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http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/7...namethinne.jpgGSV Jesus, I thought I was cynical. It's called capitalism, tovangar. Not a flawless system, especially as the country ages, but corruption and self-interest and moral compromise have always been integral parts of it. How do you think L.A.--or any other American city--got built in the first place? (As for the quote attributed to Balzac--its translation from his original French has been debated forever. "Behind every great fortune lies a great crime" is a simplified and convenient translation, but it's a good idea to remember the subtleties of a more direct translation, such as "The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed." In other words..."Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown" Now, back to noir. Here's a link to an old post of mine that combines a school, bricks, and noir, and even an Ayn Rand connection: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7373 |
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Great longer translation of the Balzac quote. I kind of wish the crimes were "properly executed", but they're so banally blatant (same MO over and over). My goodness we work hard not to notice. Actually, it's called patriarchy (capitalism's just its economic component) and please always remember Jake, it's still Chinatown. All day, every day. LOL, if you wanted to punish me, bringing up the Parker case is the way to do it (shudder). Now I need three Scarlet O'Haras. Quote:
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[QUOTE=kznyc2k;6030581]More Arnold Hylen over at California State Library, all dating from the early 1950s.
http://imageshack.us/a/img194/7783/l...0sbunkerho.jpg Wild guess. If it was Hope Street near Third, could this house be the one along the right edge of your photo? http://img542.imageshack.us/img542/5782/capturexq.jpg Earl Witscher, Modernage Photo Hard to tell. The problem is that my photo is from the mid 1960's and half of Bunker Hill has already been torn down, including most of the houses along Hope Street. That is the west end of the Third Street tunnel exiting below Hope. |
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So what is it that elicits bizarre thoughts about the black and white photos of the back of old long gone houses? Is there a sinister image that just flows to our collective minds? It’s not because we are invading their privacy, because these are anything but private…Someone explain it to me…Haha..just asking |
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CurbedLA has an interesting item today--the 1871 John Marcellus Stewart house, apparently once the only house for miles around: Check it out here. The "Victorian mansion" referred to in the Curbed article was at 512 West 30th. Unfortunately a good bit of it is indecipherable, but here's an item from the Times of just over 100 years ago: http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/4...rtartcompl.jpgLAT https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F...919%2520PM.jpgfindagrave.com At Rosedale for the past century... |
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Apparently the Stewarts owned another home at Figueroa and Brooklyn (now Chavez). They sold it in 1887: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/t3...366-h768-rw-no la herald, 23 Oct 1887 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RX...366-h768-rw-no la herald 11 Sept 1888 |
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This photograph, from Page 20, has a clear view of the house.
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You can see the small house on the stilts in that picture too.
Unfortunately, the great, noirish Elmar Hotel was turned into this vacant lot: http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/5606/capture1tk.jpg Earl witscher, Modernage Photo Service |
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