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Minutes ago, I came upon this wonderful photograph of a large building at 10th & Figueroa. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/160...924/Kq7tMp.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-8-x-...4AAOSwhQhY2aMo written on the reverse: "Belmont Apartments, 10th & Figueroa" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/yMOZVZ.jpg & photographer's stamp http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/TK8RHV.jpg |
Ivins Hotel / Belmont Apartments
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The 6-story Belmont was designed by AL Haley in 1910 for a Mr Ivins. It was originally called the Ivins Hotel. It cost $96K, constructed on never-before-built-on land next door to the Friday Morning Club. The Belmont fell in the 80s for a parking lot. W 10th is now, of course, Olympic (and the intersection has been straightened out). https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/LS...Q=w501-h517-no baist, 1921, plate 8 The 26-story 717 Olympic Apartments is now on the site. It's been up about a decade: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2n...A=w577-h464-no google maps |
Rita Hayworth somewhere in 1939. Pure style & glamour but what could be more obvious...!!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psnox9cskb.jpg pinterist Maybe Hoss knows where this was taken? ;) |
. It looks like it was the holidays. Here's a larger version.http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...n-jpg.2857511/ |
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Godzilla got there first One source says the photo is by Frank Worth (1923-2000), but he would only have been 16 in 1939. His bio says he came to Hollywood from New York after he graduated from high school in 1940 (?). |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Detail of picture on www.facebook.com - Photo Credit: Marc Wanamaker via Beverly Hills Historical Society |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/sDMxG7.jpg ebay for comparison: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/Kq7tMp.jpg |
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Here's the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, which was once at the SE corner of Figueroa and 10th. LAPL gives a date of 1915, but as the lot across the street, where the 1910 Ivins will rise, is still empty, it must be earlier (the church decamped to Wilshire in 1928): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ov...w=w764-h589-no lapl P.S. Requisite noir: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Dv...Q=w650-h296-no la herald 25 May 1916 RIP Mr Lem |
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That's why I was surprised when I noticed it just said apartments on that undated postcard. |
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Most of us know this iconic 1955 Frank Worth shot of Elizabeth Taylor on the set of "Giant" (1956) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ep...w=w467-h589-no artspace |
:previous: Liz nailed the come-hither look.
While searching for more photographs of the Belmont Apartments at 10th & Figueroa, I happened upon this photograph of the Belmont Hotel at 251 S. Hill Street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/2dzfQc.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/29095/rec/40 (this has probably been seen before on NLA) Just for fun, here's a closer look at the Belmont entrance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/a9Xi2L.jpg detail We've no doubt seen this photograph before on NLA, but we haven't discussed the much smaller Guiles Hotel next door. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/HE0axe.jpg detail I've been trying to figure out the name of the Guiles Hotel building. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/UMy2R4.jpg detail It's McCo _ ? ---------------------------------------- Lastly, here's the receipt for the photograph. [1930] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/dmWFZN.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/29095/rec/40 It appears the Belmont Hotel was a member of "Consolidated Hotels". for search purposes: Photograph of exterior of Belmont Hotel, 251 South Hill Street, Los Angeles, CA, 1930. "Subject: Belmont Hotel, 251 So. Hill Street; Agency: Mail to Stiller, c/o Lockwood Shackleford Co.; Client: Consolidated Hotels; Classifications: B. hotels; Year: 1930; Job: 11-20-112" -- on envelope front. "Operator's Report: Joe; Amount: 3.00" -- on envelope back. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/CJQAxE.jpglapl _ |
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The 1921 Baist calls it McCoy Guiles Hotel. FWIW, on the 1969 demo permit, under "legal description", someone has typed in "Part of Rosa McCoy". There's some great shots at USCDL of the interior of the Belmont. |
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https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3695/3...ba767efe_b.jpgusc https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3792/3...f60485d5_o.png Next door the YWCA went up (Arthur B Benton, 1908), which became the Belmont. https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2950/3...f21c945f_b.jpgusc |
Thank you Beaudry. I knew you'd come and save me.
I was just going to post an image and this: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1P...g=w611-h213-no google books ...and there it is, just before Sinai & Olivett cross in the background above Clay Street: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Xx...=w1003-h557-no ffilms @ the 9:04 mark |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/04...=w1072-h632-no From Angels Flight Goes to the Movies: http://www.electricearl.com/af/ Speaking of movies...wonder if James M. Cain had ever read about Amy L. Winter? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Bs...Q=w492-h481-no LAT 7-15-29 |
Ocean Park Grammar School
I owe you big time Beaudry. A tiny thank you in return:
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Article and a great drawing from the October 9, 1904 LA Herald here Don't know the address, but this might help. The 1900 Ocean Park Country Clubhouse was on Westminster, between Main and Pacific: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gK...Q=w374-h465-no LA Herald,4 Sept 1904 So maybe 1010 Abbot Kinney Blvd for Ocean Park Grammar School (now the Westminster Ave School)? Try 1025 & 1027 Abbot Kinney Blvd (nee Lake, formerly Washington) for the commercial buildings: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Zg...A=w789-h479-no gsv https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/eL...g=w796-h589-no per Beaudry A closer view of the shoe repair/shine shop frontage: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TN...w=w628-h507-no Thanks again. |
Thanks for the information about Post & Beam yesterday, CityBoyDoug.
After a few days of private homes, today's Julius Shulman post shows offices. It's "Job 887: William Beckett, William Beckett Offices (West Hollywood, Calif.), 1950". With a fair bit of duplication between the prints and contact prints, I've included most views. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The contact print of this image has scribbled notes, presumably for featuring in a publication. As well as a couple of "Crop" directions, the one above the building intriguingly says "Bum in". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The offices had a very simple reception area. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I believe that the sign on the right says "EMPLOYEES". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Here's the rather spartan employees' area, although it appears to have had a bed. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original The mezzanine level was reached by this simple and stylish staircase. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original I wonder what building was on the drawing board. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original This table looks very unstable, but I assume it was well anchored. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute I initially confused William Beckett with Welton Becket, but they're completely unrelated (as far as I know). Here's a little biography I found in the caption of a photo by moderns_r_us at Flickr: William Sutherland Beckett was born June 14, 1921 in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Yale University, graduating in 1943. Beckett moved to California after graduating and worked for Douglas Aircraft for a short time during World War II. He went to work for the firm Spaulding and Rex from 1944 to 1949, eventually achieving the title Chief Designer. Spaulding was the architect of Case Study House #2, for Arts + Architecture magazine in 1945-1947.The building can still be found at at 9026 Melrose Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original GSV |
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