noirish Los Angeles

[tovangar2]

OMG, Richfield. They knew how to splurge, including the most beautiful building money could buy and the crackerjack plane above. Left us some nice pix though. Thx MR.

"When Richfield Oil went into receivership in 1931, an audit revealed an operating loss of $54,000,000. Officials of the company had been maintaining a suite of rooms at a downtown hotel at an annual rental of $50,000 and had been spending company funds, at the rate of $50,000 per month, for entertainment. Certain of these officials were indebted to the company for sums ranging from five to five hundred thousand dollars. Items such as alimony, purchases of jewelery, "repair of speedboat", and so forth, had been blithely charged to the company. One official had given a yacht party off Catalina Island for some motion picture stars. Late at night, an airplane, specially chartered, flew over the yacht and showered his guests with gardenias."

Carey McWilliams
"Southern California, An Island on the Land"
chap XII, 3.

Originally Posted by Chuckaluck

Never quite understood why this building's address has been listed as both odd and even, e.g., 1421 and 1424. Reasonably sure that Joseph Schenk and his wife, Norma Talmadge had something to do with the construction and/or ownership of the building, formerly known as the Voltaire Apts.

Apparently Norma Talmadge willed this building to her sister Natalie upon her death in '57. The address was then listed as 1413-1421 1/2 N Crescent Heights: http://www.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/NT/addresses.htm

Great pix. Thx.

[MichaelRyerson]

Los Angeles and the automobile, Dick Whittington, 1958

An interesting if unusual take on the Los Angeles skyline.

USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987

[GaylordWilshire]

Private Collection


Jerry Illich's 1895 building at 219 W 3rd St., as seen in Los Angeles Today Architecturally, published in 1896.



LAT

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

It looks like the rescue mission used to be a restaurant with a tent covered roof garden. I had no idea.


Los Angeles Herald 1890
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[GaylordWilshire]

Private Collection/GSV


The Fred J. Byrne Building by Theodore Eisen and Sumner Hunt--now the Pan American Lofts--at the northwest corner of Broadway and 3rd, 1895...as seen in Los Angeles Today Architecturally, published in 1896.

Originally Posted by JScott

Downtown Los Angeles, probably winter 1894, as viewed from the Crocker Mansion. At center, the Stimson Block (1893) – Los Angeles's first 'skyscraper' – and the Bradbury Building (1893), right, are both brand new; the Byrne Building (1895), katty-corner to the Bradbury, has yet to rise. City Hall, left, is only 6 years old.

U.S.C Digital Library/California Historical Society

The Crocker manse and Downtown skyline. In extreme closeup, I can make out a 44- and 45-star flag, which, together with the presence of the Byrne, dates the photo to around 1896-7.

U.S.C Digital Library/California Historical Society

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

Private Collection


Jerry Illich's 1895 building at 219 W 3rd St., as seen in Los Angeles Today Architecturally, published in 1896.

Thx. Gorgeous pic. (Illich was sure one for flying the flag.)

This was just across Frank Court from the beautiful (and slightly later) Douglas Block and just two doors east of the Rindge Building?


gsv


http://www.bigmapblog.com/2011/birds...f-los-angeles/


Great location.

There...

LAT (detail) posted previously by GW


Sounds like heaven.



Too bad it's gone, but I guess that red car needed a parking space:

gsv

[GaylordWilshire]

KCET

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Beethoven in Pershing Square, 1932.

ebay
Does Beethoven still reside in Pershing Square?
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He's still there--full story here.



GSV

[MichaelRyerson]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

Private Collection


Jerry Illich's 1895 building at 219 W 3rd St., as seen in Los Angeles Today Architecturally, published in 1896.



LAT

Beautiful as it was, it didn't last long, having been replaced by the Delmonte by 1914. Perhaps prematurely tearing down one beautiful building to replace it with a bigger, less beautiful building is in our civic DNA.

[belmont bob]

[QUOTE=GaylordWilshire;6064445]
Private Collection


QUOTE]

The little circular balcony over the entry is such a small feature yet it shows the architectural thought and detail that so many of the old buildings had. It would appear to have no real value other than it was special…

Well maybe I’m wrong..i see the flag line drops to the balcony, so maybe it was used to lower and raise the flag, although I would think the flag might get caught on the building face…

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson

Beautiful as it was, it didn't last long, having been replaced by the Delmonte by 1914. Perhaps prematurely tearing down one beautiful building to replace it with a bigger, less beautiful building is in our civic DNA.

