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Former Bank Building at 2201 N. Broadway
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an ATM in 1983). To the right is 2205 N. Broadway: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psw5w5apnj.jpg GSV Here is 2201 N. Broadway, c. late 1910. There is a demo permit dated March 16, 1910, for a frame building at 2201 N. Broadway, so the bank building must be very new in this photo. The architects were Otto H. Neher and C. F. Skilling. The small building next door on the right, 2205 N. Broadway, is a little older. I'm not sure who designed it: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps24scril4.jpg The Western Architect, Vol 17 No 1, January 1911 @ Hathitrust A closer look at the entrance: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pshezwecqh.jpg The Western Architect, Vol 17 No 1, January 1911 @ Hathitrust The floorplan: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psfv9kvers.jpg The Western Architect, Vol 17 No 1, January 1911 @ Hathitrust The lobby: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psgybptzv8.jpg The Western Architect, Vol 17 No 1, January 1911 @ Hathitrust The 1911 LA City Directory tells us a little about the bank at 2201 N. Broadway: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psde0fmjuv.jpg fold3.com The 1906 Sanborn Map shows that the Federal Bank of Los Angeles was at 2205 N. Broadway (ex-Downey Avenue) before 2201 was built, which is probably why it's in the first magazine photo above: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pspy2ab9i9.jpg ProQuest via LAPL |
Hello, I grew up in The Echo Park/ MacArthur Park Area and was wondering if anyone had any rare old photos of that area? I grew up near the corner of Beverly/Alvarado and Temple/Alvardo. If you know of any rare pictures please send them my way!
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The Laughing Shooter
Murder Suspect Lloyd Smith, Held In Slaying Of Harriet Walke, Los Angeles [1935]
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/rAyHmP.jpgebay back of photo http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/RiL0yS.jpg I found a few more newspaper clippings. San Bernardino Sun, 15 October 1935 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/0QzJAi.jpg Madera Tribune, 15 October 1935 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/nzUyzn.jpg and last but not least San Bernardino Sun, Volume 42, 18 October 1935 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/jhh0vn.jpg There's a lot of confusion in these articles. The first has Harriet being shot by someone in a moving car, the second has Harriet being shot by a man hiding in bushes, and the last one has her being thrown from a moving car. :shrug: And did you notice Harriet's age? She goes from 20 yrs old...to 26 yrs old...to 29 yrs. old. I hope someone can dig up additional information. I need some clarification. __ |
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What was the motive and what happened to radio announcer Lloyd Smith? The whole sorry scene gets creepier with each newspaper story.:???: Yes, this tale needs a lot of further detail. From 2009: More details HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 14, 1935—(UP)—Police detectives searched through beer parlors and school houses of North Hollywood tonight, hunting for a "laughing murderer" whose sharp falsetto, accompanying the ping of a .22 caliber high-power bullet, was the only tangible clue in the weird killing of pretty Harriet Walke, 29-year-old actress and beauty contest winner, on Lankershim Boulevard last night at 9:00 p.m. Two 13-year-old girls, only witnesses to the shooting, were unable to tell police whether the killer was a woman, a hysterical man or a boy. Mrs. Walke was shot in the hip by someone in a brown coupe, as she stood by a roadside in North Hollywood last night, with two bottles of beer under her arm. The bullet severed an artery, and she bled to death on the way to a hospital. The two tiny witnesses, Jean Clark and Ruth Clinesmith, saw the car whisk up to the curb, heard the sharp crack of a gun and heard someone in the car break into shrill laughter as the car roared out on the highway again. An instant later they saw the woman slump into the gutter. Mrs. May Moon, the first person to reach her, said Mrs. Walke’s last words were, “I don’t know who did it.” Lloyd Smith, radio announcer and companion of the actress, told police he and Mrs. Walke, estranged wife of Norman Walke, veteran cowboy actor, had visited Smith's estranged wife earlier in the day. (She and Walke had been estranged for four years.) They talked over "in a friendly way" the possibility of Smith and Mrs. Walke marrying as soon as both received final decrees of divorce. Mrs. Walke and Smith returned to their apartment at the Elmo Hotel later in the evening, and she went to the market to buy beer. At the time of the shooting, Smith said he was purchasing groceries. Mr. Walke reportedly was at Big Bear Lake, about 100 miles from Los Angeles, on location with a film company. Police questioned habitues of a North Hollywood beer parlor, which Mrs. Walke frequented while Smith was away for several weeks on construction work at the Colorado River aqueduct. They said they were working on a theory "a jealous woman" may have shot the actress. Belief that schoolboys attempting a youthful holdup might be responsible for the shooting sent detectives scurrying among schoolchildren in an effort to run down leads. Mrs. Walke was taken to the Van Nuys Receiving Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The only wound was a small bullet wound to the left hip. HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 15.