noirish Los Angeles

[ScottyB]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Here's another...

Manhattan Beach, Calif. [1890s]


found back in Sept. 2016 on ebay

Does anyone recognize this area?

At first I thought that was a mile marker in the foreground. On closer inspection, I think it's just a plain ol' ordinary post.
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I have to say it doesn't really look like SoCal, neither in topography nor flora- looks like coniferous trees on the background ridges. More like NoCal. A mystery indeed!

[DarkArc]

Hi

I hope it's okay to post this query here - I'm trying to identify a location from the 1982 Death Wish II movie, which was filmed entirely in LA.

Below are a couple of screengrabs from the film, please pipe up if you recognize the landmark (I'd imagine it's very obvious to many people reading!). Thanks!

[Tourmaline]

Originally Posted by DarkArc

Hi

I'm trying to identify a location from the 1982 Death Wish II movie, which was filmed entirely in LA.

Below are a couple of screengrabs from the film, please pipe up if you recognize the landmark (I'd imagine it's very obvious to many people reading!).

Triforium is the name of a six-story, 60-ton public sculpture at Fletcher Bowron Square in the Los Angeles Mall Civic Center complex, located at the intersection of Temple and Main Streets in Downtown Los Angeles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triforium_(Los_Angeles)

https://rssgtd.files.wordpress.com/2...riforium-1.jpg

[HossC]

I posted Julius Shulman pictures of the Triforium almost two years ago in post #33262. Those images date from 1975, so fairly close to the time when Death Wish II was filmed.

[HossC]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Eddy has interior photographs of other dilapidated churches in L.A. that he plans to post on nla.
Can anyone give him pointers on how to minimize the size of the photographs
It depends on his web-hosting site, right? (I cheated & just used a screen-grab)

Thanks

Eddy87 appears to be using Imageshack. Their 35-second help video about posting links is here. It seems to cover alternate sizes near the end.

Is this the method you use, e_r? I know that you're an Imageshack user.

I also noted that Eddy's post contains extra IMG tags. I'm not familiar with Imageshack's linking methods, but I assume that if you select "Forum" as the link type, it automatically includes these. In practice that means that you don't need to use the "Insert Image" button - just paste the link code directly into the reply window. That's the way Photobucket works, so maybe someone can confirm that Imageshack does too.

Eddy - once you figure it out, you can always go back and edit your post on the previous page to use a smaller version of the image. Note that Imageshack automatically includes a link back to your original image in the code, so anyone wanting to see the full-size image just needs to click on it. Feel free to send me a PM if you need more help.

[Earl Boebert]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Here's another...

Manhattan Beach, Calif. [1890s]


found back in Sept. 2016 on ebay

Does anyone recognize this area?

At first I thought that was a mile marker in the foreground. On closer inspection, I think it's just a plain ol' ordinary post.
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My guess is that it's Manhattan Beach, Oregon, and the railroad is the Pacific Railway and Navigation Co. (Per Wikipedia). My father had family all up and down the Oregon and Washington coast.

Cheers,

Earl

[odinthor]

We can't leave Bolsa Chica without passing along this very noirish episode indeed.

If you're not in the mood for shocking and gruesome, you might want to save reading this until some other time...


Los Angeles Times 11/14/1882, via ProQuest via CSULB Library.


Los Angeles Times 11/19/1882, via ProQuest via CSULB Library.

[unihikid]

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert

My guess is that it's Manhattan Beach, Oregon, and the railroad is the Pacific Railway and Navigation Co. (Per Wikipedia). My father had family all up and down the Oregon and Washington coast.

Cheers,

Earl

I think the main reason why we all thought or think its in our Manhatan Beach, is because of the mile/street marker (the small white pole). I remember a few years ago trying to spot as many markers near Valley (where this pic might of been taken). My neighbor is a volunteer at the Hermosa Museum, ill see if he has any leads.

[DarkArc]

Originally Posted by Tourmaline

https://rssgtd.files.wordpress.com/2...riforium-1.jpg

Ha ha I didn't think it would take long to identify, thanks Tourmaline

And thank you HossC for linking to the photos you posted earlier, I'll be sure to check out more of Shulman's work.

