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"The Chapman Market, designed by Morgan, Walls & Clements and opened in 1929, is representative of the Spanish Revival architecture popular in that era. Designed as the first-ever drive-in market, the Chapman is now a Koreatown nighttime hotspot, as well as home to boutique eateries like Bosco Cake Salon, which we reviewed last month. The main building is at 6th and Alexandria, with an auxiliary building across the street. Charles Chapman and his brothers were major land owners; besides opening Chapman Market, founded what's now known as Chapman University and also published county almanacs and county histories under the name "Chapman Brothers." Charles Chapman also scored the nickname "The Orange King of California." http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/2...d-but-its.html http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-41303?v=hr http://digitallibrary.usc.edu |
Wow! Love all the photos, BifRayRock, but especially the ones of the Hotel Normandie and the aerials. Thanks for posting them!
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Over at the bountiful Beverly Hills Historic Preservation, I found this shot of the '56 version of Queen for a Day's golden coach.... Quote:
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The source indicates this is Beverly Hills Race Track. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...E1264AAFC?v=hr http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1337191989940
Presumptively rare video of cycles on the same track, ca. '21 Interesting shots of covered grandstand and oil derricks in the background. http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=...type=3&theater |
Excellent! update on the Hotel Normandie renovation BifRayRock.
___ below: What is the oversized building I circled in red? I can't seem to place it. originally posted by BifRayrock http://imageshack.us/a/img862/5042/a...owerright1.jpg http://www.lapl.org/ I've never noticed so many palm trees...they're lined up like soldiers. __ |
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Doing a rough count of blocks, it may be the Public Storage building at Beverly Blvd./N. Westmoreland Ave. I was going to post a pic from Google, but Photobucket is having issues at the moment. |
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http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics19/00019151.jpgLAPL That's the Public Storage building at Beverly near Virgil. One of my favorite buildings in town, it seems much, much higher than its 14 stories. It was originally the American Storage Company. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-q...2520PM.bmp.jpgGoogle SV, April 2009 |
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I suspect the stand-at-attention palm trees seem more pronounced than usual due to the time of day/location of the sun. Regarding the identity of the circled building, Moxie and GW beat me to the punch. I have been given to understand that for many years the building was used by Pacific Bell, but have never been able to confirm that. There were also rumors of a speakeasy and of course, a vault. Note how close it was to the Palomar and the Bimini Baths. And speaking of the Bimini Baths, an oldtimer or two mentioned that building the Ralphs at Third Street and Vermont required extra deep pilings because of the Bimini slough that ran underneath it. Have not seen any photos of this undertaking. http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/5...nihotsprin.jpg http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...86986&page=116 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics19/00019151.jpg I also wondered about the original Cedars of Lebanon on Sunset, causing me to think of the former Queen of Angels . . . Which provides a good excuse to post this: http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4033/4...2b23353d_o.jpg http://www.flickr.com Old Cedars of Lebanon Hospital Entrance http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...n_Hospital.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org |
Obsolete railroad spurs are always such a cool thing to find.
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"Exterior view of the River Station in Los Angeles." -LAPL http://imageshack.us/a/img707/1861/a...nisthishot.jpg http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=51220 below: "Exterior view of the River Station in Los Angeles. The building is constructed of brick, with several arches at the front of the building." -LAPL http://imageshack.us/a/img225/7669/a...nwithwoode.jpg http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=51219 The first photo is obviously an earlier building (there were no dates on either of the photos). Is that a glimpse of the wooden pedestrian viaduct/bridge that once crossed over the rail yards in the second photograph? I believe it is, but I am not 100% sure. below: In this aerial you can see the enormous length of the wooden viaduct as it crossed over the railyards. http://imageshack.us/a/img838/9427/a...nfootbridg.jpg http://www.lapl.org/ below: Another excellent view of the old rail yards showing the wooden footbridge. http://imageshack.us/a/img35/6919/aa...nf2viagsja.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...ller/index.htm And there is even a 'noir' connection. originally posted by gsjansen http://imageshack.us/a/img98/9427/aa...nfootbridg.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3993 We've covered the bridge numerous times in the past. To see color photos of the bridge, as well as views from the bridge go here. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4002 To see the bridge illustrated on old maps go here. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=4000 |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...loodbw1476.jpgGoogleSV Country Club Drive at Gramercy, 1958 and 2011 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics19/00019291.jpgLAPL https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-X...2520PM.bmp.jpgGoogleSV Main and 7th, 1933 and 2011 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics19/00019236.jpgLAPL http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics32/00035814.jpgLAPL https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...2520PM.bmp.jpgGoogleSV Culver City: W. Washington between La Cienega and the west end of Adams, wet (1933), dry (1937), and... 2011. The current building on the site appears to be newish... but is it modeled somewhat after the Tropical Inn, or might it actually incorporate part of the original? Well, perhaps not quite the original--here's a postcard of the Inn from the '20s: http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008644.jpgLAPL |
3940dxer's post about the old rail spur reminded me of this website about "The Rat Hole" that has lots of great pics of what's left in that part of L.A. (or, at least, what was left in 2005): http://www.dpdproductions.com/page_r...y_rathole.html
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Speaking of rail spurs, looking at aerials of the West Hollywood area (San Vicente and Santa Monica), noticed this shot. To be sure, there are similar shots, but I haven't seen anything specifically identifying the riding academy and the Gold Seal Dairy. Those black dots toward the bottom right of the picture may be Jerseys or Holsteins.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-14458?v=hr http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...=1337203341401 http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CsWmoxKdNg4/0.jpghttp://www.google.com __________________________________________ For some unknown reason, this wonderful photograph, identified as "1925 Klubnikins Packing House in Boyle Heights" brings to mind several posts by EW that touch on alleged "sanitation" issues near what is now Union Station. ;) http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/6...nspackingh.jpg http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...86986&page=116 Both the "Bimini Baths" and the "Klubnikins" images were found in another area of this Forum. Some of them have been posted here before, but there are some nice Los Angeles images posted by Jesus E Salgado there, that seem at home here too. http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showth...86986&page=116 Sorry, I can't resist. (Photos identified as '25 but the police cars are clearly later models. Monte Vista at Ave 57, Highland Park; Temple and Los Angeles Streets; Hollywood.) http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/233...weepsglasa.jpghttp://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7466/1925copcars.jpghttp://img401.imageshack.us/img401/3...taatave57h.jpghttp://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5...lesytemple.jpghttp://img801.imageshack.us/img801/9243/1925la.jpg |
Thanks for the info. on the Public Storage building Moxie, G_W & BifRayRock. It's quite the edifice!
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(It probably goes without saying that once it realized its Mail Box was in a flood plain, the Post Office relocated the box - hopefully to higher ground.) |
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