Interesting details about Clifford Clinton GaylordWilshire.
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Welcome, Tony! Funny that Mickey Cohen's Caddy would end up in New Zealand.
A few weeks ago I rented Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil," which was released in 1958. I love that film because of Marlene Dietrich's wave after wave of sassy one-liners, like "You're a mess, honey." "I didn't recognize you; you should lay off the candy bars." "Your future is all used up." And of course she says them the only way she can say them, with her husky German accent. But anyway, the film is set in a fictional Mexican border town; Orson Welles chose to shoot it in Venice. Venice started out as a beachside resort in the early 1900s, complete with canals and even Italian gondoliers; there was also an amusement park. Most of the canals were filled in in 1929. But by the 1950s, Venice had become a run-down place with oil wells dotting the landscape, perfect for "Touch of Evil." The low rents attracted the artsy crowd and by the 1960s the hippies started hanging out and moving in. Of course now, Venice has been gentrifying but it's still known as an artists' area; a few canals still exist and have been cleaned up. I haven't been to Venice in a while; watching "Touch of Evil" makes me wanna go there soon. Windward Avenue, Venice, 1920s http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/6...evenice192.jpg USC Archive Windward Avenue 1929 http://img32.imageshack.us/img32/644...evenice192.jpg USC Archive 1953 (?) This building used to be the railroad station; this photo shows that it was turned into a bank. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057237.jpg LAPL Bridge over a canal in 1966 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057280.jpg LAPL 1960 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008969.jpg LAPL 1960 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009143.jpg LAPL 1953 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057300.jpg LAPL 1953, debris in a canal, oil derricks in the background http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057305.jpg LAPL Windward Avenue, 1953 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057227.jpg LAPL 1953 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057292.jpg LAPL 1930 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics41/00070423.jpg LAPL 1934-- this image made me think of the Little Rascals theme. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009222.jpg LAPL 1928 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009219.jpg LAPL 1927 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057240.jpg LAPL 1922 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009200.jpg LAPL Camel-riding, 1906 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics29/00064200.jpg LAPL Windward Avenue, 1906 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057211.jpg LAPL Venice Oceanfront, 1905 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics30/00034595.jpg LAPL 1905 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009131.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008934.jpg LAPL Gondoliers on the Venice canals, 1909 http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009204.jpg LAPL Windward Avenue, 1906 http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/2987/venice1906.jpg USC Archive Making way for the wrecking crew, 1946 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057224.jpg LAPL Venice Pier closed, 1946 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057222.jpg LAPL Venice Pier, 1920s http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057210.jpg LAPL 1946: A heavy truck loaded with steel plates crashes through the deck of the condemned Venice pier. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057234.jpg LAPL Ship Cafe, 1946 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057223.jpg LAPL Ship Cafe and Venice Pier, 1902 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics45/00057207.jpg LAPL Ship Cafe, undated photo http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008970.jpg LAPL |
Angels Flight operational again
I'm so happy to see Angels Flight operational again. I wonder why Sinai does not have it's car top sign.....i hope it has nothing to do with how lovingly stored and cared for sinai and olivet were during the 1st storage period. 1969-2006:rolleyes:
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Two views looking East from Beaudry towards bunker hill
These two shots, the 1st one taken in 1937, and the 2nd in 1968, (only 31 years apart :stunned: ) are identical views taken from the same location, above Beaudry between 2nd and 3rd street looking due East at bunker hill.
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Mickey's house
http://www.latimes.com/media/photo/2008-08/41759352.jpg L.A. Times photo
Mickey and LaVonne Cohen's house at 513 Moreno Ave., Brentwood, 1949. Wonder if it still looks anything like this? (Note the Caddy convertible in front. In addition to his bulletproof Fleetwood, Mickey was given to ordering two other Cadillacs every year--apparently with money he should have been sending to the IRS instead.) Another shot: http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics31/00050160.jpg L. A. Public Library And more on the bulletproof Fleetwood, the Sherry's shootings, etc: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thed...-cohens-1.html |
Mickey's frugal car
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As for the house, that would be 13841 Wyandotte St. in Van Nuys. Then: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thed...pete_grant.jpgPete Grant/L.A. Times and Now: Check out the Google street view--the house appears to be almost EXACTLY the same 48 years later: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zXN_GwdMYMo/TQ...60403%20PM.jpgGoogle Street View http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=...-8&sa=N&tab=wl |
Hehe, Van Nuys! According to zillow.com, that house in Van Nuys is currently only worth $299,500. Small house, too-- 2 bedrooms, 1,218 square feet.
