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They catch my attention too. The pole appearing to be highest in E_Rs photo, just above the streetcar may still be there in Lorendoc's photo after only 50+ years. Not quite as remarkable as the existent poles E_R's house photo which is a decade or two earlier older. |
Speaking of poles. Please give me a pass for re-posting this:
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We have some familiar streets like Aliso. This is 327-335: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...tsgcs7fn-1.jpgHDL As well as Marchesssault. This is 309-313: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...xoa5pdmc-1.jpg Then we have some less familiar streets, such as Ogier Street. Here's 318-326: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...kxxicv5x-1.jpg 347-351 Ogier: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...vnfub15s-1.jpg These next two were taken at 738-742 & 824 Date Street, respectively: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...fdrjiyzw-1.jpg http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...drb2ij6f-1.jpg 717-721 Avila Street: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...dnwdca3o-1.jpg Finally, Bauchet Street, which I find particularly alluring for some reason. All pics are taken in the 300 & 400 blocks: http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ug5didel-1.jpg http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...myn4lewp-1.jpg What are those mini oil-derrick-looking contraptions on the roof of the house at left, below (also at right in the photo above)? http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ikuedepg-1.jpg http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...wjiyz37v-1.jpg http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...5nejmzvu-1.jpg I found a few of the streets in question. Avila, Bauchet, and Date all appear on the map below. No sign of Ogier Street though. http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...psad2x84wq.jpgHistoric Map Works Just so you can get your bearings, the street at far left is Macy Street. |
:previous: Very interesting Tetsu. -thanks for posting those amazing photographs.
Until recently, there's been a law that Los Angeles skyscrapers had to have flat tops to accommodate helicopters in case of a emergency. ...but I find it hard to believe that the Statler Hilton once had a heliport, especially with it's relatively small roof-top. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/BIbO0X.jpg ebay 8 minutes from LAX! Statler Hotel model. Jan. 1949, 1,350 rooms http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/rphxh8.jpg old file of mine So I'm asking you fellow NLAers, did the Statler ever have a heliport? * _________________ edit* OK, I see that there was a place for a heliport. -but was it ever functional? (I've never come across a photograph showing a helicopter landing there) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/9aQIEi.png lapl |
Utility Poles & Ogier Street
Apparently the LADWP cannot keep up with their pole replacement schedule. They're 87,000 behind: http://www.dailynews.com/business/20...their-lifespan One fell over across the street from me and hung there at a crazy angle, held by nothing more than the wires, until a crew showed up.
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Here's an order (permission?) for 6 utility poles, April 6th 1910.
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:previous: The Glorietta Tract was north of Sunset & east of Western. Harvard Dr was named "Crown Ave" until annexation in 1907 (PT&T must have been using an old map). "Prospect", as we all know, became Hollywood Blvd. What's the fourth street name?
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I enjoyed the pictures of Ogier, Date, Avila and Bauchet Streets, Tetsu. I posted some aerial shots showing the disappearance of the houses on nearby Rosabelle, Elizabeth and Augusta Streets in post #23816.
------------ Woodpeckers aren't the only things that trouble utility poles, 24-year-old Annie Jenkins decided to climb one in 1959. OK, it's a lamppost, but the caption calls it a "utility pole". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ieJenkins1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ieJenkins2.jpg eBay It looks like Annie Jenkins picked a lamppost outside the Newsreel Theatre (AKA. the Tower Theatre). Here's a better picture of the Newsreel Theatre with Comet's hot dog stand in the corner. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eelTheatre.jpg cinematreasures.org |
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Maybe the blacksmith shop was on the lot prior to the house being built. Or..the lot was originally larger. There is a period building at the back of the lot next door, very close to the current property line, which has an original door wide enough to have been a blacksmith shop, possibly entered from the alley. This structure has a center chimney, not usual for a house, but common for a blacksmith since a forge would be in the center of a structure. The Assessor has the small building off the alley built in 1890 and then altered in 1904. Just possible..... The property was part of the Wiesendanger City Tract which Mr Wiesendanger started subdividing around 1902. The small building off the alley predates that. |
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:previous: I didn't know that oldstuff. -very interesting-
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It reminds me a bit of this Victorian on S. Vermont at 27th Street. It has somewhat of a 'flare' at the bottom of the roof as well. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/hxqxPW.jpg GSV It's bookended by two fixer uppers. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/913/5m3kZx.jpg GSV Fixer-upper #1 (to the north) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/cLxCdw.jpg GSV Fixer-upper #2 (to the south) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/Z1HpTk.jpg GSV I'd like to personally tear off that enclosed 'porch'. __ |
Since we're discussing heliports.
Remember, downtown Los Angeles once had BIG plans for helicopter transportation. Here's a post from our NLA inaugural year 2009. Quote:
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BELOW: I forgot I had this ! This 1960s map might possibly have the Statler Hilton as one of L.A. Airways heliports. I t has the same 8 minute travel time as advertised on my vintage matchbook. (of course, numerous other spots downtown would be 8 minutes as well) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...908/soAGp3.jpg ebay, from a couple months ago I didn't realize the L.A. Airways Helicopter System had such extensive routes. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...905/oduvBR.jpg ebay As most of you know, all this came to an end after several horrific crashes....such as flight 417 to Disneyland that killed 23 people. Flight 417 accident http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Ang...ays_Flight_417 __ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...901/GkIiKb.png GAV (google_alley_view) ;) below: To me, it looks like it's on the same lot as 1807 S. Bonnie Brae. -that's 1807 on the left. (both have the same color scheme too) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/ZMlqiV.png If this smaller building with the central flue was built in 1890 like oldstuff said, it could have possibly been the blacksmiths shop. _____________ http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...537/DeTDO6.jpg ebay __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...itedAdvert.jpg aviationtrivia.blogspot.com It looks like the building in the picture above is now Terminal 3 at LAX. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rminal3LAX.jpg Google Maps |
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