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Just a teeny bit simplistic, maybe? Although now a similar character--also a self-aggrandizing bankrupt--is coming close to RUNNING the country. Anyway, Bart Lytton has quite a colorful history--curiously, he was originally Bernard SHULMAN, apparently becoming "Bart Lytton" when he moved to California. In the 1942 CD he was living at 152½ S Westmoreland.... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Y...0%2BAM.bmp.jpgGSV It looks like Shulman caught Shulman right before his fall... bankrupt and dead by 1969. Quote:
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re: The 'floating diamond' beneath the pavilion.
ethereal reality http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/l75ASl.png https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mppPX8Qmr48 The pavilion with the 'floating diamond' is partially hidden in this photograph dated July 6, 1964. In this view we're looking north across the Lytton plaza. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/K3pid4.jpg http://planning.lacity.org/eir/8150S...20Analysis.pdf The abstract sculpture in front of the woman on the bench is Henry Moore's "Three Piece Reclining Figure". Today it can be seen at the Los Angeles County Museum; a gift from Mr. & Mrs. Lytton and the Lytton Foundation. *In the pdf (thanks for the link Martin Pal), the pavilion is mention numerous times, but not once does it describe what's being displayed beneath the dome. -quite frustrating. One last thing: The mystery shape appears opaque in this 1964 view (without the transparent plexiglass on the top half) -now I'm doubly confused. __ |
The PDF file has a description of alterations made to the bank and site about two thirds of the way through. Here's the section on the Lytton Center.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original There are also some then/now comparisons. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from http://planning.lacity.org/eir/8150S...tsAnalysis.pdf This is the current view from Havenhurst Drive. Just to the left of the red flowers is the wall with the zigzag pattern that I mentioned in my original post, The vehicle ramp is just out-of-shot to the right. I wonder if the gated door in the middle leads to the remains of the Lytton Center. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV Here's a reminder of how this entrance originally looked. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Getty Research Institute |
:previous: So sad to see the Lytton Center turned into storage........long rows of cheap looking doors. :(
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/QF0iuT.jpg http://planning.lacity.org/eir/8150Sunset/pdf Here's a great rear view of the Lytton Savings bank building before the Lytton Center of Visual Arts was built behind it. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/STNtPC.jpg http://planning.lacity.org/eir/8150S...20Analysis.pdf It looks down-right pastoral. __ One of the most surprising items in the pdf was the 12 story office tower that was originally planned for the site but never built. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/4zjs0q.jpg http://planning.lacity.org/eir/8150Sunset/pdf This is what's planned for the site. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/9EJk1O.jpg http://www.wehoville.com/2013/09/11/...rden-of-allah/ According to the pdf, the mid-Century Lytton Savings isn't worth being saved. (you'd think a folded zig-zag roof could be placed atop the retail structure in homage to the Lytton Savings, but then again who am I to say?) __ |
1926 - 701 S Maricopa. It's a survivor. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...1.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/26463 http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...c.jpg~original Contemporary http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...l.jpg~originalGooGooSV http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...z.jpg~originalGooGooSV As is its neighbor, across the street at 702 S Mariposa.:) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...c.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/26463 Glimpse of Ambassador? http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...m.jpg~original Contemporary http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...x.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...c.jpg~originalGooGooSV Another survivor. :yes: 1926 - 4829 Lexington. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...o.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/26463 Contemporary (Utility pole age? :no:) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...d.jpg~originalGooGooSV |
Following the '24 plague scare, 1926 appears to have been a banner year for apartment construction. From the same composite http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/26463 as above: 1926 - 437 Ardmore (Corner of Rosewood and Ardmore) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...w.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...i.jpg~original Contemporary http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...v.jpg~originalGooGooSV Apropros the Lytton-Garden of Allah discussion, here is an image of Allah construction, circa '26 part of the same image composite. Swimming pool in foreground. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...0.jpg~original http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...o.jpg~original Evidently, this pool had quite a history. Plenty of images out there.;) Mr.Turnbull provides an overview: http://www.martinturnbull.com/2015/1...-1927-to-1959/ And then there are the allegations. http://firsttoknow.com/inside-the-re...ywood-history/ 1927 http://www.allanazimova.com/wordpres...circa-1927.jpghttp://www.allanazimova.com/wordpres...circa-1927.jpg August 1959 - Source label's image: "Dick Stagg instructing Terry Miller, 7 at the Garden of Allah Hotel's pool." (?) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...n.jpg~originalhttp://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...oll44/id/90797 |
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We're back in DTLA for today's Julius Shulman post. This is "Job 2153: Lunden, Hayward and O'Connor, Public Health Building (Los Angeles, Calif.),1956". The sign over the door by the palm tree says "Clinic Entrance".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original A View down E 1st Street. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Here's the ambulance entrance with The Times Building behind. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original There was a good view of City Hall from this deck area. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original I've left out a few of the exterior shots, but all four of the interior pictures are here. 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 building is now City Hall South. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original GSV |
Thanks E_R and HossC for the additional Lytton posts. I can't believe that lovely Plaza area and Arts Center were all abandoned and
destroyed, especially in favor of what's there presently. Also interesting, in one of the report photos, it shows Martin Luther King with a Lytton Center employee, a curator, though it's not clear whether he was at the Center or not when it was taken. ___ Quote:
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Love this site!!!
First time poster, but I've been working my way back through to the beginning for several months.
My sister works in the city hall south and she was amazed when I showed her these vintage pictures. Thank you for the wonderful pictures and history. |
:previous: Welcome to the thread LA Kitty Kat!
____ I'm surprised the Public Health Building had an ambulance entrance. Wasn't it administrative offices for the Health Dept? I thought patients would go to Central Receiving or County General. 1957 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/GZHPQs.jpg Patrick Mercy, flickr (we've probably seen this before on NLA) Any idea what that large building under construction is? (how many of you noticed the man on the ladder?) ;) __ This evening's 'mystery' location. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/jOZEOT.jpg eBay I'm really hoping the building with the Midway Market is still standing. -fingers crossed. __ |
"LA City Central Receiving Ambulance"
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/OAKoZS.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/lafdhs/9163355805 The City of Los Angeles had a 3rd service for ambulance transportation. They operated out of Central Receiving Hospital just west of Downtown L.A. and out of police stations. The LAFD acquired the apparatus and personnel at the beginning of the Paramedic program in the late 60's early 70's. They were called the Brown Bombers by LAFD personnel. This rescue ambulance operated as Rescue 35 before it was painted red and white by the LAFD Shops. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...wayMarket1.jpg Historic Aerials I haven't found any other pictures of the intersection to confirm this location. The building records suggest that the Midway Market building was previously a branch of Western Auto Supplies. They also show a demo permit dated 1992 (not available online). Assuming that I've found the right location, this is the view now. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...wayMarket2.jpg GSV |
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:previous: Thanks Hoss. I was confused because you don't see any buildings on the far (eastern) side of the Harbor Fwy behind it. (so i thought the photographer was facing south)
&....woe is me :(, the Midway Market building is now an empty lot. yet another disappointment. __ While re-visiting the Lane-Wells earlier this week, I happened across this interesting 'courtyard' apartment building across Soto St. on E. 57th St. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/lJslXL.jpg gsv I'm curious about the Bell. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/K1pD92.jpg detail Could this have been built as housing for California Bell employees? The only other thing to come to mind was the community of Bell, but it's southeast of here. ....just for fun, here's the building in the vintage aerial and today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/0IrWn6.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/fqIVzE.jpg gsv __ |
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