noirish Los Angeles - Page 1977

HossC · #**39521** Posted **Feb 1, 2017, 11:50 PM**

I saw the post, but the image isn't showing for me. There's a blank space in Firefox and a small image icon in Chrome.

Here's the image that I'm not seeing:

www.qstation.org

ethereal_reality · #**39522** Posted **Feb 1, 2017, 11:59 PM**

Oh that's great!! Way to go tovangar2 (and Hoss)

my apologies t2, I didn't see your post.

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Originally Posted by tovangar2

Party of four pls. Blaster & I are gonna carpool over.

lol.

sometimes I think you're the only one who gets my jokes t2.

tovangar2 · #**39523** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 12:13 AM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

Here's the image that I'm not seeing:

Thx Hoss :-)

I dunno why my images aren't showing up for others. I'm open to advice on how to deal w/ Picasa 3 nowadays.

I love your jokes e_r. That's why I'm here.

Blaster · #**39524** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 1:33 AM**

I say we hit the Feed Rack for breakfast. Free coffee and donuts for oldtimers.

CityBoyDoug · #**39525** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 1:36 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I was going to say you're probably right Hoss.

I just realized there's a middle window hidden by a blind in the vintage photo. (I guess I was too busy lookin' at everything else in the room)

base.dupral

& unless I'm mistaken the windows in the federal Bldg are in pairs. (not in threes)

If I may chime in here....

Several things tell me this office is in a very antique building. This has to be the old Federal Building- Post Office, built in 1906 but was inadequate the day it opened.

ethereal_reality · #**39526** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 2:25 AM**

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Originally Posted by Blaster

I say we hit the Feed Rack for breakfast. Free coffee and donuts for oldtimers.

Sounds good to me Blaster!

Be forewarned, I don't look my best in the mornings.

ethereal_reality · #**39527** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 3:08 AM**

I believe the set of windows (circled below) match the trio of windows in Atty. Palmer's office.

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...5)_Page_2.html

http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A5967

I'd sure like to raise that middle blind

because it looks like the middle window is slightly larger than the outer two.

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John Maddox Roberts · #**39528** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 3:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I believe this set of windows (circled below) match the trio of windows in Att. Palmer's office.

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl...5)_Page_2.html

I believe the middle window is slightly larger than the outer two. (how many are like this on the building?) all on the top floor I take it.

http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A5967

I'd sure like to raise that middle blind.
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Is there any way to find out if there was a gasometer in a vision line from that left window?

tovangar2 · #**39529** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 5:22 AM**

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Originally Posted by HossC

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USC Digital Library

That's a great shot HossC. It's got the whole view laid out, gas tanks on the left & the smokestacks on the right.

The white building on the left, w/ the arched windows, can be seen from the office too.

(Do you think the office could have been north of the center of the east side of the top floor?)

Lorendoc · #**39530** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 7:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by tovangar2

That's a great shot HossC. It's got the whole view laid out, gas tanks on the left & the smokestacks on the right.

Here is a 1948 view after the demolition of the old federal PO; I've marked its location on Main Street north of City Hall, and it is obvious that the Gasometers would be visible. I think the office must have been on the 5th floor Main Street side.

Historical Aerials

ethereal_reality · #**39531** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 4:38 PM**

usc

Yes, but which one?

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ethereal_reality · #**39532** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 5:27 PM**

'mystery' boulder on Rodeo Drive.

I was in the google-mobile this morning and noticed this LARGE rock on the northeast corner of Santa Monica blvd. and Rodeo Drive.

gsv

Does anyone know it's significance?

note the small plaque nearby.

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tovangar2 · #**39533** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 5:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Yes, but which one?

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LOL. I dunno. It just seems like there's a more direct view of the gas tanks from the window than would be possible from the south end of the building.

ethereal_reality · #**39534** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 5:41 PM**

that's a good point t2.

....while we're in Beverly Hills snooping around rocks

take a look at this wonderfully noirish photograph of an "electric color fountain".

huntington archive (possibly a repeat for nla)

So this is along Santa Monica Blvd., right?

update:
It's at Wilshire & Santa Monica Blvd. (Thanks Hoss!)

gsv

So who's that little guy on top?

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ethereal_reality · #**39535** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 5:56 PM**

Sunset Park up near the Beverly Hills Hotel (that's the hotel behind the trees)

huntington archive

I really like this photograph...it's so lush!

odinthor, we need your expertise...what's the plants at the base of the fountain? (is there such a thing as 'elephant ear' plant/)

and I'm also curious about the tall plants (more like grasses) at the far right-----> what are those?

tovangar2 · #**39536** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

'mystery' boulder on Rodeo Drive.

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It's a sculpture.

"Erratic" (2007) stainless steel by Roxy Paine

• Video Link

HossC · #**39537** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:08 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

....while we're in Beverly Hills snooping around rocks

take a look at this wonderfully noirish photograph of an "electric color fountain".

huntington archive

So this is along Santa Monica Blvd., right?

update:
It isn't the fountain I thought it was. (I was thinking the corner of Santa Monica blvd. and Doheny Drive.) -shown below

gsv

not even close. (I have an awful memory

)

Isn't this the fountain on the corner of Santa Monica and Wilshire Boulevards?

GSV

The Wikipedia page is here.

A previous post by Martin Pal can be found here.

ethereal_reality · #**39538** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:16 PM**

Thanks Hoss.

I just corrected by post before I saw your info. (honest)

I'm a bit embarrassed I didn't recognize it right off the bat.

CityBoyDoug · #**39539** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:20 PM**

[QUOTE=ethereal_reality;7698506]Sunset Park up near the Beverly Hills Hotel (that's the hotel behind the trees)

huntington archive

I really like this photograph...it's so lush!

odinthor, we need your expertise...what's the plants at the base of the fountain? (is there such a thing as 'elephant ear' plant/)

and I'm also curious about the tall plants (more like grasses) at the far right-----> what are those?[/QUOTE

Cyperus papyrus (papyrus sedge, paper reed, Indian matting plant, Nile grass)....we used to have this in our backyard in the 1960s.

ethereal_reality · #**39540** Posted **Feb 2, 2017, 6:21 PM**

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Originally Posted by tovangar2

It's a sculpture.

"Erratic" (2007) stainless steel by Roxy Paine

Stainless steel!

"7-foot by 15-foot polished stainless steel boulder sculpture."
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It sure looked like a real rock from the google-mobile.
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Here's another mystery rock. (north side of Wilshire near Carmelita Ave.)

gsv

I don't think this one has a plaque.

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