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1922 - Corner of Broadway and 61st Street. (6026 S Broadway)
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007842.jpg

Undated - Corner of Broadway and 61st Street
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007843.jpg

Wondered if it was still there...




And...it has been a liquor store for at least 62 years... had to add this from the Los Angeles Sentinel of Feb 11, 1954 (which happens to be the day I was born):


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I've seen many V-J Day celebration photos, some video, and read things about it, but this is the first I've heard that bonfires were lit for celebrations!
Who knew!




Is this the photo you meant to post, Tourmaline? I don't see "Aloha Cleaners" and this is "Vine Street." I like the photo
anyway, especially the north end of the street where you see the "double hills" where the Hollywood Freeway is now located.

Yes, although I thought I had located a better version and was in the midst of corrections when I experienced a computer crash. A bit confusing but it is dead center, to the left of the 15¢ Auto Park sign.
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Old Posted Feb 5, 2016, 12:43 AM
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Hi Green Cat!

I believe that building is shown below as 447 Aliso, with LODGINGS written on it, just above the street name ALISO.
On the map the building has a porch all around, and in the photo -- based on what's between the first and second
floors -- the building looks like it might have had a porch removed:

1906 Sanborn Map @ LAPL

It looks like by 1921, the building was renumbered to 451: http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19410/Plate+004/

Anyway, I went back as far as the first LA City Directory (1872), but did not find 445 Aliso (or any address on
Aliso) as the location of the French Consul. However, the first French Consul, Jacob Moerenhout (or Morenhaut,
or a few other variables), who served from 1859-1879, may have lived there prior to 1872.

Don Louis Sainsevain, a prominent member of the French community in Los Angeles, and the Sainsevain Winery
were across the street from 445 Aliso (the view out the front of 445 would have been right at El Aliso), so I
would not be surprised if the French consul once lived there.

History of the French Community in Los Angeles: https://web.archive.org/web/20060811...id_article=304
Jacob Moerenhout in the 1872 LA City Directory (right-hand column, about halfway down): http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb....melton/la8.jpg
Jacob Moerenhout's 1859 arrival in LA as recounted . . .
[a] in the November 5, 1859 Los Angeles Star (pg. 2, col. 2, below the notice about the death of Don Juan Bandini): http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...9coll68/id/267
and [b] in Harris Newmark's Sixty Years in Southern California: https://archive.org/stream/sixtyyear...e/254/mode/2up
Thank you, FlyingWedge, for pointing out the building and for the reference material. Thanks to HossC for the photo image as well. It was not where I expected as I thought it was closer to Alameda. But it makes complete sense that it would be in full view of the Aliso. It is a fascinating part of the city and perhaps truly the oldest. The building itself, with the second story porch and possibly a veranda must have been beautiful in its heyday. Considering that French immigrants arrived in Los Angeles during the Mexican period I am still looking into when this building was built and how the building devolved up to its demise. Thanks for pointing out what appear to be remnants of the second story porch.
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Wondered if it was still there...




And...it has been a liquor store for at least 62 years... had to add this from the Los Angeles Sentinel of Feb 11, 1954 (which happens to be the day I was born):



Thank you for filling in a piece of the puzzle and happy birthday! Strange as it may seem, the lattice of wiring in the older images makes the intersection far more cosmetically appealing than what is currently pictured. Guessing if it was still in existence w/o the transit, it would be a magnet for pigeons or laced shoes. Loafers need not apply.



http://www.kimmatthiesen.dk/graffsit...2/52062385.jpg




Upper part of the doorway into the Grand Central Hotel, shoe repair sign, 326 (for 326 N. Main Street).
Undated
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007229.jpg


Undated 708 S Broadway, Florsheim
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics49/00059059.jpg



Undated but apparently well-stocked Florsheim shoe store interior
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics49/00059069.jpg




Chandlers Shoes (~1940s) (1060 Westwood and not, 6336 Hollywood Blvd or 5376 Wilshire - see below. In 1938, there are other stores including a listing for 6434 Hollywood Blvd.
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101948.jpg


1937 - Hollywood Blvd store
http://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007793.jpg

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Library Map Collection L.A.

[IMG][/IMG]A while back a thread about the L.A. City Library Collection told the story of Glen Creason finding a huge collection of maps in a house to be demolished. The newspaper for City Employees Club of Los Angeles ran a multi page article this month about him and the collection, it is about 6 pages with multi photos. Unfortunately you must be a member to view it.

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Chandlers Shoes (~1940s) (Source hypothesizes this is either 6336 Hollywood Blvd or 5376 Wilshire probably due to Chandlers' CD listings. BUT, in 1938, there are other stores including a listing for 6434 Hollywood Blvd. and JC Penney, does not appear to be adjacent to any of those addresses. (5410 - Wilshire Corporate and 6753 Hollywood http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...00004/00000001) My $ is on the first 6336 Hollywood Blvd Address)http://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101948.jpg
I beleive the Chandler's next to Penny's is the one at 1060 Westwood.
T2 posted this great color photo of it in post #29543, here:


The building was built or remodeled in 1940

9-18-1940 let Chandler's ad



Previous post on the Chandler's Hollywood Blvd. near Ivar Post#29608. That's the one at 6336 that opened on 7 May 1939 in space that had been part of the Hollywood I Magnin.

Chanler's arrived in Hollywood in April 1936 at 6434 near Wilcox. That location became a Leed's shoes after Chandler moved out. Penny's Hollywood opened in 1937 at 6751 at McCadden in the 7-story former Robertson's department store.

