[Flyingwedge]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

CHMA
The second location, above, is discussed here. The building was demolished in 1962.

So it seems that we've seen the site of the second PMA here before, just before it was built:

USCDL
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16614

In the last photo in GW's post (from 1928), there is an L-shaped building in the distance behind some trees, between the oil derrick and the house on the right. It looks vaguely like the PMA, although it doesn't seem to be facing in the right direction. Plus, compared with other photos, the building seems too far away from homes to be the PMA. I wonder what building it was?

Here's a slightly zoomed view of a photo dated 1927, showing the same oil derrick and house in the foreground:

USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../74048/rec/113 (pic 3)

Here's a closer look at the 1928 photo (last in GW's post):

USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/9522/rec/190 (pic 13)

The shallow ravine behind the oil derrick in the wider 1927 and 1928 photos leads up to Circle Park, shown on the map below. The CHMA site (http://www.usshawkbill.com/dclark/chma/property.htm) says the PMA campus was bordered by Castle Heights, Beverly, Beverlywood, and Cattaragus, marked by the green rectangle below:

Google Maps

Here's a closeup from another 1928 shot from the same set as the last photo in GW's post. We can see the PMA from behind:

USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/9522/rec/190 (pic 1)

This is a closeup of a photo dated 1927:

USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../74048/rec/113 (pic 4)