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Sherry's was located at 9039 Sunset Blvd.
Before Sherry's it was Cafe La Maze, with the lounge area called The Key Club. http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9...iswascafel.gif unknown Above: You can see the Key Club painted on the side of the building. Then it became Sherry's. http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/2...swassherry.jpg After Sherry's it was Gazzarri's. http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/9959/la0407gazz.jpg Below: An advertisement from 1966. http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4...arris1966a.jpg gogonotes.blogspot http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/1...azzarrismb.jpg gogonotes.blogspot Today, the venue at 9039 Sunset Blvd. is called The Key Club. A homage to it's Cafe La Maze days? I enjoyed the photographs of Venice Sopas_ej. The opening shot of "Touch of Evil" is also very famous. The camera follows Heston/Leigh for several blocks as they drive through the border town (actually Venice), culminating in the explosion. That one scene is better than most entire movies. |
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Below: I found these photos/clipping in an old file of mine. http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7...ktheatre11.jpg unknown http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/1...nktheatre9.jpg LIFE http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/6...theatre5me.jpg LIFE Below: Another downtown burlesque venue, the Follies Theatre at 337 S. Main Street. http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/663...rllatimesb.jpg latimesblog Below: Here is Betty Rowland performing in L.A. in 1946. http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/2...uedancerbe.jpg ucla archives (I think) Below: Check this out...it's really cool. Betty Rowland is one of the dancers. http://vimeo.com/630123 |
You can spot the Follies Theatre in this photo of Main St.
This view is looking north from 4th Street. http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6...407follies.jpg usc digital archive Below: In this 1918 photo you can see the Burbank Theater (on the left) long before it became a house of burlesque. http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/2...theater191.jpg usc digital archive Above: This view is looking south on Main Street from 6th Street. |
Oh Mickey You're so Fine..............
More Mickey Cohen images.......
The result of the July 19th, 1949 hit attempt outside Sherry's, resulted in the death of Mickey's bodyguard Neddie Herbert who was shot in the back Neddie Herbert laying on the sidewalk outside of Sherry's http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4052/...6af336b9_o.jpg Delmar Watson Photography Neddie Herbert being placed in the ambulance outside Sherry's http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2721/...c7c032d7_o.jpg LAPL In February of 1950, another attempt was made on Micky's life by bombing his Brentwood Home http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/...d67bb43c_o.jpg USC Digital Library Mickey survived that attempt, However his mouthpeice and lawyer, Sammy Rummel did not fare that well. He was rubbed out inside his Laurel Canyon Home in December of 1950 http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2790/...d79aaeaa_o.jpg Delmar Watson Photography In August of 1948, Mickey and his cohorts Mike Howard, Sol Davis and James Rist were picked up by the L.A.P.D. and are photographed here, awaiting booking into the county pokie http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2734/...0447cef4_b.jpg LAPL |
Bump and Grind
Here is a great photo of the Follies Burlesque house where our favorite Red Headed Ball of Fire burlesque queen is performing;)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2735/...9bfbbf7a_o.jpg Wesselman Collection/The Williams Partnership The Follies theater is very prominently featured in the 1956 "B" movie the Indestructible Man with Lon Chaney. This movie also has one of the best scenes that shows angels flight,the Hillcrest Inn, as nt ealley between the Hillcrest and the Astor. I highly recommend it for all bunker hill/L.A. Noir enthusiasts. :tup: A runway full of dames at the follies http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/...11653537_o.jpg Wesselman Collection/The Williams Partnership |
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^^^The Cohen photos are great gsjansen.
I'm intrigued at how the man is reading about the murder at the murder scene. I never realized 'EXTRA' editions could hit the streets so fast. I mean...that's amazing. I wouldn't think it would be possible. Below are a couple more photos I had of the Samuel Rummel murder. http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7...murder1950.jpg ucla http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2...urder1950a.jpg ucla |
^^^Also, the two 'Follies' photos gsjansen posted are truly wonderful.
Below is the Belasco Theater at 337 S. Main Street, which is the same address as the Follies Theatre. http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7...o337smains.jpg usc digital archive http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/663...rllatimesb.jpg My guess is that it's the same building refitted with a modern facade. Does anyone know for sure if it's the same building? Here's gsjansen's photograph again for comparison. http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7...8follies2a.jpg The Wessellman Collection/The Williams Partnership OK....the more I look at it, the more I'm sure it's the same building. |
Here is Betty Rowland (aka Ball of Fire) after being convicted of lewd conduct in 1952.
