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Originally Posted by Martin Pal
All 4 corners of Beverly and Fairfax have been posted in the last page or two and, unless it's those buildings right near Herbert's, it doesn't look like it's right on the corner.
In the postcard you posted: X
…and in the following photo that HossC posted, I think it's likely the gas station is on the left side of the picture (below) almost halfway up the photo on Fairfax Avenue, closer to Third Street, running along the bottom, and the Farmer's Market.
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Another Beverly-Fairfax puzzlement? Do any of the aerial photos depict this expansive enterprise? No reason for the recently discussed solitary Gilmore Station to coexist with this.
Several prior posts also included photos of Gilmore's self-serve station. See e.g.,
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11613 and
http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=19396
Per DWP:
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Gilmore Self-Service Station located on the south side of Beverly Boulevard east of Fairfax Avenue. View is looking west toward Fairfax. The Fairfax Theater sign (northwest corner of Fairfax and Beverly) is seen above and behind the Gilmore sign. The tower sign for Herberts Drive-In Restaurant (southeast corner of Fairfax and Beverly) can barely be made out in the upper left of photo. CBS Television City would be built at this corner in 1952.
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http://waterandpower.org/Historical%...ce_Station.jpg
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GNQRLS7VTM.jpg
http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067272.jpg
This site also describes the location as Beverly and Fairfax with a '48 date:
http://pc-triage.com/blog/?p=1332 Some images from the site:
May 21, 1953 - Picket line at Television City.
After a long day on the line, relax at the Singapore Spa?
http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics34/00036781.jpg