- mentioned in his memoir

Lwize · #**2502** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 2:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by riichkay

Facing east on Santa Monica Blvd. at Veteran Ave., 1973....photo by Robin Dunitz via USC Library.

I'm not sure about 1973. This is probably 1971 or 1972.

The triangle twin towers in the ABC Entertainment Center in Century City (under construction in the background) were completed in 1973. They don't look that far along.
McDonald's Quarter Pounder rolled out nationwide in 1973, but had been developed in California in 1971. Los Angeles probably had them before 1973.
(I wish fast food burgers looked as inviting as they do in billboards. The QP's appearance is sad in real life)

odinthor · #**2503** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 3:58 PM**

Have we seen the residence of grocer George Ralphs before?

From 1904 book Our Architecture, unnumbered ad pages at back. https://books.google.com/books?id=AFRDAQ...IHVAeL2MQ6AF6BAgFEAM#v=onepage&q&f=false

It was located at 1050 Arapahoe. Its site is now the rear end of a Food 4 Less store.

odinthor · #**2504** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 4:13 PM**

We were discussing the Rowan Block/Rowan Building recently. Here's the Rowan in question:

1904 book of Caricatures As We See 'Em, unnumbered pages, USC Digital Library https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/CS.aspx?V...0&DocRID=2A3BF19LBZOL&FR_=1&W=1280&H=593

HossC · #**2505** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 7:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by Lwize

McDonald's Quarter Pounder rolled out nationwide in 1973, but had been developed in California in 1971. Los Angeles probably had them before 1973.
(I wish fast food burgers looked as inviting as they do in billboards. The QP's appearance is sad in real life)

They've changed the bun and added cheese since its inception, but the photo on the website is still not a great match for what you receive!

Lwize · #**2506** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 10:14 PM**

That OG QP is very sesame-forward!

Alkapone · #**2507** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 10:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

Here's a flyer for Bizarre Bazaar giving the address as 6514 Selma Avenue. I could only find a listing in the 1967 CD.

www.are.na

So, would that be the Hollywood Camera Exchange on the corner of Selma & Cahuenga relecting in the window? (Just below Shelley’s Manhole.)

ethereal_reality · #**2508** Posted **Sep 23, 2026, 11:30 PM**

re: Bizarre Bazaar

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Originally Posted by rick m

This was Pat Rocco's retail store for local youth--- mentioned in his memoir

I had no idea. Very interesting, rick m.

Pat Rocco

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More on SPREE .(gay content)

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ethereal_reality · #**2509** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 12:57 AM**

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Mystery snapshot. circa 1970.

Does anyone recognize this intersection?

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ethereal_reality · #**2510** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 1:02 AM**

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RARE Stereo View currently on eBay

eBay

Photographer's stamp.

Note-card included.

Asking $425.00
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ethereal_reality · #**2511** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 1:12 AM**

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Does anyone by chance recognize this 'mystery house?

Seller's description:.LOS ANGELES Vintage 35mm Slide Hollywood Hills House Multiview Drive Gone? 1989

Currently on eBay

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ethereal_reality · #**2512** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 1:20 AM**

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Not a mystery location but t's pretty cool to see.

Seller's description: LOS ANGELES Vintage 35mm Slide - Platform Houses - Sherman Oaks - Oakfield Drive 1989

Do you think they're all still standing?

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ethereal_reality · #**2513** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 1:27 AM**

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Mystery Cul-de-Sac.

Seller's description: "LOS ANGELES Vintage 35mm Slide Beverly Hills Mountain Cul-De-Sac Houses 1989"

eBay

I highly doubt we will ever find this. . .there are just too many cul-de-sacs.

Prove me wrong.

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Scott Charles · #**2514** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 1:33 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Mystery snapshot. circa 1970.

Does anyone recognize this intersection?

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Looking north from Olive and 11th, I think. That's the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (LA branch) behind the yellow sign that says “National”.

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The original 1929 building was designed by John and Donald Parkinson in a Classical Moderne style with elements of Zigzag Moderne. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.

odinthor · #**2515** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 3:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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RARE Stereo View currently on eBay

eBay

Photographer's stamp.

Note-card included.

Asking $425.00
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e_r: Despite what the seller avers, Nay! We are not "looking north-east along what is now Grand." We are looking north on Justicia from Temple, and the prominent residence foreground left is the longtime home of the Bilderrain family at the northwest corner of Temple and Justicia. Across the street from casa Bilderrain is the lumberyard at which some of the victims of the Chinese Massacre were hanged. Why did they go so far from the place where the Chinese Massacre was mainly happening to hang some here? Because one of the Bilderrains (Jesus B.) was a casualty (injured) in the events leading up to the Massacre.

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ScottyB · #**2516** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 7:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Not a mystery location but t's pretty cool to see.

Seller's description: LOS ANGELES Vintage 35mm Slide - Platform Houses - Sherman Oaks - Oakfield Drive 1989

Do you think they're all still standing?

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Apparently yes!

https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/platform-houses/

ethereal_reality · #**2517** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 8:40 PM**

Pretty cool news, ScottyB. . . so none of them have slid (slided?) down the hill.

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Originally Posted by Scott Charles

Looking north from Olive and 11th, I think. That's the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (LA branch) behind the yellow sign that says “National”.

Thanks for answering my question, Scott Charles. ...

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ethereal_reality · #**2518** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 8:43 PM**

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Originally Posted by odinthor

e_r: Despite what the seller avers, Nay! We are not "looking north-east along what is now Grand." We are looking north on Justicia from Temple, and the prominent residence foreground left is the longtime home of the Bilderrain family at the northwest corner of Temple and Justicia. Across the street from casa Bilderrain is the lumberyard at which some of the victims of the Chinese Massacre were hanged. Why did they go so far from the place where the Chinese Massacre was mainly happening to hang some here? Because one of the Bilderrains (Jesus B.) was a casualty (injured) in the events leading up to the Massacre.

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I appreciate the correction, odinthor. ...I had to admit it's all above my pay grade- and makes my head spin.

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ethereal_reality · #**2519** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 9:18 PM**

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A mystery neighborhood.

Murray's Market Los Angeles Neighborhood Scene 1926 - Original Photo

eBay

The reverse.

Hopefully Murray's Market is listed in one of the LA directories. ...(fingers crossed)
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rick m · #**2520** Posted **Sep 24, 2026, 10:40 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

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Not a mystery location but t's pretty cool to see.

Seller's description: LOS ANGELES Vintage 35mm Slide - Platform Houses - Sherman Oaks - Oakfield Drive 1989

Do you think they're all still standing?

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Deervale Drive.. Sherman Oaks.. All standing-- Plenty of wild party times up there in early 70s .. Ghost inhabited the guestroom too! Neighbor Ralph kept his subordinate partner on the balcony as a doggie in nice weather.. In a "Cheetah" thong- we were non-plussed --