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Great work, Hoss! The entry for Fingado's Mobil Services 551 W Anaheim places it on the NE corner of Anaheim St. and Daisy Ave. There's an auto body repair shop on that corner now, but it doesn't look like the same structure. The lot looks pretty deep, though. The cafe likely would have had a street address of 551 1/2 or 553 W. Anaheim St. or ~ 1300 N. Daisy Ave. - assuming that it was listed at all. The oil tanks would've been in the next lot or so north, and the train would've been standing on the NW corner of Anaheim and Daisy, with the track beginning to curve off of Daisy to cross Anaheim and enter Fairbanks Yard. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...heimDaisy1.jpg Historic Aerials |
Here's a picture I came across a few days ago. It's headed "Harbor Fwy bypass for Olympic Fwy, 1958". I don't remember seeing this "bypass" on NLA. It looks like it was put in during the early stages of the construction of what is now the Santa Monica Freeway.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library There's no sign of the bypass in this 1961 view. Was it a very temporary measure used while the tunnels and overpass sections were constructed? You can see all of this image in post #18828 http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Detail of picture in USC Digital Library The completed intersection can be seen in this 1970 image. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original USC Digital Library |
'mystery' location [late 1920s? or early 30s?]
Does anyone recognize this street? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/MJYmtf.jpg LOS ANGELES www.jalopyjournal.com So what's up with the numbers above the windshield......is it a special trucking license? and....I had forgotten traffic cops wore pith helmets.......all he's missing is a pair of white gloves ;). __ |
Yes FW, without a doubt that's 'Monkey Island' from an angle we've never seen before on NLA.
Do you think that's a pile of monkey food at far right? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/YEAgeZ.jpg ;) __ |
I just found this interesting Ektachrome slide on eBay.
SP 3104 Los Angeles, CA 3-1948, Taylor Yards, Los Angeles http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/y82IuF.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ektachrome-D...UAAOSwZVlXjDbT If you stare at it long enough, you start to smell the oil and grease. __ |
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Here's another one for our rail-fans.
"SOUTHERN PACIFIC RR LINE DIESEL ENGINES LOCOMOTIVE #2146 2148 RPPC LOS ANGELES" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/ZkQYWw.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/SOUTHERN-PAC...kAAOSwzgRWwO7C I chose this image because of that rather striking sign on the tower. Love the bulls-eye and jabberwocky letters. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/xdf6hz.jpg Are any of you rail-fans familiar with this sign- or know the location of the tower? _________ I have to be honest, I'm not really understanding the slogan...."Zero in Safety". Why not say........"First in Safety".....or even...."No.1 in Safety" __ |
I hope I'm not overloading everyone with Julius Shulman pictures of Long Beach hardware stores in 1949. This is "Job 425: Porters Hardware (Long Beach, Calif.), 1949".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original I've included both images, even though they're fairly similar. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Both from Getty Research Institute The Long Beach CDs give the address of Porter Hardware as 5365 Long Beach Boulevard. This is how 5365 Long Beach Boulevard looks today. In fact, it looks much the same in all the historic GSV images. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yGlendale1.jpg GSV |
Possible repost?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHfmisMLOY I can't seem to embed this YouTube video. Anyone care to try? |
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GW told us about the video a couple of weeks ago in post #35998. Here's the embedded version for anyone who missed it: |
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Maybe they meant ''0'' accidents...and that was the ''target'' they were aiming for. I know, its weird. People thought different in those days. |
So as I was harbinger of doom for La Colima here, which recently came to fruition here, I was similarly the herald o' death for PE's 1931 Hill St station electric train shed here, and now, that too has come to pass:
https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8793/2...a85814ec_o.png (You'll have to excuse the image quality, I stole it from a Facebook page here, until such time I can run down there and shoot the demo myself.) |
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Few things about this photo, Hoss (along with my thanks for providing it): - We can see that the track begins curving off of Daisy Ave. north of Anaheim St., so it leaves room on private right-of-way for PE 1615 to be spotted as in e_r's original photo. - The the west wall of the structure occupying the NE corner of Anaheim and Daisy is at or close to the edge of the sidewalk as in the original. (The current auto body shop building is crowded against the east side of the lot). - I don't see a structure fronting on Anaheim St. west of the tracks that would provide the eave jutting into the original photo. - And, as you noted, the Hamarson Oil tanks are gone. I'm still inclined to believe that there's enough evidence to pin this rap on Daisy and Anaheim pending new evidence. :) |
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near the center of the photo, surrounded by the permanent and temporary Harbor Freeways, are on Wright Street. Here is the explanation: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original Jan-Feb 1959 California Highways and Public Works @ Metro Archive Your photo was taken prior to this one; the church (with the two spires) in the lower right corner was at 18th and Cherry, which we have seen before: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...y.jpg~original Jan-Feb 1959 California Highways and Public Works @ Metro Archive Here's the area today: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original 2016 Google Earth |
Flanders Apartments, 1975 N. Cahuenga
J. E. Flanders was the owner, contractor, and architect of his apartments:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original October 27, 1916, Building Permit @ LADBS http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original Nov 12, 1916, Los Angeles Times @ Proquest via LAPL http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original 1918 LACD apartment listing @ LAPL There were four apartments on each of the two floors: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...h.jpg~original September 1919 The Architect and Engineer of California @ HathiTrust Do we like the Flanders Apartments? http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original September 1919 The Architect and Engineer of California @ HathiTrust This August 19, 1953, photo looks down the Cahuenga onramp to the southbound Hollywood Freeway. At the end of the ramp, on the far side of Cahuenga, is the Flanders Apartments. The six-story building to the left of the Flanders is the Charles Whittlesey-designed Padre Hotel: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...z.jpg~original 00041126 @ LAPL This October 1, 1964, permit is to convert the Flanders from an eight-unit apartment building into an eight-unit apartment building with a theater workshop in the basement: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original LADBS There were two other building permits, from May 26, 1965, and March 24, 1967, to complete the work started under the October 1964 permit. This June 20, 1966, Los Angeles Times article implies that the theater in the basement had been open for some time: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...u.jpg~original Proquest via LAPL I don't know the story behind "Demolish to comply with Bd. Res. 6213" -- I guess some governmental authority wanted the place closed -- but this demo permit was issued on May 12, 1967: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...a.jpg~original LADBS Here is the parking lot now at 1975 N. Cahuenga: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...w.jpg~original GSV April 2015 |
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