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[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by tovangar2

You're sure on a tear today CBD. What do you think of this?


LAT

"Los Angeles will be home to George Lucas' $1-billion museum"

The Arcade Palm will be untouched (I hope)

I like it. Its really a rather ordinary building but with smooth curving walls. There is nothing to annoy people such as weird odd angles and jagged bizarre protuberances everywhere.

It looks like it would be fun to visit and walk around outside and inside. There is nothing anti-human about it. By that I refer to that other LA architect who designed the Disney Concert Hall which is an eyesore that offends its neighbors and frankly is grotesque in the extreme.

architect ...Ma Yansong

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[GaylordWilshire]

Originally Posted by tovangar2

With road-grading , that bottom step has been left high and dry. Must have been difficult for older people, but it makes a nice seat.

Rather than the roadbed having been lowered by grading, looks to me more like the bottommost step might have been removed at some point....






Another stoop-sitter, seen from the south ca. 1955:

[ethereal_reality]

And another...


old file

I almost didn't see him.

[ethereal_reality]

A little get together poolside. 1968 Redondo Beach.


http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/






Just for fun, here's a closer look at the get-together.


detail




yes, I added a surprise. (obviously I'm no photoshop pro )

[ethereal_reality]

I just found this newspaper clipping in another one of my old files.



Does anyone know if this proposal was built?

oops! never mind, I see it says they moved into it.
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[GaylordWilshire]

https://onscenevideo.tv/san-pedro-elks-lodge-fire/



Wouldn't mind if they rebuilt the original SP Elks Lodge instead...apparently once at Palos Verdes & 11th streets

[ethereal_reality]

Here's what was lost in that fire GW.


1968 aerial


http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/page/4/

Some neighbors objected to the 50 foot tall pagoda-style roof atop the San Pedro Elks Lodge meeting room building at 1748 Cumbre.







http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/page/4/

The estimated $1 million, 33,150-square-foot facility included a 300-seat banquet room, 150-seat dining room, cocktail lounge, main lodge room
(featuring some furnishings from the old lodge), health club facilities, a gymnasium, swimming pool, locker rooms and saunas.



A veritable bachelor's paradise.

(except they were probably all married )


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[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

I like it.
architect ...Ma Yansong

latimes

I instantly thought of the Star Trek Voyager ship. The building seems far more Star Treky than Star Wars-like, but certainly an improvement on those two big, old asphalt parking lots which are there now. Overall, a nice addition to Agricultural Park's very interesting history.


gizmodo

“People will visit from around the world to see the original Darth Vader mask and Norman Rockwell paintings,” [Mayor Garcetti] said. LOL.

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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

Rather than the roadbed having been lowered by grading, looks to me more like the bottommost step might have been removed at some point....

I suppose the bottom step could have been taken out because it was jutting into the roadway, causing a hazard for cars. A mighty barrier for the less-abled pedestrian though.

[ethereal_reality]

Here's an amazing Kodachrome slide showing 'Little Tokyo' around the time of Nisei Week (there's a banner over the street)


old file /

I'm familiar with Ferguson Alley but Moline Alley doesn't ring a bell at all.

Can anyone translate that movie poster?
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update:
Beneath the women's feet there appear to be those 'glass' thingys embedded in the the sidewalk to allow light into the basement.
Is that right, or am I seeing things?

If I am right, I wonder if they're still there.

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[HossC]

Here's Moline Alley on the 1921 Baist map. It was between 1st and 2nd Streets, just above Central Avenue.


www.historicmapworks.com

It still shows up on a 1950s map I found, but now seems to be an unnamed pedestrianized entrance to the Japanese Village Plaza.

[GaylordWilshire]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Some neighbors objected to the 50 foot tall pagoda-style roof atop the San Pedro Elks Lodge meeting room building at 1748 Cumbre.

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http://blogs.dailybreeze.com/history/page/4/

The estimated $1 million, 33,150-square-foot facility included a 300-seat banquet room, 150-seat dining room, cocktail lounge, main lodge room
(featuring some furnishings from the old lodge), health club facilities, a gymnasium, swimming pool, locker rooms and saunas.

A veritable bachelor's paradise.

