Here is your previous post on the man who leaped from City Hall....Michael Roomanoff...dreadful!

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=15881

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I went to a party at this site a couple of years ago. The occupants told me it had been a funeral home.


Cheers,
Jack[/QUOTE]

The 1949 Los Angeles Snow Storm.

Daily News
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/L-A-DAILY-NE...item4d32e8b1eb

:previous: note that the Black Dahlia is still in the news two years later.

Who is Jack Sands?

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Winifred Murray
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http://ifyoucanplayscranton.blogspot...ed-murray.html



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Parenthetically. . .
 

Edwin Schallert is the father of actor William Schallert, a familiar face on television whom you may recall as Patty Duke's father, and before that Dobie Gillis' homeroom teacher. Father Edwin was the longtime drama critic of the LA Times.

mrfredmertz, thank you for identifying William Gaxton! That face was so familiar, but I couldn't quite connect it with the name, because I am only really familiar with him in his silent-film days. It was driving me nuts!

No build date on Zimas, but I think it's pre-1905 since there's no record of new construction at LADBS there after. It looks pretty much the same in 1920 and 1951:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/295/1...6b016c40_c.jpg

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3720/...8147e847_c.jpg

It had been Woodsmen of the World lodge rooms, until (from what I can tell) Los Angeles Undertaking, Inc. moves in in the early '20s. They do some major work in 1933, including, according to permits, "Install stone & concrete at entrance" so I'm guessing that's when the Gothic tracery went in.

Interestingly, in 1926 a permit is granted for 2517, all the way to the corner to 2525, 23,000sf, $125,000, John Paxton Perrine-designed theater for West Coast Theaters, Inc. Which is apparently never built.

It's Los Angeles Undertaking from the early '20s until, at some point between '41 and '43, it becomes part of the Pierce Brothers chain, and remains so until the early '60s from what I can tell, and then it's a number of outfits, e.g. Funeral Consultants of America, and, at least since the early '90s, the A. Chau Funeral Home. It's de-mortuaried about ten years ago, I think

The Holton Arms! Which JScott immediately pointed out naturally. I've got a little bit more about the Holton Arms, if you'll indulge me...

First off, a couple images that I think are new to the USCDL. Whittingtons:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/257/1...ec8392d2_b.jpg

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/348/1...976a3e21_b.jpg
USCDL

She's 1916, her architect, J F Kavanaugh.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/483/1...6bd34816_o.png
southwest contractor, 1916

Flash-forward to January, 1971. The Holton Arms is owned by the Orthopedic Hospital behind it. Some notes from Cleveland Wrecking:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/344/1...ddf5f703_b.jpg
ladbs

Beaudry, thanks for the information on 2517 Pasadena Ave.
"it's been de-mortuaried about ten years ago." lol :)

and for the additional information and photographs of the Holton Arms.

2517 Pasadena Avenue, Lincoln Heights
 

Thank you Beaudry. Here's part of that 2 January 1926 building permit that was never used:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b...20512%2BAM.jpg

It had me confused as the building looks like it could have been a theater, with the round room being the "lobby" and the space with the 30' ceilings the "auditorium" (with room for a balcony).

The timber-work hints at the long-vanished ceiling:
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-3...15318%2BAM.jpg
loopnet

Viewed from the back, one sees modern(?) windows:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k...30903%2BAM.jpg
gsv

(Terrific street lamps in that part of town. They go on for blocks and are in pretty good nick.)

That was a Richfield station to the east of the Woodmen of the World building:

Some history on Woodmen of the World, AKA W.O.W., is here and here.

Members of the Pasadena W.O.W. lodge show off traditional Woodmen regalia (1897):
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-e...94027%2BAM.jpg
lapl



Thank you e_r for the very interesting find. I had a lot of fun trolling through the seven pages of permits for that corner and reading up on W.O.W..

The W.O.W. had meetings for kids at my grade school in the 1950s. I went to a meeting and joined the ''fraternal'' club. You were required to buy a ''W.O.W. life insurance policy'' to be a member. I bought the policy, which is kind of ridiculous for an eleven year old kid! I went to a few corny ''woodsy'' meetings and finally dropped out. I figured it was just a scheme to sell life insurance. I had the policy for a few years until it finally expired due to my non-payment. I think the policy was $8 a year.


Even today in 2015 Ripoff Report has a large file on this insurance company:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/r/Woodme...policie-154740

Vincent Lamouroux at the Sunset Pacific
 

Remember the Sunset Pacific Motel at Sunset and Bates?

Martin Pal did a terrific post about its history and its temporary incarnation as a work of art:

Well, in current photographs, the palms look like they're in recovery
and coming along just fine
(the motel itself is still bright white):

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...50801%2BPM.jpg
IAmNotAStalker (<--- more pix at the link)

Thanks for that update! I was near there a couple weeks ago (at the Vista Theatre)
and wanted to walk a few blocks over there to see it, but my friend did not.

NoirCityDame, you had mentioned that your father signed up for the Navy in WWII out of Fairfax High School
(at 17!) and I wondered if you have any Los Angeles related photos of him you could share with us? Did he ever
visit the Hollywood Canteen or any U.S.O.'s in L.A.? I hope you don't mind the query.

Also, you have found alot of good newspaper items to add to many posts and I wondered if you
have, or can find anything about this (below) that I inquired about once? Thanks.

