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I wonder what happened to the horse sculpture on the roof. I can't see it getting tossed, and I also have a vague feeling I've seen that horse on top of some other building in LA or the Valley. Maybe a bar or restaurant. Perhaps someone else has some idea.
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:previous: I wonder if the horse was made of tin?
_ below: I've been trying to find this same view on google-street-views, but I haven't had much luck. (I wanted to make sure those hideous apts. on the left are gone) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/U4N377.jpg http://s147.photobucket.com/user/VIE...FRWY5.jpg.html The caption is: "El Monte Busway at Long Beach Freeway looking West before Construction 1960s" .....but the Long Beach Freeway pretty much runs north and south, so I don't see how this view is looking west. |
"Arrow Chevrolet, 8th & Soto, Los Angeles."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...908/NtuANY.jpg eBay note the 12 cent hamburgers, far right---> below: This massive building (one source says 80,000 sq. ft, another says 66,000 sq. ft.) is still standing. Today it is the Plaza Del Sol shopping mall. -the building is so big it's rather difficult to capture on google street-view. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/grF1b5.jpg gsv Interesting Los Angeles Times article on the Plaza Del Sol struggles as a mall in 1987. http://articles.latimes.com/1987-03-..._plaza-del-sol The one story tile-roof buildings (outlined in red below) are also still standing. (they're located on the northeast corner of Short Street and Boyle Avenue) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/qGQvL0.jpg eBay here's a view from Short street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...907/xejb6e.jpg gsv :previous: The shape reminds me of the early adobes. I'd love to know when they were built. and here's a view from Boyle Avenue. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/7y4Gzg.jpg gsv Like I mentioned before, the design is reminiscent of an adobe. __ |
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Wyvernwood and Estrada Courts adjacent
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1947 as eng(ineering) offices. The neighborhood: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...5%252520PM.jpg google maps |
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As horses go, here is another to ponder. Could it be related? It is said that WJ Rooks was in Hollywood. 1906 Hollywood Directory lists him at Wilcox, south of Sunset blvd., "Home 261." Photo undated http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...b.png~originalNatHistMus |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original GSV I'm afraid "those hideous apts. on the left" are still there. They've had a makeover, but it doesn't help much. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
Source lists this image as an Orphanage/Asylum in Vista Del Mar, Palms area, 3200 Motor Ave, circa 1925. Vista Del Mar Family Services and Vista School are among the current occupants of the 3200 Motor Ave Address. Could there be a connection with a '27CD listing for 7619 Exposition Blvd., "Palms" ? Building permit for 7619 Exposition indicates '28 date. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...3.png~originalhttp://collections.nhm.org/seaver-ce...&refirn=552253 |
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Interesting interview re Alexandria Hotel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEugZGBL-nU Curious image purportedly from Alexandria Hotel featuring Fatty Arbuckle. Different sources peg this at 1913 and 1918. Seated to the right of FA is Adolph Zukor and Carl Laemmle. Other faces are familiar but their identities do not readily come to mind. (De Mille toward center of mirror?) Guessing Sam Behrendt is across the table sans headgear. Although this could be the Alexandria, the room does not have any of that Hotel's renowned opulence. The hats, aprons and lettering on mirror suggest this could have been a lodge meeting. :shrug: Beefsteak Dinner To Roscoe Arbuckle By His Friend Sam Behrendt, Alexandria Hotel http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...a.png~original http://collections.nhm.org/seaver-ce...&refirn=751404 Sam Behrendt, who is mentioned above and whose collection of Photos is held at the Natural History Museum is second from the left, top row. 1896 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...psjqulkeoq.jpgwbtmurals 1916 J. Lasky (Famous Players), A. Zukoph, Goldwyn, C. De Mille and Kaufman http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ymyJtrqeDT...ufman.1947.jpghttp://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ymyJtrqeDT...ufman.1947.jpg J. Lasky and Arbuckle, circa 1920 https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ckle,_1920.jpghttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ckle,_1920.jpg Quote:
92 year old Adolph Zukor in 1965 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00113/00113128.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00113/00113128.jpg Although this1936 image of 5555 Melrose may be familiar to most, for some reason I do not think it has been posted on NLA. http://www.30view.com/uploads/compan...udios-12-g.jpghttp://www.30view.com/uploads/compan...udios-12-g.jpg http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics39/00069491.jpg |
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Who's the lady inspecting the model? She's a looker.
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Speaking of El Monte
Has anyone gotten a good look at the new bus terminal yet? Certainly there are some images online, as well as the VIP grand opening video on YouTube (in which the facility is pretty much empty). But I haven't seen anything yet that gives the feel of the place in typical conditions, or what the usual experience is of a passenger arriving or leaving at the station.
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But have to ask, how many times have you seen Superman, the movie, circa 1978?;) Margot Kidder. http://iv1.lisimg.com/image/5387137/...got-kidder.jpghttp://iv1.lisimg.com/image/5387137/...got-kidder.jpg |
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This is the Warner-Elektra-Atlantic (WEA) office building in Burbank. It's Julius Shulman's "Job 6109: Hugh Gibbs and Don Gibbs, Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation (Los Angeles County, Calif.),1982".
NB. I've omitted some of the exterior photos and all of the black & white ones. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original The sign at the reception desk names it as the Joel M Friedman Building (see below). I'm not sure who thought that white lettering on an off-white background was a good idea! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Some more interior shots. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The clipping below is from the Oct 17, 1981 edition of Billboard. It gives some information about what the building was used for, and who Joel M Friedman was. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original books.google.com A week later, Oct 24 1981, Billboard published this article about Joel M Friedman, or "JMF" as he was obviously known. I tried adjusting the contrast on this one, but kept losing the lower-left corner. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original books.google.com Now a Warner Bros office building, it still stands at 111 N Hollywood Way. That's the corner of W Olive Avenue, opposite Warner Bros' Studios. From laconservancy.org: "...the Gibbs & Gibbs-designed Warner Bros. office building on North Hollywood Way is a deconstructed residential building expanded into a commercial high-rise.I can't help feeling that the current paint scheme and abundance of trees detract from the original design. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original GSV |
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https://lametthesource.files.wordpre.../elmonte22.jpg (This is only a pre-construction rendering, but it's better than anything I can find of the finished structure, which is pretty close to it, anyway. And, not that I look at that tiny bus next to it, it's obviously bigger than I thought. |
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