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originally posted by GaylordWilshire:
Apparently it was once cheaper to move a building this size
than to build something new--such moves were not uncommon in L.A.
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1952
Half of this two-story house became stuck on Doheny Drive south of Sunset Blvd. (in what is now West Hollywood). 'No Parking' signs were posted on trees the day before, but motorists ignored them.
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1951
A Spanish style house being moved across the boulevard at Whitley Terrace in Hollywood became a massive blockade. As a result, thousands of cars had to be re-routed, as indicated by the two signs which are directing the northern and southern flows of traffic
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1950
Traffic around the exclusive Chateau Marmont, located at 8221 Sunset Blvd. (in what is now West Hollywood), had been tied up for several hours today when a house being moved up Marmont Lane was snagged by an immovable telephone pole. With difficulty movers "rocked" the house by the pole and traffic flowed again
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1948
Workmen are shown placing supporting ties beneath the tracks on which the firehouse is being moved. Yesterday, it was moved only 25 feet down the street and it will take six weeks to reach its new location. The firehouse has been at the Edgeware and Temple location for 30 years
LAPL
1948
While this two-story bungalow was being moved to a new location, a party was held inside. The house, originally located at 707 N. Mariposa and owned by Alice Blackburn, was relocated to make way for the Hollywood Freeway
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1947
An over-night moving job brought this huge Spanish style house to 407 N. Coronado Terrace. Nearby residents who didn't see the house there night before were surprised by the new sight. The house was moved from its original site at 416 and 418 North Centennial Street to make way for the city's planned super-highway. Four families are living in the building
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1939
Two single-story houses are jacked up, waiting to be put on foundations after being moved from another site. A cement mixer is next to a hedge. Photo caption reads: "the "battle ground" on Lucerne boulevard and Eighth street today. Residents in adjacent exclusive homes and apartments are protesting the moving of the two old vintage bungalows to the corner lot. They are the property of Superior Judge Ruben S. Schmidt, who plans to remodel them in modern style and move in the members of his family. The district is up in arms
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1939
They're building a new body on the old chassis of the Los Angeles Public Library Branch in Hollywood. This photo shows two sections of the old building, stripped of most of its adornment, after it was moved from the old location at Hollywood Boulevard and Ivar Avenue to Ivar and Selma Avenues. The building was sawed apart for the moving operation. Cost of the alteration will be $72,000
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1925
Kress House Moving moving Compton High School on August 29, 1925
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1922
View of the second building of the San Pedro Branch Library, located at 820 S. Beacon St., in the process of being moved. In 1922, the City of Los Angeles ordered Beacon St. to be lowered by 14ft., requiring that the library be lowered as well
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1886
I know we've already covered this, but i am still amazed that they moved this building up fort moore hill in the 1880's yet it couldn't be moved a few hundred feet in 1949 to save it from the freeway..........sigh
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