Again, thanks NoirCityDame for the post with info about the newspaper headlines and
clarification about dates for The Pilgrimage Play.

As an aside, I noticed in the ad you posted that "The Hollywood Pilgrimage Bowl" has it's address as
2580 N. Highland Ave. and, I'm assuming, when the freeway was built, the address changed to
2580 Cahuenga Blvd E. as the Ford Amphitheatre's now addressed.
(Hollywood Bowl is still 2301 N. Highland Ave.)

Some Pilgrimage Theatre photos and related info:

Here's a 1931 photo showing the beginnings of construction for the Pilgrimage Play Theatre
after the previous structure built in 1920 had been burned in a brush fire in October, 1929.
http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...nstruction.jpgLAPL Image Archive

Front entrance to the Pilgrimage Theatre in Hollywood, ca. 1931.
http://waterandpower.org/3%20Histori...ge_Theatre.jpgCSL Image Archive

Postcard view of the Pilgrimage Play Theatre seating and stage, ca. 1931.
http://waterandpower.org/A%20Histori...e_Interior.jpgLAPL Image Archive

Here's a daytime photo of the way the Pilgrimage Play Theatre and the Hollywood Bowl looked during 1944.
http://waterandpower.org/2%20Histori...ge_Theatre.jpgCSL Image Archive

Additional information says:
--During WWII the Pilgrimage Play Theatre was deeded to Los Angeles County and converted into dormitories for servicemen. (It was?)
--In 1942, Hollywood Bowl audiences were limited to 5,000 due to war-related safety concerns.

http://waterandpower.org/Historical%...Bonds_1944.jpgTable Magazine: L.A. Observatory

One or both of these may have been posted before.

Spotlights abound at a War Bonds event at the Hollywood Bowl.
On June 14th, 1944, radio actors and actresses performed at the
Hollywood Bowl during a war bond program. CBS broadcast the
event live.

http://waterandpower.org/Historical%..._War_Bonds.jpgLAPL Image Archive

By the way, the Pilgrimage Play Theatre, now called the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre since 1976, is
closed this summer.

From an L.A. Times article:

The rumble of construction machinery and the thwack of carpentry will be the summer sounds for
2015 at the 1,196-seat county-owned outdoor John Anson Ford Amphitheatre, which is closing for
at least a year and a half for a [near] $20-million renovation project. While the makeover is underway,
the dancers and musicians who usually hold sway at the theater will fan out to other, as yet undetermined
venues around Los Angeles County.

:previous: Very interesting post Martin.






Have we seen this on NLA before?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/yMDp36.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/o7e0vS.jpg
found in an old file of mine.








The so-called 'slums, blight - crowded' were to be replaced by this $200,000 apartment complex. (what is that in today's money CityBoyDoug?)

1950
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http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=34631

"Eileen O. Laverty shows model of $200,000 apartment complex to be built on Bunker Hill,
called one of the greatest developments in downtown Los Angeles." (unrealized)

I believe it says 'coliseum on the white round building. (*actually it says Auditorium)
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"1924 Original PASADENA Photo HOUSE on SO. EL MOLINA & ALPINE ST. California."

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/nFaAw9.jpg
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reverse
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I drove the google-mobile in the vicinity and located the house at 979 S. El Molino.http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/320...910/1NmqTb.jpg

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/uAHz77.jpg
gsv

..and it's a Greene & Greene!


"Located in Pasadena's Madison Heights neighborhood, this historic Greene & Greene Craftsman was commissioned by Dr. Samuel Crow in 1909. The house was subsequently purchased by Edward Crocker, who was responsible for doubling the size of the property by purchasing land to the west of the residence and enhancing it with extensive gardens and out buildings designed by Henry Greene. Built on a U-shaped plan with a center courtyard, the 3,168 square-foot bungalow features four bedrooms, three baths, formal living and dining rooms, two fireplaces, a sunroom with stained glass skylights, wood-paneled halls, a separate guest cottage, swimming pool, and detached garage with caretaker's quarters."

The property has been owned by the same family since 1958!
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the garage, mentioned above, is very large.

here it is
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aerial
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I think this must be the garage (red arrow)
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979 S. El Molino's neighbor is an attractive Craftsman as well (below, on the left)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/iGmmbq.jpg
gsv

Perhaps it's a Greene & Greene as well.
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Thanks for the additional information on 2517 Pasadena Ave. tovanger2. I tried to locate a photograph of the 'Woodmen' without success.
I noticed the street lamps too. I'm glad you mentioned them.

Early entrances to the Hollywood Bowl (no specific dates :(, sorry)

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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/KTvAmg.jpg
http://www.californiarestorationandw...ollywood-bowl/






...and finally,

the model for the Streamline Modern/Art Deco entrance designed by George Stanley (commissioned by the WPA)
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/PGw40T.jpg
http://artdecosociety.squarespace.com/
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CityBoyDoug, I somehow missed your earlier post about the contortionist model working out of 2517 Pasadena Avenue.
The building seems to attract 'bohemians' as of late. ;)

There's something very dear about the "Hollywood Bowl" signboard propped up in the dirt.

Interesting lamp post / utility pole combination.

:previous:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/VJdlmG.jpg
http://www.dialmurder.com/2013/03/02...ct-number-one/