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I know some people appreciate the clean lines, but to me the proportions of the Craftsman era, though simple, are much more pleasing to the eye. |
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"'Course [they're] respectable. {They're] old. Politicians, ugly buildings and whores all get respectable if they last long enough." https://i.postimg.cc/qvR15w7t/noahcross.jpg On the other hand, re Quote:
....it seems that Cary Grant, Errol Flynn, Vincente Minnelli and Judy Garland, Barbara Stanwyck, Ira and Leonore Gershwin, Fanny Brice, Bob Hope, Agnes Moorehead, Ronald Colman, Charles Feldman and Jean Howard, Lillian Gish, Mervyn LeRoy, Paul Lynde, Ray Milland, Ricardo Montalban, Loretta Young, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy had the sophistication and imagination to commission Woolf and of course could afford something more than a shitbox in in Alhambra or El Monte and don't seem to have been offended...and obviously these architectural insults are appreciated in the multimillions today. |
Sometime in February I watched a PBS documentary titled Hollywood's Architect.
"Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams was one of the most successful architects of his time. But at the height of his career he wasn’t always welcome in the buildings he designed because of his race. Hollywood’s Architect tells the story of how he used talent, determination and even charm to defy the odds and create a celebrated body of work." https://www.pbssocal.org/programs/hollywoods-architect/ |
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The Paul Williams doc is excellent. Here are a few screenshots... It was interesting to discover that Mrs. Paul Williams was the "del" of the Wilfandel Club, the story of which is here. https://i.postimg.cc/Qxk0j9V2/prwmrswilfandel-bmp.jpg Have we seen anything here before about the PRW memorial at the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Building? https://i.postimg.cc/zGvW4VhS/prwmemorial-bmp.jpg And it's always good to see more of PRW's own house: https://i.postimg.cc/Bn4HpmSy/prwhouseext-bmp.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/QMD4pQwx/prwint2stair-bmp.jpg https://i.postimg.cc/rphHMdZV/prwintlr.png |
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He knew how to make buildings look elegant without being whorish. |
Here is a group of travelers having a grand ol' time.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/gJLf8p.jpg eBay The writing on the reverse is a bit intriguing. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/JAM5aR.jpg eBay Soooo. . .they're in Los Angeles but they didn't know it. ...I can't even begin to figure out where the travelers were when the snapshot was taken. If the building was smaller I'd say the Ridge Route is a possibility. (but the Ridge Route is outside the Los Angeles city limits) . |
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I was reading that "snapped before we knew it" part as the person took the shot before they were ready or knew that he took it. :shrug: |
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Speaking of "designers," Bob A had a 1145 Glendon listing. Could this image depict the structure bearing his name on nearby 1131 (or 1139) Glendon Ave.? https://live.staticflickr.com/4035/4...7964074d_b.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/4035/4...7964074d_b.jpg |
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Isn't this the building that used to be the Gardens on Glendon and is now another restaurant? |
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prw project Naval Station Long Beach .....Paul Williams, architect. https://www.signaltribunenewspaper.c...4.51.57-PM.png |
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Here is a brief biography of Harold Janss and his family. Harold Janns was born in 1889 and died in 1972. Harold was the son-in-law of Arthur Letts who owned several acres of land in what is now Westwood, California. Letts had Harold develop the area for housing and with his brother Edwin, the two men ran the Janss Investment Company. Harold and his brother were responsible for moving UCLA from Hollywood to its present location in Westwood. Although Letts wanted the land to be sold to the wealthy for large estates and homes, Harold sold the land to the middle-class of Los Angeles and in 1926, Kelton Avenue was the first street to be developed. Since then, the area has quickly become populated and somewhat congested with apartments, condos, office buildings and several stores and movie theaters. |
Still searching for the John Woolf designed 'spiral-staircase in the entryway' mystery house.
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/gXkPV1.jpg Jean Howard Papers It appears to be housing utilities. It's beyond me why it's on the front of house! ON A SIDE NOTE:.... The only way I see that gutter working is if the actual roof, in that particular area, is several feet below the top of the facade. The following two images were interspersed with the spiral staircase house photographs. I am guessing they're from the same house. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/KLDPBL.jpg jean howard papers A backyard sunroom? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/0TtgxD.jpg jean howard papers This is how they appeared in the archives. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/Q5Teol.jpg jean howard papers I just noticed that last image. I'll add it at the end of the post.* I still believe the house has a connection with Gary Cooper since his wife 'Rocky' and two other women were photographed in front of it. Here's a closer look at the three women. Rocky is on the right. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Prs1aR.jpg jean howard papers *Here are the three ladies leaving the property with a good look at the gutter I mentioned earlier. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/bdvSvg.jpg I hope I'm not beating a dead horse here, folks. . . https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/3800/vjtBm8.gif . |
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New Member here!… Searching for pics of a place from my childhood in LA ...(Ridgewood Military Academy in Woodland Hills) a few weeks ago brought me here and... I have been hooked ever since! ... I have made my way through a few hundred pages of this awesome thread and have become hopelessly addicted to the historical detective work and general appreciation of what was... time marches on but, the past is never as far as we imagine! My father’s mother rode on a horse drawn wagon all day as a young girl to go see what an electric lightbulb looked like... Many thanks to all of you and Ethereal Reality for stewarding all the good efforts here! Quick background on myself... I was born in Burbank in 1961...I lived my first 10 years on the hill across the Hollywood Freeway from Universal City and watched the Sheraton Universal being built from our living room and... I find it a bit sad that is now dwarfed by the surrounding buildings!… I lived in North Hollywood (near Victory and Vineland) for 4 years after that until we moved away... i still get down that way once or twice a year to visit my aunt... My years down there are always with me and I still visit those long gone places in my dreams... I was happy to run across the RCA building in Hollywood where my father worked and Sy Devore, where I had my first haircut amongst the pages here... I attended Campbell Hall on Laurel Canyon, played ice hockey in the GLAMHA league for the North Hollywood Bruins, judo at the Hollywood and North Hollywood YMCAs, riding dirt bikes at Indian Dunes and under the power lines of the Whitnall Highway, Cottonwood day camp in the summer in Brentwood Canyon and summer science classes at The Armory Building next to The Old California Museum of Science and Industry in Exposition Park... If any of those are touchstones for others here, I would love to here from you! I will do some digging on some LA Noir pics to post in days to come... For my first one, I will just go with one that is handy... A picture of the Roy Rogers tour about to embark from Republic Picture Studio in Studio City (You can see a bit of the name on the soundstage in the upper right) My parents are in the group here and this is where they met so... in a very real way, I owe the success of Roy Rogers’ career for my very existence.. All things are connected and I am glad I connected with this wonderful thread! Thanks again and onward we go! hookster https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8a7f9506_c.jpgUntitled by l, on Flickr PS... GO DODGERS!!!! :) |
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From your first post here I can see that you have many things to write about and to show us some of your photos. What was that Roy Rogers Tour all about? I know that he worked at Republic Studio but was this some other excursion? Rest assured we're always interested in new material. CBD |
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