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And, yes, that crenelated tower was part of the third Times Building. Here's a postcard view from shortly after the new building was completed: https://otters.net/img/lanoir/newtim...dingpc_sky.jpg Later, a flagpole and the word "TIMES" were added to the top of the tower, though I don't know exactly when... -Scott |
Aha, I knew I had this photo somewhere...
Here are the first three buildings that were home to the Los Angeles Times: https://otters.net/img/lanoir/00011936.jpg LAPL The first was located at Temple and New High (1881); the latter two at First and Broadway (1886 and 1911-2 respectively). -S |
^^^I appreciate the explanation Scott. Thank you.
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I just found this photograph in one of my files.
This is post-bomb...construction of Times Building #3 with tower. http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/4...fterthebla.jpg usc archive Here's a detail of the sign from the above photo. http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/1...tertheblap.jpg lol...this one sign would have answer several of my questions in an earlier post of mine. :) |
I'm doing this ass-backwards.....here are a couple photos from the bombing (1910).
http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6776/la0228bomb1.jpg usc digital library http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/1...0228bomb1a.jpg usc digital archive |
You can see the Times Building with the tower below.
http://img87.imageshack.us/img87/9130/latimesbldgm5.jpg cal state |
Here's a photo of some especially nice buildings.
This is looking south on Main Street from Temple in 1926. http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/4...ainstsouth.jpg usc digital library |
Some pics of Long Beach.
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, 1940 http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/6...cipalaudit.jpg USC archive Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, 1930 http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/3...ditorium19.jpg USC archive Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, 1938 This is the front entrance. Before the auditorium was demolished, the mosaic in that recess of the arch was saved and is now on the side of a parking structure. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics33/00066102.jpg lapl.org Long Beach Municipal Auditorium and Rainbow Pier, 1946. Here you can see why the Rainbow Pier was called the Rainbow Pier. http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6...alauditori.jpg USC archive Long Beach Convention Center, 1968 http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/877...entioncent.jpg USC archive This picture is amazing to me because I can see where the municipal auditorium once stood in relation to what's there today. I wasn't aware that when the Long Beach Arena was built, it was connected to the Municipal Auditorium. This site is now the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center, with the very 1970s Terrace Theater now occupying where the Municipal Auditorium once stood, and the Convention Center exhibit space occupying buildings adjacent to the theater. The Municipal Auditorium was demolished in 1975. I don't know when the Rainbow Pier met its demise; that beach area was drastically altered when the LA/Long Beach harbors built their breakwaters. Also, that area was filled in with landfill and to build the convention center and adjacent downtown Long Beach marina. Shoreline Drive is now in that area, too, where of course Long Beach holds its annual Grand Prix. |
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^^^I'm glad you liked the photographs Scott.
I'll see if I can find a higher resolution of the aerial photo. The photographs of Long Beach were great sopas_ej. I was particularly impressed with the old Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. I cringed when I saw the Long Beach Arena. Below: Long Beach Pier and Pavilion around 1898. http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2...chpiertowa.jpg usc digital library |
Long Beach Pier and Pavilion in 1895.
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/9...chpierpavi.jpg usc digital library Below: Long Beach Pier and Pavilion in 1900. The pavilion in this photograph is more ornate than the pavilion in the previous two photos. http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1...chcrowdsho.jpg usc digital library |
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There's our old wet-blanket friend the WCTU at Broadway & Temple (upper center), and the Broadway Tunnel beyond that. But I'm blanking out on the tunnel at the upper left. Anyone?
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I've never heard a name for that tunnel, but I think it's another trolley tunnel that's just north of the Hill Street trolley tunnel (the one on the left in this view): https://otters.net/img/lanoir/DW-B5-49-11-ISLA.jpg I like this photo from 1908 showing where Hill stopped at First Street, and before First was extended up First Street Hill: https://otters.net/img/lanoir/CHS-6347.jpg And check out the sign for the Highland Villa (a grand old building): "Furnished rooms/$2.00 per week & up." :) |
Main Street at Spring in 1939.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3...tspringst1.jpg usc digital library Notice the very 'noir' looking Hotel Chandler. |
Another angle of the same area in 1939 (looking north on S. Spring St.).
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/1...orthsouths.jpg usc digital library |
I'm wondering about those 5 cent hamburgers at the corner building. "Always fresh" it says:yes:
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And over 56 tons. Great photos, ethereal, I really like them. Yeah, 5 cent hamburgers-- and 5 cent root beers too? I never understood the prices on menus of that era. Often it'll be like 10 cents for coffee, and then only 25 cents for a burger... whereas today it'll be like 2 bucks for a soda and nearly 5 bucks for a burger. Was a penny really worth all that much back then? |
Wow...that picture of main/spring/9th makes it look so much like an early 1900's Times Square.
With all that signage, along with the nearby theaters, you might wonder what could've been... |
^^^ That's what I liked about the photograph as well.
