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Whoever he was, he's missing now.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/Oojkwo.jpg http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2015/0...om-flashdance/ Gone ___ Here's something I didn't know. The audition scene in Flashdance was filmed in the Nimitz Room at Patriotic Hall. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/CVKmvj.jpg http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2015/0...om-flashdance/ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/rEAHQ0.jpg http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2015/0...om-flashdance/ If I remember correctly, the movie was set in Pittsburgh. __ |
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Montebello, 1934.
Originally posted by BifRayRock http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/rcD8jz.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/42081 ____________________ A closer look at the Currie's. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/ESdihl.jpg detail Here's the same shop 12 years later, in 1946. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/ZhZJNA.jpg http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/D...Search&index=w ......a look inside, also 1946. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/EklrfZ.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00088/00088396.jpg Currie's Ice Cream Shop, Montebello CA 1946 I don't think I've ever seen a juke box in the middle of a room before:previous:. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/VTWOtX.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00088/00088410.jpg Currie's Ice Cream Shop, Montebello CA 1946 sluuuurp! but I couldn't locate the 'mystery' market tower. __ |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psbjdvydwt.jpg In Southern California, people still fondly remember the Currie’s chain and its “mile-high cone” whose replica was often displayed billboard-style on roofs. The chain was started in 1927 by three brothers named Kuhns. After WWII they sold it to the Good Humor company who later sold it to Lipton in the 1960s. In 1964 the chain opened its 87th store, in North Hollywood. Although Currie’s anticipated launching units in every community in Southern California, only three outlets were listed in the 1967 Los Angeles phone book and the chain had disappeared by the 1980s. |
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google_aerial I'm unsure what railway this would have been. __[/QUOTE] I can take a hint. :) It was the Union Pacific's Anaheim branch. More history here: http://www.abandonedrails.com/Anaheim_Branch Have a great weekend, everyone! |
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Here's an interesting building which was photographed by Julius Shulman in 1960. The left of the sign says Harris Intertype Corporation. This is "Job 2972: Lithoplate, Inc. Building (Covina, Calif.), 1960".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute After a bit of searching, I found that the address was 1449 Industrial Park Street, Covina. The building is on a curve, and the Googlemobile has only been past twice (2007 and 2011), so I couldn't duplicate the angle above. As far as I can see, very little has changed - even the window covers are still there, although I've just noticed that the vertical lines between sections have gone. This 2011 image shows Royal Custom Designs Inc in the building, but Google says the business is now permanently closed. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
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"Tower Drive-In Market in Montebello, a grocery store and bakery, illustrates the change toward auto-oriented shopping centers. The store was set back behind the parking lot, with easy street access". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...werMarket1.jpg LAPL The building now bears the name Montebello Plaza. Looking at the alterations, I can see why they no longer call it the Tower Drive-In Market! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...werMarket2.jpg GSV |
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I really enjoy browsing this particular thread. What better time and place to exist than the Los Angeles of the 30s, 40s, & 50s?
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http://www.bitsmasherpress.com/LANoir/Patton.jpg San Gabriel boy. In contrast to George C. Scott's portrayal, he had a high, squeaky voice. The very few recordings of him sound like a blood and guts exhortation delivered by Truman Capote. Actually scarier than Scott's macho growl. Cheers, Earl |
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Floorplan: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...p.jpg~original Lobby door detail: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original This is an interesting alternate version of the tower: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original Even though this is labeled the foyer, I initially misread the plans and thought this was the lobby. But, as you will see a few posts down, UphillDonkey caught my error. Thanks, UD!: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original Auditorium entrance: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...j.jpg~original This is a closer view of the etched glass panel in the previous photo; the large figure is holding an Oscar: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...y.jpg~original The credits on the lower right of the etched glass panel (just barely visible on the Auditorium Entrance photo): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original Architect - S. Charles Lee Mural Artist - Millard Sheets Glass Sculpture - Carvarts, Inc. Thanks also for showing the projection booth. When I was a little kid my grandfather was the projectionist at the Gordon Theatre on La Brea Avenue (now the Regent Showcase), and I remember being in the booth a few times. He worked a day job before going to the theater at night, and he used to sleep once the movie started. But there was something in the projector that clicked or made some noise near the end of a reel that always woke him up in time to start the next reel. |
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