the Copa Capri, 1844 Bronson Avenue, Hollywood.
http://imageshack.us/a/img202/8121/a...i844bronso.jpg slide/ebay below: The word Capri was lost and the the lowered, other than that the apartment building is in pretty decent shape. http://imageshack.us/a/img542/6729/a...capri1844a.jpg gsv oh and I just noticed, the letter C is placed too low. http://imageshack.us/a/img441/2264/a...capri1844b.jpg gsv http://imageshack.us/a/img802/1034/a...i1844brons.jpg gsv So how would you classify this architectural style? I don't mind it at all, it's rather, shall we say tropical. (of course I'd sing a different tune if I were to see what it replaced) __ |
Copa Capri
Thanks for the post e_r. The building is enhanced in the earliest photo by the period 1950s cars. That is noir. The modern street scene is much more dull with the bland modern cars, all in uber "safe" colors -white, silver, black, black, black, silver, white. Where has the flamboyance and confidence gone? Does this say something about society today and conformity? Give me two tone and chrome any day. I'll now stop flying my kite...
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A forlorn looking Pan Pacific Auditorium four years before it was destroyed by fire.
http://imageshack.us/a/img823/4020/a...icjohnmeye.jpg John Meyerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/donkiyoti/4401316915/ http://imageshack.us/a/img23/3035/aa...doncassedy.jpg Gordon Cassidyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonc/3038384131/ looking north toward the Hollywood Hills http://imageshack.us/a/img23/4923/aa...rdoncassed.jpg Gordon Cassidyhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonc/3038384131/ May 24, 1989 :( http://imageshack.us/a/img805/7807/aabn1panpfire.jpg http://www.lafire.com/famous_fires/1...PanPacific.htm __ |
Thank you so much GW for reminding me of the GrassCrete parking lot at the 7th & Fig Home Savings. It wasn't entirely successful as the most-used areas showed wear and the parking spaces had dead spots from oil drips, but I always really appreciated that someone at least tried to solve the problem of our acres and acres of blazing hot tarmac:
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-x...936%2520PM.jpg The Cultural Civil War Thx e_r. One to be grateful for. This came within a whisker of being demolished. I don't even care how badly they queer the scale with new development, as long as it's saved: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7...539%2520PM.jpg http://expression58.org/2011/10/urge...ight-location/ RIP: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...608%2520PM.jpg http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...ywood-1913.jpg Some interesting background on Frederick Roehrig, "the millionaires' architect", and the Hotel Green (he also did Frederick Rindge's manse on S Harvard, extensively covered on this thread) Architect Walter Neff was born and grew up in a Roehrig-designed home: http://socalarchhistory.blogspot.com...architect.html https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n...209%2520PM.jpg http://socalarchhistory.blogspot.com...architect.html Pan Pacific Auditorium, another one I managed to break into. I still have a small piece of mirror liberated from the interior. A great building and an unforgivable loss. |
Los Angeles Street Department steamroller circa 1910.
http://imageshack.us/a/img708/9742/a...roller1910.jpg ebay steamroller and water wagon. http://imageshack.us/a/img194/1815/a...oller1910a.jpg ebay a Studebaker water wagon. http://imageshack.us/a/img19/5162/aa...oller1910b.jpg detail __ |
"Hey Dad, can we drive out to the volcano?"
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I was going to say that it was, of course, the people who were conformists, who were dull and bland, so the the flamboyance and confidence had to come out in their cars... but then there were Jane and Jayne...not to mention Dagmar, who lent her name to bumper guards... Quote:
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an interesting find at a flea market
http://imageshack.us/a/img541/8334/a...ghway1952a.jpg http://www.blogger.com/profile/01870045897147257935 http://imageshack.us/a/img547/7024/a...hway1952bk.jpg http://avenuetotheskylakeavenuepasad...hroughway.html http://imageshack.us/a/img18/4373/aabthroughway1952.jpg http://avenuetotheskylakeavenuepasad...hroughway.html The idea of connecting the San Gabriel Valley with the Antelope Valley in a direct route has been discussed for years. Various proposals have been floated, one of which was to build a tunnel under the San Gabriels and extend Los Angeles freeways to the north, opening up the Antelope Valley. __ |
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A long while back, I presented this question, but it was never resolved. Was the dog track in Johnny Eager (1941) a similar structure built somewhere else, or was it just some Hollywood trickery? http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9...hnnyeager1.jpg Johnny Eager, 1941 Yeah, I'm weird. I know. |
My favorite shot of the Pan Pacific
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Pan_Pacific_Auditorium, 1941 I only wish the image were larger... Pan Pacific Auditorium, located at 7600 Beverly Boulevard in the Fairfax district. Its green and white western-facing 228 foot long facade shown here features four stylized towers and flagpoles meant to represent upswept aircraft fins above the entrance. Designed by architects Wurdemann & Becket, it was one of America's finest examples of Streamline Moderne architecture. From 1935 to 1972, when it was closed after the Los Angeles Convention Center opened, it held numerous sporting events, rallies, circuses, and car shows. After years of neglect and failed attempts at restoration, the structure was destroyed by fire in 1989. Pan Pacific Park is now located at this site.* LAPL |
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East building, Hotel Green...cont'd
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A friend of mine who doesn't post here himself--a native and lifelong Angeleno with a great sense of his city's history--found two fantastic shots of the Green in his collection and has been kind enough to allow me to post them on Noirish. He's done an incredible job of inserting what remains of the building into the original from 1894. The third picture is dated 1924. http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/4259/greenyoung3.jpg You can see that the enlargement of the four small windows under the arches on the north side was done, as was the addition of a door, some time before 1924. All pics: Private Collection |
Series of Pan Pacific Auditorium images, some of which (Bell Rocket Belt) may have been previously overlooked. 1935 Home Show http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics06/00012608.jpg The waiting throng http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics06/00012607.jpg http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics06/00012606.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097769.jpg 1940s http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics06/00012619.jpg 1938 Captioned as Rita Hayworth and group enjoying Roller Derby. Wonder if it really was Roller Derby. Group includes: Edward Judson, Doune McKay and Gordon Oliver. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097042.jpg Undated http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics06/00012583.jpg Probably not envisioned by Sam Spade or Walter Neff: 1964 - Pan Pacific enters the rocket age! http://jpg1.lapl.org/00084/00084009.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00084/00084011.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00084/00084010.jpg All from LAPL Looks like the "Bevonshire Lodge" ^^^^ is still there. http://www.bevonshire.com/images/Bevonshire.JPGGoogle |
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