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Originally Posted by JeffDiego
Gaylord:
Didn't realize the Old Wilshire Blvd. site is YOURS! Guess I've been outta the loop for awhile. Again, it is fascinating.
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Glad you're enjoying it, Jeff. I have 64 Wilshire Blvd houses up on the site now, some with their full stories completed, others with basic information and their stories still to be fully told.
As for the Cushman photo...
The info I have in my notes, which doesn't include who built the houses, is that the one on the right--1049 Wilshire--was the home of dentist Mosley E. Spinks for about 25 years, 1901 to 1926, when the contentious plans for the widening of the boulevard appears to have forced his move to 239 South Wilton. Spinks was a fairly litigious fellow early on, and was also a real estate investor.
The house on the left was the home of Robert J. Cope from at least 1907 to the mid '20s, when he moved to S Highland Ave. (He seems to have retained the Orange/Wilshire property during continuing arguments about the widening.) Not sure of his profession, but he did like sailing and Catalina....