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Harold's and "Camera Exchange" (553 S. Main St.) both play backdrop to Officer Renko's pay phone call midway through the episode. A separate scene later in the same episode again shows Camera Exchange and an unidentified, adjacent XXX theater at, presumably, 551 S. Main St. I spotted all of these while researching filming locations -- something of a hobby of mine -- and this thread proved to be the key to my nailing down the location, as Martin's photo was a perfect match, showing both Harold's and Camera Exchange side-by-side. Hopefully this post, in turn, will prove of interest to you all! |
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Thanks for your help on the Wilshire Coronado Center, HossC and GaylordWilshire. I see there is a Tip's at the bottom of the art deco tower. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/f85hhZ.jpg full photo HERE https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/CNpOBy.jpg eBay Cocktails and Pancakes. :slob: . |
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:cheers: Many thanks, gweilo8888, for this further information! New information is always welcome!!! |
I don't believe we have seen this photograph of the Tail O' the Pup on nla.
It was taken in 1963 by photographer, Julian Wasser. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/ImVieB.jpg 1stdibs Judging by the location of Mount Sinai Hospital this isn't the La Cienega and Beverly Blvd. location. This location is a bit farther west on Beverly Blvd. but I forget the cross street. . |
Have been away from looking in on this thread since March and ws SURE that the last
page number I saw was much higher. Am I imagining things or was there some sort of re-numbering done? The inquiring minds really wants to know. Thanks -- and am SO glad to be back & lurking. |
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This (for me) is page 2227. If you're set at 20 replies per page, this is 2784. Make of it what you will... |
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I took the Ruschamobile, 1966 model, for a spin down Sunset and arrived in pre-hipster Silverlake...just past Micheltorena St. was a fairly drab streetscape of nondescript storefronts...I noted a few businesses with nominal signage, basically just the name of the place....I took these to be windowless bars, and perhaps not your typical neighborhood tavern, where you might pop in with the missus for a highball and a game of bar-top shuffleboard on a given Saturday night....just sayin'...
https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds 3335-3337 Sunset Blvd. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds gsv https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds 3037 Sunset Blvd. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds gsv https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds 2939 Sunset Blvd. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds gsv https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds 3111 Sunset Blvd....the building has been demolished. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Wait, what?....I have been in hundreds of bars, never saw a place with these hours...then as now a 2 A.M. curfew for alcohol, no?.... All of these joints appeared in The Address Book, a kind of Green Book for the gay community....1965 edition.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
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There were rules back then, some silly, but life was more predictable. Now we have anarchy and life seems chaotic, a wild ride from day to day, and human beings live on the sidewalks. At least in the '30s they had shantytowns called "Hoovervilles" if they couldn't fork over 50 cents for a bed at a flophouse or a dollar for a room. And people dressed up, even the poor. Rules. Civility. |
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I stand corrected, Bill. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/YAooQh.jpg google_earth I was thinking of the more modern main building at Cedars Sinai which is half a block south of Beverly Blvd. (the one you can drive under) & I had this San Vicente address in the back of my mind. (shown below) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/qOAfkK.jpg wiki . .which was much later than 1963. (by several decades) While googling I found some interesting images of the expansion of Mount Sinai Hospital. ( eventually to include Cedars of Lebanon Hospital) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/FQjtyz.jpg scalar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:previous: - 1963 is the same year as the Wasser photograph. And here's the building I was thinking of earlier. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/LY1j0f.jpg scalar The smaller building on the right is the building in the Wasser photograph I'm having a difficult time concentrating. my mom is watching an Elvis Presley movie. |
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ETA: Speaking of Cedars, here's their original location on Carroll Ave. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...f845cf9b_b.jpg_5090008.jpg by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr |
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During WWII, US soldiers, aided by their superiors and by civilians alike, rampaged and brutalized young Mexican American men in Los Angeles. The soldiers’ excuse for the pogrom was because they felt disrespected by the Zoot Suiter’s famed partying and dancing during wartime while soldiers were fighting a war. Never mind that Mexican Americans disproportionately and famously filled the ranks of frontline fighters in the war. Considering this photo is taken five or so years after those atrocities, I think it would be safe to surmise that these young men felt perfectly comfortable with their trusted tailors and were unlikely interested in getting a new look. Note that homeboy on the right seems ready to throw down, and can perhaps be heard echoing something like “orale ese, you still don’t like my Zoot Suit?” |
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Excellent post, riichkay. . . and thanks for sharing your memories, Hollywood Graham. Dive bars, more often than not, are the bars with the most character. There is a divey looking bar called the Flamingo in this photograph of a fire at 1035 N. La Brea. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/mTRkpp.jpg Here's a closer look with the contrast adjusted. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/PJDXgs.jpg eBay . . . .:previous: Judging by those 8 x 10s it appears the bar showcased female entertainers. (strip joint? :shrug:) . |
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Excellent post, riichkay. . . and thanks for sharing your memories, Hollywood Graham. Dive bars, more often than not, are the bars with the most character. There is a divey looking bar called the Flamingo in this photograph of a fire at 1035 N. La Brea. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/mTRkpp.jpg Here's a closer look with the contrast adjusted. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/PJDXgs.jpg eBay . . . .:previous: Judging by those 8 x 10s it appears the bar showcased female entertainers. (strip joint? :shrug:) Female impersonators |
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Interesting to see bicycles parked outside a club. According to the One Archives, this was the Club Flamingo at 1027 N. La Brea. https://one.usc.edu/archive-location/club-flamingo Info: Alternate Names: Flamingo First Document: 1940 Last Document: 1949 Address: Club Flamingo 1027 N La Brea Los Angeles, CA Club Flamingo also listed on the US Navy Out of Bounds list: https://one.usc.edu/reference/ladail...ives-riverside Listing as the Flamingo Club in 1947 L.A. Phone Book: https://i2.wp.com/martinturnbull.com...pg?w=684&ssl=1https://i0.wp.com/www.martinturnbull...ize=534%2C1600 https://martinturnbull.com/2015/01/1...elephone-book/ Below info from this LINK, where you can also view an entire Club Flamingo program. A 1949 ad... https://queermusicheritage.com/FEMAL...ngo-060749.jpg A 1951 L.A. TImes clip: https://queermusicheritage.com/FEMAL...ngo-041851.jpg Author Jon Ponder, who is working on a book on Los Angeles night clubs estimates the Flamingo Club was open from circa 1941 until it's forced closing around April, 1951. The LINK for this matchbook cover says: "Another hangout of Elizabeth Short." Apparently she hung out everywhere. https://scontent-yyz1-1.cdninstagram...48&oe=5FB12C1E ___________________________________________________________________ Speaking of Club Flamingo: :) http://tvmegasite.net/images/primeti...ubflamingo.jpg Police Squad Episode 1: http://tvmegasite.net/images/primeti...stepisode/?N=D |
Excerpt from Hollywood Graham's reply to the Silverlake gay bars post:
"The corner of Silverlake and Sunset was a cleaners, Elite Market, radio-tv repair, shoe repair shop and a hardware store (formerly a soda shop). There was a Taxi stand there also". The '66 Ed Ruscha images confirm your recollection... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Martin Pal's above post of the 1947 phone directory shows the dance place was then Club Zarape. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds By July '74 the tower had been partially removed (an online building permit indicates it had been damaged in the '71 quake)..... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds When Ruscha returned to the intersection in Aug. 1975 the east side of the building and most of the 2nd floor, and the tower, were in the process of demolition.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds The "bones" of the west side of the building and a small portion of the 2nd floor (and the awning) go back to the original construction.... https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
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