Greetings,
After several months of going through the noirish Los Angeles thread - and only reaching page 300, figured it was time to chime in with a skyscraper sized THANK YOU... and a question or two.
I'm sorry for not thanking each and everyone for their contributions here but trust me, all your information and photos have been a huge influx of fun and yes, even a good slice of education, God forbid ;-) Of course I might be forced to jump off a tall building if I did not single out Ethereal Reality, a special dedication to you for starting all this fun etc etc!
I got hooked here when a buddy sent me a link to this forum/thread after I asked him if he remembered seeing the gas holders that used to be around Southern California... I didn't even know they were called gas holders but as a kid I remember the one right off the 405 freeway near Signal Hill. The thing always amazed me. I also remember being very sad when my parents told me it was going to be torn down.
So despite only having a marginal interest in old buildings - even though I love 'old' stuff --- this forum/thread etc quickly clued me into the many beautiful - and OLD - buildings that used to grace the LA basin [particularly downtown, wow, had no idea...]
I am now one of those guys you see on the street, arching his neck to admire detailed eves...[after I tuck my wallet away real good of course]
So that is my long-winded intro - again, thanks so much for all the great LA history and photos [just looove the aerials too!]
A question or two... [in this case because I go to Amoeba Music a lot]
Old photo was posted here and I believe it was tagged as the intersection of Sunset and Cahuenga looking north. Just to be 100% sure, is this a match?
Also, I told one of the Amoeba employees about this forum and the old street photos around Amoeba Music ---
so he is also interested to know 'what used to be where Amoeba is now?'?? Any luck with that one?
One other questions, further west on Sunset, I ran into this wonderful house???
It's at 6720 Sunset Blvd, just east of Highland. I've seen postcards of the motel
but are there any other photos of the old house??
I actually went into the 'lobby' the other week just to ask about the house. No info/luck at all. But what a wonderful feeling it was to be near such a grand structure,,, lovely.
Thanks again for all the fun.... and I got over 200 pages to get caught up on ;-)