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Good follow up. Unless "the tiara" was a false facade, I wonder if part of the original image was airbrushed. Surely the windows and fire escape were functional, or maybe not. The easily found images and their descriptions add to the confusion between the two Paramounts. Sixth, Hill, and Broadway. 1925 "Grauman's" Metropolitan http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015142.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/theater2/00015142.jpg http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1316139233http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1316139233 http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1314221809http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1314221809 http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1311276457http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...jpg?1311276457 Maybe it is time to rethink the commonly accepted notion that the Tower theater was the first Los Angeles movie palace to be air conditioned. Quote:
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C. King, HossC, CityBoyDoug, and JScott - thanks for all the fascinating information on this photo
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps1a8c6ea8.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/67973/rec/17 I can't believe you found the monument, too. I wonder why the tablet was left behind. The cannon is probably around somewhere too. Again, thanks! |
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ER - I think you may have forgotten some old Noirish L.A. history here. These photos were taken down in the tunnel that goes between the Rosslyn Hotel and the annex across Fifth Street. Back in January, 2012 3940dxer (after hearing rumors of the tunnel) talked his way down there and produced this great post: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5940 I believe there was also another post of a murder in the club. Here are a few more photos from the L.A. Times story: http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psab8f5f0d.jpg L.A. Times http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps3264ef65.jpg L.A. Times http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps7fd66b4f.jpg L.A. Times |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AMacyRamp1.jpg Historic Aerials The ramp also appeared in a season 5 (1982) episode of 'CHiPs' called 'The Game of War'. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AMacyRamp2.jpg MGM TV/Rosner TV Today, this wall is all that's left to mark where the ramp once stood. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AMacyRamp3.jpg Google Maps |
:previous: Thanks for locating the 'ghost' ramp HossC. -much appreciated.
When I was in the area I noticed the ornate lamp-posts further west on Macy behind the MTA Building. Are these replicas or did the lps once extend from the Macy Viaduct all the way to Union Station. (maybe we've discussed this before. I can't remember) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/nEqgCE.jpg GSV They're missing in this photo, that I believe is a view along Macy. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24440 __ |
Jean Harlow at a Horned Toad Derby, 1931.
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Junk Cafe, 'China City' Los Angeles 1940s
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/arEBIj.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-PHOTO-CH...item3a9a7fad87 For newcomers to NLA: Go here to see other photos of 'China City' (not to be confused with the 'New Chinatown') http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=14501 FredH outlined the area that was 'China city' here: (very interesting post) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=18098 __ |
"Jouanneau family album,early 1920s, mostly 3932 Seneca Avenue, Los Angeles"
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Air crash / Griffith Park / 1935
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I just finished reading the story of The Plaza, Sacred and Contested Space, and much was said about Christine Sterling's involvement in creating a Mexican shopping area at Olvera Street. It also explained how she wanted to do the same for the displaced Chinese when LAUPT was built. Here is a quote and a web site that talks about China City: "Little has been written about Christine Sterling’s ten-year venture known as China City, which opened on June 7th, 1938 and was mysteriously destroyed by fire September 2nd, 1948.[iii] The project was Sterling’s attempt to fill a gap left when most of Old Chinatown was destroyed to make way for the new Union Station. Sterling envisioned a Chinese-themed tourist attraction, modeled after a Hollywood movie set, that would attract visitors to the Old Plaza area while at the same time providing jobs for the Chinese American community. Relegated by most historians to a footnote in the history of Los Angeles, China City played a pivotal role in the lives of many Chinese Americans who lived in the city in the 1930s and 1940s." http://chssc.org/History/ChinatownRe...hina_City.aspx |
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Here's what it looks like now, from my private collection: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TTu-rFQ3oe...0/IMG_8369.jpg That's my friend the docent in the picture. He operates this telescope. As you can see, the scope has been modified, but it's still largely the same thang. |
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The Chinese Junk Cafe was located right next to the China City gate on Main Street. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps9d72524e.jpg LAPL This looks like an earlier photo: http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps1162e8f2.jpg LAPL The China City gate on Main Street was located about here. Phillipes is right above it at Ord and Alameda. You can see where Main Street has been re-routed. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps96e07a41.jpg Google Maps I wonder if that little white building inside the red circle is what is left of the Chinese Junk Cafe??? |
:previous: Good eye FredH. I never noticed the Junk Cafe by the China City gate before (it's name is partially obscured by that globe lantern thingy.
It would be so cool if that little white building is the old Junk Cafe building. Let's break into it! ;) __ |
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A lot of information in this image. 1927 - Seventh and Hill Streets http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/8254/rec/492 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 Another sidewalk clock http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 |
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More of the French Village at approximately 2400 N. Highland. Before the Hollywood Freeway another fascinating interchange. ~1938 , Southern portion of Cahuenga Pass in foreground and crossing to the left. Highland Ave to the right. Hollywood Bowl is around the bend to the right. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/4162/rec/399 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/4162/rec/399 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 :previous: Were the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and Plaza Hotel (1637 N Vine) or Park Plaza Hotel affiliated sister hotels? 1637 N Vine, former home of the "It Cafe." Currently a hostel http://losangeles.hotspotphotos.com/...rdnerHome1.jpghttp://losangeles.hotspotphotos.com/...rdnerHome1.jpg http://s.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...493b9559ed.jpghttp://s.lnimg.com/photo/poster_768/...493b9559ed.jpg Quote:
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If this structure was built in ~'26, per GW's blog it would appear that it replaced Dr. Henderson Hayward's residence (2501 Wilshire). http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogspot.com/ I wondered about the next few residences to the west of the Hayward homestead, on the same block toward South Coronado Street. Edit: GW's blog answers this question here: http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html The Effie Neustadt home at 2515 Wilshire. 1935 - South Coronado Street and Wilshire Blvd. Standard Station next to a vine-covered home. Notice the Asbury and Park Plaza in the background. Eye catching tree trimming. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../45005/rec/368 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../45005/rec/368 Junior? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 |
1927 - An NLA assortment
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http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...elt&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../45005/rec/368 Godzilla - All I can say is...What the Hell !!!??? This is one of the strangest things I have ever seen. Any idea what is there today? Very nice post on the French Village. After all that was there before, this is very sad. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps56f514eb.jpg |
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