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Both Harold Lloyd's 1924 classic "Girl Shy" and the 1926 "For Heaven's Sake" include action scenes with the Bunker Hill "BPOE" sign prominently in the background. Catch a glimpse of Girl Shy (mit out the Bunker Hill shots) here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDqtgoznzQw Additional, in depth discussion here: (http://silentlocations.wordpress.com...noir-its-true/) In exploring the subject, I revisited several photos of the Hillcrest and Elks - previously posted on this forum. Different perspective may invite a different appreciation.


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Undated. Hillcrest Hotel adjacent to Elks Club. Olive and 3rd Street - Bunker Hill.
http://onbunkerhill.org/theAstoria

The Elks Lodge:
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Courtesy of ER
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2871
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Reverse perspective


http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8157
Elks lodge rooftop, ca. 1910
http://www.tommyjones.org/salisburye...oofTop1910.jpg
http://www.elks.org/who/history/angels.cfm
1909
http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/bunkerhill.htm



Was it "Hill Crest" or "Hillcrest"?
ebayebay

USC Digital and http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2865
http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/cclafun.html

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Never paid much attention to the "B.P.O.E." carved into the lower archway, until viewing this higher resolution image.
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...0807/AFLA2.jpg

The upper entrance, circa 1960. This photo was previously posted on this forum (P67), but seems to have vanished. In any event, it is included here in large format because of its depiction of the Hillcrest.
http://i147.photobucket.com/albums/r...0807/AFLA5.jpg



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Originally Posted by gsjansen

what a great photo of the upper angels flight station ethereal_reality. since the photo is dated 1960, the Hillcrest Inn on the left has very little time left in it's existence.

here are some photos from 1961 showing the Hillcrest being demolished.
The caption for the photographs is: Community Redevelopment Agency representatives Richard Thor and Miss Vicki Alonzo survey interior of old Hillcrest Hotel at 258 Olive Street which is first to be leveled by Bunker Hill project