This post is inspired by...
Martin Pal's recent
Crossroads of the World excursion.
I found this on ebay
...and this.
ebay
note the 'Barber of Seville'.
Here's an old map...showing three additional areas of proposed shops. (NORTH is on the right)
OFOM
Does anyone know if these proposed shops were built? (I find it odd that the front and back of the complex was built first)
-leaving the middle empty.
below: I always forget about that area back towards Selma Avenue. (I've outlined it in red)
google_earth
The map I posted earlier labels this Selma Avenue area the Continental Villa.
views from Selma
GSV
quaint lighthouse building with sloping roof.
GSV
Selma Avenue is where this cool sign is located. Martin Pal had a couple images of it.
GSV
...but
MP didn't include this
noirish image from 1937.
http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...Number=5091283
LAPL
snapshot of a tourist posing by the lighthouse on Selma.
ebay
I'm not sure where exactly this building is located in the Crossroads complex, but it's pretty impressive.
https://www.facebook.com/VintageLosAngeles
Thanks
Martin for bringing
Crossroads of the World to NLA
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