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I agree with you and Odinthor. There's a lovely feeling you get when you walk into the place through that tall arch. Like you're going on an adventure, which you are if you're visiting an exhibition, lecture or film. When you arrive in the center I've always found it welcoming and the acoustics amplify the playful sounds of people having a good time. Most of the LACMA "campus" has been around for over 50 years. It's not a movie set to be discarded like this. Los Angeles even tears down it's museums, which, by definition, are in existence to appreciate history. |
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An updated layout spanning Wilshire Blvd. is a joke to me as well. And building a new campus with LESS museum space is best, in your opinion? From the article I linked earlier: LACMA's proposed new $650 million building has been a slow moving train of controversy since it was first announced six years ago. The structure would replace four older ones from the 1960's. The museum says they're too outdated and expensive to renovate although the renovation would cost less than building the new structure — about $500 million. The new structure is about 40,000 square-feet, or 10%, smaller than the original plan. That means the gallery space has shrunk from 121,000 square feet to 110,000 — roughly the size of one exhibition hall. The art critic from the L.A. Times wrote: "I do not know of another art museum, anywhere, that has ever raised hundreds of millions of dollars to have less gallery space than they started with." |
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Thanks for the info on "Chop Suey," FredH. I miss those signs, too! Quote:
https://images1.laweekly.com/imager/...9/00101109.jpgLAPL via L.A. Weekly Circa 1939: People gather around a photo booth in front of Louie K.G. Chinese Gifts (432 Gin Ling Way). Tuey Far Low, located at 436 Gin Ling Way, features a neon "chop suey" blade sign and a neon cocktail sign. |
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:previous: Godzilla, your photograph gave me an immediate flashback.
Late one evening, as I driving east on Holloway between Hancock Ave. and La Cienega there was a Rolls stop in the middle of the street (sideways). I slowly manuevered around the stalled vehicle and, as I did, I saw that the driver was MuHammad Ali. A friend was following me in her own car so afterwards, I asked her who she thought was in the Rolls... & without hesitation, she said MuHammad Ali. Looking back, I wished I had stopped and offered some assistance - but at the time I thought he had just partied too hard. I have often wondered if the incident had something to do with his Parkinson's Disease. mind you THIS WAS LONG BEFORE CELL PHONES |
mystery location (somewhere in LOS ANGELES)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/SquMJT.jpg EBAY I believe there might be enough clues to figure out the street. ....*fingers cross* Nice looking horse. back / 1908 postmark https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/rVrdzv.jpg |
Found one of the YML pix I was looking for...not the greatest, but at least it's previously unknown. I know there's some more lurking about, I'll find 'em.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...70d6b717_b.jpg Also, this was with it. Somewhere in the downtown area. Where the heck was it? Is it? https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...10eec379_b.jpg |
And as long as we're on the subject...standing on the 800 blk of W 3rd...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...cf60cb79_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...c570df89_o.png calstatelibrary |
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https://i.imgur.com/3tTRCsR.jpg rescarta.lapl.org Come to think of it, this may be the building (704-706 W. 3rd) that Jacob Greef's grocery was housed in. https://i.imgur.com/hFmqCuy.jpg or is it hidden behind the lamp post? |
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Its easily one of the worse designed or planned major city on the planet. |
I hear you. I'm in the same boat. I live north of Seattle in Marysville and I have become smitten with Los Angeles like you have. I have never been there but I have learned quite a lot about it's history and secrets. It is just so fascinating.
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I wouldn't mind a few more streets here and there closed to vehicular traffic. People really enjoy walking in urban areas where cars aren't allowed, and Los Angeles has the right climate for it. Speaking of twisty hilly streets, I've long thought that La Brea between San Vicente and Olympic is underutilized. The topography there is terrific. (Or it's dope, as the kids might say.) |
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It isn't often that you see a name that ends with a f. ...In fact, there's only one word that comes to mind that ends with a f. ;) Did 704-706 W. 3rd also have ROOMS for rent? Unless I am mistaken; ROOMS are advertised on the globe light next to the stairs leading upstairs. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...923/2obxwi.jpg See the complete photograph [again] HERE. . |
I don't remember if we have seen this [amazing] cabinet card on NLA.
It shows "the ruins" of the Santa Monica Hotel shorty after the fire in 1888. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/yVDrY1.jpg H. F. Rile at SML When I first saw the image[ as a thumbnail].. I thought I was looking at four decorative columns that had survived the fire. Not unike the Windsor Plantation ruins. Now I see it is the four [enormous] chimneys. You can see the fireplaces that were once in the rooms. 1880 (I like numbering things) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/rzUCJD.jpg 1880 / SML circa: 1885 The four chimneys can be seen in the distance. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/pIwBkz.jpg SML I didn't realize the Santa Monica Hotel consisted of two, separate main buildings. . |
e_r, some items of interest about 704 W. 3rd, all from the Los Angeles Herald, via UCR Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research:
April 28, 1906: https://i.postimg.cc/h4rNkMXx/704w3rd-4-28-06Her.jpg December 10, 1908: https://i.postimg.cc/nchNp7mW/704w3rd-12-10-08.jpg April 5, 1909: https://i.postimg.cc/RVpyFFQZ/704w3rd-4-5-09Her.jpg December 7, 1915: https://i.postimg.cc/jSW9JbZQ/704w3rd-12-7-15.jpg |
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