So the other day we were talking about
Chicago Calling, and I went and revisited my DVD, in an attempt to figure out 242 South Hope (I was a little perplexed that
this

turned into
this [242 had had a major remodel, enclosing its porch and moving its stairs to the north, I assume to permit easier access from the parking lot, in mid-'54, according to records, before its demolition come 1956])—
—in any event I've moved on to other things, because while watching
CC I had one of those a-ha moments wherein I discovered another location that isn't in Jim Dawson's
book. (Haven't been this excited since I
saw the Ems featured in The Narcotic Story!)
So Dan Duryea needs to make a long-distance call, and the phone in his pad at the Sunshine Apts is turned off, so he's gone down to a nearby cleaners to use their pay phone. And as it was establishing the scene, panning across the interior, I said
hey, I know that building across the street:
...that's the Wright and Callender at Fourth and Hill:
usc
Which places the phone in the Reliable Cleaners across the street in the
Antlers Hotel—
usc
Couple images looking up Clay from Fourth—
getty
This one I have as an unnamed file, have to figure it where it came from—obviously from the Summer of '62, since clothes have to be picked up before August 31st; the demo permit for 421/23 W 4th is granted in early October.
The genesis of the
Chicago Calling talk is via an original discussion of
Angel's Flight (with
My Gun is Quick and
The Exiles thrown in for good measure) within it was asked, what's the deal with the wall sign? The one there in the early '60s that read in whole or in part "elevator" where the retaining wall beneath the Astoria met Clay St?
I still don't know any more about the elevator, but
Chicago Calling does seem to have a wall sign in the same location. Which may have a phone number and "apartments for rent" but I can't really make it out. (On the left side, there's the wall under the Sunshine Apts with
the no-parking message.)