noirish Los Angeles - Page 1556

ethereal_reality · #**31101** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 4:37 PM**

Leonardo Liquor Store, 10426 Magnolia Blvd. No. Hollywood, Calif.

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The little art deco building is still there and in fine shape.

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a slightly different angle

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I just noticed the bottom half of the windows on the left have been filled in. (usually you can see an outline of where the window used to be......but not here)

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ethereal_reality · #**31102** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 4:45 PM**

Bayard De Vola building miniatures [no date]

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jg6544 · #**31103** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 5:12 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

Notice that every man wears a hat according to his status in life. High status man gets to wear the bowler [r]....and down from there. They're all as uniform conscious as Cub Scouts and nuns.

If you want the boss...see the man with the bowler.

I noticed that the street wasn't paved.

HossC · #**31104** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 5:14 PM**

I'm going to keep this Julius Shulman post quite short because we've been here before. In post #30534, we saw the Bank of America branch just north of Roscoe Boulevard on Van Nuys Boulevard. That photoset dated from 1952, and I'm guessing that the building was a new construction to replace the smaller 1951 branch seen here. This one was at the northern end of the same block, just below Chase Street. Considering that this area was just empty lots in 1947 (see link above), I think that this might have been a temporary location while their own building was constructed down the street. Note the rare shadow of the photographer. This is "Job 1190: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951".

The extant Thrify sign and long-gone Panorama Market sign both appeared in my previous post about this location, but I didn't spot what looks like a Van de Kamps windmill on the Panorama sign last time around. The site of the new (1952) bank is just out-of-shot to the right.

Here's the view looking south, and it includes the second recent appearance of a sign for Old Colony Paints. I wonder whether it was them or the Bank of America who started using an old English typeface first.

Seeing as I mentioned it in my earlier post, I decided to include this close-up of the funfair. The Ferris wheel only seems to have half of its gondolas, so maybe it was still being put together in 1951.

The photoset also includes three interior shots, but they don't look like they're from the bank, and there's no information about where they do come from.

All from Getty Research Institute

Here's where the 1951 Bank of America once stood. It looks like it could be the same building, although the Chase building next door is more recent.

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This is roughly the same view as the third Shulman image. It's probable that some of the stores survive from 1951, but the angle makes it difficult to tell which ones. It's a shame that the green median and palm trees got paved over.

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ethereal_reality · #**31105** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 5:55 PM**

Thanks for another interesting Shulman/Bank of America post Hoss.
I look forward to them every day.

ethereal_reality · #**31106** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 6:04 PM**

re: Kodachrome downtown Los Angeles.

I'm almost certain this Kodachrome slide hasn't been seen on NLA.

[c.1940]

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I haven't figured out yet which street we're looking at. (or more interesting: what building this was taken from)

and this was with it. -Bunker Hill (right?)

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I still get my Victorians mixed up.
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ethereal_reality · #**31107** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 6:10 PM**

re: Kodachrome in the Wilshire District.

Here's a fine view of the Melody Lane at Wilshire Blvd. & Detroit Street.

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The cloth awning looks a little worse for wear. -and what's the writing on the right say....."Little Thin Hot". "Little Thin Hot" what......Pancakes?

ethereal_reality · #**31108** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 6:23 PM**

re: Kodachrome in Hollywood.

Hollywood Boulevard showing the Iris and Warners Theaters [c. 1940s]

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I'm not too familiar with the Iris.

An attractive woman walking east on Sunset Boulevard across from NBC Radio City.

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note the 1940s hair-do. So cool!
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HossC · #**31109** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 6:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

I'm almost certain this Kodachrome slide hasn't been seen on NLA.

[c.1940]

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I haven't figured out yet which street we're looking at. (or more interesting: what building this was taken from)

My guess would be the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall on S Figueroa. The street on the far left that kinks and goes across to the lower right corner is Flower - the Richfield Building can be seen in the distance. Everything in the foreground is now under the Santa Monica Freeway.

ethereal_reality · #**31110** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 6:33 PM**

I think you're probably right Hoss. Thanks for the input!
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re: Kodachrome on Vine Street

There's 'The Tropics' I posted about yesterday. In vivid color

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I'm off for a few days visiting my Mom. Have a great weekend 'Noirishers'!
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tovangar2 · #**31111** Posted **Sep 18, 2015, 9:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

re: Kodachrome downtown Los Angeles.
[c.1940]

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I haven't figured out yet which street we're looking at. (or more interesting: what building this was taken from)
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Quote:

Originally Posted by HossC

My guess would be the Bob Hope Patriotic Hall on S Figueroa. The street on the far left that kinks and goes across to the lower right corner is Flower - the Richfield Building can be seen in the distance. Everything in the foreground is now under the Santa Monica Freeway.

1420 S Flower (1912) is still recognizable:

(detail from the above image)

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The architect was Robert M Taylor.

Previously, there was a two-story frame residence at 1420 which got a "general overhaul" in 1905. The house was moved next door to the north in 1911 to make way for the current building. In 1926 a permit was issued to move it again (this time to Silver Lake), but this doesn't seem to have been acted upon, because in 1928 a second permit was issued for a demolition. Anyway, it's not there now.

Beaudry · #**31112** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 1:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

and this was with it. -Bunker Hill (right?)

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I still get my Victorians mixed up.
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I think I can say with some certainty that it's not Bunker Hill. I'm guessing west of dt, perhaps around Bonnie Brae...I'm desperate that one of you geniuses will pinpoint it; at the very least, I plan on being the high bidder, scanning it at absurdly hi-res, and seeing if we can ascertain the street number which I believe hangs over the porch. Who knows their streetlights?* Is that style any sort of clue as to location?

