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Originally Posted by gsjansen
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i love these before and after...and then REALLY before...shots of the area around wilshire and san vicente, where i grew up. along the bottom is the beverly hills municipal water works, which in the 1978 shot has been converted to tennis courts (although the original structure of the water processing plant, looking sort of like a spanish church, still stands). the baseball fields are la cienega park. the long whitish rectangle in both pictures is the swimming pool, which no longer exists. also, the tennis courts along the top edge of la cienega park are gone now, replaced by more baseball fields. the white gleaming tower in the 1930 shot is indeed carthay circle theatre. i remember reading somewhere that the swimming pool and la cienega park itself was originally built as part of the training facilities for the 1932 Los Angeles olympics, but i had never seen a picture with what looks like an actual track and field facility there. in the earlier shot from 1926, i can actually see the spot on which the house i grew up in would later be built (maryland drive, which is the 4th street north of wilshire). it's funny to see how even then, i guess from their very creation, lindenhurst, 6th street, and orange street (the 3 streets immediately north of wilshire to the east of san vicente) had those funny little jogs to the southwest before meeting up with san vicente. as i've looked through the wonderful pictures on this thread, i kept wondering...would any shots of my neighborhood pop up? here they are...thanks!!!!