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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Thanks to HossC for the location the Alessandro / Whitmore Ave. photo.
When I first saw the two story building with the covered stairs out front I thought it was a wooden structure covered with cheap siding.
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Long story short: I believe the building is still there almost completely hidden by trees and shrubs.
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If you look closer, you can see it's a brick building with a horizontal lines.
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Detail of brick pattern.
below: You can see the horizontal brick pattern more clearly in this photograph.
posted by HossC
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Just for fun....here's an aerial.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/538/mdVG6l.png)
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I also believe the building on the corner opposite corner is still there as well with a screwy alteration on the front.
![](http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/673/ruIbIg.jpg)
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What I know from living on the street.. the white stucco-front property along Allesandro Street
was vacant from the mid-to late- nineties, and was sort of burned out looking,
and had a fake "mansard roof" along the front.
It had been a row of shops, or at least
one grocer and one smaller store. There was a biker "chop shop" on the property behind it.
Two artists bought the property back in 2002-2003 and tried to keep the front as it was (at least without the wood clapboard facing). They made it into one
large residence. The cost was high, since they did it strictly to code, and the LA building inspector didn't like them (they had tattoos, and he was a born-again christian). He made them jump thru hoops just to get the place finished.
There wasn't time or money for "historic restoration".
The inspector later was fired or
forcibly retired, or something.. . he left a lot of "unresolved issues" that newer inspectors had to "sort through" (that's all I will say)...
At least they didn't build a McMansion or sell it off to a developer for a 4 story mixed-use nightmare, as on the rest of Allesandro.. the original building is exactly the same as it was, except that they had the front stucco'ed instead of the original wood siding. It was a terrible area back when they bought it, but I suppose they were wise to buy the place... considering real estate prices now..