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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
 Wonderful post BrysonWilshire! -thank you so much.
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The corner of White Oak Avenue and Chatsworth, Grandad Hills (no date)
-could this be the same building? (note the curved shape)
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The County Assessor's office has the original date of the building at that corner as 1927, which would tie in to the older picture. The second date is 1956, which would indicate some remodeling was done around that time. (too early for the Northridge quake) There was an earthquake in Tehachapi in Kern County in 1952 which did cause damage in the valley ( it cracked my living room ceiling from one end to the other). That may have damaged the 1927 building, which was probably un-reinforced masonry, under the stucco. Just a speculation. Water and Power has the photo in their collection listed as the Granada building and notes it was built in the 30's. Anyone want to go pull the building plans and find out?