|
:previous:
'59 Buick 2-door hardtop |
What is that large box-like thing for on the roof?
Looks like a cooling tower. |
Happy Birthday to GW.
Quote:
|
Quote:
Here is the approximate current view: (sorry, couldn't get the Embed to work) :( https://www.google.com/maps/@34.0867...8i6656!6m1!1e1 GSV As for the other pic, I don't have a location, but the Silverlake area seems to be correct, as the old 65 line did serve that area, via Silverlake Blvd. It is now MTA line 201. |
:previous:
Thanks, transitfan. I can't duplicate e_r's original photo with GSV, so here's an angled aerial view. The light green house just above and to the right of center appears to be the house above the buses in the vintage shot. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...d.jpg~original Google Maps I'll have to keep looking for the Silverlake location. |
Quote:
Quote:
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original GSV The building in the background of e_r's picture is on the corner of Rowena Avenue. It's still there, and even retains its small awning over the rear door. I think the original photo shows the entrance to a pedestrian underpass on the corner. That has now gone. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original GSV |
Quote:
Thanks, AlvaroLegido-- took another look at the intersection of Wilshire & Hoover-- I assume that the palms in the current view below are those seen in the vintage view. I don't remember that there was a "Wilshire Center" sign there-- the only other one I know of is (or was as of the March 2015 GSV) outside of 3974 Wilshire Boulevard. I think they've been mentioned on NLA before, but I couldn't locate the references. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV |
For years the Arlington Manor sign was covered in ivy.
A few years ago it was uncovered but it is not the same as in this 1935 photograph: |
:previous:
Great find CesarG & congratulations on your first post. Looks like the 1928 Arlington Manor's beard comes and goes and shifts around.... below is the view in July 2007, and below that, May 2011. By August 2012 the north wing had lost its ivy and been painted whatever that color is--while the southside still had its ivy then, and as of March 2015. Is all of it gone now? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h...2520PM.bmp.jpgGSV July 2007 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...2520PM.bmp.jpgGSV May 2011 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAT July 3, 1938 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAT Feb 6, 1955 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAT Apr 5, 1988 |
I'd also like to wish GW a happy birthday. :happybirthday:
------------- Today's Julius Shulman photo comes with its location in the description, which is lucky, because there's not much else to go on. It's "Job 145: John Kewell, 4424 Santa Monica Boulevard Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1947". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute It looks like the building survived until 2004, which is the date of the aerial view below and the online demo permit. The 2005 view shows the parking lot which is still there today. For reference, N Hoover Street runs down the right of the image below. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Historic Aerials The 1946 new building permit says it was built for manufacturing ceramics. The 1956 CD lists a potter by the name of Richard G Block at 4424. I found this example of his work on eBay. The description includes the following: "The Block Pottery wad [sic] founded by Richard G. Block in Los Angeles, California. They produced figurines, ash trays, animals and birds, vases, bowls, wall pockets, banks and baby novelties from 1940 until 1950." Maybe that should say the 1940s until the 1950s. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original eBay |
Quote:
I still remember making a right onto W 21st St as a shortcut to Washington Blvd and escape from Arlington Ave traffic. The residence on the corner of Arlington Ave and W 21st St was not restored at the time. Eventually W 20th St and W 21st St were blocked off around the same time the blocks started getting some love and attention. |
Has anyone been able to find any period images from the two Alpine Craftsman homes (Dr. Grandville MacGowan House and the Briggs Residence) on 3726 and 3734 W Adams Blvd?
https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3459/...3c5049cd_b.jpg My own photograph. The only image I found was this undated image of the McGowan House: |
Happy Birthday GaylordWilshire!
Here is a slide taken from the Southern Pacific pedestrian bridge in 1953. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/hVESxd.jpg http://spsbsub.blogspot.com/2012/04/...ailroader.html The slide was taken by a family that had been downtown visiting Olvera Street and Chinatown. The billboards you see would be along North Broadway. I've been trying to figure out what the obsolete structure is that you see below. detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/pdjpcB.jpg detail It extends from North Broadway down to the first set of tracks. -there's appears to be a substantial concrete foundation half way up. If you look closely, you can see it in this vintage aerial. (just below my red arrows) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/mDJdVc.jpg detail from http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7811 On that same outing, the father also took this photograph of his kids on the pedestrian bridge. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/924/xBFNrU.jpg http://spsbsub.blogspot.com/2012/04/...ailroader.html :previous: So darn cute! __ |
Quote:
below: I noticed that there might have been an underground pedestrian tunnel beneath Rowena Ave. (Ivanhoe Elementary School is across the street) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/p6cTFi.jpg detail / eBay Well, today there's no trace of a tunnel, but the building on the corner has some interesting art-deco touches (I'm not sure if they're original, or added in the 1930s/40s) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/eCmi75.jpg gsv Here's a slightly different angle. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/T0ELod.jpg gsv And there's a white building next door that also has some interesting art-deco flourishes. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/t0Gctx.jpg gsv http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/gkFbvi.jpg gsv The white building is Moby's new 100% organic Vegan restaurant, Little Pine. http://www.littlepinerestaurant.com/ __ Now if I can only find that pedestrian tunnel. ;) |
'mystery' location.
This intersection appears to be higher than the surrounding area. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/eqDw35.jpg eBay "Washington Thrift & Loan" __ |
And here's one more 'mystery' location for this evening.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/92HI6U.jpg eBay Oh, it looks like Jimmy Smith is playing at the "Zebra Lounge". (not to be confused with the "Zebra Room" in the Town House Hotel on Wilshire) |
Quote:
|
Quote:
Wish I could say I found it.... To make a long story short, Washington Thrift acquired Guardian Thrift and its various SoCal locations in 1968 and then became Amfac Thrift in 1972... I looked into all the addresses I could find, especially down around Long Beach and in coastal towns since I get the sense that this pic is not in LA proper but near a coast... and then sort of lost interest. Maybe someone will find it eventually.... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...2520AM.bmp.jpgLAT March 18, 1969 Includes former Guardian Thrift locations.... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G...2520AM.bmp.jpgLAT 1973 |
:previous:
You found more than me, GW. Here's an article about the takeover of Guardian Thrift & Loan from the July 4, 1968 edition of Valley News from Van Nuys. It only names an address at 14764 Ventura Boulevard. NB. I've rearranged this into two columns to make it more screen-friendly. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original www.newspapers.com |
This one is proving much more difficult than I thought.
I just spotted something I hadn't noticed before. below: I believe there is a theater down the street. (circled below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/MX7awk.jpg detail and if anyone has an electron microscope handy ;), I bet the address is on the window (see arrow) -hmmmm, on second thought it might only be the business hours. * I just noticed the signs in the corner window (to the left of the neighborhood Y sign). There's a word or two (red letters on orangish background) that are almost legible. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/ui7l4a.jpg detail Keep sleuthing, my friends. __ |
All times are GMT. The time now is 10:52 AM. |
|
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.7
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.