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Bab's Epicurean Restaurant, 734-736 S. Spring, Los Angeles
https://i.postimg.cc/26gP6z2N/734-SSpring001.jpg odinthor collection The location had the usual diverse past (and future): 1900: https://i.postimg.cc/rFXB2wDS/734-SS...Her7-22-00.jpg LA Herald, 7/22/1900 1902 (probably upstairs): https://i.postimg.cc/dt2zscCg/734-SS...LAT8-31-02.jpg LA Times, 8/31/1902 1913: https://i.postimg.cc/t4rvJq4v/734-SS...er11-26-13.jpg LA Herald, 11/26/1913 --Bab's Epicurean Restaurant probably fits in about here; the white-border postcard era commenced 1915. 1922: https://i.postimg.cc/CKXvCcDj/734-SS...LAT6-21-22.jpg LA Times, 6/21/1922 1924: https://i.postimg.cc/YqRbDrY2/734-SSpring-LAT1-1-24.jpg LA Times, 1/1/1924 1925: https://i.postimg.cc/0yHZxVVL/734-SS...LAT1-17-25.jpg LA Times, 1/17/1925 1926, the Indoor Country Club: https://i.postimg.cc/y6XPW1fh/734-SSpring-LAT9-5-26.jpg LA Times, 9/5/1926 Still 1926: https://i.postimg.cc/pdwZ5pbC/734-SS...LAT9-19-26.jpg LA Times, 9/19/1926 1927: https://i.postimg.cc/9FmB76S6/734-SS...LAT9-29-27.jpg LA Times, 9/29/1927 |
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Good memory, e_r! The 1921 Baist Map shows that building as an overall factory. It was on Figueroa between Potter Park Avenue (aka 7th Place) and 8th Street. Quote:
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https://66.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l...kx1o1_1280.jpg tumblr How things have changed since 1948 and stayed the same..click link at the top>>> 360' view... |
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LINK: 35 vintage photos reveal what Los Angeles looked like before the US regulated pollution
I had no idea the smog was this bad, this early! 1940s, and the visibility is one block! “Smog, 23 September 1949. A man looks south east from City Hall in Los Angeles.” https://i.imgur.com/WhkOKQR.jpg “Mariellen Morgan wipes away the tears as she is about to get some smog relief from Hank McCullough of West Hollywood on November 25, 1958 as eye-irritating smog tormented residents for the third day in a row.” https://i.imgur.com/bvW2Ms8.jpg Does anyone recognize the location of the photo of the woman? I tried searching this thread, but couldn't find anything. |
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In 2015 ER and HossC had posts that included that picture and many more of the intersection: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=27136 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=27136 http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original |
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I imagine that Bab's was at the location for a very brief time. ...If that's the case odinthor's postcard is quite rare. 734-736 S. Spring was also the location of a downtown version of the 'Casa Verdugo'. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Asx6Fl.jpg It opened in 1913. (as the Casa Verdugo) The history of the famous Glendale 'Casa Verdugo' can be found on paradiseleased's fascinating blog. We have also covered it here on NLA. (still searching for the old posts) . |
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flickr Here's some of the great food you can get at that taco stand Penny's at York and Fig. Eat drink and be merry noirishers. |
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"I had no idea smog was this bad, this early (1940)" I remember days in the late 1950s and into the 1960s where the visibility was so bad because of the smog that the Verdugo Mountains and Santa Monica Mountains were invisible from where I lived near Oxnard & Cahuenga in NoHo. The hills were just a few miles away. Sometimes the smog made things less than half a mile away look fuzzy. It was bad especially in late summer and early autumn when the inversions were the worst. Winter was the only season when smog was rare. My parents told me that they recalled smog (not as bad) as far back as the 1920s, when the air had inversions. The air got a bit clearer in the 1930s, when the depression cut auto traffic and economic activity. WW2 brought the first of the bad smog, when the factories cranked up. The pre WW2 smog was called "smoke" or "haze", as the term "smog" (SMOke+foG) hadn't been invented until the 1940s. Smog was also bad in many of the eastern cities, e.g. Pittsburgh, with all the steel plants. An episode in Donora, PA in 1952 killed a lot of people. London of course has bad "pea soup" smog/fog episodes going way back. One episode in the early 1950s killed hundreds. Fortunately the smog problem is orders of magnitude less severe than it was before the 1980s. Severe smog alerts declined sharply after catalytic converters were put in cars in the '70s, and big industrial polluters were controlled. The progress was at first gradual, since it took years to retire the old polluting cars. The first measure taken was in the 1950s, when backyard trash incinerators were prohibited. |
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May I add that in the 1950's the smog was so bad that just a few minutes outside and my eyes would sting and begin to water. Any gym class outside would cause my lungs to fill with the foul air. Breathing would be painful and I had to literally stop exercising. Take a deep breath and experience pain in my chest. There was a lot of suffering in those days. One study they harped on the 1950s was all of the hamburger stands and fast food joints also contributed to the smog. Cities rushed to require filters on all smokestacks poking out of food preparation kitchens in LA County. https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/...count-smog.jpg KCET |
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This oft posted image seems to belong with the :previous: https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41PiGbXRK...llywood_CA.jpghttps://2.bp.blogspot.com/-41PiGbXRK...llywood_CA.jpg |
:previous: Thanks for posting the Sunset Blvd. photographs again, Godzilla.
It's interesting to revisit the Westside Market's tranformation into the Largo Club and, eventually, the Roxy. (it's amazing that the original building survived all the changes) And there's all kinds of history related to the Villa Nova. (If I remember correctly something pertaining to Marilyn Monroe) ? Remember this? Quote:
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I was going through my old files and rediscovered additional negatives from this set. I would have made positive images but, for some reason, the option is missing on my computer. :( (I used to be able to do it) #1 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/Qj1QnV.jpg oldfile A closer look. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/xpWgCd.jpg The building next to the station (in the distance on the right) will hopefully help us determine which of Sheriff Paul's addresses is correct. #2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/qpqQFl.jpg oldfile A closer look. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/cPckba.jpg If anyone is having a slow Sunday feel free to change the images to positive. :) . |
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Since I was looking at this today, look at what's planned if you turned around 180° from the above image. https://plusdevelopmentgroup.com/wp-...-c-default.jpgPlus Development Group The left side is residential, which is supposed to include some low income housing, ?, and the right side is a hotel. Currently on that block is Terner's Liquor, The Viper Room and aahs! The latter has closed and sits vacant. |
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Interesting commentary on bad architectur: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAh_W9hZ1C4&t=802s |
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Here's an interesting business card from the 1920s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/uDyQSd.jpg eBay LINK ...............................................................................................................Harry E. Herndon. ....810 S. Olive.... What makes this card exceptional is that the flipside is a photograph. No doubt the car is a Stutz-Bearcat since Mr. Stutz is mentioned on the front of the card. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/47fimQ.jpg . . .and if I remember correctly, Stutz-Bearcats were very popular with the movie colony. I wonder if the two young ladies are silent film stars! I'm also curious about that estate in the background. Not that long ago I posted another business card with a photograph on the back. You can revisit it HERE . |
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Another glimpse of Coulters and Mullen Bluett. Note, the absence of Lee Tower in the background. https://i.redd.it/pahbsil1m8w21.jpghttps://i.redd.it/pahbsil1m8w21.jpg |
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