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:previous: Excellent sleuthing Hoss and GW!
I finally found something on Lemberger. "View of Crescenta Block on Downey Avenue at Truman Street, Los Angeles, ca.1885-1886" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/7LgGxc.jpg usc digital archive The owner of the Crescenta Block at the time was none-other than G.F. Lemberger. further more.... Downey Avenue became N. Broadway and Truman Street became Ave. 23. which places Lemberger's Crescenta Block very close to the Lemberger-Sigler House. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/t9XLdL.jpg google_earth I couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the Crescenta Block (upper left) because Ave. 23 stops short of N. Broadway (but both Ave. 22 and 24 are there) (the small circle at lower right is the Lemberger-Sigler House) __ detailed description of the 1885-86 photograph: The Crescenta Block on Downey Avenue (later North Broadway) at Truman Street (later Avenue 23), Los Angeles, ca.1885-1886. The two-story wooden building with a sign reading "Crescenta Block, 1885" was owned by G.F. Lemberger, later became a Federal branch of the California Bank. A horse-drawn wagon sits in front of the building. Across the street, at left center, the two-story brick building was owned by James Hanley and occupied by Dr. Allan Schless as a drug store. At extreme left is the one-story Stockwell Brothers Grocery store. A line of trees grows at right beside the Crescenta Block and across the street between the grocery store and drug store. Perspective is from under the spreading branches of a large tree on the near side of the street. Legible signs include ..."Groceries", "Fish and poultry". from usc archive |
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EPISCOPAL-EAST LOS ANGELES.No address is given. I think that "G.F. Lemberger" might also have a letter wrong. The hardware store at 520 Downey Avenue seems to have been run by Jacob Frank Lemberger (sometimes listed as "Jacob F" and sometimes as "J Frank"). His name is attached to the address until about 1890, and his home address is given as either 520 or 518 Downey Avenue during this period. The Stockwell Bros were at 601 Downey Avenue. I couldn't find any listing for "Dr. Allan Schless", but there was a Dr A Schloss who was proprietor of the East Los Angeles Drug Store at 621 Downey Avenue. Ownership had passed to Louis P Collette by 1891. James Hanley was a harness and saddlery dealer at 613 Downey Avenue in the 1888 and 1890 CDs. |
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detail By jove, you are correct Hoss. (not that i didn't believe you, but I had to take a look for myself :)) __ "Cresenta Block on Downey Avenue (later North Broadway) at Truman Street (later Avenue 23), Los Angeles, ca.1885-1886." I've been trying to figure out why Ave. 23 (Truman Street) no longer reaches N. Broadway (Downey Ave) :shrug: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/nHm5vb.jpg google_maps I found some interesting information on the original street names in Lincoln Heights. Here are Ave. 22, 23 and 24. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/3qbI3q.jpg To see additional streets go HERE (it's really interesting) __ for search purposes: LECOUVREUR ST. HELLMAN ST. __ update : I just noticed that there used to be a Sigler Street as well. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/Mafyyn.jpg Lemberger-Sigler House (one more time) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/1ryssU.jpg gsv |
The LAPL city directories are down once again. :( (probably the 10th time within the last week)
Does anyone hold some sway at the library? (I'm not even a member) ---perhaps ask them what's going on...and when it will be corrected. (I hope it's because they're adding more directories to the archive) |
"Bill Tuckman (left) and Nate Roman (right) in the liquor dept. of the City Food Mart located on the southwest corner of Yucca & Argyle, 1942."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/OzGMZV.jpg donated by Cate Roman to internet archive The City Food Mart in 1947. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/7yJCdm.jpg Los Angeles Jewish Grocers I realize we have visited this building before but there might be some new information in the description below. "City Food Mart was originally constructed in 1934 by architect J.A. Murrey and Wesco Construction Company for HE Bartlett, Inc. The land was part of the Bartlett Estate, affectionately know as the "Bartlett Foothills of Hollywood." Streamline Moderne in style with a festoon tower, the market provided services for the surrounding community. Records show that Vons transferred the business license for the market to the Roman Brothers in 1936. The open front market provided produce, groceries, meat, liquor, deli foods as well as sundries, newspapers, magazines and comic books. Serving the entertainment industry, City Food Mart was used in multiple photo sessions promoting motion pictures of that era. Located at the corner of Yucca and Argyle in Hollywood, City Food Mart was the neighborhood market for the area that included the Pantages and the Hitching Post movie theaters, the original Dupar's Restaurant, and the Knickerbocker Hotel. The Roman Bros ran this market from 1936 to 1950 before moving the name and sign to Huntington Park." OK...I don't believe I have heard about the sign being moved to Huntington Park. info from Los Angeles Jewish Grocers (the link also includes two brief video interviews) -one of them the daughter of the man on the right in the top photograph. -her name is Cate (she donated the photo) __ 'mystery' vantage point. Can anyone figure out the photographer's vantage point? -where he took this photo enlarged to gather more clues ;) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/Xapv3V.jpg detail __ |
