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THE HIKE ABOVE SYCAMORE GROVE
This is the house Hoss picked as well. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/Wd6S0K.jpg Quote:
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/NSajTl.jpg redfin "AWE INSPIRING PROPERTY IN HIGHLAND PARK, OFFERING INCREDIBLE CHARACTER AND UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES. THIS HOME OFFERS FOUR LEVELS WITH EIGHT BEDROOMS AND FIVE BATHS. ZONED AS LAR3, THIS ONCE MAJESTIC SHOWPLACE". in other words....it's haunted. __ |
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https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7657/...5e62ef34_b.jpg06300131-1 by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr |
Here's an interesting photograph currently on eBay.
"1912 Los Angeles CA SHRINER FLORAL PARADE RPPC Postcard w/ DREXEL APARTMENT BLDG" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/avFrkG.jpg EBAY I've gone through all the posts that mention 'Drexel', and none of them show the apartment building that appears in this 1912 photograph. The only 'Drexel Apartments' we have seen is the one below. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/E8X64R.jpg SKYSCRAPERPAGE / BIFRAYROCK Any idea where the Drexel in the top photo was located? _ |
"Picnic at Hanging Rock"
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The Garden of Allah Hotel as seen from Sunset Blvd, circa late 1940s
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My novels set at the Garden of Allah take place between 1927 and 1959 (the dates the Garden was open) so I've tried to use as many real-life places as settings...many of them I've found on these pages! |
Drexel Apartments
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The Drexel Apartments are still standing! They are at 1516 S. Hope, the building below at bottom (at top, on the NE corner of Venice Blvd., is 1516's twin, 1526). The building permit for 1516 S. Hope, by architect Lester M. Moore, is dated July 11, 1910: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...m.jpg~original Google aerial That same ebay photo is also available at the CA State Library website, where the high-resolution TIFF format of the image is numbered 2010-1783. |
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"Second City" is coming on the L A. theatre scene. Opens April 23 Previews April 1$ [sic]. "The entire recent tradition of American theatrical satire can be summed tip in three words, 'The Second City"'... Clive Barnes, N.Y. Times. Here's a thumbnail of the page: http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...econdCity1.jpg www.newspapers.com |
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The site was home to a brand new speedway circuit in 1912 - https://s17.postimg.cc/xxlj3uatr/Stadium.jpg https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=...adium+-------1 https://s17.postimg.cc/d0pazcsa7/191...tadium1912.jpg http://www.speedwayandroadracehistor...jpg?1488616711 It also hosted rodeos, pageants and other events until it was sold to build the school in 1915. https://s17.postimg.cc/fusgd0k8f/Rodeo.jpg https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=...+rodeo-------1 The "Old Coliseum" reference in the Jefferson HS Wikipedia article may stem from confusion with another speedway track that Jack Prince built in the LA area. That track, built in 1909, was at 64th and Main Streets and was known as the Coliseum. A snip I forgot to include from the first article above - https://s17.postimg.cc/6m427ta9b/Coliseum.jpg |
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speaking of Toluca Lake....
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/tjI2jg.jpg Toluca Lake : Lakeside Golf Club and adjacent area Author: French, Park Date: 1936 You can explore it indepth at David Rumsey Maps Have fun! Happy Friday! _ |
Vid of motorcycle board track racing at Beverly Hills Speedway in 1921. Riders taking a spill also could suffer splinters from the track's wooden board surface.
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I would tend to agree that the Wiki page on Jefferson High School confused the two arenas as there is no mention of the word "Coliseum" on the racing program or ad/promo for the rodeo at the Hooper & 35th Street location. |
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1516 left / 1526 right https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/KvJm7d.jpg GSV Refresh my memory; was there a firehouse in the immediate area? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/avFrkG.jpg just wondering why this particular location was chosen. _ |
:previous: Engine Company Number 10 was at 1615 S. Hill, which I think was the closest station to The Drexel
at the time of the photo. Perhaps the photo location was dictated by the parade arrangements? |
The Second City at Fignewton's in Pasadena
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Here's the advertisement: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...j.jpg~original March 30, 1975, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL |
More early LA motorcycle racing venues
Here is some more information about the two motorcycle tracks under discussion . . . .
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This also says the Coliseum was the first facility built for motorcycle racing: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psriwlfzi1.jpg March 15, 1909, Motorcycle Illustrated @ Hathitrust Records were shattered at the new track (and, during the same two-week period, at Daytona Beach, FL). Here, the track is called the Prince Coliseum: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psqd8brnhw.jpg LINK Racing at the Coliseum: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psw5xk4csg.jpg LINK http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pspjnps5qn.jpg LINK Previous three images from April 1, 1909, Motorcycle Illustrated @ Hathitrust _____________________________________________________________ Los Angeles Stadium @ 35th and Hooper Quote:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psptal2uaj.jpg January 25, 1912, Motorcycle Illustrated @ Hathitrust The upper photo below is the same one on the program that Noir_Noir posted. It seems to have been taken at a race held at the Los Angeles Stadium on February 25, 1912. The lower photo shows spectators on the same day: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pssezq6ivu.jpg March 7, 1912, Motorcycle Illustrated @ Hathitrust |
As long as we're on the subject, and if you're interested in more, pick up Harry Pallenberg's excellent doc Where They Raced.
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_____________________________ SANTA CRUZ EVENING NEWS, JUNE 23, 1925 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/IrIh3H.jpg CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE Say whaaaaaat? DRUIDS in Burbank? I guess so.....I JUST FOUND THIS United Ancient Order of Druids in Burbank June 15-18, 1925 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/NOXze8.jpg WES CLARK ET CETERA PHOTOGRAPHS Let's take a closer look. #1 BURBANK BANNERS https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/uCZvAx.jpg DETAIL #2 writing along the bottom of the photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Lxerm6.jpg DETAIL #3 BUNGALOW NEIGHBORHOOD https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/60L1Ow.jpg DETAIL #4 FLAGS https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/QzxDn9.jpg DETAIL #5 A LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS DOWN THE STREET https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/7WSDHp.jpg DETAIL #6 ONE LAST LOOK https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/V0lGEP.jpg DETAIL I didn't know Druids were a thing back then. Does anyone have information on this organization? :shrug: __ |
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