—(UP)—A woman eye-witness, who saw a man step out from the shadows of a hedge at the minute Mrs. Harriet Walke, 29, film studio "stand-in" for actress Marian Nixon, was shot to death, sent police on a new search today. The witness was Mrs. Thomas Bryant, whose story, brought out for the first time, puzzled authorities more than ever in their investigation of the North Hollywood slaying. THEORY DOUBTED Mrs. Bryant's story led police to doubt their first theory that Mrs. Walker was shot from an automobile, which sped away while a shout of laughter rang out. Startled al hearing a woman's scream, Mrs. Bryant looked from her front window, she said, and saw Mrs. Walke run past. "I saw a shadowy figure of a man step from behind the hedge on the corner, I heard two shots, and then the woman fell," she related, "The shadowy figure ducked, into the hedge and disappeared. "An instant later, a small car came down the street, swung over to where the woman was lying, paused for a second or so, and drove on. "It looked as though the occupants of the car had started to help the woman, and then had become frightened and left." STORIES CONFLICT Her story that the automobile did not reach the scene until after the shooting conflicted with that of Ruth Clinesmith, 14, and Jean Clark, 13, schoolgirls. Police planned to re-question the girls today. The girls saw Mrs. Walke in a large market, and she left shortly after they did. Running down the mystery car angle, police learned names of the roadster's original owner and the man to whom he sold it, and planned to question them also. Police were divided between two theories—that Mrs. Walke was marked by a "revenge" murderer, who pumped a bullet at her from the passing auto, or that she was shot by a nervous bandit who stepped out from behind the hedge. A .22 calibre bullet struck the woman's hip, severing an artery, and she bled to death. Walke lived at the Elmo Hotel in North Hollywood. |
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Rare pictures? :hmmm: Broadly speaking, we've visited those areas several times. See, e.g. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=42253 http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=30635 |
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Looks like the architect was actually Franklin Pierce Burnham, with Neher & Skilling supervising after Burnham dropped dead on Dec 16, 1909. This image is from the Herald of Oct 21, 1910--the accompanying article--full of architectural detail--has Burnham as "W. G. Burnham." https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Y_...8=w995-h647-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ok...M=w503-h647-no The BP lists it at 2201 Downey...note that "Neher" appears to have been erased and Burnham's name written instead. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aj...g=w656-h544-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/bg...A=w656-h545-no |
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Your modded version reflects GM's remedial thinking with obvious improvements that included ditching the original problematic engine, in favor of more traditional, if not more workable and reliable, alternatives.;) To be fair to the marque, simple attrition has whittled down most original '70s and '80s daily drivers (and earlier decades). The Vega may have had a head start, but there are fewer and fewer Gremlins, Pintos or even Toyota Coronas and Celicas and Datsun 510s routinely seen on the roads. Same logic applies to '36 Fords, fedoras and dingbats.:P Quote:
A Vega derivative, circa '78. https://i0.wp.com/hooniverse.com/wp-...-001.jpg?w=720https://i0.wp.com/hooniverse.com/wp-...-001.jpg?w=720 Pinto wagon, Mazda RX4 (?), VW Rabbit http://jpg1.lapl.org/00090/00090028.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00090/00090028.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00090/00090005.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00090/00090005.jpg |
2201 N Broadway
Hey I'm sorry I forgot about your post from 3 whole days before, GW. When I searched the thread for that building,
e_r's old post was the only one that turned up. At least now we know all about that bank! |
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No problem FW-- the more info the better. I think we do now have the building well covered! |
We've seen several photos of Norm's Coffee Shop on La Cienega Blvd. before, but I thought I'd post this somewhat different look at the ol' place:
https://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bph...fR47fXOg/o.jpgYelp |
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The above street light reminded me somewhat of the current street lights in West Hollywood; these are at 8857 Santa Monica Blvd. https://photos.smugmug.com/Street-Sc...%20Blvd-X2.jpgPanoramio |
Now, any such exposition would be seen as an offense to Native Americans. And who jumps rope (or kelp) in high heels?
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I appreciate the additional information on the Harriet Walke murder CBD. [1935]
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My google results always lead me to the St. Elmo Hotel in downtown Los Angeles at 343 N. Main. __ |
re: Deciphering the blackboard
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/nyIIRp.jpg google_detail Quote:
I added a blue dotted line to denote your curve. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/tbVl7t.png google_aerial turned sideways this time http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/AhQha0.jpg You're correct ProphetM :) I should have figured it out by simply looking at the street layout. (sometimes I don't see the obvious. ;) __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original www.historicmapworks.com The spur had changed direction and size by 1921, but still never crossed 29th Street. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original www.historicmapworks.com Finally, here's part of a 1927 aerial view. It's Flight ID: C-113, Frame: 271, Date: August 2, 1927. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original mil.library.ucsb.edu |
:previous: The maps are so great Hoss!
They clearly show what I was trying to figure out for over a week. We sure miss you on the thread. How's your other project going? Bruce |
Good times - until they stop being good.
'64 (This is evidently at the soon-to-be new location at 8400 Reseda Blvd (near intersection of Roscoe and Reseda)). http://78.media.tumblr.com/b563804c9...xvpo1_1280.jpghttp://78.media.tumblr.com/b563804c9...xvpo1_1280.jpg Let the good times roll. (For the most casual, friendly and active customers in America. :) ) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/qTAQKp.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/qTAQKp.jpg 8400 Reseda - after the dealership stopped using location. http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n95x96rq5B...120_134226.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-n95x96rq5B...120_134226.jpg http://vintagemotorssarasota.com/wp-...4.11.16-19.jpghttp://vintagemotorssarasota.com/wp-...4.11.16-19.jpg |
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