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https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Google Maps The brick building on the left is the old Excelsior Laundry at 422 S Los Angeles Street, seen here in 1933. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds USC Digital Library The building on the right with the water tower (top-center of the Google image) is the old Westinghouse Building at 420 San Pedro Street, also seen here in 1933. My full post on the building is here. Quote:
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SKID ROW SLIDES re: The man hanging laundry on the rooftop clothesline. Quote:
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And then I noticed that one of the other slides from the Skid Row group (shown below) shows an arrest at the end of a brick alley. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/iO3ydI.jpg eBay So perhaps the down-and-out man is in one of the brick alleys in the Skid Row area? (hmmm. . . are there any brick alleys left in downtown Los Angeles?) Here's a closer look at the arrest. (it appears to be two dudes on motorcycles) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/ZCLtY5.jpg detail . |
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https://i.postimg.cc/zXWSf3HY/Citrus-Union-SDSU.jpg SDSU Library Or, as described in Don Enrique Dalton of the Azusa by C.C. Baker: Here was a rancheria of those Indians nominally attached to Mission San Gabriel, called' in the ShoshoneanCitrus Union High School is long gone, replaced by a small development called Azusa Heritage, which has a Facebook page containing even more historical illustrations. Some of the photos show a retaining wall, which remains, though no longer faced with stone. Notice the two pillars on either side of the stairs. I think a reconstructed version of these pillars might be visible in Google Street view: https://i.postimg.cc/d0yXBJL2/Skunk-Place.jpg GSV This is at Cerritos and 6th in Azusa |
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Why I happened to see this online today I have no idea, but I'm posting it for obvious reasons:
https://www.irishnews.com/picturesar...1bc53542a6.jpg https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2018/10/20/news/1464039/ |
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I believe Martin posted it because it looks like it says 'NOIRISH'.
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I don't believe we seen this 1980 proposal titled 'A Grand Avenue'. (Carlos Diniz, artist) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/7tZcEc.jpg experiments.californiahistoricalsociety "Carlos Diniz (artist), Overview Rendering of “A Grand Avenue,” 1980 Lawrence Halprin, A Life Spent Changing Places (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 2011) Archive of Carlos Diniz / Family of Carlos Diniz" I'm a bit confused by the information. The artist is Mr. Diniz but the architect is Lawrence Halprin. Am I reading that correctly? I wasn't reading it correctly. The archichect is Barton Meyers Here's the largest image I was able to find of the project. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/0fWSop.jpg adc-exhibits.museum Pretty cool! more info: Description- "In 1980, the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency was planning to demolish the Bunker Hill area of the city and organized a competition for a team of architects to design a new urban center. 'A Grand Avenue' proposal was created by developer Robert Maguire and led by Barton Myers Associates and the Urban Innovations Group. Barton Myers and Edgardo Contini designed a mixed-use development with housing, shops, hotels, parks, and offices. Myers designed two residential towers, both containing ample outdoor space for residents. The plan was to integrate the new development into the surrounding area, bridging the older neighborhood to the east with the newer areas of the downtown core. Their plan did not win the competition, but was widely admired by architects and the public." adc-exhibits.museum . |
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Here's another original slide from the 'Skid Row' group. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/2Ha5y1.jpg eBay There are a few interesting storefronts. Lucky Pawn Shop - a laundry - Lou's Cafe - Al's Bar - and a liquor store. My favorite is Al's Bar with its streamline facade and marquee. (and round window?) Here's a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/KESFXE.jpg I believe we have seen Al's on nla in the past but I haven't been able to find the post(s). . |
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Animal Control now refuses to take trapped skunks and possums....saying they are ''natural'' to this area of LA County. Years ago they did take them to their disposal yard. Seems like the PC culture now includes animal pests....they have ''rights'' now. I guess the homeless are now also ''natural'' to LA County. |
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