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:previous: That's an amazing article with all kinds of interesting information. Thanks for the link Tikiman.
so once the horses (crossbred Morgan & Percherons) were purchased (from midwestern and southern states) they arrived by rail in Los Angeles and were corralled at the LAFD's yard on Pasadena Ave. between Ave. 19 and 20. Good to know. |
Since we recently discussed the Occidental Center and now we're talking about fires and the LAFD
I thought I'd combine the two subjects in one photograph(s). https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/yoR1Kr.jpg lapd/lafra The Ponet Square Hotel fire on September 13, 1970. We have, no doubt, covered the Ponet tragedy in the early days of NLA. (but I don't believe we have seen these images) "At 5:31a.m. dispatchers received the call stating that there was fire in the lobby and all over the building. The four-story Ponet Square Hotel, built in 1907 was located at 1249 So. Grand Ave. very near Fire Station 10. On that fateful morning the hotel was occupied by over 117 people. Task Force 10, Heavy Duty Task Force 9 and Battalion 1 were dispatched at 5:32 a.m. The firefighters at 10’s could see the smoke and flames from the Ponet from the second floor of the station." later that day https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/LsFl9L.jpg lapd/lafra "A total of 19 victims were found during the next several days as the building was systematically demolished. Thirteen of those victims were found to have resided on the top floor." To help get your bearings: I've outlined the old location of the Ponet in red...the Occidental Center is the tallest building at left. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Ws6iOE.jpg google_earth I'll post a few more photographs of the fire later this evening. (that show the front of Ponet Square Hotel) |
In the meantime........ how about a UFO story.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/OyDzVs.jpg In January 1957, actress Gloria Swanson and a group of friends heard that a spaceship had landed in the Hollywood Hills. So, off they trekked through mud and dark of night to an area off Lakeridge Road. (History does not record what they had been consuming before they set out.) In a shallow hole at the end of their hike, they found a 12-foot-diameter disk, which purportedly had knocked down a lamppost upon landing. The cockpit seats were upholstered in coral Leatherette, and two electrical cords dangled to the wooden flooring. Amazed by their find, they called The Times. After a careful inspection, Times aviation writer Dewey Linze not only found that the “spacecraft” was lacking an engine and controls, but — after interviewing neighbors — learned that it was a prop that had been discarded after a documentary was filmed on the site. from L.A. Times Yeah, so what. I fell for it. https://imageshack.com/a/img922/2690/tChlM8.gif gloria giphy |
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Other breeds?....good question. Don't know...maybe. |
STEREOTYPES ON PARADE
"1959 Hollywood, California Children's Parade Los Angeles, Orig. Photo Slides" Despite the seller's description above, I am certain this is PASADENA. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/bpHQFT.jpg EBAY "Injun" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/uiMFFk.jpg EBAY Whale https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Hdr4ma.jpg Sheriff https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/uRj164.jpg Mermaid thingy HERE Octopus HERE Cowboy needing a shave HERE Giant Turkey HERE |
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https://i.postimg.cc/c1h3S3Qf/hinespasadena.bmp.jpg From the 1954 Pasadena CD...Hines was at the sw corner of Colorado & Hudson https://i.postimg.cc/MKrjc83T/hinesitepasadena.bmp.jpg toward the sw corner of Colorado & Hudson, Dec 2017 Per the 54 CD, the Big Ben Shoe Outlet was in the next block east, at 814 E Colorado.... John's Shoe Repair was at 810 E Colorado (the blockfront is gone). |
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PS - I once had an opportunity to purchase the spaceship prop from My Favorite Martian. I turned it down because (a) I had nowhere to put it, and (b) gasp...it didn't actually fly! |
Yep, that's it GW.
