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Noir_Noir · #**61541** Posted **Today, 1:59 AM**

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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

Back in 2015 e_r posted a photo of the Russian Eagle after the fire and explosion:

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

"Terrific blast nearly kills scores of screen stars.!" -Hollywood Cal.

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"Charles Chaplin, Colleen Moore and a score of other Hollywood's greatest stars narrowly escaped death when an explosion completely wrecked the American-Russian Eagle Cafe here. Eight persons were injured, two probably fatally. The stars were dining when an incendiary fire was discovered and warnings shouted. Soon after the diners rushed out, the building was completely wrecked by a terrific detonation."
06/21/1928.

This is 8640-48 Sunset Blvd. that housed the Russian Eagle Cafe, with roof intact, right after it was built in 1924.

It was one of the four original buildings developed by Francis Montgomery that was the initial phase of Sunset Plaza.

The above detail comes from this wider view of that first phase.

hollywoodphotographs.com

Lined up here in a 1927 aerial.

mil.library.ucsb.edu

Did the 1928 fire and blast prompt an immediate reconfiguration of the middle two buildings into a bigger single one?

Or did that came later in the 1930s as seen here in 1938?

hollywoodphotographs.com

ethereal_reality · #**61542** Posted **Today, 2:48 AM**

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re: Zulu Hut

Now I remember!

Zulu Hut was located near 'Monkey Island', right?

1,000 monkeys! I forgot there were so many of them.

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Godzilla · #**61543** Posted **Today, 12:49 PM**

More details.

https://homesteadmuseum.blog/2019/11...november-1925/

Martin Pal · #**61544** Posted **Today, 7:54 PM**

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Originally Posted by Noir_Noir

This is 8640-48 Sunset Blvd. that housed the Russian Eagle Cafe, with roof intact, right after it was built in 1924. Did the 1928 fire and blast prompt an immediate reconfiguration of the middle two buildings into a bigger single one?

Or did that come later in the 1930s as seen here in 1938?

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Noir_Noir, especially in less populated times I'm not averse to the idea that addresses of the exact same space can vary over some decades,
but how do we account for the two different addresses for the Russian Eagle?

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal

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I saw this ad for the place on a website titled: From Captains to Movie General.
The article on the page is written all in Russian. Link HERE.

The Curbed article has the address as 8648 Sunset Blvd. and the ad has it listed at 8428 Sunset Blvd. The 8428 Sunset Blvd. address is across the street from the Ciro's location, the 8648 address is around the Sunset Plaza area.
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Since it's in an ad and not an article, wouldn't that be assumed to be an accurate address? There isn't any date I can find for this ad, is it possible after the explosion it moved east down the street before moving again to Hollywood?
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I've also now located this ad on J.H. Graham's website.