noirish Los Angeles - Page 780

ethereal_reality · #**15581** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 3:15 PM**

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Originally Posted by westcork

Is it my imagination? Or do the LA Times and Curbed LA find inspiration from Noirish LA? Two days after BifRayRock's great post, LA Times has this on their Web front page:

LA Times

I think you're correct westcork. If they're gleaning information from the thread, they could at least mention it.
That would be the decent thing to do.
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Earl Boebert · #**15582** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 4:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Moxie

Ah, that'll be the problem...I'm on a Mac, not Windows.

If you're in Safari, go to Edit -> Special Characters -> Pictographs to find ☼

Cheers,

Earl

ethereal_reality · #**15583** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 5:32 PM**

We've seen the Freeman Residence before on the thread, but I just came across this newspaper article with construction details.

Los Angeles Herald, May 1905

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The Freeman Residence*

posted earlier at http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9042

The home today / originally posted by GaylordWilshire

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9057
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If interested: A few more photographs here, as well as a photo of it's next door neighbor the amazing Statton Residence.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13397

*The Freeman Residence is sometimes referred to as the Cline Residence.
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Moxie · #**15584** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 5:52 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert

If you're in Safari, go to Edit -> Special Characters -> Pictographs to find ☼

Cheers,

Earl

Thanks! I tried the same in Firefox and it worked. I love having new things to play with... 💕

Chuckaluck · #**15585** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 6:11 PM**

Recycling?

Mickey, get well soon. - Nurse, Dorothy Morehead, brings another arrangement of flowers to Mickey Cohen's room at Queen of Angels Hospital. July 23, 1949

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics01/00010391.jpg

Costume Designer, Edith Head, looks at flowers March '53

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics41/00055225.jpg

Chuckaluck · #**15586** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 6:17 PM**

A Stretch. Can Mod be Noir?

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Clothing designer, Rudi Gernreich (1922-1985), "attended . . . Los Angeles City College from 1938 to 1941 and then spent a year at the Los Angeles Art Centre School. . . . . . In 1951, he formed a partnership with manufacturer Walter Bass to supply clothes to Jax, a Los Angeles boutique. Some years later, he opened his own company G.R. Designs Inc. which became named Rudi Gernreich Inc in 1964. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...4563268&type=1

Jax was evidently a Beverly Hills boutique. In '60, after Rudi had apparently moved on, there was a "Jax Sportswear" - 9667 Wilshire Blvd. Crestview 5-5735, but unclear that it was the same Jax mentioned above. The building at that location evidences the age of moderne. (Curious whether G.R. Designs, Inc. was located in Los Angeles or NY.)

https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/i...LyllcgNK2_PVRs

http://c0056906.cdn2.cloudfiles.rack...com/105638.jpg

http://www.loopnet.com/Attachments/6...604E907909.JPG

A retrospective of Rudi's work was presented in '85 at the Wiltern Theater.

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics21/00030127.jpg

Designs that may have influenced Rudi Gernreich?

1931 - (Practical everyday wear for mass transit?)

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics03/00001351.jpg

Undated - Malibu (Is this Pro or amateur beach ball?)

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics42/00070510.jpg

Rudi's Monokini - '64

http://societynewsla.com/wp-content/...2/IMG_6385.jpg

Rudi with model-muse Peggy Moffitt in '74

http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ff9c6/t...6-20130204/600

Remote connection between Rudi and McQueen? (Cue: "It's a small world?)

McQueen and Peggy Moffitt with McQueen's '63 Ferrari GT 250 Lusso.

http://i39.tinypic.com/14lnexi.jpg

http://image.motortrend.com/f/classi...ve_mcqueen.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7174/6...83b451b9_o.png

http://www.societyclothing.com/wp-co.../01/style2.jpg

http://doubleonothing.files.wordpres...river_side.jpg

McQueen's '63 250 Lusso (Cal plate)

http://i40.tinypic.com/zn09ig.jpg

ethereal_reality · #**15587** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 6:29 PM**

A really cool ebay find.

I'm guessing the middle one was on Queen for a Day, but why the box of detergent for her friend? -a parting gift?

-notice the star signature's on the front wall of Earl Carroll's (facing Sunset Blvd.)
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AlvaroLegido · #**15588** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I think you're correct westcork. If they're gleaning information from the thread, they could at least mention it.
That would be the decent thing to do.
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If it's true, it's not surprising. If I were a novelist or a screen or song writer etc., I would follow the thread very close. As almost every contributor shows an artistic sensitivity, it is a fountain of creative ideas which may make good starts for many kinds of writings.

Godzilla · #**15589** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 9:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chuckaluck

Rudi with model-muse Peggy Moffitt in '74

http://www.trbimg.com/img-512ff9c6/t...6-20130204/600

McQueen and Peggy Moffitt with McQueen's '63 Ferrari GT 250 Lusso.

http://i39.tinypic.com/14lnexi.jpg

Curious about location where photos were taken. Have seen those barrel tiles before. A property belonging to SM in Hollywood Hills?

1963

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7...4zto1_1280.jpg

Rudi + Peggy

Peggy + James Coburn '64 (?)

http://i.imgur.com/C7TqL.jpg

Vogue '64??

http://www.formidablemag.com/wp-cont...Vogue-1964.jpg

ethereal_reality · #**15590** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 10:24 PM**

Two tract ads from the Los Angeles Sunday Herald, March 1888.