WORLD'S LARGEST LEMONS Pacific Citrus Products Co., Fullerton, California https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/4gfQku.jpg ebay? The Pacific Citrus Products Co. was located at 336 Santa Fe Ave. (recently torn down) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/30qe4O.jpg gsv The decrepit building once served as the manufacturing plant for two national brands – Hawaiian Punch and Wham-O Superballs. Remember this guy? "How'd you like a nice Hawaiin Punch?........................................Sure!................................................WHACK!" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...923/w7hGIt.jpghttps://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...923/TqToXT.jpghttps://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...922/2gKXVm.jpg The comments on youtube were all pretty much in agreement. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/2...921/r6RusC.jpg :lmao: And here's their other national product....another 1970s favorite! I loved my superball! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/mkiwIt.jpg So why was a citrus company making Superballs? :shrug: ...and what the heck is ZECTRON? __ If you're a millennial, and haven't seen a Hawaiin Punch commercial...you can watch it HERE Pacific Citrus Products Co. info from coastdaylight |
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We never dined at The Tower. But we did go up for drinks a few times when I worked at Occidental Center. There was another restaurant on the ground floor on the East side of Hill Street in the "Broadway" building. That seemed to be the official "First Day of Employment" spot for the incoming Transamerica employees. Never ate there again after my first day. |
[QUOTE=HossC;8328063]Interesting comparisons, MartinTurnbull, I didn't know so many buildings had been copied. The only one I'd question is this one:
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...aCarlotta1.jpg I think the Disney one is based on the Baine Building at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Whitney Avenue. Thanks Hoss. Somebody contacted me to point out the which building it was really modeled after. It's a pretty good facsimilie, isn't it? https://martinturnbull.com/wp-conten...-side-copy.jpg I also added this one: https://martinturnbull.com/wp-conten...-side-copy.jpg |
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By the time I worked in Occidental Center (for the Transamerica Insurance Group), the observation deck had long been closed to the public. A senior manager in our office had a key and, if memory serves me correctly, a stack of passes--one of which he could fill out to authorize employees to go up to the deck. In August 1977, we finally took him up on that offer for an employee going away event. After drinks in The Tower, we headed down the two floors to the observation deck. Wish I had taken some more interesting shots than this one! https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1936/...7f07b8d5_b.jpg |
Just adding a few memories of my own from when I worked here: August 1974 to December 1977.
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:previous: Your insights to Hoss' Shulman photographs were very informative (not to mention, interesting!) acorn8332.
They helped me understand the layout of the building and what it was like to work at an office during the 1970s (the energy crisis...the fashions ;)) I got a kick out of the observation deck photo with your office cohorts wantonly pointing in all kinds of misdirections. They remind me of the group I used to work with at Lorimar. We had a lot of fun. (despite our tedious jobs) I wasn't able to locate any photographs of the fire yet. In fact, I didn't know there was a fire. (I didn't know there was an observation deck either) What I did find is a case study of the fire HERE, but it isn't digitalized. (as far as I know) _ |
Did most interiors look alike in the 1970s and 80s?
My boss (at Lorimar) took the staff to lunch at the Playboy Club in Century City. (I was reminded of it by the last pic in the Shulman photographs) Dark wood paneling...a plethora of ashtrays...barstools with chrome legs...the whole schmeil. I've been looking for a photograph of the place (Century City Playboy Club) but, so far, I haven't hit pay-dirt. If anyone has a photograph of the place please post it. I'd really appreciate it. _ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...entalFire1.jpg newspaperarchive.com (rearranged to be screen-friendly) I also found a reasonably detailed article about the fire at fireengineering.com (NB. when I first accessed the article through a Chrome image search I had no trouble seeing it, but when I went back to the same address in Firefox I was prompted to log in to see the full article :shrug:). The article says: More than 325 fire fighters from 58 companies under the overall command of Acting Chief Engineer Anthony Giordano, controlled the fire on the 20th and 21st floors of the city’s first modern skyscraper after an hour and a half battle. The fire, investigators report, was of incendiary origin with preliminary damage estimated in excess of $1.5 million.Here are a couple of photos. The first is a better version of the one which accompanied the text above. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...entalFire2.jpg www.fireengineering.com/Wide World Photo The melted plastic ceiling tiles ended up looking like stalactites - I find them strangely beautiful. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...entalFire3.jpg www.fireengineering.com/Wide World Photo A couple of the passing references indicated that the fire was arson, but I haven't found a definitive article about that yet. |
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I was wondering that, too, and what the documentary was about! I wonder where the My Favorite Martian spaceship went? I know that sometime in the 1990's there was a space in the New Orleans Square building in West Hollywood (before or after that the space was a "Crown Bookstore" and currently it's a pet supply store) that was opened as a new wave kind of art gallery and one night I was walking by it and peered in the front glass doors (it was closed) and against the wall nearby was that spaceship from My Favorite Martian! I tried taking a photo of it through the glass (I had a regular camera with me) but it did not come out very well. When I went by a few days later to see it, it wasn't there and the one person in there did not know what I was referring to. :shrug: But I have that shadowy photo somewhere! If anyone wants to look up the history of that New Orleans Square building I'd be interested as to it's original purposes. I've always considered it pretty unattractive, which is probably why I never thought much about it's past, but it might not have been when it was originally built. There have been many different businesses in the place over the years and it has a "New Orleans" style courtyard in the middle of it, not visible really from the street, and there's usually a restaurant or two around that. There's probably a few addresses for the place, for various businesses. The current pet supply store's address is 8555 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. |
http://www.uncleodiescollectibles.co...0%206-1-11.jpgUncle Odie's
I found some youtube videos about the My Favorite Martian spaceship. This first one was dated 2013 and is a series of photographs that look like someone has acquired the prop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqGCgxCMjP4 The second is titled: My Favorite Martian Restoration - EP01 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IavPmgmjmWs I haven't watched these videos, just glanced at them, but there's at least two more episodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IavPmgmjmWs I was trying to find out where it is now. |
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