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[BifRayRock]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

Anyway, the city directory listing you show for the L H Roseberry Building contains a typo-- it was 3275 Wilshire rather than 3257; this building and the Chesterfield were two entirely different buildings. The Roseberry still stands--its original BP was issued June 29, 1926:

Thanks for clearing that up.

[UphillDonkey]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

Previous Madman Muntz:



http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3088


And this post, with a missing picture of a Scrivner's location...maybe someone can find the pic again or another of the location...

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10580

8363 Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Building is now an Enterprise Car Rental Office. But you already knew that. I wish you could delete posts made in error.

[shadowbat2]

Hey Everyone!
I've been checking out and enjoying this thread out for quite some time. Now I actually have something to contribute

Two old postcards I bought the other day:

Los Angeles Civic Center by tehshadowbat, on Flickr

Grauman's Chinese Theatre by tehshadowbat, on Flickr

[HossC]

Originally Posted by BifRayRock

Looking north on Highland (late '40s). Notice Muntz TV, far right. No listing available. Can anyone place the exact address?

W&P

A post at humanstreetview.org dates the picture at 1952 (which I think is a little late) and places it on the corner of Highland and Sunset. I thought that at least one of the buildings must still be standing, so I went looking. Using the 1948 view at Historic Aerials (below), I found the curved spur next to the streetcar a few blocks south between Lexington and Santa Monica.


Historic Aerials

I think this might be the old Muntz TV building, although it's difficult to tell with those awnings. The building has since been painted matt black, which makes it even harder to see the lines.


GSV

These buildings just north of the one above also resemble the size and shape of those in the original picture, with Buddha Jones standing where Beverly Hills Provision (Packaged Meats) once stood.


GSV

On the other side of the street, I think these two buildings are also survivors.


GSV

It's difficult to get a "now" shot because a central divider filled with trees has been added to the street in the last decade. Instead, here's a remnant of the old spur. The front has been rebuilt, but the curve at the rear shows us where it was.


GSV

Finally, I thought I'd throw in Martin Turnbull's color version of the original picture.


www.martinturnbull.com

[santamonicadesign]

The actor/comedian

[FredH]

You have to ask yourself...why?


bizarela.com

[santamonicadesign]

There was another Dolores Restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd in West L.A. until a couple of years ago when it closed and a mysterious fire gutted it. Before that, it was a fairly intact vintage diner circa 1950's - good milkshakes as I recall.

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by shadowbat2

Hey Everyone!
I've been checking out and enjoying this thread out for quite some time. Now I actually have something to contribute

Two old postcards I bought the other day:

Los Angeles Civic Center by tehshadowbat, on Flickr

Grauman's Chinese Theatre by tehshadowbat, on Flickr

Hey, thanks for sharing your two postcards with us shadowbat2!

I don't believe we've discussed the objects in the two niches before. (to be honest, I hadn't notice them until shadowcat2' postcard above)


eBay

On a side note: can anyone read what movie's playing?
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I just found this daylight view from 1966.


http://www.ebay.com/itm/GRAUMANS-CHI...EAAOSw~gRVjEVg




close-up view

detail


It (they) remind me a bit of that front lawn shrine thingy down on Crenshaw that we recently discussed.

this

gsv / 674 Crenshaw

Originally Posted by FredH

ER - The wife (she's from Taiwan, and a self-proclaimed expert on everything Asian) says that this is a Buddhist (Japanese or Korean style)
stone pagoda replica that people put in their yards.

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[Martin Pal]

Hi, E_R, on that Chinese Theatre marquee on the right it looks to me like I can make out "GOLDFINGER" in the top line. (?)
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Originally Posted by HossC

Using the 1948 view at Historic Aerials (below), I found the curved spur next to the streetcar a few blocks south between Lexington and Santa Monica.


Historic Aerials

Did this spur go down to Santa Monica Blvd.? I don't recall hearing about a spur from this location before, nor do I see it on any PE map I've been looking at just now, I wonder what it was used for?

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

Hi, E_R, on that Chinese Theatre marquee on the right it looks to me like I can make out "GOLDFINGER" in the top line. (?)

That's what I thought too Martin, what threw me off was the word(s) in front of it. 'something' Man?
It can't be a double feature, because we're talking Grauman's fur-christ-sake.
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[Martin Pal]

Looking at it some more I believe it says:

A THINKING MAN'S GOLDFINGER
THE IPCRESS FILE

[ethereal_reality]

I believe you're correct Martin! I'm glad you figured it out, it was bugging me.

