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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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The above photo was taken April 13, 1959, and shows the Burlington Apts. at the NE corner of Burlington and James M. Wood Blvd.
(then called 9th St.). The columns at the entrance are
still there, behind the security bars:
Both Jan 2017 GSV
There was an
earlier post on the Burlington, but all the images are gone.
Here's the Burlington in a 1915 advertisement. It's unfortunate that the porch along Burlington hasn't survived:
Internet Archive
The lobby, from the same advertisement:
Internet Archive
This fairly recent photo might show the remodeled lobby from the opposite direction:
Commercialsearch.com
The Burlington was built during 1906-07. The article below also appears in the
January 6, 1907, LA Herald,
where there's an illustration of what the building will look like, but it doesn't show very well:
December 16, 1906,
LA Times @ ProQuest via LAPL
I don't know if the Burlington had opened yet when this occurred (Murphey [sic] is listed as the building's owner
in the previous article):
June 16, 1907,
LA Times @ ProQuest via LAPL
Anyway, that brings us back to
e_r's photo and the April 14, 1959,
LA Times:
ProQuest via LAPL
Either the building got uncondemmed, or that part of the story was wrong. There is a pre-fire, March 2, 1959, building permit for
a parapet correction at 1723 W. 9th. Here's the April 27, 1959, BP for the fire damage (there are also BPs dated May 11, 1959, to
"replace roof and ceiling on approx 80% of roof area," and July 21, 1959, for "framing around elevator openings and penthouse"):
LADBS