re: Santa Barbara Plaza, Crenshaw district.
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Originally Posted by HossC
This little mall is near Marlton Avenue.
GSV
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Hoss, I couldn't help but notice the noirish
'Jerry's Flying Fox' cocktail lounge..................................................
I especially like the roof-top signage with the turn down arrow telling you where to go beneath “FLYING FOX”, and the backwards “R” in JERRY’S.
http://lomo.architectureburger.com/?p=454
"At the southeast end of the frontage road sits Jerry’s Flying Fox at 3724 King Boulevard. A local’s watering hole and onetime performance venue, the Flying Fox has been
operating since the 1950s; a 2010 article in the Los Angeles Wave described it as “L.A.’s last sugar shack,” telling the story of a place that transformed in step with its neighborhood.
The Flying Fox has served as a “Third Place,” in the sense popularized by Ray Oldenburg in his book The Great Good Place."
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After some further sleuthing...I found the following pics.
Photograph by Bruce Boenher
Serpentine booths and tables....and a big ol' bottle of hot sauce.
Bruce Boenher
The bar looks like it's a 1950s original (except for the masking tape)
Bruce Boehner
The wooden foot-rest looks like it might have added later, but I like it. (it adds character)
Back portion of the main bar (shown above) -with barback opening and a bit more 'serpentine' going on.
Bruce Boehner
One last look at the neon, from a more dramatic angle.
Bruce Boehner
And finally, a close-up of the noirish looking front entrance.
Bruce Boehner
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http://imageevent.com/bruceboehner/b...b49s35.camel_s