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this view was originally posted by E-R http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...14e8d745ac.jpg But this building was remodeled in 1937. S. Charles Lee turned it into the streamlined Sontag that opened 12-19-1937, with the address 6637 Hollywood Blvd., seen in this great color photo from E-R's post #29450 http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...lle/sontag.jpg The Jade moved up the block to 6619 Hollywood Blvd. in November 1937. Its vertical sign can be seen in the color photo, red with gold lettering. (The Curtain Store, with the "Drapes Made Free" blade sign, at 6625 were unaffected by the remodel- their sign is in both photos) |
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http://gogonotes.blogspot.com/2008/0...-cherokee.html Having previously pondered if the box functioned as a means of advertising, I return to another idea, live stage performances. But, unless the proscenium rotated, was it pointed at a particular audience or structure? Could "the action" be easily viewed from street level? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7...42/Eb7Hrk.jpeghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7...42/Eb7Hrk.jpeg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...2/IMG_1604.JPGhttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8...2/IMG_1604.JPG |
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The building with the mystery box - before it got a streamlined makeover for Sontag's Drug in 1937 -is at Hollywood & Cherokee. This is it today; the address is now 6633. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...studio6633.jpg you-are-here As Sontag, it was numbered 6637. The US Building & Loan/Bradley's across Cherokee on the NW corner was 6651. |
Here's a couple photos of the NBC Radio City Building at Sunset and Vine that
were posted on the BDIH site that I haven't seen before. Lots of sailors milling about on the corner in the second one. http://www.theblackdahliainhollywood...ictures/2h.jpg http://www.theblackdahliainhollywood...ictures/1h.jpg |
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You are, of course, correct. Purpose was a focus on rooftop advertising as impetus for thoughts regarding the framed "box." :shrug: |
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I posted Julius Shulman pictures of the Pan Pacific Auditorium a couple of days ago. Now we have the offices of its architects, Wurdeman & Becket. There's no address with the images and no exterior views. The 1956 CD lists them at 5657 Wilshire Boulevard, which is the Mar-Fay/Marfay building we saw in post #33294 (and also designed by Wurdeman & Becket). That photoset also dates form 1949, so are we looking at the Marfay here? This is "Job 539: Wurdeman & Becket, Wurdeman & Becket Offices (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1949".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The book on the table has the title "L'Architecture Française". Here's an enlargement of the picture by the window. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original I like this floating table, although those corners look sharp! Pictures of Wurdeman and Becket seem to be scarce - does this picture show either/both of them? I see that Walter Wurdeman died in 1949 (the year of this photo). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original The last two images appear to show a waiting area and the reception desk. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute |
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That's Welton Becket on the left, Wurdeman on the right.... PS Another shot of the two: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...etwurdeman.jpgLAPL Photo dated 5-22-48 |
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I'm kidding of course but it kind of makes sense, right? |
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Edit: I washed out the photo, you can see there was something rectangular in there: http://www.bitsmasherpress.com/LANoir/Thing.jpg Cheers, Earl |
:previous: Thanks for lightening this Earl. It never occurred to me (to do that)
The rectangle appears to be a screen set back several feet from the front of the frame. The angle is odd. This is a corner site so you'd think it would be positioned toward the intersection, not away from it. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/095PVj.jpg _ |
I don't have an address for this impressive Neutra designed market, but it's obviously in the San Pedro/Channel Heights area.
[1942] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/yg2vHu.jpg http://modernlove20.tumblr.com/post/...a-in-san-pedro http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/5DZZYF.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/wviVEO.jpg http://modernlove20.tumblr.com/post/...a-in-san-pedro :previous: Reflected in the plate-glass windows is a wide expanse of, well,....nothingness. Could this open area be Peck Park, as it was in the 1940s? "The Channel Heights Housing Project is long gone. The buildings and streets have been replaced by modern housing tracts. The RED shaded area on the map below shows their approximate locations." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/AcQCgM.jpg http://www.synthetrix.com/CHSP1942/ch.htm :previous: "The blue lines and C's indicate canyon areas." from: http://www.synthetrix.com/CHSP1942/ch.htm __ |
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Speaking of San Pedro (also yesterday's "Alhambra" bar), here's something else in San Pedro: Quote:
Fort MacArthur - The post was created in 1888, when President Grover Cleveland designated an area overlooking San Pedro Bay as an unnamed military reservation intended to improve the defenses of the expanding Los Angeles harbor area. Fort MacArthur was formally created on October 31, 1914, named for General Arthur MacArthur, a U.S. Civil War Medal of Honor recipient and father of General Douglas MacArthur. The area is divided up into these designations: The Upper Reservation, the Middle Reservation and the Lower Reservation. During World War I, the fort was utilized as a training center and the first large gun batteries for harbor defense were installed in 1917. However, the test firings of these guns was extremely unpopular with area residents and by the end of World War II the large guns were already being removed. During the early years of the Cold War, the post became a key part of the west coast's antiaircraft defenses and the home of the 47th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Brigade. In 1975 Fort MacArthur became a sub-post of Fort Ord, and the Upper and Lower Reservations were soon transferred ownership of the fort's to the City of Los Angeles. The Upper Reservation is now the San Pedro's Angels Gate Park, which is home to the Fort MacArthur Military Museum. The museum, housed in the Battery