All the signs with the different types of fonts. Also how the buildings are in a stepped formation....from shortest to tallest. |
Will Angels flight actually re-open this time?!?
http://college.usc.edu/geography/pri...gelsflight.jpg
John Welborne, head of the Angels Flight Railway Foundation, said it will re-open as early as April 15th! Anyone going to show up for this? I know I will. :cheers: http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?se...les&id=7326530 http://cbs2.com/local/Historic.Angel...2.1553056.html |
Wouldn't count on it. There have been so many delays now that i have to believe it when I see it.
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Angels Flight Re-opening Delays
I know it has had many delays, but I would be very disappointed if I missed it.
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http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/273...ylookingno.jpg
usc digital library Broadway looking north from 10th Street in 1931 I spy an advertisement for 'The Champ' starring Wallace Beery and Jackie Cooper. |
Another 1931 view of downtown Los Angeles.
Can anyone here pinpoint this view? There were no details except for the date. The odd shaped building in the lower left makes me think there could be a diagonal street just out of the shot. http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/307...06view1931.jpg usc digital library |
Here are three more 1931 photographs.
I believe all three were taken from the vicinity of the Herald Examiner Building. http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/130...rview1931b.jpg usc digital archive http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/478...rview1931a.jpg usc digital archive http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/488...erview1931.jpg usc digital archive |
The Buffalo Cafe at 1326 S. Main Street in 1929.
The lighting fixtures on either side of the door are extremely cool. Does anyone have an idea what is attached to the wall between the cafe and the tire shop next door? http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/1...cafehidden.jpg usc digital library Below: The unveiling of the Buffalo Cafe as a speakeasy. http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/2...cafeh2exam.jpg usc digital library |
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^^^cool....thanks for the info. :)
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^^ Knowing where the Mayan & Belasco are located, I was gonna jump in and say "Hill and Olympic". But I would've only been half right!
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Press Release: Angels Flight to Reopen March 15, 2010
(Via AngelsFlight Twitter feed)
This JUST in (within the last hour): A press release was just, er, released stating that Angels Flight would re-open on Monday, March 15th. http://pic70.picturetrail.com/VOL182.../384170737.jpg Here is the website where that press release was posted: http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/23044083 |
A beautiful Kodachrome slide from the 1940s.
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8...hrome1940s.jpg found on ebay |
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Very nice! I think this parking lot was at the NE corner of Aliso and Alameda. That pyramid-tipped tower actually belongs to the Engine Co. 4 fire station featured in this post. Union Station is on this site now; in fact, this is probably its parking lot. -Scott |
Lost Airfield in Los Angeles
http://www.laobserved.com/assets_c/2...400x289-22.jpg
The corner of Wilshire and Fairfax, used to be an airfield in 1920 before it changed to The Grove and Farmer's Market. LAObserved.com |
I don't know if this was posted, but i'll post it anyway:
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It definitely looks like the picture captures the "Hollywoodland" sign:
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I would think that is a small marquee or something, maybe for advertisements or menus? The fact that that was a speakeasy is awesome. |
Angels Flight Re-opened Today!!
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Here's what it lookes like today. I was on the first ride at 6:45 this morning. :pepper: |
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Boy hit, Crenshaw and Washington Boulevards, 1951
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/7...nshawandwa.jpg USC archive Car accident on Wilshire near Fairfax, 1952 http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/4...lshirenear.jpg USC archive Phil Spector, 1958 at age 18 (he looks like a car wreck now hehe). A graduate of Fairfax High School, at age 18 he wrote the pop song "To Know Him is to Love Him" http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5...pector1958.jpg USC archive Hollywood Blvd. and Vermont Ave., pedestrian safety zone for streetcar, 1937 http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/6...etyzonehol.jpg USC archive |
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West 6th St. and Hill, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1940:
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/4...d6thca1940.jpg USC archive |
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That last shot illustrates an unfortunate reality: As big a fan of the old LA streetcar system as I am, I don't think it could work in today's world, even if all the tracks were still in place. The reason can be seen in the picture -- waiting or disembarking passengers had to gather in the middle of the street, with no separation from automobiles. I don't think that would fly today. Also, since urban streetcars ran in the left lane, people in cars would have to pass on the right, which is another no-no. I often wonder how a comprehensive, citywide streetcar system would be implemented today, given all these limitations (I realize there's no danger of that actually happening, of course). |
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Sopas_ej...all the photos you posted are great.
It was a joy to log in and see all these interesting posts. Below is a photo of Angels Flight that I don't recall seeing before. http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6...neverseent.jpg ebay/ The buildings adjacent (to the south at least) are now gone. |
Here is another Angels Flight photograph that was new to me (and hopefully you).
http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/2...aflightcab.jpg unkown It's hard to believe all these buildings on the left were torn down. :( |
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