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BDiH Apr 20, 2021 7:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillinGlendaleCA (Post 9254477)
I took my photo group down there at the end of last month. Before we got run off by the rent-a-cops(telling us we couldn't photograph the building from the sidewalk on Alameda), I got this shot of the old ticketing area.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...9e51dc71_b.jpg_3280066-Edit.jpg by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr

The ticket concourse in the photo was once shared by the three railroads, Union Pacific, Santa Fe and Southern Pacific. They each had a section for sales. When they discontinued passenger service and Amtrak took over Union Station, all ticket windows were operated by Amtrak employees. Years later, the concourse was shut down and a new ticket (current) counter was built in the rear of the terminal, just inside the south patio.

The restroom areas near the old concourse once had a child care facility in the ladies lounge and a barber shop and shoe shine station in the mens lounge. Much of the old equipment and furniture is in storage under the station in repositories. There are also hundreds of old ceramic tiles, make-up counters for the Harvey Girls (who worked in the Harvey House) and file cabinets containing paperwork going back decades.

ethereal_reality Apr 21, 2021 2:57 AM

Here's a not-so-mystery location.

Original Slide, no date.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/PnTPMe.jpg
eBay no longer listed


Unless I'm mistaken (I'm not) this is the old Misses Janes School for Girls before it was moved several hundred feet away from Hollywood Blvd. to the back of the lot.


1907 Sanborn / before the move (pinkish dot)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/0u2EZN.jpg
Prospect is now Hollywood Blvd.




Previously seen HERE courtesy 3940dxer.

If you'd like to see a 1905 photograph of the house along Prospect Ave. go HERE.




The Misses Janes School is still standing and is currently the _____________. (I can't find the website) Did it close?


Today, the old Janes School is practically hidden from view in all directions.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/ztBXDa.jpg
That's Hollywood Blvd. at the bottom. / Google-Earth
.

Sakhal Nakhash Apr 21, 2021 9:16 AM

Jane says.
 
:(
Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9255659)
Here's a not-so-mystery location.

Original Slide, no date.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/PnTPMe.jpg
eBay no longer listed


Unless I'm mistaken (I'm not) this is the old Misses Janes School for Girls before it was moved several hundred feet away from Hollywood Blvd. to the back of the lot.


1907 Sanborn / before the move (pinkish dot)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/0u2EZN.jpg
Prospect is now Hollywood Blvd.




Previously seen HERE courtesy 3940dxer.

If you'd like to see a 1905 photograph of the house along Prospect Ave. go HERE.




The Misses Janes School is still standing and is currently the _____________. (I can't find the website) Did it close?


Today, the old Janes School is practically hidden from view in all directions.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/ztBXDa.jpg
That's Hollywood Blvd. at the bottom. / Google-Earth
.


That's exactly what it is.
Here's another view, (sorry, I'm posting from my cellphone so it's not easy to paste an image, so here's the link):

https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/zz0002vddc/

Snix Apr 21, 2021 6:50 PM

The Janes House has been a nightclub called No Vacancy since 2013. They have some great vintage and current photos on their Instagram that give you an idea of what the place looks like today. I can't figure out how to directly embed the Insta pictures, so here's a preview. Maybe someone can make it look nicer.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...353e0994_z.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6e2f6da7_z.jpg

OLD
https://www.instagram.com/p/Buuy7R0Bhiu/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7XUYhghGxi/
https://www.instagram.com/p/ByWbdknhreY/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bsenw8fB9B_/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgIGX4HDQGC/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BcoFtEhH-2w/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BZSXI3qHVyf/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BMaQjd_BMDJ/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BC01EecR2vx/



NEW


https://www.instagram.com/p/4dOvwQR2rY/
https://www.instagram.com/p/-VJnzOx2n4/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEcb5ndR2nB/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7r6AgmB4Sc/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B4gf8KwhnV6/
https://www.instagram.com/p/B3cpNp7BEY6/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BuKxS08B1oR/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BsMnvpWBIQb/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Br_vZqOB-PD/
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnpg8x5huQy/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BlWxVqnjULR/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BiQf7T6BhuN/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgaImirjx44/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX_68XtnF2U/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVn9EHpFOwx/
https://www.instagram.com/p/BfPb9LynW0M/





Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9255659)
Here's a not-so-mystery location.

Original Slide, no date.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/PnTPMe.jpg
eBay no longer listed


Unless I'm mistaken (I'm not) this is the old Misses Janes School for Girls before it was moved several hundred feet away from Hollywood Blvd. to the back of the lot.


1907 Sanborn / before the move (pinkish dot)
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/0u2EZN.jpg
Prospect is now Hollywood Blvd.