Osgood-Farley, preserves and interprets the history of Fort MacArthur and maintains several historical structures which were part of the U.S. Army's role in the defense of the American continental coastline from invasion. The Lower Reservation of Fort MacArthur was dredged and is now the city's Cabrillo Marina. The Middle Reservation was transferred to the Air Force in 1982 and is still being used as base housing for the Los Angeles Air Force Base. A 1937 photo showing the Upper Reservation: CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR A LARGE VERSION. http://www.fortwiki.com/images/thumb...ation_1937.jpg A 1937 photo showing the Middle Reservation and the Lower Reservation: CLICK ON THE PHOTO FOR A LARGE VERSION. http://www.fortwiki.com/images/thumb...ation_1937.jpg Here's a couple of current photos of the grounds: Fort MacArthur, Patton Quadrangle, Middle Reservation: http://www.fortwiki.com/images/thumb...rthur_-_03.jpg Historic Officer's Quarters, Middle Reservation, Fort MacArthur: http://www.fortwiki.com/images/thumb...rthur_-_12.jpg Beautiful... There is a museum there, The Fort MacArthur Museum. The Museum was established in 1985. http://www.ftmac.org/images/Battery.jpg The Fort MacArthur Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the history of Fort MacArthur, a U.S. Army post which guarded the Los Angeles harbor from 1914 to 1974. The Museum was established in 1985, and it is housed in the corridors and galleries of historic Battery Osgood-Farley. The Fort MacArthur Reservations hold an important collection of historical structures which were part of the U.S. Army's role in the defense of the American continental coastline from invasion. These structures clearly trace the development of American coastal defenses, from the all big gun era of the turn of the century to the missile era of today. The rooms, galleries and corridors of the Museum contain a variety of exhibits and displays which include: the history of Los Angeles harbor defenses, home-front activities in the greater Los Angeles area during the World Wars, Civil Defense, American Pacific Theater military campaigns, early American Air Defenses and the important role of Los Angeles as a military port for both the Army and the Navy. A couple of the 229 interesting photos of the museum and grounds listed on Yelp. http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...cREk85qw/o.jpg http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...OpfVJTPA/o.jpg http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...nOQwHrtQ/o.jpg http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...9izZXqSg/o.jpg (I don't recall ever seeing the Los Angeles Times front page of this day.) http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...kDHIeOTQ/o.jpg As one might expect, this location has been used for filming movies and television programs. They've filmed movies there you might expect, like MIDWAY, MACARTHUR, TORA! TORA! TORA! and A FEW GOOD MEN, but also ones you might not expect to be like DRAGNET, DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN and THE USUAL SUSPECTS and TV series like NCIS and THE A-TEAM, but also TORCHWOOD and BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. What I also learned is that every year since 1991 they've had a fundraiser for the grounds and museum. A poster for this year: http://www.theairraid.com/2016-aIR-RAID-web-banner.Jpg The Great Los Angeles Air Raid of 1942! (I believe there's been some coverage of the actual 1942 event on NLA previously.) http://www.theairraid.com/AIR-RAID-P...RD-REVERSE.jpg They must not do a very good job of publicity for this event because I'd have gone to it already! I even just missed it last Saturday night! Photos from it: The first, third and fourth photos are from last weekend. http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...eBydheZQ/o.jpg http://bestofthesouthbay.com/wp-cont...2-1024x576.jpg http://static.giaoducthoidai.vn/uplo...38155_sjuw.jpg http://s3-media1.fl.yelpcdn.com/bpho...qI_mC88g/o.jpg Here's a promo video on the www.airraid.com site for this event: And here's footage of the air raid part of the event from last Saturday night: WELL, since I've missed this re-enactment until now, the good thing is that next year will be the 75th ANNIVERSARY of the event! Should be great! FEBRUARY 24, 1942 ___________ All info, photos and videos from these links: http://www.fortwiki.com/Fort_MacArthur http://www.ftmac.org/index.htm http://www.theairraid.com http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/fort-...-pedro?start=0 http://bestofthesouthbay.com/event/t...-raid-of-1942/ https://vimeo.com/57757985 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXJnQvm6Srs |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/yWV2oD.jpg Shulman_archives :previous: Interesting look inside the offices of architects Wurdeman & Becket Hoss. I too like that 'floating' desk. Very cool! I was intrigued by the objet d' art on the wall above that floating desk. Here's a closer look. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/KPeLsB.jpg detail It appears to be a stylized man playing a harp with a rather huge arm. I believe this is a representation of Bragi, the Norse God of Poetry and Eloquence pictured below with his harp. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/saSYyg.jpg http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/16...a-Nordica.html Of course, this being Los Angeles it could be this guy. ;) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/WFkzcD.jpg http://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/greetings.htm __ |
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Undated. Battery Leary-Merriam http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073764.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073764.jpg 1915 - Gunnery practice http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073774.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073774.jpg Quote:
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Messrs. Wurdeman and Becket, a far-fetched Disney connection? Kem Weber designed, Lawson Zephyr Clock* http://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stori...2NR.z-ZJVA.jpghttp://cf.collectorsweekly.com/stori...2NR.z-ZJVA.jpg Kem: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=20512 Quote:
Late '30s, construction of Disney Studios, Burbank http://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101624.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101624.jpg 1940 - Finished product http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics08/00013584.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics08/00013584.jpg *Weber's clock, chairs and furnishings would have been a nice fit.;) http://img585.imageshack.us/img585/1...iedbuildin.jpghttp://img585.imageshack.us/img585/1...iedbuildin.jpg |
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