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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER, 1962
getty
"Cassius Clay, doing some foot work in the ring at the Main Street Gym preparing for his bout against Archie Moore, October, 1962."
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
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Thanks for posting those images of Main Street Gym #2,
e_r. Here is another (undated) shot:
00028196 at LA Public Library
Main Street Gym #2 was at 318-1/2 S. Main Street, in the (1911?) Adolphus Theatre building:
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Originally Posted by gsjansen
the adolphus theater at 320 Main street.
1928 image of the adolphus
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in later years, the adolphus building was converted into downtown parking.....Hello Los Angeles Street! Greetings from Main Street!
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Here is the same building in 1974, with "MAIN
STREET GYM" in the second-floor windows. The parking entrance is at center
under the old theater marquee; the gym entrance is just to the left of that and to the right of the MEXICO LUGGAGE sign:
00015199 at LA Public Library
The November 13, 1952,
Los Angeles Times notes that "The new Olympic gym opened its doors last week at 318 1/2 S Main St."
The
1956 LA Street Address Directory lists the Olympic Gym at that address, but there are a couple
Times references in 1959 to
the Main Street Gym, and by
1960 the name had officially changed.
The poster on the right is from
1969, so let's assume the photo below is from that year as well. On the awning you can still see
the P and the C from the old Olympic Gym days:
00028199 at LA Public Library
The
October 5, 1970,
Daily Trojan has an article on the Main Street Gym, including information on the original location. The article
has photos of the gym and its owner, Howie Steindler. The
Times ran a long article on the gym on February 26, 1976, which included
e_r's 1976 photo above; the text of the article's first page is below:
ProQuest via LA Public Library
On Wednesday evening, March 9, 1977, Howie Steindler was murdered in the back seat of his own automobile:
March 11, 1977,
Los Angeles Times at ProQuest via LA Public Library
Sportswriter
Jim Murray wrote about Steindler the same day:
March 11, 1977,
Los Angeles Times at ProQuest via LA Public Library
On February 15, 1978, the
Times reported that Steindler's widow had received his wallet in the mail the previous December.
However, the case is
still unsolved.
Steindler's daughter Carol ran the gym until the Adolphus Theatre building was torn down in late 1984. She then operated
another "Main Street Gym" behind the Olympic Auditorium for a short time until that gym was also demolished.
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