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Weill Tract

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/

Both ads list Childs Opera House as a selling point. (not to be confused with the later Mason Opera House)

http://www.thetintypeshop.com/church...ter8/chap8.htm

The opera house was built in 1884 (four years before these two ads) with a seating capacity of 1,800* by far the largest in the city
at the time.

It eventually became the Grand Theater

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036862.jpg

That's one tall flagpole.

Here it is shortly before being torn down in April of 1936.

http://lahistory.tumblr.com/post/205...nd-opera-house

*By the time it was the Grand Theater the seat capacity was at 1,311.
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The two tract ads also mention a new $750,000 Hotel. Any idea which hotel this would be?

Godzilla · #**15591** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 10:25 PM**

1967 - Twiggy does Beverly Hills with Sonny and ?

Exact location, unknown. Irving "Swifty" Lazar's home? Not Pandora's Box or the Steak 'N Stein.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/...u_2230573c.jpg

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk...9ioso1_500.jpg

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multim...48_323992b.jpg

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multim...46_323993b.jpg

June 1973 - Twiggy and Justin de Villeneuve, her boyfriend-manager of eight years, at Hotel Bel-Air.

http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0327984a_j.jpg

Designer Hubert de Givenchy with models Billy Blair, Ritsuko and Lynne in Beverly Hills, Calif., 1978

http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0330400a_j.jpg

Models lined up for fashion show at opening of the Fairmont Miramar Hotel pool in 1941, Santa Monica, Calif.

May 24, 1941

http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0325968a_j.jpg

ethereal_reality · #**15592** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 10:46 PM**

The lady in the long striped skirt is quite striking. For a second I thought it was Gene Tierney.
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A few more images of the old Childs Opera House.

South Main Street appears to be unpaved in this early photograph. Childs Opera House is on the right.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics09/00014009.jpg

side note: I've posted this image before, but under a different heading. (I wasn't able to find the post)

This is probably the best image of the old Childs Opera House built in 1884. (known as the Grand at this point)

http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015327.jpg

I love the two people on the motorcycle, maybe they've rented a room there for 15 cents. A couple of bohfmians...ahh...
..I mean bohemians.

A view along south Main Street

TEATRO MEXICO, is that painted on the Childs Opera House/Grand Theater building?
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Moxie · #**15593** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 10:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I think you're correct westcork. If they're gleaning information from the thread, they could at least mention it.
That would be the decent thing to do.
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Absolutely! Citing sources is the good and correct thing to do. When I've come across something here, or someone's helped me specifically with it, I not only credit the thread but the person making the post as well. It's a shame when people "share" (i.e., steal) things and think that just because it's online acknowledgement is no longer necessary.

Godzilla · #**15594** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 11:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chuckaluck

A Stretch. Can Mod be Noir?

If Shag carpeting can't coexist with Noir, maybe it can cause it. Pinball machines - watch out!

The test of time? No offense to Ann Margrock, but someone must still love these interiors.

"MAD MOD COLLECTION--Caryn Leff contemplates life in crazy black and white room setting featuring plastic dice tables, chaise lounge with ottoman that doubles as extra chair, furry pillows on patent leather 'wet-look' couch. Red, white wall hanging adds more contrast."

January '67 Los Angeles Home Furnishing Mart

http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0329743a_j.jpg

Actress Ann-Margret in livingroom, modeling gown she will wear to Lyndon Johnson's Inaugural Ball, 1965 (Liberace off camera in another room?

)

http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0168070a_j.jpg

https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/i...cZlRi6Lp4EnGgg

Ann tours Wilshire Blvd. ('62 ??) - (Looking for or missing Jax?

)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7409/9...7008c342_b.jpg

http://lkcdn.com/media/photo/5/5/3/4/141647.jpg

http://www.starfetch.com/keywords/An...Margret_19.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_fk0SNGFF6j...n+margaret.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Publicity.jpg

ethereal_reality · #**15595** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 11:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chuckaluck

Evidently, the entire state of Iowa attended in 1928 - spats optional.

"Crowd at annual picnic at Lincoln Park for Iowans living in California, circa 1928"

http://dlproj.library.ucla.edu/deriv...0153904a_j.jpg

I bet a Raymond Chandler fan would love to own this.

ebay
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ethereal_reality · #**15596** Posted **Jul 14, 2013, 11:59 PM**

No, this isn't a Iowa Picnic.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/1959/

Sept. 16, 1959: Groundbreaking for Dodger Stadium.
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ethereal_reality · #**15597** Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 12:11 AM**

One of my favorite childhood memories,

posted by Godzilla

but I only remember it as an afternoon rerun. It has always amazed me that the Flintstones originally aired in 'primetime',

and was sponsored by Winston Cigarettes (click on the link for commercial)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqdTBDkUEEQ

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Chuckaluck · #**15598** Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 1:52 AM**

Can anyone identify the address of this common photo? (Wild guess it's So Cal. Might even be BH.)

1945

http://www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-co...fe-CA-1945.jpg

http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/004...s_large.jpg?81

Chuckaluck · #**15599** Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 2:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

The Hotel Normandie during a VERY rainy day in 1922.

http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=22745

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Area begging for some rain?

Interesting view of Third Street facing east at Normandie. (Three blocks north on Normandie and 22 years earlier, according to the DWP site notes.)

Circa 1900. The Briggs Company? Kingsboro?

http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...ndie_1800s.jpg

so-cal-bear · #**15600** Posted **Jul 15, 2013, 3:08 AM**

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