some more berkeley square info
LAPL has a resource page which has digitized telephone and street directories for various years dating from 1909 t0 1987. it can be found
here
starting in 1956, the directory listed residences by streets. below are the 1956, (on the left), and the 1960, (on the ..........well you know), residence listings for berkeley square.
by 1961.........berkeley square listings?.....not so much. (i was amazed to see that the developers of berkeley square, the burkes at No. 6 held on to the end)
what is really interesting, is that the early directories listed people by they're occupations and where they worked.
an example would be a search i did in the 1932 telephone directory for
Brown Derby.
the 1st listing that came up was for a Hilda Black. it indicates that she worked as a waiter at the brown derby, and that she resides at 946 Irolo.
when you think about the 1940's unsolved serial killings that involved women in the los angeles area, it's pretty easy to see how this kind of information available in the phone book could be used for not the best of purposes.
of course for urban archeologists like us, this kind of information is priceless.
go take a gander, and do some searches through the directories, it's amazing what info comes up........such as this 1923 listing for a photoplayer by the name of gloria swanson who is the home owner of 1800 wilcox avenue
