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626 N Cherokee is still there.... Where's my chainsaw? https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9...2520PM.bmp.jpgGSV |
:previous: I didn't see your post on the previous page until now GW. Thanks for finding that old newspaper article on the stolen dynamite.
I noticed the peaked roof on the La Barca Restaurant (Denver Moving & Storing) as well. I agree that it might be the same building as in the 1934 photo. |
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We've seen Bit O' Sweden before on NLA, but this is an especially good scan.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/513/gm82.jpgebay We're looking Northeast, right? I recall that Scandia was (at some point in time) almost right across the street. Did Bit O' Sweden and Scandia ever compete (or did Bit O' Sweden become Scandia?) |
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Wonder if broadswords were permitted in the Viking Terrace :cool: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12302 http://www.cardcow.com/images/set312/card00752_fr.jpg |
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-i...000%2520PM.jpg I was not able to positively identify the schoolhouse. It might be that small building near the chapel but I didn't spot any red. |
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Flyingwedge, Thanks for posting all the supplementary information on 1274 Court Street and her neighbors. Having the build dates for the houses and seeing the Sanborn maps showing not only the residences but the wells in place at the time is fantastic. The wells were pumping what is known as the Los Angeles City Field. Among companies operating in the field were Clampitt Oil and Manley Oil. The latter was still using cable Jacklines into the early 1970's. In addition to owning wells in the field, Edward Clampitt operated the E.A. Clampitt Tool and Die Company, which manufactured equipment for the Southern California oil industry. One of his factory buildings is the present day home of Phillippe's Restaurant at 1001 North Alameda Street. There is a bit of noir in the Clampitt family history. See: http://www.elsmerecanyon.com/oil/clampitt/clampitt.htm Cheers, Jack |
340 and 344 S. Kingsley Drive
We've been in the 300 block of S. Kingsley Drive before:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11657 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11691 But I don't think we've looked at 340 and 344. It seems like they were built as the same time, given the single walkway that branches into two: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original GSV http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original Bing LA County Assessor says both were built in 1910; judging by the taxes, neither has changed hands since 1978. I couldn't find any other information on either house, but there must be some kind of story. The house at right on the end of the block, 354 S. Kingsley (b. 1916) is currently for sale. |
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This was the old Los Angeles City Oil Field and most of the remaining wells were only pumping one or two barrels a day back in the early 1970's. With the "Oil Crisis" of 1973 and the later "Energy Crisis" of 1979 it became economically viable to pump water and steam into the wells and this boosted production quantities for a while, but was a relatively short lived endeavor. Cheers, Jack |
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I poked around a bit, and didn't find much. Former Lieutenant Governor Herschel L. Carnahan lived at 344 at one point. (He committed suicide in 1941, though in his downtown office, not here.) The Hollywood D.A.R. met here on occasion, it seems--I thought that might explain the shrinelike structure between 340 and 344. But I haven't seen anything at all to explain the odd cryptlike feature.... I'm struck by the lavish landscaping of 344 and the relative barrenness of 340's front yard. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV If any intrepid Noirishers want to ride by and look for a plaque under the ivy, please do & let us know.... EDIT: After a little more digging, the apparent explanation for the shared entrance: Dr. Melvin L. Moore was prominent doctor in town; his daughter Lillian married attorney Leroy M. Edwards in 1908. The Moores and the Edwardses were all at 800 S. Alvarado in the 1910 census; in the 1911 CD, the Moores are at 440 (later 340) S Kingsley and the Edwardses at 444 (later 344). Street alterations--part of the numerous street and address changes in the 1911-1913 period to accommodate various annexations--account for the change to 340/344. http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/6...01914compl.jpg So it seems that the common family entrance dates from the beginning. This still doesn't explain the crypt...what are all those flowers there today? Of course it can't possibly be a private family vault. (In any case, the Edwardses later moved 22 blocks west, to 344 S Hudson... Dr. Moore died in 1928, but it looks like he's at Forest Lawn....) Who or what are the flowers for? |
In your series of pictures of the old remnants of the houses next to the 110 Freeway: The stick with the wire on the end is what is left of an old broom after the straw is gone
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Whatever that shrine/monument is, it is certainly a part of L.A. history that should be preserved along with the two homes associated with it. A bit of an update to the above: I have spoken to the Realtor that has the listing on 354 S. Kingsley and he is going to be gracious enough to get some detailed info and pictures to me. He has been told it is indeed a religious shrine by the Korean owners of 354 S. Kingsley. Now for a bombshell for all you sleuths. 354 S. Kingsley was once the home of a motion picture actress. Ryan didn't know who, or during what period and has himself been trying to find out. |
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RiT: I just added some more info to my prior post--an explanation for the common entrance. The flowers may well be some sort of Korean tribute... |
E. Colorado Street, Pasadena circa 1901. (no other information was given)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/547/y49d.jpg ebay |
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La Pintoresca Hotel, Pasadena Dec. 19, 1900
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/594/4f21.jpgebay The La Pintoresca was mentioned just once before on NLA. (the post includes a photograph, along with the Raymond Hotel) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16222 |
Marengo Avenue, Pasadena circa 1900.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/46/kz4m.jpgebay Mr. Greble's house "on Orange Grove Avenue", Pasadena. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...90/28/rvlc.jpgebay another view of Mr. Greble's house, Dec. 19, 1900 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/62/oico.jpgebay "Harkness" Pasadena circa 1900 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/835/je6f.jpgebay E. Colorado Street, Pasadena circa 1901 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/827/ic85.jpgebay "The Greens" Club House, Pasadena circa 1901 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/541/rarh.jpgebay |
The builders for 6001 carton way "metropol" asked the city to close Brokaw place so they can join the 2 properties on the west side of the st to the one on the east side, so they could build "metropol".
Brokay was a in between gower and bronson, running from carlton way to hollywood blvd. |
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