Previously seen HERE courtesy 3940dxer.

If you'd like to see a 1905 photograph of the house along Prospect Ave. go HERE.




The Misses Janes School is still standing and is currently the _____________. (I can't find the website) Did it close?


Today, the old Janes School is practically hidden from view in all directions.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/ztBXDa.jpg
That's Hollywood Blvd. at the bottom. / Google-Earth
.


Martin Pal Apr 21, 2021 8:58 PM

:previous:

This is intriguing:

Down a back alley off Hollywood Boulevard, past the old-fashioned hotel entryway beneath a flickering ‘No Vacancy’ sign and up an eerie staircase, three doors await you in a lushly decorated hallway—behind one of them lies the secret entrance to Hollywood’s most spectacular speakeasy-style cocktail bar.

Inside, you’ll find antique bookshelves, tightrope walkers, fire-breathing dancers, live music, handmade cigars, a photo booth inside a phone booth, a variety of hidden corners and staircases, and the best cocktails in town, in true speakeasy style.

You must be on "the list" to enter. Arrive early if you’re not on the list, dress to impress, and best of luck getting in.

___

This has been open quite a long time! Not that I've been out clubbing in Hollywood the last decade. Those pictures inside are a trip. I'd not heard of this being turned into a nightclub. It made me wonder what the place was used for all these years before it. Then I saw one old photo that says it was the Starline Tours headquarters and visitor information center. (People would go all the way back there to find visitor information? :shrug:

Martin Pal Apr 21, 2021 9:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sakhal Nakhash (Post 9255807)
:(


That's exactly what it is.
Here's another view, (sorry, I'm posting from my cellphone so it's not easy to paste an image, so here's the link):
https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/21198/zz0002vddc/


:previous:

Dated 1967.

https://calisphere.org/clip/800x800/...d710e363907094


The below photo was in the bottom feed of the one above and I had to post it, too: dated 1975; two dudes at Fairfax High School.

https://calisphere.org/clip/800x800/...a70a0701069fca

Martin Pal Apr 21, 2021 9:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BillinGlendaleCA (Post 9254477)
I took my photo group down there at the end of last month. Before we got run off by the rent-a-cops telling us we couldn't photograph the building from the sidewalk on Alameda.
_________________________________________________________________

Thanks for the great photos of Union Station, BillinGlendale.
And for risking arrest! :tup:

BDiH Apr 21, 2021 11:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snix (Post 9256304)
The Janes House has been a nightclub called No Vacancy since 2013. They have some great vintage and current photos on their Instagram that give you an idea of what the place looks like today. I can't figure out how to directly embed the Insta pictures, so here's a preview. Maybe someone can make it look nicer.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...353e0994_z.jpg
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...6e2f6da7_z.jpg

The two remaining Jane sisters lived into the 1970s. The house was in great disrepair towards the end. The last sister was in poor health. I used to see her frequently in her yard. The small building in front of the house was Jane's Auto Supply, with one old gasoline pump, long out of use. The elderly news vendor from the Whitley newsstand sold fresh flowers next to the house. Their 1922 touring car was parked in the back yard, next to a chain link fence on Hudson.

ethereal_reality Apr 22, 2021 1:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDiH (Post 9256647)
The last sister was in poor health. I used to see her frequently in her yard.

I believe this is her, BDiH

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/yIqnLM.jpg

I wonder if that's her car.


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/kNpiCm.jpg

This one is disorienting to me. One car in the lot.




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ethereal_reality Apr 22, 2021 1:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BDiH (Post 9256647)
The small building in front of the house was Jane's Auto Supply, with one old gasoline pump, long out of use. The elderly news vendor from the Whitley newsstand sold fresh flowers next to the house.

:previous:

In the photograph below you can see the old gas station ("Janes Auto Service") and some sort of outdoor stand on the left. (I see a scale so perhaps he's selling fruit and vegetables)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/eTytqj.jpg
1930s?



In the next photograph a photo studio has been set up in front of the defunct service station.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/hw3xID.jpg

The girls are wondering if the house is haunted.



No Vacancy

ethereal_reality Apr 22, 2021 2:47 AM

.
Now for something more recent.

mystery location, Hollywood California 1970s

Is anyone familiar with the Golden West Broadcasters?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LUhd3g.jpg
eBay

The seller states "Car at KTLA "so perhaps Golden West Broadcasting is a subsiduary of KTLA. :shrug:


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BDiH Apr 22, 2021 4:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9256824)
.
Now for something more recent.

mystery location, Hollywood California 1970s

Is anyone familiar with the Golden West Broadcasters?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LUhd3g.jpg
eBay

The seller states "Car at KTLA "so perhaps Golden West Broadcasting is a subsiduary of KTLA. :shrug:


.