Yes, but it's nice to "remember" what a beautiful streetscape that was around the turn of the 20th century with Angels Flight rising at the end.


gsv

...and it's still pretty good. Better than many.

[BifRayRock]

1960 - Hope Street Cottage. Exact location?

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F/5D65...001&format=999

http://www.amazon.com/Angeles-Storie.../dp/0872865193

[rbpjr]

Originally Posted by BifRayRock

1960 - Hope Street Cottage. Exact location?

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F/5D65...001&format=999

http://www.amazon.com/Angeles-Storie.../dp/0872865193

Gives new meaning to the term: Tree house

[BifRayRock]

Glendora, also known as "Alosta." "Pride of the Foothills"

Located at the foot of the San Gabriel Mountains, modern Glendora was founded on April 1, 1887 by George D. Whitcomb who moved to California from Illinois in the early 1880s. Whitcomb was the founder of the Whitcomb Locomotive Works in Chicago and Rochelle, Illinois. He devised the name Glendora by combining the name of his wife, Leadora Bennett Whitcomb, with the location of his home in a glen of the San Gabriel Mountains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendora,_California

"In 1888 brothers J. P. and Dr. A. E. Engelhardt, built Glendora's first store building, a grocery and drug store, which was located on north Vista Bonita Avenue."
Lapl


1888 - Glendora Grammar School
Lapl


Undated - Livery Stable
Lapl



Undated - Rancho Los Alisos Scenery
Lapl


1895 - Odell Residence, Bennett and Washington Aves. (An older 2-story structure was recently found at one corner. But it looks different than the buildng pictured.)
Lapl




Undated - Pacific Electric Station
Lapl




1888 - a Alosta from the air.
https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/det...888/Moore.html

[MichaelRyerson]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

A spectacular view of the Hollywood Freeway under construction 1952 or 1953.


old cd of mine/ebay I believe

Notice the red car crossing Temple Street. It's traveling south between the two Hill Street tunnels.
(tunnel#1 lower left corner, tunnel#2 behind the apartment building)

Can anyone name the various apartment buildings? -just wondering
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Always really liked this image. Have we seen it here before? I don't remember it being posted. It's a nice reverse angle of your post albeit a few years earlier.


Aerial of Civic Center, 1945

LAPL

[BifRayRock]

Too far north for noir?


When those special members of the BPOE need to hit the sand? What would Thaddeus Lowe and J.W. Eddy have thought?


Hope Ranch - Bryce Beach cabañas and funicular designated an Historic Landmark by Santa Barbara County Bd of Supervisors. http://santabarbara.legistar.com/Leg...2-890205DF161A




1941 - Santa Barbara Beach - Fascinating funicular looks like fabulous fun.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...DXJ3DDDYX8.jpg



http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...B5Y88KIFEG.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G1CMQRKLHC.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3F9LRTB73Q.jpg

[MichaelRyerson]

Originally Posted by BifRayRock

1960 - Hope Street Cottage. Exact location?

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F/5D65...001&format=999

http://www.amazon.com/Angeles-Storie.../dp/0872865193

My guess is 129 S. Hope. The last surviving cottage (front left, facing the address) in an eight or nine unit court.

[Godzilla]

LA area funiculars.

Mt. Lowe's solitude in the heart of the city? For some reason, the depicted trolleys all seem to be going . . . downhill. (Melancholy noir?)

So many previous "Flying Trolley" references. Good starting points:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=370
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=376


Mt. Lowe - Circa '23




1962 When noir and color converge.


















1965 - Lonely







1965


Loneliest



Undated - Court Flight





1984 - City of Industry. An air of monochromatic solitude. (Currently part of Pacific Palms Resort, La Puente)



ALL from Lapl

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by gsjansen

parker center was just way to sterile to ever be considered noir. you want lapd noir? then ya gotta go here................

the old central station at 1st and hill...(hell's yeah! even the meter maid trike looks noir!)