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For anyone to have described that architectural mess as being "Streamline Modern" they would have had to have had one heck of an imagination. The lot where it sat is now vacant but the sidewalk still reflects the angle that would have been beneath the sign. Doubtful there will ever be anything other than a parking lot there as it is within 300 feet of a recorded fault line. |
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The Crecenta Block is a little hard to see on the 1888 Sanborn (where it is labeled as such), so here it is on the 1894 map on the SW corner of Downey Avenue (now N. Broadway) and Truman Street (now S. Avenue 22): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original 1894 Sanborn @ ProQuest via LAPL |
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The Streamline reference obviously refers to the façade, not to the whole building--much as the Pan-Pacific was basically just a Streamline front to a utilitarian box. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/aG...Q=w800-h603-nolapl https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/i0...E=w278-h290-no LAT Sept 16, 1934 |
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I hoped someone could tell me what building used to be there and perhaps provide a photo. The building caught my eye because of the interplay of shadows on the roof and the chimney with the three flues. (if I'm looking at it correctly, the flues are lined up from small to large) __ |
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& of course I have a couple questions. ;) #1 What does the black rectangle represent? #2 Is that circle really a huge Kettle...or am I reading that wrong? _ |
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On another note, the building apparently housed several businesses in addition to City Food Mart as is indicated by the signage above what was apparently the corner entrance to the building. Among them a music school, a cafe, and maybe a real estate office. |
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Actually, the primary hallmark of Streamline Modern is horitzontal lines. Btw, love the Planned Parenthood sideswipe. Really? Here? |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Historic Aerials When I looked at the freeway construction aerial, I realized that the two apartment buildings along Yucca, including the one I arrowed above, had survived. As far as I can tell, they're still there today. So was the photographer at the back of the one on the right? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV Quote:
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Still being argued over...
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Or... Article: HERE. LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles building officials approved plans to build a 1 million-square-foot complex of skyscrapers, stores and restaurants in the heart of Hollywood, agreeing with the developer that an earthquake fault underneath the property is too old to be considered active. The Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety signed off Monday on geology reports that found that no active earthquake fault runs under the site of the Millennium Hollywood development — even though the California state geologist last year concluded there was one. GOOD LUCK! :titanic: https://images2.laweekly.com/imager/...iumproject.jpg |
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the map doesn't show anything special (e.g., a church or business) at that location: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...z.jpg~original 1894 Volume 1 Sanborn Map Key @ ProQuest via LAPL And, yes, that's a big kettle at 514-1/2 Downey Ave. I will render the opinion that it was part of the meat market at 514. |
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As of June, "anything other than a parking lot" was close to topping out... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EJ...w=w592-h647-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GI...k=w612-h647-no BuildGroup |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/QWmkSr.jpg posted by Michael Lee Price on Vintage Los Angeles This snapshot shows a vast parking lot (or is it two?) and the Capital Records Bldg. construction in 1955. __ |
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LA Curbed remembers Hugh Hefner for helping to save the Hollywood Sign...twice:
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