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I don't remember the sign at all. obligatory https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img923/4861/mlLLLP.gif SNL . |
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While I was driving around in the google-mobile, looking for the old Chippendales building, I happened upon this apartment building at 3374 Overland Ave. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/lu8TYN.jpg GSV Do you notice anything odd about it? Let's take a closer look, shall we. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/kaIvr5.jpg Do you see what I'm talking about now? :lmao: And right around the corner from the Crapi you'll find....... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/zozCwb.jpg GSV The CheeZee Apartments https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/Mer2qO.jpg at10617 Woodbine St. I would wager a guess that both apartment buildings are owned by the same person. (with tongue firmly planted in cheek) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Z9SSaU.jpg google_earth . |
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There seems to be a lot of those "named" apartments in L.A. with the word "Capri." There are several named the Villa Capri. Maybe they were having some amusement with that idea/name? I can't believe it was just misspelled, but anything's possible! Heh! Also, remember this restaurant, previously discussed, at 6735 Yucca Street? https://i2.wp.com/martinturnbull.com...Capri-copy.jpg That location is now the Hollywood Condos: https://cdn2.condo.com/building/medi...3378b81_dt.jpgTop L.A. Condos |
Yes Martin. It's a play on the word 'Capri'. That's what makes it funny. lol
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I'm getting so used to stupidity permeating the culture, that even though it made me laugh, I was wondering if someone was just being dumb! |
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I worked in Culver City from about 1977-1983 and I recall going by the Chippendales place, but like E_R, I don't recall this sign! I don't think I was by there at night, though. If memory serves, that area is the "Palms" section of Los Angeles. _______ https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...StreetSign.jpgTierra Properties |
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Yes... L.A. Times Mapping L.A. boundaries of "Palms." https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...California.pngWikimedia Palms (originally "The Palms") is a highly diverse, densely populated community in the Westside region of Los Angeles, California, founded in 1886 and the oldest neighborhood annexed to the city, in 1915. The 1886 tract was marketed as an agricultural and vacation community. Today it is a primarily residential area, with a large number of apartment buildings, ribbons of commercial zoning and a single-family residential area in its northwest corner. Under Attractions: Palms has a large number of Indian and Pakistani restaurants and businesses. In addition, it is also one of the centers of the Brazilian community in Los Angeles, with a number of Brazilian-oriented restaurants and shops, and one nightclub. In 1979, the original Chippendales erotic male dancing club at 3739 Overland Avenue at McCune Avenue was started by Bengali immigrant Steve Banerjee when he turned his nightclub-disco, Destiny II, into a venue for male strippers. http://www.tierraproperties.com/west...ty_profile.htm HossC, notes in his above post it closed Dec. 15, 1988, which appears to be the result of a lot of turmoil, according to the wiki page: For Chippendales, the early 1980's were filled with major lawsuits pertaining to personal injury, alleged sexual bias against male guests, charges of racial discrimination and later in 1988 bankruptcy due to Banerjee's refusal to pay a $300,000+ (approx) printing invoice to Anderson Lithograph for a layout error created by a Culver City advertising firm, Haiku Advertising whereby the 1987 Chippendales calendar had 31 days in each month. This L.A. Times article of September, 1988, describes it as "battling to keep it's doors open, after a judge upheld the closing of Chippendales' West Los Angeles club." Apparently the club was battling fire regulations with the number of patrons etc. The article said they were planning to move to where the El Rey theatre was located on Wilshire Blvd. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-...181-story.html Quote:
The club name was suggested by Nahin, Banerjee's partner, as the Club had Chippendale style furniture. In 2016, an Indian producer, Salman Khan, was announced to produce a biopic on Somen Banerjee, and the male striptease club Chippendales. Except for the CHiP's episode, it's interesting there seem to be no photos taken of this club on Overland Avenue. |
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Did you submit your new info at John Bengtson's website? I'm pretty sure he'd “bee” interested in it... |
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I was curious to compare the LAT's Palms boundaries to those of the 1915 annexation... https://i.postimg.cc/fyc0Hpbq/palmsannexation-bmp.jpg LOC |
We've seen this gif before but its always good to see it again.
https://media0.giphy.com/media/xDxh8Byj1MzpS/giphy.gif Peggy 'shoot'em up' Cummins |
re: W.C. Fields - Matches - Bees
I agree with Scott_Charles, your post was great, Lorendoc! -very sleuthy. Quote:
also... "The Diamond Match factory was apparently a victim of arson. Firefighters found that doors and support timbers had been piled up near a staircase." I wouldn't think a FIRE at a MATCH FACTORY would need any additional help. (I just noticed the fire was in 2004. ..so the match factory had been out of business for over twenty years when the fire occured.) Here is the old Diamond Match factory in Chico, Ca. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/2g47bl.jpg scu-chico_ postscript: I thought Chico was in the Inland Valley. I didn't realize it was north of Sacramento! . |
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Yes, it was!
HERE is a short list of locations. (very short list...of two) I thought we had covered them on NLA but I wasn't able to find the previous posts. (still looking) |
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Chico is home to the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company, and that "party school" Cal State Chico. |
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Here are a couple mystery locations from the UMC Digital Archive. (found while researching the EPWORTH LEAGUE)
#1 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/AuI1a1.jpg The church looks, somewhat, familiar...but I don't recall a "Norwegian-Danish Home for Girls". #2 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/923/sonXZF.jpg Would this be the old Hollenbeck Home? (if so...I don't recall the gazebo) _ |
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https://i.postimg.cc/yYzJ6bLt/norwegiandanish.jpg from the 1923 publication https://i.postimg.cc/xdq8FDdJ/norwegiandanish1923.jpg But where in L.A. was it??? In 1923, the Episcopalians were considering a home for girls: https://i.postimg.cc/pyNKPVp6/homeforgirls1923.jpg LA Times 1/25/23 via ProQuest via CSULB Library Both L.A. and San Pedro have such an address (1422 W. 3rd St.) . . . and San Pedro comes to mind because there was long a strong Norwegian presence there. But . . . I dunno . . . :shrug: |
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Or maybe? :shrug: "The Western Norwegian Danish Conference was founded in 1888 when many Scandinavians migrated to the United States and settled on the Pacific Coast. There were nine churches from San Pedro in the south to Bellingham, Washington in the north. The Annual Conference met in different location each year. Members of the host congregations would provide housing and meals. The summer family camps for the California churches were held at Mt. Herman, near Santa Cruz. The Los Angeles Church was at Olympic Boulevard and Bixel Avenue and had a church building, parsonage, and a Girls Home, which provided a home away from home for the many single women who had found employment in the Los Angeles area. In 1939, the church joined the Southern California Conference and changed its name to Bethany. A decade later when there was no further need for services in the Scandinavian language, the property was sold and members joined First Church, Trinity or Wilshire." documento.mx https://i.imgur.com/E5I0Tat.jpg cdnc.ucr.edu - Los Angeles Herald - 31 December 1921 The original address at 1025 W. 10th Street changed to - https://i.imgur.com/0uZMT53.jpg rescarta.lapl.org |
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San Pedro had crossed my mind as well, odinthor. Remember this place... https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/eo8JW0.jpg skyscraperpage Still there. GSV |
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