Source: Hollywood historic photos

e_r reposted this pic earlier this month. I'm using it as an excuse to post some more screen grabs from "Cry Danger" (1951) (I already posted some of Union Station from the opening sequence).Most of you have already seen the film. I think "Cry Danger" is a kind of a minor, but really fun, film, said to be directed by Dick Powell, even though Robert Parrish got the credit. Filmed in 21 days. There's only a couple of green screens, most of the outdoor scenes are shot on the streets. There's a couple of good location interiors too. Snappy dialogue and plenty of nice shots of "my" childhood LA.

Lots of other screen grabs from "Cry Danger" have been posted here on the thread. I'll try not to repeat. First, to save confusion, here's a useful map of the Clover Trailer Park (not a set-up. It was real):

Originally Posted by FredH

In Cry Danger they drove up Sunset (now Cesar Chavez) and turned right on N. Hill Place. The trailer park was maybe 500 feet up the road, on the right. It sat right above Ord Street in Chinatown.

Clover Trailer Park was located in the highlighted area


Google Maps

Title card (a train is seen zipping though orange groves; we're headed for LA):


The dive bar (OMG, that man can rock a fedora):


3rd & Olive at night (Angels Flight Cafe in the backgound):


3rd & Olive at night, the reverse shot (great shadows):


Dick Powell drops Rhonda Fleming off at "work":


Looking for info:


Finding trouble:


Interior of the Nugent/Grand/"Crosley" Deli (so much better than that terrible grocery store set in Double Indemnity):


Entering the Nugent/Grand/"Crosley" lobby (3rd & Grand):


Cab turning in at the Clover Trailer Park:


Clover Trailer Park at night:


Assassination at Clover Trailer Park:


William Conrad outside the old Central Police Station, 1st & Hill (the excuse for this post):


Thugs traveling east on 3rd, at Olive:


Thugs arriving at 3rd & Olive (Angels Flight Cafe in backgound):


Oh no, here come the cops (3rd & Olive):


The shootout at 3rd & Olive:


Powell walks away from Clover Trailer Park on N Hill Place:


All above, RKO Radio Pictures / netflix


The "Cry Danger" trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kut03z4ItU8

More location info: http://americanfilmnoir.com/page17.html

[BifRayRock]

Originally Posted by tovangar2

e_r reposted this pic earlier this month. I'm using it as an excuse to post some more screen grabs from "Cry Danger" (1951) (I already posted some of Union Station from the opening sequence).Most of you have already seen the film. I think "Cry Danger" is a kind of a minor, but really fun, film, said to be directed by Dick Powell, even though Robert Parrish got the credit. Filmed in 21 days. There's only a couple of green screens, most of the outdoor scenes are shot on the streets. There's a couple of good location interiors too. Snappy dialogue and plenty of nice shots of "my" childhood LA.

Dick Powell drops Rhonda Fleming off at "work":

I'm sure it has been noted before. The work place is at 7000 Romaine, an address inextricably connected with RKO and someone named Howard Hughes.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywo...n/photostream/

See: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7681

[tovangar2]

Originally Posted by BifRayRock

I'm sure it has been noted before. The work place is at 7000 Romaine, an address inextricably connected with RKO and someone named Howard Hughes.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/hollywo...n/photostream/

See: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7681

I did know that one:


...but I can't ID the residential street and apartment building. It'll be on the net somewhere.

BTW, the best scene in "The Aviator": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KH5Q12Yb5u8




P.S. Accoding to IMDB, the "Cry Danger" car was a unibody 2-door 1950 Nash Statesman 600 which featured the 1-year only "uniscope" instrument pod (seen above).

And some info on 7000 Romaine:
http://dearoldhollywood.blogspot.com...dquarters.html
http://rdujour.com/2013/03/05/places...t-one-eye-l-a/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/3138321...in/photostream

[rick m]

Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson

My guess is 129 S. Hope. The last surviving cottage (front left, facing the address) in an eight or nine unit court.

You are blocks north with your guess - This was at 321 S.Hope - just by its lonesome always at the top o the stairway rising from 3rd Street west tunnel-see LAPL photo database - I helped the curator with this location back in 2004 -- Actually it is in their image (A-004-109 L.A. - Residences-Bunker Hill )-Viewed looking at it from a railway position hovering over the stairway facing south and the hulk of the Sawyer Apts stand adjacent then to this wee cottage with the palm tree --