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The northwest corner of W. Colorado Blvd. & N. De Lacey Ave., Pasadena CA.
May 1976 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/FgS7PA.jpg http://pasadenadigitalhistory.com/ ..the same building today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/rnz52m.jpg GSV __ |
They should have listened to King Canute...
Trying to stop the (sprawling) tide, AKA How we lost the Downey Block:
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Forever 21
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:previous: When sopas_ej first posted his personal photographs they weren't that HUGE. (they're a bit hard to see now).
I've noticed in some of my earliest posts, several of my personal photographs mutated into GIANT billboard size! I had to go back and reduce them in size. I believe it happened when they did some work on the forum. Has anyone else noticed this? __ |
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You both use ImageShack to host your images. I did a quick Google, and found a few posts by ImageShack users who were complaining about images being resized. I think this is more likely to explain the size changes. |
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318-322 S Broadway
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Unless street renumbering, or some such, has defeated me the site is now occupied by the handsome bones of the 1906-1907 Blackstone Building (formerly the Blackstone Dry-Goods Store), two doors down from the Bradbury. Once five stories tall (floors 4 and 5 were demolished in 1971), it was a movie theater for almost 50 years: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H...34839%2BPM.jpg gsv The 7/17/06 permit lists R B Young as architect, with P M Johnson as the builder for owner A P Johnson of Riverside. Architect A C Martin did many of the 1920s changes, but not the 1926 theater conversion. The 1906 permit: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...5%252520AM.jpg labds Taller days for the Blackstone in ca 1944, sporting all 5 of its original stories. (The Rindge and the Bradbury make a handsome pair on either side of W 3rd Street): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...43510%2BPM.jpg lapl The Blackstone housed the 350-seat Cozy Theater. Here it is in a screengrab from 1950's "The Killer Who Stalked New York" That's Evelyn Keyes up on the Bradbury threatening to jump: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-r...72623%2BPM.jpg columbia The Cozy opened circa 1926-1927. Here it is in 1955. The cornice has been missing since 1950 (note the LA County Library signage): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-f...74241%2BPM.jpg bison archives The Cozy in 1964 as backdrop to Lyndon Johnson campaigning in Los Angeles in an open car: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i...2%252520AM.jpg first posted by e_r (detail) The Cozy Theater was renamed "Astro" in the 60s and closed in 1977. Architect Chas A Ham designed the change that year from the then-403-seat theater into a restaurant space (per permits): https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-v...75251%2BPM.jpg cinema treasures Thank you to Beaudry for the additional info. |
In the spirit of E. 5th Street...
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https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8678/...a01e7695_o.jpgShriners on parade ca.1931 A streetful of Shriners as they march past the Hotel Morris at 817 E. 5th Street having, I assume, just arrived in town at the Arcade Station which is behind the camera about two blocks. Ah, those were the days! LAPL |
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I wasn't sure about the name of the 'new' hotel....and now I know. :) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/9WxgPn.jpg originally posted by GaylordWilshire It had slipped my mind that the Arcade Station was in the immediate vicinity. (I have difficulties remembering details. :(. It's embarrassing at times) __ |
I recently came across the following screen-grabs in a box of old CDs.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/qClXXu.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/A0Zszx.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/ejS9P9.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/zdINfn.jpg :previous: What's that little hut? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/Ns2YFd.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/7yCYJp.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/8WajO2.jpg __ It turns out, the short 2:45 minute video was first posted by sopas_ej way back in 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JO5izL_3Jo The one and only follow up post was GW's (below). Quote:
...but 1435 N. Highland Avenue is here. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/vHPoX8.jpg google_earth So what is the building with the large Wax Seal Co. sign on it's roof? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/A0Zszx.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JO5izL_3Jo ___ And then there's this screen-grab from the same video (at 1.56) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...907/1nMZof.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JO5izL_3Jo Some commenters on YouTube think it's a Tucker, (below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/6opqyW.jpg wiki ...while others think it's a 1949 Cadillac Fastback. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...537/ZIrIoi.jpg wiki What do you guys think? You can watch the video for yourself here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JO5izL_3Jo __ |
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Next, I have to side with the Cadillac crowd on the grey car. Lastly, as to your tunnel post, I agree with Ed Workman that we are looking at SP's tunnel under today's Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Chatsworth. Cheers, Jack |
Plumb Tuckered out
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One other comment on the linked video: I was surprised to see that the offramp to Barham was closed so long ago, relatively soon after the freeway's opening. |
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Los Angeles Policemen dressed as ladies. This supposedly enabled them to trap purse snatchers in action. Aren't they lovely.
A better word might be creepy. 1950s LA Vice Squad. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psnpj8w8mh.jpg from CD |
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I can't tell if the rear window is triple-paned (like the Cadillac) or if that's just reflections (?) The Caddy does have the very pronounced dovetail at the back we're looking for. That didn't help much, but it's definitely not a Tucker. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-u...14521%2BPM.jpg youtube 60 years or more ago, I could name the make, model and year of every car on the road. I've forgotten everything now, except I did amaze someone the other week by pointing out a Henry J. |
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The screengrab above is from a fraction of a second earlier, and I think there could be small fins. The ends of the rear bumper certainly look like they merge into fins like on the 1949 Cadillac Coupe below. I realize that the three-piece rear window isn't unique to Cadillacs of this era, but it's another detail that matches. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ysteryCar2.jpg hooniverse.com Quote:
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https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3769/...8a8e6b5e_o.jpgFigueroa at Sunset, outbound, rush hour, 1950 Aside from all the beautiful Detroit iron, notice the contra-flow lanes. Very forward thinking. Or perhaps we're not as modern as we like to think. LAPL As for the white cross, I got nothing. |
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I had to go back to 2012 to get the Googlemobile in the right-hand lane for this "now" image of N Figueroa from Boston. I think that the lamp post on the right is one of the only details that remains from the photo above. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...n.jpg~original GSV |
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