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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
I somehow missed your post yesterday Hoss. -sorry about that. (I was fixating on the wallpaper at Marion's beach house )
originally posted by HossC
A small portion of the radio tower can be seen in this pic as well.
Now let's see if anyone can come up with Mr. McLean's ham radio QSL card.
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I'm reminded of
Castle Croydon, at 7th and Orizaba in Long Beach:
"Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 2.63 and with the recommendation of the Planning Commission, City Council designates the following building as a historical landmark in the City: Castle Croydon, 3000 East Seventh Street (Assessor's Parcel No. 7258030001).
"A. Specific Criteria. The structure is a mixed commercial and apartment structure at 3000 East Seventh Street. It is attached to a Craftsman bungalow, which has been modified to blend into the two-story commercial/apartment structure constructed subsequently. This latter structure has unique and novel architectural features depicting picturesque "castle" theme. There are several rounded turrets, crenelations, decorative roundels, a projecting chimney resting on corbels, scalloped archways, rounded archways, pierced decorative openwork and a Moorish horseshoe arch. Medieval Revival and Spanish Colonial Revival motifs are mixed. The exterior is stucco. Windows are metal casement with a separate subdivided transom. The corner entry to the ground floor commercial space is recessed at the corner, accessed through double doors, under a scalloped arch. A small-paned transom window is placed above the door. The ground floor storefronts have wood frames and transoms, and are original. A stucco wall incised to simulate stone connects the commercial structure to the Craftsman bungalow along Orizaba Street, and the bungalow has been stuccoed to blend. A concave stovepipe shape over the entry door to the Craftsman cottage echoes the fantasy theme.
"The Castle exemplifies typical patterns of land use and development for Long Beach during the 1920s. The two-story mixed-use structure was built in 1929 on Seventh Street as an addition to an older bungalow (1912) behind it on Orizaba Street. These two phases illustrate the transition from residential to commercial along Long Beach's major corridors. With ground floor retail shops and apartments above, the 1929 building was typical of mixed-use development of that era. The charming thematic architectural design was intended as a marketing tool of its period, attracting the eye of the motorist driving on Seventh Street. The use of medieval revival thematic design is unusual for a commercial structure.
"Period revivals were very popular in the 1920s as were exotic revivals and thematic buildings. Medieval Revival, Moorish Revival, Egyptian Revival, even 'Hansel and Gretel' houses, flourished. Medieval Revival carried out with many embellishments characterizes this building. A few of the details derive from Spanish Colonial Revival designs, such as the use of red tile on the service tower, the wrought iron gate and the pierced grillework. The older bungalow at the rear contains typical Craftsman bungalow features, with unique convex hood over the doorway that ties in with the fantasy theme of the larger building. A stucco wall scored to simulate irregular cut stones links the Castle and the bungalow, consistent with the thematic architecture.
"Located on the corner of Seventh Street and Orizaba Street, this architectural fantasy is a unique and visually prominent feature of an otherwise bland, commercial corridor. The Medieval Revival motifs and architectural richness of this building make it stand out as a community and City landmark." (from
Long Beach Historic Landmarks Information 2 http://www.beachcalifornia.com/lbhis5.html .