(except they were probably all married )

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The roof doesn't look anywhere near 50 feet tall...maybe that was the original proposal and it was whittled down to 30.... Wonder what the boys are doing to get
away from the old ball-and-chain while they wait for a replacement...although can there be enough young "bucks" who are interested in whittling down the average
age of membership?

Originally Posted by tovangar2

I suppose the bottom step could have been taken out because it was jutting into the roadway, causing a hazard for cars. A mighty barrier for the less-abled pedestrian though.

I'm not sure a handicapped person would be attempting to climb the next 100 stairs even if the bottom riser were still in place....

[Beaudry]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

When Beaudry mentioned displaced Bunker Hill pensioners it reminded me of this photograph I re-discovered in one of my older files.

Although I don't have a date for the photo, these three gentlemen could very well have been three of the displaced.


old file

Does anyone know where exactly these steps were located?

I've enlarged this detail to see if I could read the other sign.


detail

Nope.....still can't read it.

Do you think it's the NUMBER for the apartment building...

or is it the name of the cross street (if so, that would make this a T intersection)


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What a great image! Never seen that before. I'd love to know who shot it.

The sign next to Clay St reads "W 3rd St."

Yes, that last step is a doozy. Tumbling off that after sundown (as you were heading down to the liquor store for another half-pint) would be a long drop. Notice as well the handrail doesn't even go all the way. This kind of stuff wouldn't make two minutes today without someone suing.

Here's another couple shots:

CSL Hylen 1960

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[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by Beaudry

CSL Hylen 1960

Thank you for this one Beaudry. I don't recall ever seeing it before. Gorgeous.

[HossC]

We've visited this location before on NLA, but I'm not going to ignore Julius Shulman pictures. This is "Job 196: Burton Schutt, Huntington Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.), 1948".



Here's better view of the entrance from the other side.



There was also an upright version of this shot and an upright one similar to the first which I've omitted.



The final shot is the only one looking outwards. I'm afraid the cars of this era are generally outside my areas of expertise.



All from Getty Research Institute

Seeing as the main wing of the hotel was demolished in 1989 (and later rebuilt), I didn't see much point in posting a "now" picture.

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Here's an amazing Kodachrome slide showing 'Little Tokyo' around the time of Nisei Week (there's a banner over the street)


old file /


Beneath the women's feet there appear to be those 'glass' thingys embedded in the the sidewalk to allow light into the basement.
Is that right, or am I seeing things?

If I am right, I wonder if they're still there.

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Thx for the beautiful slide. I love street life.


It looks like that side of E 1st has been redeveloped. There's plenty intact on the other side of the street though:


gsv

[HossC]

Here's a 2014 head-on view of two of the buildings which appear in tovangar2's image - the one on the right is currently shrouded.


GSV

The entrance on the right looks like an old hotel to me, so I went looking through the CDs. Interestingly, the 1956 CD lists both the Mikado Hotel and the Shreveport Hotel at 331½ E 1st Street.

[ethereal_reality]

I believe these are the same two building Hoss.

does that one store front say 'BABY HOUSE'?




photograph from https://www.kcet.org/shows/departure...t-first-street

[HossC]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

does that one store front say 'BABY HOUSE'?

Yes - the 1956 CD lists Baby House Cleaners at 341½ E 1st Street.

It looks like all three of the buildings on the right are also still standing - even the CHOP SUEY sign survives!


GSV

[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by HossC

We've visited this location before on NLA, but I'm not going to ignore Julius Shulman pictures. This is "Job 196: Burton Schutt, Huntington Hotel (Pasadena, Calif.), 1948".




All from Getty Research Institute

Seeing as the main wing of the hotel was demolished in 1989 (and later rebuilt), I didn't see much point in posting a "now" picture.

Don't mean to be eternally negative but this porte cochere is beyond ugly.

[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by tovangar2

I instantly thought of the Star Trek Voyager ship. The building seems far more Star Treky than Star Wars-like, but certainly an improvement on those two big, old asphalt parking lots which are there now. Overall, a nice addition to Agricultural Park's very interesting history.


gizmodo

“People will visit from around the world to see the original Darth Vader mask and Norman Rockwell paintings,” [Mayor Garcetti] said. LOL.

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Yes the proposed museum is rather Star-trek. But to me it evokes strong memories of the latter day designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.


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Guggenheim, NY,NY - architect Wright. Mr. Wright with model of the museum.

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