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Unfortunately this building no longer exists; it's now the site of a surface parking lot. It's interesting to me that what was probably a "legitimate" theater at one time became a burlesque theater; plus the space that was once occupied by a tailor later on became a pawn shop. So within a few decades, that section of Main Street became somewhat seedy. That area apparently has been seedy for a long time. Only within the last decade has gentrification set in. It's still a "transitional" area, though. |
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LAPD Noir
I know i'm new to this forum, (i have no idea why i hadn't stumbled on it before....A. I'm and Architect....B. I adore and am a complete L.A. Noir addict!)
I keep going back over the 9 months of this thread to make sure that i am not posting anything that has been posted before. If i fail in that endeavor, and do post something that has been covered previously, i do apologize......anyway, no LA Noir forum is complete without a nod to Los Angeles Police Department Noir. 1st up is the man who's number one job was to quash Noir, Police Chief James Edgar "Two Guns" Davis :twoguns: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2733/...e81ffa5a5c.jpg UCLA library The most famous crime scene in Los Angeles History. The discovered severed torso of Elizabeth Short the Black Dahlia in Leimert Park South Los Angeles http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/...583694ac29.jpg Bruce Henstell OK, maybe this one ties the Black Dahlia for being the most famous murder scene. Benjamin Bugsy Siegel rubbed out in Beverly Hills http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4060/...5af1cfaedf.jpg Delmar Watson Photography The usual Suspects. a 1940 LAPD Lineup http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/...2269bfd1_b.jpg USC Digital Archive 1930 LAPD Detective Squad Group group photo http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4050/...f1b05e54_o.jpg Wesselman Collection/The Williams Partnership And one more shot of the follies. in 1954 a korean war vet who had developed a crush on chorus girl Loretta Miller, went to the theater in pure desperation after never getting a response to his numerous love letters to her. Put a gun to his head, while clutching her 8 X 10 glossy photo, and put an end to his misery. The police found a note he had scrawled on a nearby wall which read........."Good-bye Angel Face"........... http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/...750d49bb2c.jpg Delmar Watson Photography |
How most Sorrid Noir Tales begin
Fresh off the bus 1938. This is in front of the Broadway-Hollywood Department store at Hollywood and Vine. Small town girl looking to make it big on the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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Some more Cold War Noir
Another early morning atomic blast sunrise for downtown. March 7th, 1955
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/...6215b0b6_o.jpg LAPL 1st televised atomic blast. the KTLA cameraman on top of the news truck looks awfully close:eek: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2009/...e5ac928d1c.jpg Tribune Broadcasting Not really cold war noir, but hey, they could be tracking down a red scare story on top of court hill at 1st and hill street..............anyway, i absolutely love this photo, and it certainly does have a noir quality to it http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4072/...82b15318_o.jpg LAPL |
Miniature Noir
In 1938, the WPA commissioned a study of downtown Los Angleles to help determine proper planning for the fast growing metropolis.
a full colored image of the model showing bunker hill. Centered on third street and hill street http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/...b7fc228b_b.jpg LAPL is it a forgotten Japanese monster horror flick entitled, "The Giant Monster From Planning and Zoning Attacks Los Angeles"???!!!!!??? no, it's just a WP model maker placing city hall on the study model http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2179/...f1094c47_o.jpg LAPL |
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^^^I love that colorful model of Bunker Hill. I haven't seen before.
I have a photo similar to the other one above. http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/8...ntermodel1.jpg I believe I found this on ebay I love the atomic/cold war photos as well. The movie 'Kiss Me Deadly' ties the two subjects together. (so does the movie THEM! with the mutant ants attacking L.A.) Earlier in the thread we briefly touched on this theme. Below is the link/post #290 if you what to check it out gsjansen. If you haven't seen 'Kiss Me Deadly' yet, DON'T click on the link. After rereading my past post...some of my captions could be considered 'spoilers'. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...170279&page=15 Thanks again for sharing all these great photographs gsjansen. You've really helped to bring the thread alive again. |
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Below: Los Angeles 1952.
http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/7...oreboding1.jpg ucla Below: Building a fallout shelter in San Marino 1961 http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/8...onstafallo.jpg ucla Below: Parking garages AND bomb shelters 1951. http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/259...helter1951.jpg usc digital archive |
....not the cold war, but interesting none the less.
The mayor dedicates new Air Raid Shelter signs in downtown Los Angeles 1942. http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/6...sheltermay.jpg ucla |
I have to follow the above post with this one. It's actually kind of humorous.
