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Mike Lyman's 'Flight Deck' is no stranger to NLA; here are three slides we haven't seen.
An attractive group of people having lunch (or just drinks?) on a beautiful day at LAX. #1 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/jFYI5Q.jpg ebay :previous: I can't tell if the two men in uniform are airline pilots or serving in the military. #2 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/6ad79Y.jpg eBay below: The view across the tarmac from the deck. #3 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/kagjIB.jpg eBay Details: to see all the details :) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/fW9dON.jpg The man in the plaid shirt might have airline tickets in his chest pocket :previous: Ok, I have just decided the men in uniform are in the military....I see stripes on the man at the next table. And someone's injured......there are crutches leaning against the glass. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/bdC8WP.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/lNFb5I.jpg Here's an older post that shows the 'Flight Deck' at night...among others. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=24183 __ |
Navy officers, I believe, by the pin on the visible hat. Looks exactly like my dad's from his Navy days.
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:previous: Funny story oldstuff. Thanks for sharing.
Shriners in Los Angeles, 1950!! Take a look at these fascinating slides of the Shriners parade (one of three parades) as it passes the enormous "Arabian Bazaar" set up in Pershing Square. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/OWBjlv.jpg http://gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com...eles-1950.html Oh, how I would like to go back in time. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/k3iS6x.jpg http://gorillasdontblog.blogspot.com...eles-1950.html Everything seems so festive and promising- Last but not least, here's an astonishing look at the Arabian Bazaar, an seen from a guest room at the Biltmore Hotel! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/Qr0YBE.jpg http://www.charlesphoenix.com/ Here's a closer look so you can read the assortment of signs. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/haR4Nc.jpg detail there's a second entrance on the right------> (and someone's selling lipstick and perfume) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/DqpyRE.jpg detail I just noticed the cream colored car has a fez on the door. ....and the policeman wants the car moved (?) SPECIAL THANKS to "Gorillas don't blog", and "Charles Phoenix". |
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First off, let me spell out what the Shrine is—a guy becomes a Master Mason, that is, gets his three degrees in what's known as his Blue Lodge, and then, he can spend his time there, helping conduct the Lodge's business, helping confer degrees, etc. Also, there are appendant bodies in Masonry; the Scottish Rite is generally considered the "College of Masonry," the York Rite the "Church of Masonry," and the Shrine the "Social Club of Masonry." But just because the Shrine has drinking and little cars (famously so) doesn't mean they're not an immensely serious and influential philanthropic organization. Aaaaanyway, Lloyd became Potentate of the Al Malaikah Shrine in 1939 and was eventually raised to Imperial Potentate in the summer of '49. Read all about it here. It made the cover of Time: http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine...490725_400.jpgtime Here he is at the Al Malaikah with fellow Nobles Roy Rogers, Red Skelton and Dick Powell: http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masoni...ld_lloyd_2.jpgpm https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/622/31...176a0f38_o.pngebay |
It's seems that mystery locations from Julius Shulman are occurring more often these days. This one is "Job 4395: Calvin C. Straub, Crippled Children School (Pasadena, Calif.), 1968".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original It's a shame I can't read the writing by the entrance in te picture above. This is the only other shot of the exterior. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The interior is more spacious than I was expecting. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I'll finish with the only color shot in the set. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Does anyone know if the school building is still standing? |
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Is the slope so much impressive today ? I don't know if this stretch has been graded. |
:previous: Alvaro, I noticed how prominent the Olive St. hill looks too.
If you only looked at that small corner of the slide you'd think you were in San Francisco. |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psdgtsot45.jpg Shriner's Hosp. |
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Is anyone else having problems with Skyscraperpage today?
http://imageshack.com/a/img921/9027/gyLBne.gif I'm wondering if it's my computer. Thanks |
It appears my computer 'glitches' have subsided.
