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Bristolian Feb 26, 2017 3:27 PM

:previous:
You can checkout anytime you like
But you can never leave

CityBoyDoug Feb 26, 2017 5:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bristolian (Post 7724185)
:previous:
you can checkout anytime you like
but you can never leave

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

HossC Feb 26, 2017 8:00 PM

We saw Julius Shulman pictures of Ralph Flewelling's Warren Lane School a few days ago. I assume there can't be too many architects with that name. This is "Job 4274: Flewelling and Moody, California Institute of Technology, Millikan Library (Pasadena, Calif.), 1967". As has become usual with these larger photosets, I've picked a selection of pictures.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

An arty shot showing the lower floors.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

The surrounding campus, complete with water feature.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

The reception area and elevators.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original

One of the upper floors.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original

I've saved this shot until last. It shows the inside of the octagonal extension near the fountain.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

The library is still standing, and looks unchanged. Just out-of-shot at the top is the recently seen Beckman Auditorium.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original
Google Maps

ethereal_reality Feb 26, 2017 10:09 PM

:previous:

almost finished
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/jghXCH.jpg
http://archives.caltech.edu/photogal...n-library.html


"The east and west elevations will be faced with South African black granite fabricated in Carrara, Italy."



Beginning of construction.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/DZ22k2.jpg
http://archives.caltech.edu/photogal...n-library.html

ethereal_reality Feb 26, 2017 10:18 PM

Here's one more Hoss.

The Throop Memorial Garden in front of the newly built Millikan Memorial Library.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/MOOeTV.jpg
http://archives.caltech.edu/photogal...n-library.html

I much prefer this garden to what's there now. (oops. see below)
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update: 5:28 PM

The Throop garden is still there, I couldn't see it for the trees.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/aWNjJn.jpg
google_walking_view



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/OmhUr5.jpggoogle_aerial

ethereal_reality Feb 26, 2017 10:41 PM

Here are two original slides I found several months ago that I never got around to posting.


#1
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/4bmDvz.jpg

I believe that's the Arcade Building hidden behind the bus. (and further down the street is the old Roxie Theater)



#2
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/noQ0xE.jpgebay

I'm pretty sure the large building on the other side of the freeway is the Mode-O-Day building. (the large 'pylons' along the roof give it away)




detail
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/lBzreS.jpg

Does anyone know, was 'California Girl' part of Mode-O-Day?

ethereal_reality Feb 26, 2017 11:43 PM

Many thanks to Odinthor for digging up that 1911 article about the 'Arcade Terrace' entry and steps.

& just as many thanks to Flyingwedge for posting that phenomenal aerial photograph of Arcade Terrace in the earliest days of it's existence.




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Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug
1669 Appian Way used to have awnings in 1922.

yep, you're correct CBD
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/12LlmQ.jpg

I agree with t2....it does look like low benches in-between the stanchions.



below: You can see where it used to be attached (I think) -It looks too low....but it also looks low in the black & white pic above

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/RukbLi.png





There might even be a total of 6 stanchions if you count this one (it's mate is hidden in shadow)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/Lg9M7H.jpg
detail of detail
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I believe the original stairs from 1911 are still in place, despite being 106 years old!


Note the stairs in the following pics of a hypothetical building on the vacant lot behind 1669.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/kTWqnw.jpg
https://www.openlistings.com/p/24-ar...onica-ca-90401

They have the same exact shape as the stairs in FW's 1922 aerial photograph.


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/0hGLtu.jpg
https://www.openlistings.com/p/24-ar...onica-ca-90401


Today, it's mostly obscured by trees and bushes

HossC Feb 26, 2017 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7724459)

#2
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/noQ0xE.jpgebay

I'm pretty sure the large building on the other side of the freeway is the Mode-O-Day building. (the large 'pylons' along the roof give it away)

Does anyone know, was 'California Girl' part of Mode-O-Day?

California Girl Inc made women's clothing. Their building at 1800 S Hill Street now looks like this (I included the Mode-O-Day building too).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
GSV

ethereal_reality Feb 26, 2017 11:52 PM

Thanks Hoss!



One more thing relating to Arcadia Terrace, what does "Double Corner Only" mean?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/HXrgJc.jpg
detail

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OK, I'm done
http://imageshack.com/a/img923/7747/oELI3v.gif

ethereal_reality Feb 27, 2017 12:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Mulwray (Post 7724054)
My home on Randall Court on top of Mount Washington happens to be on the site of this hill top sign. I've been finding porcelain sign sockets for years whenever I dig a hole over 6" deep and the home next to me had a concrete footing next to the driveway until the latest owner removed it for new landscape. Below are 2 images I obtained from the Mount Washington historian about 15 years ago when the street was developed by Phillip Randall in about 1949 when my home was built, I understand it was one of the first on the street. Mr. Randall is wearing the hat.

http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9yebmmq8.jpg

http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...psrd4qweoh.jpg

:previous: Amazing photographs Mulwray! Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

I really liked your story about digging up remnants of the sign in your backyard.
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Out of curiosity, would it be possible to put a red dot where your house is located?

originally posted by Mulwray
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/H4fqpp.jpg
detail / enlarged

And before I forget...welcome to the thread Mulwray.