Below: Air Raid drill in downtown Los Angeles 1943. http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3...1943ebayhu.jpg ebay Below: The flip-side. http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9...d1943ebay2.jpg ebay So instead of seeking shelter, everyone ran outside to see the air raid. And some people even went up on the roofs. lol |
Do any of you know about a secret movie studio at the top of Laurel Canyon?
Until recently, I would have bet money that no such place existed. (when I first moved to L.A., I briefly lived in N. Hollywood & drove through the canyon daily) Below: Here's a small aerial photo. http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/2...tmtstudios.jpg unclassified usaf They produced films such as this. (note Lookout Mountain Laboratory) http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/1...mtlaborato.jpg unclassified usaf It's difficult to find very much information about this place. You can read about it here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookout..._Force_Station and here. http://www.vce.com/LookoutMt.html Now this is a place I'd love to sneak into. http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/1...mountainai.jpg I wonder if it still pretty much looks like this? |
Perhaps workers at the Lookout Mountain Laboratory hung out here.
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another then and ......well maybe not now, but definately later.......
hill street and 1st looking north through the years
hill street and 1st looking north 1908 prior to the construction of the hill street tunnel which ran from just north of 1st street to temple avenue. court street is on top of the hill http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/...b7ee8b67_o.jpg hill street and 1st looking north 1923 after the construction of the tunnel, the hollywood street car line using this tunnel allowed for the city to expand to the west http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/...8cc20a3e_o.jpg hill street and 1st looking north 1955 hill at court street was completely leveled and graded to allow for the expansion of civic center. the last remaining portion of the hill can be seen on the far left of this photo. within the year, this last bit of hill would be gone http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3402/...9a00b5b4_o.jpg LAPL hill street and 1st looking north 1971 there is no inkling or indication that a hill with a steep grade ever existed here http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3633/...abc20c08_o.jpg LAPL Looking south at the intersection of hill street and temple hill street and temple looking south 1908 hill street is a dirt road heading south up the hill. hill street connected temple and 1st via the steep hill prior to the construction of the street car tunnel. once the tunnel was opened, hill street running up the hill terminated at the court street cul-de-sac. connection between hill and temple would be provided through the tunnel http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3663/...fe04186a_o.jpg hill street and temple looking south 1920 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3612/...2d88f153_o.jpg LAPL hill street and temple looking south 1945 this shot clearly shows the red line trolley stop, and the steps leading up hill street. The white house on the right is 215 n hill street, burt lancasters home in the 1948 movie criss cross http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3464/...269e6e9c_o.jpg LAPL hill street and temple looking south1971 nice corvair http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2425/...16c0dca1_o.jpg LAPL |
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^^^I love that Hill St. & Temple photo before the tunnel.
Below: South Main & 6th Street. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/9...fsmain6ths.jpg usc digital archive Below: Looking north on Spring from W. 5th Street. http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/4...orthonspri.jpg usc digital archive Below: Looking north on Main between 1st and 2nd streets. http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/9...northonsma.jpg usc digital archive Below: 1120 S. Main, the Santa Rita Hotel. http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9...insantarit.jpg usc digital archive |
Below: Main & 12th Street. (note Santa Rita Hotel)
http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/8...hstreethot.jpg usc digital archive Below: Looking north on Main between 4th & 5th streets. http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/9...ookingnort.jpg usc digital archive Below: Main & 11th Street in 1939. http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/7...11thstin19.jpg usc digital archive |
4th and HIll Street Looking West 1939
looking west on 4th street from hill street, the fremont hotel is visible at the sw corner of olive and 4th, and further up the street the zelda apartments is visible at the sw corner grand and 4th
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3357/...ff54219a_o.jpg LAPL both the Zelda and the Fremont will be destroyed in conjunction with the construction of the 4th street viaduct in 1954. If you visit the parking lot on the sw corner of Olive and 4th, which still exists today, exactly as it has since the Fremont was torn down in 1954, the original Fremont retaining walls are still intact running east west on 4th and north south on Olive. There was absolutely no reason at all for the Fremont to be demolished.........sigh |
Pre-Noir Los Angeles
this 1868 shot looking south from poundcake hill is amazing. a completely barren bunker hill before Beaudry's development is on the right. Third street is the main street off in the distance running from right to left. Broadway is the street in the middle of the photo. Hill Street at the base of Bunker Hill is just a dirt path at best. In later years, this view would be looking right smack at the north elevation of the hall of records. this view today would be looking at the north side of the LA times building complex
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3645/...ca79e039_o.jpg The street at the lower left side running left right, (court street?), is clearly at an offset angle to the eventual grid. This is the same angle that the old hall of records building will be built to...................................40 years after this photo was taken!!!!! |
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Very cool photos, ethereal and gsjansen! That 1868 photo is very fascinating. And those other shots of downtown LA are also very cool-- so much material for my hobby of before and after photos, of which my facebook album is continuing to grow.
