$00.20 Burger in 1955

Has the same buying power as:

$1.75 in 2015.

Burger King Value Meal in 2015 ~ Bacon Cheeseburger Deluxe $1.69

Interesting take on inflation or the actual lack of it.

I'm still working my way through the USC photoset "Properties about town owned by Hugh Evans Co." from which Tourmaline posted some images recently.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ndoahArms1.jpg
USC Digital Library

There's very little information about the locations of most of the subjects, but this one comes with a big clue next to the door. I found the Shenandoah Arms at 1482 Shenandoah Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ndoahArms2.jpg
Detail of picture above.

I've gone back to February 2014 to get a GSV shot without leaves on the trees, I think that the building has survived relatively unmolested (I know it's lost its urns from the roof), and even still seems to have the same nameplate by the door. The house next door has been replaced by more modern apartments.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ndoahArms3.jpg
GSV

extant neon
 

Three extant neon signs not on the Lumens list:

The Frolic Room, in the Pantages Building, 6245 Hollywood Blvd:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-c...12442%2BAM.jpg

I've posted this one before, but only a daytime shot.
Half Moon Motel, 3958 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Q...12214%2BAM.jpg
(it used to drive my kids crazy that the sign says "Half Moon" but shows a crescent moon)

I wish this one was 50 feet tall.
Brent Air Swimming Pool Services,
4721 W Slauson Avenue, Windsor Hills:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...10838%2BPM.jpg

But, alas, she's only Tinkerbell-size:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x...12954%2BAM.jpg
gsv

(all other pix LA Weekly)

:previous: "tinker-bell size" lol.

Thanks for the offer pwrof3! I really enjoyed the photographs you posted.
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The building on the right with the large "R" sign on it is the Glendale "Recess" eatery we discussed a few days ago.

Also in the original photo, the streetcar is going along Brand. At the very top of the street, where Brand runs into Kenneth Road, is a planter, now filled with Agapanthas and Crepe Myrtle trees which used to be the anchors for the catenaries for the street cars. Also, just below that, at the juncture of Brand and Mountain is an underground chamber, which, I understood from my mother, was the power supply for that end of the streetcar line, or a restroom for the motormen. It is on a little island with a white wrought iron fence around it. There used to be a stairway down but now it is boarded up.

Beaudry, I didn't see it mentioned so I'll ask: Where are the 1888 red sandstone courthouse remnants on display? Thanks. MR

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...912/8diy5X.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/3bE722.jpg
http://pasadenadigitalhistory.com/

"Police and fire personnel responding to automobile collision. We believe this is Colorado Boulevard." written on back of photo. -No Date


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Very interesting information oldstuff. Is this the underground chamber you're talking about?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/QOw2VA.jpg
GSV


It still has an antiquated light.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/UC48sp.jpg
GSV

This was in an old file of mine with the other Brand Blvd. photo I just posted (thanks Otis, C. King and HossC for figuring out the location)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/bDphnZ.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...901/wIwG6r.jpg
old file/eBay, possibly pacificelectric.org.

I believe the 'underground chamber' oldstuff mentioned is directly behind the streetcar. I'm really curious about it.
Do you really think it might have contained a bathroom for motormen?

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In case Beaudry takes a while, the remnants are in City Terrace Park. I only know this because JScott told me.

1079 N Hazard Ave, ELA:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...14015%2BPM.jpg
gsv

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B...14551%2BPM.jpg
lots more pix at Richard Schave's flickr here.

The picture below shows the same intersection on N Brand. I found it in an article on thesource.metro.net which includes a couple of "then and now" comparisons on N Brand. The caption says "The top photo was taken in April 1955 at Brand Boulevard and Mountain Avenue — literally the end of the Pacific Electric line."

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...BrandBlvd2.jpg
http://thesource.metro.net

One of the comments, posted by "mike dunn", says "Concerning Brand and Mountain. Look closely and in the middle of street you see a iron fence. Even into the RTD when Buses layed over there the operators used an underground restroom gained access via this gated entrance."

I'm surprised they're just lying on the ground unprotected. :(

They should be displayed with dignity like the architectural fragments at the Chicago Art Institute.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/nTn0bO.jpg
http://theartinstituteofchicago.blog...gments_21.html
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:previous:
Generations of kids have played on the remnants. They're pretty worn.


I wonder what happened to Blind Justice:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...80319%2BAM.jpg
denver pl (detail)

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-R...21702%2BPM.jpg
previously posted by JScott (detail)

"Even before the Long Beach earthquake, the Red
Sandstone Courthouse — once called “the jewel of Los
Angeles” — was dramatically and rapidly deteriorating.
In February 1932 a section of stone from the courthouse
clock tower broke off and crashed through the roof of
Judge Joseph Sproul’s office. The accident fortuitously
occurred at 6:25 a.m., so no one was hurt. The
structure was so compromised that within a few
weeks the clock tower and other ornamentation
were removed and a new roof installed.
A year later, the Long Beach earthquake dealt
the courthouse its final blow."
- California Supreme Court Historical Society

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-w...04854%2BAM.jpg
water and power

Interesting coincidence, a physical copy of the postcard of the Lucretia Garfield residence in South Pasadena, recently posted by Tourmaline, is currently on display at the Pasadena Public Library:

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4krt6twt.jpgmy file

Next to it is a postcard of the Robert Burdette house, which we've also previously discussed on NLA:

http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...pskxt7bke0.jpgmy file

To ad a bit more to this loo-loo of a discussion, it appears that in the 1940's there was an above ground comfort station at this location as seen in this photo from the PERY Historical society site: http://www.pacificelectric.org/categ...trict/page/20/. Note that the motorman of PCC 5003 is beating feet in the direction of the tile roofed structure with multiple vent windows. The house to the right is still there today, overlooking the former underground facility that has appeared in 1950's photo.

Cheers,
Jack

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psi0wumkrw.jpg

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psbtndch6g.jpg

Hey, thanks for your offer!

This photo looks west on 7th Street from Centre Street toward Mesa Street and the Bank of San Pedro building on the SW corner of Mesa and 7th. Compared with your nice current photos, it looks like the original second story was removed and two new, recessed upper stories were added when the building was made a part of the lofts that were built on either side of it:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original
LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics48/00043986.jpg

The photo was taken April 4, 1942, and it shows a Japanese evacuees' auto caravan. Have the streetlights in the photo been modified for wartime?

I do tend to take a while! The curse of being eternally distracted. Get theeself off to City Terrace Park, indeed!

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8688/...c8ea719337.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7677/...51af8db17b.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7595/...495b5144b7.jpg

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8770/...75c0d60a08.jpg

https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7630/...6ac8c6f8_c.jpg
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7640/...4fd90da8_o.png
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