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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
Thanks to E_R and HossC for confirming there was a miniature golf course at Sunset and Crescent Heights Blvds.
That explains why that corner was developed so strangely over the years. The golf course remnants look to be visible in the aerial, as it's not yet a parking lot, which it was for a time. (Or at least no cars are in it.)
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FWIW, on
August 27, 1930, a building permit was issued to
Geo. Paddleford for a two-room Golf Course Office at
1444 N. Crescent Heights Blvd. Estimated cost, $600. Curiously, the permit is stamped "
Revocable."
Schwab's, at 8024 Sunset includes permits for new construction from
1931. A permit from the same year was issued for an elevator. (
Would there have been an operator? Any pictures?) Some of the answers may lie in the many pages of permits for this location. Given the date, it would not be surprising to see a photo of Schwab's with the Mini Golf Course nearby.
Googies, located at
8100 Sunset apparently received its Certificate of Occupany, in
March '56. A cursory search of this address reveals the earliest permit was issued in '49, but there may have been earlier permits.
With respect, the Mini Golf Course's existence probably had little to do with the unusual development of the Crescent Heights/Sunset intersection, as much as the original plans, property holders' wishes, preexisting right-of-ways and easements. Mini Golf, was probably more adaptable to odd shaped lots than most businesses. It was also easy dismantle and forget, and probably a "natural fit" for short term leases. Some of Mini-Golf's popularity may have been due to minimal outlay for starting such a business. This probably even covers elaborate courses, such as Mary Pickford's on Wilshire.
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=20496 The '29 depression probably had much to do with the Mini-golf fad - fade.
Here today . . .
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1932 look to far right
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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
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Gone tomorrow?
Above from
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The 1877-map of the Cahuenga suburb (below) may offer a glimpse into some of the original thinking regarding street and lot layout. To be sure, the plan was never adopted, but it "might" have precipitated some of the current layout.
Some of it might have also been influenced by utilities infrastructure near the southern mouth of Laurel Canyon. (There are probably many versions of the truth.
) Since the "crescent" name existed in 1877, wonder if it referred to the area's topography - or it could have merely been a nod towards a landholder's/developer's whim?
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(1877)* - "Birdseye view" drawing of an 1877 land promotional plan for a community to be known as Cahuenga, "the model suburb of Los Angeles, eight miles from the city, eight miles from the sea." Its northernmost street is Sunset Boulevard. It was never built as shown, with circular streets, etc., but some of its street names were later used elsewhere in the Hollywood area.http://www.vintag.es/2013/02/early-v...1850-1920.html
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1877-Cahuenga Suburb
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1930
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Another Mini-golf course in the directory was
Fairfax Greens (
7957 Beverly Blvd.), adjacent to the
Fairfax Theater.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20188
Fairfax Greens, like similar amusements lasted only a few short years. New construction permit was issued in July '30. It appears that by 1933, the location was permitted for construction of what eventually became
Merlo's.
1931
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Originally Posted by BifRayRock
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Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire
LAPL
Another market, a few centuries ahead in design. Beverly Boulevard.
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Gratuitious map
~1928. Just wish copy was bigger.
http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...y-archives.jpg
https://www.etsy.com/listing/2364722...-of?ref=market