If anyone doesn't already know, the American Cinematheque in LA has been having its Film Noir Festival, which ends next weekend. I went tonight (Sunday night) and snapped this photo of the ceiling of the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood; kind of a crappy photo, taken in dim lighting with my cell phone: http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-..._7204258_n.jpg Here's a 1925 photo of the ceiling from the LAPL: http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater3/00015675.jpg Of course back then, the theater was much more ornate. My understanding is that when the Egyptian was restored and reopened, they were only able to salvage a little of what was damaged of the interior over the years. -------- An accident involving two cars, one motorcycle and the Los Angeles Transit Lines' car 1523 on March 10, 1946. This is at the intersection of Figueroa and Piedmont in the Highland Park neighborhood. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058505.jpg LAPL http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058504.jpg LAPL http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058503.jpg LAPL Here's the intersection again in 1946. Notice the Los Angeles Public Library branch in the left of the photo. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058501.jpg LAPL Here, the old streetcar tracks are being ripped up in 1958. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics48/00058502.jpg Here's the same intersection on April 11, 2010. The old library building has since been replaced with a Craftsman-themed, larger library structure. http://hphotos-sjc1.fbcdn.net/hs451...._7362116_n.jpg Photo taken by me. |
Wow! great shots Sopas ej! I myself spent the weekend viewing my own little private noir festival. I had received my copy of the exiles on Friday....Great movie with some fabulous extras, particularly bunker hill 1956, and the last day of angels flight. I also watched, (much to my wife and kids annoyance), Acts of violence, M, the indestructible man, (alright, i actually fast forwarded through that one to the street scenes of the follies, and the entire angels flight scene, and the murder scene in the Bradbury building), criss cross, the turning point, (what cracks me up with this one, is that it's supposed to take place in a mid-western Indiana town:haha: ), the scar, and finished off last night with angels flight. I've seen kiss me deadly so many times, i chose to leave this one off the agenda this weekend. Has Marian Carr done anything other than Kiss me Deadly and The Indestructible Man?
here are some aerial photos taken over civic center showing how the street grid changed through the decades; This 1924 aerial shows the street layout before the extension of spring street. The off angle layout of the hall of records makes sense with the original street grid around civic center http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2241/...858c7358_o.jpg Cal State Library In this 1938 aerial, New high (formerly Justica) street still kind of exists in this photo, even though it has been reduced to a half block angled road forming the triangle park between city hall and the hall of records http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/...23fdfdd0_o.jpg LAPL In this 1955 aerial, the re-gridding of the streets around civic center have been completed. The hall of records now takes on it's weird angle appearance due to the straightening of the streets around it http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4061/...dfe20c2d_o.jpg LAPL |
Some more Mini Noir
this shot shows the detail that went into the model particularly with regards to the grades of the terrain. this view shows the terrain of bunker hill. this angled view is from approximately 4th and hill
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2120/...d1753d89_b.jpg USC Digital Archive Bunker hill section of the model centered on Clay street between 3rd and 2nd http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/...0bd0fe42_o.jpg USC Digital Archive This view is looking north east from fremont and 6th street. (Fremont essentially no longer exists due to the freeway construction http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2285/...a9dc96e0_o.jpg USC Digital Archive |
Great series on the evolution (or devolution) of Hill Street, gsjansen! Easily one of my very favorite postings in this thread.
To get a further appreciation of the extent of this huge change in the natural landscape, I'm reposting this image. In the foreground is the Hill Street portion of Bunker Hill that was completely leveled and of which no trace remains today. http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/v...3a_3x2crop.jpg This hill was apparently the highest point in the original city limits of Los Angeles. Court Flight – which for two score years ran up the steep dirt slope in the right foreground – used to be advertised as the "highest view" of Los Angeles. And I remember reading somewhere that the Bradbury Mansion (far upper right at Court and Hill) was built on the highest lot in all of Los Angeles at the time. To think that what was once the highest elevation in the city is now not even recognizable as a hill... that's quite a sobering realization... |
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