[CityBoyDoug]

Originally Posted by DarkArc

Ha ha I didn't think it would take long to identify, thanks Tourmaline

And thank you HossC for linking to the photos you posted earlier, I'll be sure to check out more of Shulman's work.

The tower appears to be a perch for several pigeons. Ahhh, a use for everything. Maybe they like the music.


http://cdn.audubon.org/cdn/farfuture...?itok=lJVAaaEr

[Beaudry]

Greetings y'all, check out this https://esotouric.com/2018/01/12/mccarthy/ collection of images that recently went live. A few of them, like the one below, are of "unidentified street(s)"—don't they know to call the NLA'ers in times like that?

[HossC]

S Broadway looking south from near 5th Street.

[Lorendoc]

Thanks Beaudry for the link, there are some great pictures there. Lee Bros. Jewelry was at 508 S. Main St.


http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/willi...ph-collection/

[Earl Boebert]

Originally Posted by unihikid

I think the main reason why we all thought or think its in our Manhatan Beach, is because of the mile/street marker (the small white pole). I remember a few years ago trying to spot as many markers near Valley (where this pic might of been taken). My neighbor is a volunteer at the Hermosa Museum, ill see if he has any leads.

Maybe odinthor can identify that ground cover. It sure looks like Oregon beachfront to me. I checked the topo maps with inconclusive results. If it is Oregon, we're looking south and there are hills in the field of view.

Cheers,

Earl

[odinthor]

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert

Maybe odinthor can identify that ground cover. It sure looks like Oregon beachfront to me. I checked the topo maps with inconclusive results. If it is Oregon, we're looking south and there are hills in the field of view.

Cheers,

Earl

Hmmmm . . . It's pretty indistinct; but doesn't look at all like anything I'm familiar with . . . which would tend to support the Oregon theory . . .

[Beaudry]

Hey, here's an ID query—I've had this slide for a while and always figured it was the Aida in Bunker Hill on Flower.



...until I actually scanned it and peered at it and compared to actual images of the Aida at 247.

So, who's an idea where this was? The address from what I can muster was "343."

[Los Angeles Past]

Originally Posted by Beaudry

Greetings y'all, check out this https://esotouric.com/2018/01/12/mccarthy/ collection of images that recently went live. A few of them, like the one below, are of "unidentified street(s)"—don't they know to call the NLA'ers in times like that?

Isn't that the entrance to Mercantile Place at left?

[Lorendoc]

Originally Posted by Beaudry

Hey, here's an ID query—I've had this slide for a while and always figured it was the Aida in Bunker Hill on Flower.

So, who's an idea where this was? The address from what I can muster was "343."

idk but it looks like those numbers might really be 247 in a fancy script? The 1956 CD has 23 Aidas but only one that's not someone's first name. Agree with you on the picture differences, but your color one looks newer than the b/w ones - a remodel?

Looking at your picture more closely, it looks like there is a gap between the Aida and its neighbor on the left. Here is the 1950ish Sanborn of the corner of Flower and W 3rd:


lapl.org

Maybe the picture was taken looking north on 3rd St? the gap lines up, but it doesn't explain the street number.

[Eddy87]

When I posted that picture of the abandoned church...for sure I though y'all would be excited to see the inside..except I got no reaction,no feedback...wow tough crowd, think I'll stick to the urbex crowd..seems like everyone in this joint is more interested in deciphering turn of the century street scenes... p.s thanks hossc and ethereal_city for the tips ✌🏽️

[ethereal_reality]

odinthor, it looks like the rich bankers up in Los Angeles might have pulled a reverse "Owens Valley" on the local farmers by flooding their peatland.

The animosity between the peatland farmers and the Bolsa Chica Club continued for quite some time


los angeles herald



AUG. 27, 1902

los angeles herald




Alas, the court decision goes against the farmers.

MARCH 1903

los angeles herald




post-court decision Whoop-Ass.

SEPT. 1903

los angeles herald


OCT. 1903

los angeles herald

& no doubt there were other incidents that went unreported.
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some additional info:

escholarship.org

I wasn't able to locate the 1900 'Schuyler' map mentioned above

but for what it's worth, you can see the Bolsa Chica wetlands on this map. [date on map]


escholarship.org



I am Team: Farmers

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