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Originally Posted by Chuckaluck
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I wonder if they sold it here:
LAPL
The Gold Cup at Hollywood Blvd. & Las Palmas, 1972. (The Egyptian and Hotel Christie building can also be seen.)
Interior, 1972:
William Reagh, LAPL
The blogger writes:
http://gogonotes.blogspot.com/html
"When I think of Las Palmas and I think Miceli's, Stefano's, Jack in the Box, News Stands, Peaches Records and the notorious Gold Cup coffee shop."
No further explanation of why The Gold Cup was notorious, but one of the three comments below the post says:
"It does bring back memories. I came out standing in front of the Gold Cup Coffee Shop back in 1968. Thanks for the photos."
http://gogonotes.blogspot.com/html
I found a NLA post about what was there
before Gold Cup:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9464
And some comments about The Gold Cup itself and why it was notorious:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9472
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9477
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9478