That was Gene Autry's company.

I used to live on Gordon Street in an apartment building owned by Gene Autry and worked on Highland in a building owned by Roy Rogers. Guy Madison was a client. Growing up, they were all cowboy heroes.


BDiH Apr 22, 2021 4:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9256754)
I believe this is her, BDiH

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/yIqnLM.jpg

I wonder if that's her car.


https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/kNpiCm.jpg

This one is disorienting to me. One car in the lot.


.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9256764)
:previous:

In the photograph below you can see the old gas station ("Janes Auto Service") and some sort of outdoor stand on the left. (I see a scale so perhaps he's selling fruit and vegetables)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/eTytqj.jpg
1930s?

Wow! I am almost certain that is Miss Janes.

Thanks for the correction: Janes' Auto Service, not Jane's Auto Supply.

The building in the background is still on Whitley Avenue, I believe. It is next to the Re-Tan Hotel. The Fontenoy is also seen in the background.

Mackerm Apr 22, 2021 5:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9256824)
.
Now for something more recent.

mystery location, Hollywood California 1970s

Is anyone familiar with the Golden West Broadcasters?

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LUhd3g.jpg
eBay

The seller states "Car at KTLA "so perhaps Golden West Broadcasting is a subsiduary of KTLA. :shrug:


.

https://i.postimg.cc/tgDMRDfk/KTLA-B...-Mt-Wilson.png
Bing Maps

KTLA building on Mt. Wilson. Look up if you dare. (Bing has better streetviews here)

Handsome Stranger Apr 22, 2021 6:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9256824)
Is anyone familiar with the Golden West Broadcasters?

Golden West Broadcasters was the parent company of KTLA for many years. I'd say KTLA was then the best independent television station in Los Angeles.

KTLA Channel 5 spawned my love of old movies, first through their frequent airing of Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields films made at Paramount (in prime time no less!) and later through "Movies 'til Dawn" which featured lots of obscure gems of every genre.

https://i.postimg.cc/kgp59rGB/KTLA.gif

CaliNative Apr 22, 2021 11:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9256764)
:previous:

In the photograph below you can see the old gas station ("Janes Auto Service") and some sort of outdoor stand on the left. (I see a scale so perhaps he's selling fruit and vegetables)

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/eTytqj.jpg
1930s?



In the next photograph a photo studio has been set up in front of the defunct service station.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/hw3xID.jpg

The girls are wondering if the house is haunted.



No Vacancy


The $100 flivver (Model T or A?) for sale catches my eye. I wonder what it would sell for today? I wonder if somebody turned it into a "hot rod"?

Noir_Noir Apr 22, 2021 12:39 PM

Some more Janes House.


I don't know if this is a fanciful notion based on coincidence or not. :shrug:


https://i.imgur.com/hjIlXke.jpg
Google Books - Hollywood Remembered by Paul Zollo



A 1982 article on Carrie Janes Collier and the house.

https://i.imgur.com/9ksaTRE.jpg
newspapers.com - Los Angeles Times 03 Oct 1982


Mentioned at the end of the article, here's Guy Miller in 1956 setting up his scale model of the Manhattan skyline.

https://i.imgur.com/EkelAtD.jpg
gothamist.com

Sakhal Nakhash Apr 22, 2021 4:34 PM

Yoink!
 
I want to know who the conservator was, because of course he decided that she needed to go, AND also decided to sell her house to developers.
S.M.H. Typical.

I am glad that it wasn't torn down. In fact I was kind of shocked.

BillinGlendaleCA Apr 23, 2021 2:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 9256493)
Thanks for the great photos of Union Station, BillinGlendale.
And for risking arrest! :tup:

Thanks, we were pretty much done shooting by the time we were approached. Use a tripod, go to jail.

HenryHuntington Apr 23, 2021 2:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Handsome Stranger (Post 9256972)
Golden West Broadcasters was the parent company of KTLA for many years. I'd say KTLA was then the best independent television station in Los Angeles.

KTLA Channel 5 spawned my love of old movies, first through their frequent airing of Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields films made at Paramount (in prime time no less!) and later through "Movies 'til Dawn" which featured lots of obscure gems of every genre.

https://i.postimg.cc/kgp59rGB/KTLA.gif

_____________________

GWB also owned radio stations in a number of states. Three that come to mind on the west coast:

- KMPC (now KSPN) Los Angeles
- KSFO San Francisco
- KVI Seattle


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