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I beleive the Chandler's next to Penny's is the one at 1060 Westwood.
[/URL] 9-18-1940 let Chandler's ad



Previous post on the Chandler's Hollywood Blvd. near Ivar Post#29608. That's the one at 6336 that opened on 7 May 1939 in space that had been part of the Hollywood I Magnin.

Chanler's arrived in Hollywood in April 1936 at 6434 near Wilcox. That location became a Leed's shoes after Chandler moved out. Penny's Hollywood opened in 1937 at 6751 at McCadden in the 7-story former Robertson's department store.
I take it that only certain women would dare to wear these risque shoes.

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Undated 708 S Broadway, Florsheim
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics49/00059059.jpg



In his words: https://www.getyarn.io/yarn-clip/a24...3-f31fe7b65bc6
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I take it that only certain women would dare to wear these risque shoes.

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I just ordered six pairs.
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Previous post on the Chandler's Hollywood Blvd. near Ivar Post#29608. That's the one at 6336 that opened on 7 May 1939 in space that had been part of the Hollywood I Magnin.

Chandler's arrived in Hollywood in April 1936 at 6434 near Wilcox. That location became a Leed's shoes after Chandler moved out. Penney's Hollywood opened in 1937 at 6751 at McCadden in the 7-story former Robertson's department store.
Thanks for the assist. My memory pointed toward Westwood yet the available CDs only listed Wilshire and HWD creating a constructive dead end.
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I just ordered six pairs.
Great, now we can dance the night away at the Cocoanut Grove. Is it still there...LOL?



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Thanks for the follow-up on Eaton's/The Tahitian, Martin Pal, and for confirming that my interior pictures were from Eaton's. It's always a nice surprise when an old question gets answered.


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This Julius Shulman photoset has similarities with yesterday's post. It's also from 1948, and the architects are the same. With the Gilmore name attached, and the partial sign on the left, I'm assuming that this is part of the Farmers Market, which is quite close to yesterday's 5859 W 3rd Street address. It's "Job 273: Matcham and Heitschmidt, A.F. Gilmore, Addition (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1948".



Here are a couple of pictures of the interior.





All from Getty Research Institute
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"from The Seattle Sunday Times Rotogravure, January 22, 1939"
"LATEST AND YOUNGEST of Hollywood screen stars to go into business as a sideline is 15-year-old Judy Garland, who is seen (right) in the sales room of the smart flower shop she has opened on a Los Angeles boulevard under the firm name "Judy Garland Flowers, Inc." Profits, if any, from the venture will go into a special trust fund for Judy that she cannot touch until she is of age."
http://www.jgdb.com/articl18.htm

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Did Chandler's (5376 Wishire) also carry Ruby Slippers? Did Police question Margaret Hamilton?


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Judy Garland, young singing film star, is shown safe at home in Bel-Air today with her mother, Mrs. Ethel Gumm Gilmore, while police investigated a plot to kidnap the young actress for $50,000 ransom, revealed with the arrest of a young transient. A guard was placed at her home as police sought an accomplice.
Flowers on the clothes, but where are the fresh flowers?

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In real estate news, a complex including a 32-story tower will rise on the site of the old Longyear house...

http://wilshireboulevardhouses.com/2...e-see-our.html

http://urbanize.la/post/high-rise-co...mandie-station
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Brew 102, Aliso

I came across a set of very interesting photos of industrial downtown c. 1980s from someone at Flickr that goes by "emd".

Here is one of the Maier brewery that I had never seen, as with many of his others.

Have these images been discussed here already?

Thanks.



https://www.flickr.com/photos/emd111...in/photostream
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There are some great pictures of old railroad tracks and warehouses in that photoset, most of which have long since gone. Here's one that's still standing.


Flickr user emd

A comment under the picture by Martin Batistelli says that the building is used for exterior shots in 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia'. After a little Googling, I found that it appears as Paddy's Pub. The show's Wikipedia page refers to 544 Mateo Street as the Starkman Building. This led me to find that tovangar2 has already covered the building, also known as the Pan Pacific Warehouse, in post #11858. The post also includes several links to further information. Sadly, FredH's original GSV images are now missing, so here's the building today.


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I previously used a couple of emd's pictures in a post about the Central Manufacturing District.
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Thanks for the assist. My memory pointed toward Westwood yet the available CDs only listed Wilshire and HWD creating a constructive dead end.
I obsess over the old shoes stores
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Great, now we can dance the night away at the Cocoanut Grove. Is it still there...LOL?


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I forgot to mention I won't be able to walk in them, much less dance. I see they only go up to size 9, which means I'll need to amputate my toes to get them on. Totallly worth it, though.
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The allure of shoes.


http://glamourdaze.com/2010/07/1940s...ing-guide.html

I'm not sure where the hosiery ends and the shoes begin.





http://glamourdaze.com/2010/07/1940s...ing-guide.html





Carmen Miranda gardening in platform shoes.

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Isn't it typical? You wait ages for a 1948 Julius Shulman photoset showing a building designed by Matcham and Heitschmidt, and then three come along at once . At first I thought the sign said "Portrait Rats Inc", but I think that "Portrait Arts Inc" is more likely. The corner brick detail is very similar to the Polaris Pictures building we saw two days ago. This is "Job 289: Matcham and Heitschmidt, Robert Barry Offices (Los Angeles, Calif.),1948".




Both from Getty Research Institute

I haven't managed to find the location of this building, does anyone know where it is/was? Portrait Arts only appears in the 1956 CD, and that's at 435 N Roxbury Avenue. Also, was Robert Barry any relation to David Barry Jr/Sr?
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