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CityBoyDoug Feb 27, 2017 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7724519)
Thanks Hoss!



One more thing relating to Arcadia Terrace, what does "Double Corner Only" mean?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/HXrgJc.jpg
detail

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That makes two of us. I want to know also. [Is part of the sign missing?]

tovangar2 Feb 27, 2017 1:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7724519)

One more thing relating to Arcadia Terrace, what does "Double Corner Only" mean?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/HXrgJc.jpg
detail

I assumed that they meant both levels on that corner were for sale.

ethereal_reality Feb 27, 2017 1:20 AM

'mystery' location.

August 11, 1967
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/VSh2Gi.jpg
https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrol...7617320800292/

From the Metro Library and Archive.

"This was a temporary Main St. bus station."

"Called Terminal # 16 opened early in 1967 and lasted a few short years."
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So where on Main street was this temporary bus station located? (the building doesn't look familiar)

and what's that rectangular thingy attached to the bldg with the brackets underneath??

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tovangar2 Feb 27, 2017 2:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7724581)
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So where on Main street was this temporary bus station located? (the building doesn't look familiar)

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Between 5th and 6th and from Spring to Main. All built over now. I think your bus is crossing Harlem Place.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xX...=w1003-h579-no
gsv



Dunno what the "thingy" is.

ethereal_reality Feb 27, 2017 2:24 AM

:previous: Thanks t2.

I wonder where Harlem Place got it's name.
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tovangar2 Feb 27, 2017 2:42 AM

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Oh wait, I got lost in the alley. The thingy is still there:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GE...g=w600-h577-no
gsv

I think it's so one can glance out to see what trucks are in the alley.



This is the back of the Security Bank Bldg at 514 Spring Street (now part of the LA Theater Center)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gj...A=w629-h528-no
gsv

"514 S. Spring Street – Built in 1916, the one-story building was designed by John Parkinson in a Greek-Revival style with Ionic columns. In addition to the columns, the building is known for its lobby with a large 50 by 100-foot stained glass ceiling supported by heavy ornamental bronze cornices and marble walls. It been known over the years as the Security Trust & Savings Building, the Security National Bank Building and the President Trading Company"
- wiki



Harlem Place was originally "Center Place", but got nicknamed b/c of jazz clubs (I think). I'm sure we've talked about this before. I'm just a little fuzzy right now.

ethereal_reality Feb 27, 2017 3:55 AM

:previous: Thanks t2

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/vn46BI.jpg

I didn't notice until now that the sides are slightly angled.

I think I see a plant or two....could it be a terrarium gone awry?

or a really shitty bay-window. ;)
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tovangar2 Feb 27, 2017 5:08 AM

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I really think it's there to see if the Brinks truck arrived. This was built as a bank and cash transfers were a bit fraught. If you don't believe me just ask Mr Parkinson, he'll know :-)

Mulwray Feb 27, 2017 6:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7724541)
:previous: Amazing photographs Mulwray! Thanks so much for sharing them with us.

I really liked your story about digging up remnants of the sign in your backyard.
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Out of curiosity, would it be possible to put a red dot where your house is located?

originally posted by Mulwray
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/H4fqpp.jpg
detail / enlarged

And before I forget...welcome to the thread Mulwray.

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My home is just beyond the upper left corner of the aerial view, but I marked the approximate location at the sign. http://i1044.photobucket.com/albums/...psak3koj90.jpg

Lorendoc Feb 27, 2017 8:35 AM

Gentrification?
 
These 1951 Daily News photographs are captioned: "Tenement House, 713 Casanova, Los Angeles"

http://i.imgur.com/J2oEY1F.jpg
UCLA Special Collections

http://i.imgur.com/Jf8GaDX.jpg
UCLA Special Collections

Note the multi-ethnic quality of the residents; poverty didn't discriminate, in this case at least. Is that a water heater on the porch? The fire marshal probably was not much in evidence in that neighborhood.

I doubted that the house was still there today, but I looked anyway. There is a Casanova near Elysian Park and Dodger Stadium, but there is no 700 block. I guessed that it might have been renamed "Academy Road" based on the street alignments, and that turned out to be the case. Here is a Sanborn map (1950):

http://i.imgur.com/DJHX6VO.jpg
lapl

The house surprisingly is still there:

http://i.imgur.com/j7jcODg.jpg
bing.com

And is now worth well north of $600K!

http://i.imgur.com/ePj1FFR.jpg

So the tenement achieved its 1951 decrepitude in only 25 years; and 66 years later, gentrification.


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