Did you all happen to notice the cable car being towed in the 1950 Shriners Parade slide- Well here's a better look........as it travels past the J.J. Newberry Co. Store. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/Oc6Kgm.jpg http://www.cable-car-guy.com/images/524la1950.jpg -note the speaker perched on top.... (I just looked at the color slide again...yep, the speaker is visible there too) J. J. Newberry Located at 5th and Broadway, Los Angeles, California. "World's largest variety store, with over 1 mile of counter space." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/PUh6Mo.jpg Jericl Cat at https://www.flickr.com/photos/79761301@N00/4644698353 |
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They've been in that facility at 4th & Virgil since 1952. I don't think they're going to keep it after their giant, new $80million medical center on Fair Oaks opens next year. Now, the problem here is that there's nothing noirish about it. In fact, it's just the opposite, a heart-warming tale of helping children! Soooo, in the interests of maintaining a noir bent, a bit of vaguely Masonic-related murder: Y'all are, I trust, familiar with the Scottish Rite Temple at 150 N Madison in Pasadena? Opened in 1925: https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/502/31...40c2b598_b.jpgnewspapers.com The architect was JJ Blick, best known for his Pasadena homes. He designs the SRT in a proto-Deco, "Monumental" style that evokes in its massing the Temple of Horus (Egyptian is a key stylistic impulse in Masonry, for reasons I won't go into here) but it's also a remarkable Modern building in its construction and design. https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/409/30...e0af851f_b.jpgumass Anyway, December of 1933, a ladies-man dentist (in the depths of the Depression, when a vast number of men were out-of-work, being a dentist could really nab you some dames) named Leonard Siever was shot down outside the SRT; the shooting became known as "The Sphinx Murder" in that it happened under the watchful, silent eye of the Sphinx. (The Sphinxes, btw, are not exactly a copy, but definitely a reference to those at the Scottish Rite's House of the Temple [John Russell Pope, 1915] in Washington D.C.) https://c3.staticflickr.com/1/570/31...c4f650a9_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/742/31...2944dcd4_b.jpg It became a media sensation, and to this day, remains a cold case. Read all about it here. Also, I recommend a trip on Esotouric's Pasadena tour; it visits this site and so many more. https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/71/307...3c5f2f6a_b.jpg https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/507/31...49bcb09e_o.png Of course, Siever was murdered not in front of a sphinx, but in the parking lot alongside the building...not at the back, granted, where he'd parked, but nearer the street...closer, but not exactly in direct sphinx territory... https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/345/31...bff40e96_b.jpgucla ...but who would let a simple fact like that get in the way of a good story? (Speaking of stories, the depression was not kind on the Pasadena Scottish Rite, who were scheduled to lose this home to their creditors. A member by the name of Charles Cobb donated enough to save the Pasadena Scottish Rite, in a story that involves a magnificent house, haunted grounds, a cemetery battle, and the Marx Brothers. Google that!) |
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I couldn't even find it in a detailed list of Calvin Straub projects. ___ Here's an article about Calvin Straub in the USC Alumni Review, March 1955. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/w9CDia.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../232466/rec/51 I really like this living room. It seems very homey. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/n0cgVN.jpg detail I'm not sure if this home is still standing. I believe he eventually built one of the 'Case Study' houses. __ |
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Here's a video (via a drone) of the M.A.S.H. location set to a beautiful rendition of "Suicide Is Painless." Here's the link to the video if the embed isn't working. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkgdKB9Zc90 __ |
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Quiz prize reduced to 2-martini lunch at The Palm :{
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So the question stands: what was the difference discernable between the 1933 and 1950 pictures? Hint: The point I was hoping people might notice has to do with the cars :) And thanks e_r for the history of the lesbian bar, "The Palms." But the prize will be collected at The Palm (no "s") steakhouse, on SMB west of San Vicente. That's the one with the cartoons of famous customers on the wall: http://i.imgur.com/5kFcKlO.jpg http://www.latimes.com/food/dailydis...811-story.html I ate there (luckily on someone else's dime, it was expensive) several times before it closed in 2014. It must have been discussed here before. Coincidentally, the first 1933 picture shows the Fearless Camera Co (R G Fear, mgr) at 8572 Santa Monica Boulevard; this address was the same as the demolished lesbian bar. Could it have been the same building? |
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