After the recent posts on the 'White Spot' (be it Magnolia Park or a bar on Wilshire) I was reminded of a White Spot Garage.
Well, I FINALLY found the photo I was thinking of, and I was wrong.....it is simply White Garage. No 'Spot' to it at all.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...15304/CHS-2078
above: Notice the Hotel Woodward center left, it would eventually become the Bristol Hotel (covered earlier in this thread).
Recently I found this great matchbook of a nightclub called "The Village'. It turns out it was located in the Woodward/Bristol Hotel building.
![](http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/8903/00fvillageflickrfrankke.jpg)
found on ebay
below: The inside of the matchbook is what makes it so great.
OOH-LA-LA!
below: A wonderful photo of the Bristol Hotel courtesy of the USC Digital Archives.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...OS-ANG-MIS-004
below: The Bristol today...'The Village' nightclub was located in the area left of the main entrance.
![](http://img860.imageshack.us/img860/5038/00fvillagesitetoday.jpg)
google street view
below: Sadly, the area around the Bristol Hotel still seems somewhat dicey. Yes, the Golden Gopher is next door, but look at that other building.
![](http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/9059/00fvillageneighborgolde.jpg)
google street view
below: And across the street you are greeted by this.
It is the 8th Street side of the once respectable Commercial Exchange Building.
![](http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6438/commercialexchangefront.jpg)
google street view
Oh....and the fate of the White Garage? The site is now a four story public parking garage.
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