So they (the studio) decided to ride on the coat-tails of Goldfinger's success. Interesting marketing ploy.
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[HossC]

Here's a clearer view of 'The Ipcress File' marquee from a 2014 post:

Originally Posted by HossC

'Goldfinger' had its Hollywood release on Christmas Day 1964. Michael Caine's 'The Ipcress File' was released in the UK in March 1965, but wasn't seen in the US until August of that year.
"Vintage 1965 Original SLIDE Los Angeles GRAUMAN'S CHINESE Street Scene HOLLYWOOD"


eBay

This is what the actual 'Goldfinger' marquee looked like.


eBay

[ethereal_reality]

Very cool....thanks Hoss.


Apparently, "A thinking man's Goldfinger" was extracted from a Newsweek review.


http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/ne...re-id479764829
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[HossC]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

Did this spur go down to Santa Monica Blvd.? I don't recall hearing about a spur from this location before, nor do I see it on any PE map I've been looking at just now, I wonder what it was used for?

Here's a wider area. It looks like it may have been a short freight spur. There's another spur just south below the 'd' of Santa Monica Boulevard.


Historic Aerials

[CityBoyDoug]

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[ethereal_reality]

Let's briefly return to Glass Negative #1 from last week.


eBay

Unless I missed it, I don't believe anyone named the mystery building behind the tree and in the distance.


detail



I'm pretty sure it's Julia Morgan's Herald Examiner building. (maybe someone already figured this out)




In this aerial dated 1914, you can see undeveloped parcels of land surrounding the building during it's construction.



http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...65/id/1849/rec



If you look closely, there are numerous scraggly trees and shack-like buildings, similar to what appears in the bluish glass neg.


detail / lower right corner


note the rather nice house at upper right with a coach house behind it. (baist map please )
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[unihikid]

Originally Posted by santamonicadesign

There was another Dolores Restaurant on Santa Monica Blvd in West L.A. until a couple of years ago when it closed and a mysterious fire gutted it. Before that, it was a fairly intact vintage diner circa 1950's - good milkshakes as I recall.

sad to see Dolores gone..they didnt have the best prices but it was the place to go for an after cast party. Last time i went we finished "Zoot Suit" and the whole cast came which at 11pm on a Saturday night, filled the place. Most of the students from Uni went to Cafe 50's down the street or to the La Salsa where we got a discount if we showed our WAC card (Warrior/Wildcat Activity Card) which gave us discounts to most of the stores in the area.

[Martin Pal]

I didn't know that was the reason it closed. I'd go there on occasion when visiting the Royal Theatre down the street.

Who was doing "ZOOT SUIT" unihikid?

[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by HossC

Here's a wider area. It looks like it may have been a short freight spur. There's another spur just south below the 'd' of Santa Monica Boulevard.

Historic Aerials
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Thanks for the spur info, HossC, it led me to remember another site, HERE, that mentioned some info about this.

In the vicinity of Highland Avenue, numerous freight spurs connect to the line. This industrial district is the most important freight destination on the westside of Los Angeles for freight carried by rail. Just beyond Highland Avenue was a small freight yard and the freight station for Hollywood. [Seen in the aerial above.] The station agent sold passenger tickets.

The author says he "snapped this photo of the station in the early '60s."

Tom Wetzel/Uncanny
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With an homage to Bennett Cerf, your post, HossC, spurred me to find that bit of info, so now I hope E_R won't mind traveling back to a post that's a bit Muntzy.

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

hemmings.com

hemmings.com
After his great post-WWII success as a salesman of used cars as well as of new tv sets, Earl "Madman"
Muntz founded the Muntz Car Company to produce the "Muntz Jet." About 400 were made from 1951-
-53, using the various Lincoln V8s of those years and GM's Hydra-Matic. Here a few Jets are pictured
on April 3, 1952, at 8363 Sunset Blvd.


The building is still there, tucked behind a Starbucks:
Google Street View
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This photo has appeared on NLA before, but just to add perspective to the 8363 address, this is what was there in 1933.
Across the street at 8358, of course, is the Sunset Tower.





In April of 1966 the address was Muntz's Tape City:

L.A. Times