*A globe No. 124 on a United Metal 1620, both of which were pretty ubiquitous, apparently.

tovangar2 · #**31113** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 1:50 AM**

If those homes were in Westlake or Pico Union, I'm guessing they're gone now, or we'd know them.

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On an entirely different note, did everyone but me know that there's another Witch's House? (I did search)

Some people dismiss this as a mere "storybook", but I know a Witch's House when I see one.

1371 N Arrowhead Ave at West Virginia St, San Bernardino, built 1927

2013:

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2015. It could use some help with maintenance. Maybe that Witch Guy in Beverly Hills will take pity on it:

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The Witch Guy at home in BH. I hope he's looking for a new project, b/c I have a suggestion:

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Also 2013 (looks like the chimney spilled all over the yard):

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Noircitydame · #**31114** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 2:49 AM**

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

re: Kodachrome in Hollywood.

Hollywood Boulevard showing the Iris and Warners Theaters [c. 1940s]

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I'm not too familiar with the Iris.

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6508 Hollywood. Two Yanks in Trinidad and Wife Takes a Flyer were showing there the week of July 14, 1942.

E-R had a post about the Iris before its and Deco makeover in 1934 way back on post 7611

The Iris shown in the color photo (and the older posts) is the one at 6508 Hollywood Blvd. They owners took the name Iris and opened a new theater, abandoning the first 6415 Hollywood Blvd. location in 1918. (the original location is now demolished. That building 6413-6417, next to the Warner Theater, later housed The New York Cafe among other things; I haven't seen any photos of it as the Iris).

After Decoization

LAPL photo

6-29-34 LAT

In 1955 it got a total mid-century type remodel (operated by Fox but still called the Iris),

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then Dec 20 1968 after yet another remodel it reopened as Fox Theater as seen in the second photo of E-R's earlier post.

T2 found all other other NLA posts on this Iris

7603: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7603
7604: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7604
7605: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7605

CityBoyDoug · #**31115** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 3:38 AM**

Drive-in 1942...somewhere Los Angeles. Lots of neon.

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Beaudry · #**31116** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 9:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

Drive-in 1942...somewhere Los Angeles. Lots of neon.

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Seems to be the Robert's drive-in at Olive & Victory in Burbank.

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There was more than one Roberts, but this appears to be that one. Designed by the ever-impressive Wayne McAllister, of course.

HossC · #**31117** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 11:19 AM**

The original image posted by CityBoyDoug appears to be part of a set from Life Magazine. In fact, some copies I found have the "LIFE" watermark in the corner. Under the image at www.pinterest.com it says:

Life goes to a swing shift party. Lockheed worker holding the car door open for his date. Los Angeles. 1942. Photo by Peter Stackpole.

Here's another photo that appears to be from the same set. I don't know if they deliberately hid the identity of the man on the right.

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rick m · #**31118** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 1:10 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beaudry

I think I can say with some certainty that it's not Bunker Hill. I'm guessing west of dt, perhaps around Bonnie Brae...I'm desperate that one of you geniuses will pinpoint it; at the very least, I plan on being the high bidder, scanning it at absurdly hi-res, and seeing if we can ascertain the street number which I believe hangs over the porch. Who knows their streetlights?* Is that style any sort of clue as to location?

*A globe No. 124 on a United Metal 1620, both of which were pretty ubiquitous, apparently.

Easy-- this was at 3309 So. Grand - north of Jefferson- now I believe a UPS facility site- see LAPL image 00064237 also circa 1940

HossC · #**31119** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 2:30 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Bunker Hill (right?)

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I still get my Victorians mixed up.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beaudry

I think I can say with some certainty that it's not Bunker Hill. I'm guessing west of dt, perhaps around Bonnie Brae...I'm desperate that one of you geniuses will pinpoint it; at the very least, I plan on being the high bidder, scanning it at absurdly hi-res, and seeing if we can ascertain the street number which I believe hangs over the porch. Who knows their streetlights?* Is that style any sort of clue as to location?.

Quote:

Originally Posted by rick m

Easy-- this was at 3309 So. Grand - north of Jefferson- now I believe a UPS facility site- see LAPL image 00064237 also circa 1940

Thanks for the identification, rick m. Here's that LAPL image.

"View of a two-story Victorian style home, located at 3309 South Grand Avenue, north of Jefferson Ave. not far from U.S.C. A small balcony can be seen above the entrance portico, a high-steepled rounded tower, and decorative shingles, and ornamental spindles and brackets adorn this home, which shows significant wear and is in need of paint. Photo dated: November 9, 1940."

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It's actually a FedEx building that stands there today.

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tovangar2 · #**31120** Posted **Sep 19, 2015, 3:14 PM**

There's an 1898 survivor across the street at No. 3302, sporting a nice enough streetlight (although it doesn't match the metal one from the 1940 image), across from that roof sign on Theosophy Hall:

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It looks as if the porches have been enclosed. According to the RE sites, the interior has been rehabbed into offices:

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LADBS states that a demo permit was pulled for No. 3309 in 1966.

It's slim pickings for Victorians in the immediate area, although there's an 1893 cottage at 143 W 33rd (corner of Broadway), next to one of those 1920s four-plexes that catered to the winter tourist trade:

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However, if one goes east of Main, there's a great many Victorians (but nothing so spectacular as 3309 S Grand), mixed with later infill.

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