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Leonardo Liquor Store, 10426 Magnolia Blvd. No. Hollywood, Calif.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/0ShW8b.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/EJ4Ybc.jpg eBay The little art deco building is still there and in fine shape. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/DSfPXc.jpg gsv a slightly different angle http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/dAj0JB.jpg gsv I just noticed the bottom half of the windows on the left have been filled in. (usually you can see an outline of where the window used to be......but not here) __ |
Bayard De Vola building miniatures [no date]
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I'm going to keep this Julius Shulman post quite short because we've been here before. In post #30534, we saw the Bank of America branch just north of Roscoe Boulevard on Van Nuys Boulevard. That photoset dated from 1952, and I'm guessing that the building was a new construction to replace the smaller 1951 branch seen here. This one was at the northern end of the same block, just below Chase Street. Considering that this area was just empty lots in 1947 (see link above), I think that this might have been a temporary location while their own building was constructed down the street. Note the rare shadow of the photographer. This is "Job 1190: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original The extant Thrify sign and long-gone Panorama Market sign both appeared in my previous post about this location, but I didn't spot what looks like a Van de Kamps windmill on the Panorama sign last time around. The site of the new (1952) bank is just out-of-shot to the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here's the view looking south, and it includes the second recent appearance of a sign for Old Colony Paints. I wonder whether it was them or the Bank of America who started using an old English typeface first. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Seeing as I mentioned it in my earlier post, I decided to include this close-up of the funfair. The Ferris wheel only seems to have half of its gondolas, so maybe it was still being put together in 1951. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original The photoset also includes three interior shots, but they don't look like they're from the bank, and there's no information about where they do come from. All from Getty Research Institute Here's where the 1951 Bank of America once stood. It looks like it could be the same building, although the Chase building next door is more recent. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV This is roughly the same view as the third Shulman image. It's probable that some of the stores survive from 1951, but the angle makes it difficult to tell which ones. It's a shame that the green median and palm trees got paved over. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
:previous: Thanks for another interesting Shulman/Bank of America post Hoss.
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re: Kodachrome downtown Los Angeles.
I'm almost certain this Kodachrome slide hasn't been seen on NLA. [c.1940] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/T8ihUM.jpg eBay :previous: I haven't figured out yet which street we're looking at. (or more interesting: what building this was taken from) and this was with it. -Bunker Hill (right?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/928wvE.jpg eBay I still get my Victorians mixed up. __ |
re: Kodachrome in the Wilshire District.
Here's a fine view of the Melody Lane at Wilshire Blvd. & Detroit Street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/xvt5Fg.jpg ebay :previous: The cloth awning looks a little worse for wear. -and what's the writing on the right say....."Little Thin Hot". "Little Thin Hot" what......Pancakes? |
re: Kodachrome in Hollywood.
Hollywood Boulevard showing the Iris and Warners Theaters [c. 1940s] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/1YdoB4.jpg eBay I'm not too familiar with the Iris. An attractive woman walking east on Sunset Boulevard across from NBC Radio City. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...909/W199tk.jpg eBay note the 1940s hair-do. So cool! __ |
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:previous: I think you're probably right Hoss. Thanks for the input!
__ re: Kodachrome on Vine Street There's 'The Tropics' I posted about yesterday. In vivid color http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/LKKMIh.jpg eBay I'm off for a few days visiting my Mom. Have a great weekend 'Noirishers'! __ |
S Flower Street between Pico and Venice
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1420 S Flower (1912) is still recognizable: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3...6%252520PM.jpg (detail from the above image) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-t...0%252520PM.jpg gsv https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-U...5%252520PM.jpg gsv The architect was Robert M Taylor. Previously, there was a two-story frame residence at 1420 which got a "general overhaul" in 1905. The house was moved next door to the north in 1911 to make way for the current building. In 1926 a permit was issued to move it again (this time to Silver Lake), but this doesn't seem to have been acted upon, because in 1928 a second permit was issued for a demolition. Anyway, it's not there now. |
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The OTHER Witch's House AKA Spadena, Jr., San Bernardino
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If those homes were in Westlake or Pico Union, I'm guessing they're gone now, or we'd know them. ------------------------------------------------------- On an entirely different note, did everyone but me know that there's another Witch's House? (I did search) Some people dismiss this as a mere "storybook", but I know a Witch's House when I see one. 1371 N Arrowhead Ave at West Virginia St, San Bernardino, built 1927 2013: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-3...7%252520PM.jpg roadsidenut 2015. It could use some help with maintenance. Maybe that Witch Guy in Beverly Hills will take pity on it: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n...8%252520PM.jpg gsv The Witch Guy at home in BH. I hope he's looking for a new project, b/c I have a suggestion: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-u...4%252520PM.jpg house-crazy Also 2013 (looks like the chimney spilled all over the yard): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...9%252520PM.jpg roadsidenut |
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6508 Hollywood. Two Yanks in Trinidad and Wife Takes a Flyer were showing there the week of July 14, 1942. E-R had a post about the Iris before its and Deco makeover in 1934 way back on post 7611 The Iris shown in the color photo (and the older posts) is the one at 6508 Hollywood Blvd. They owners took the name Iris and opened a new theater, abandoning the first 6415 Hollywood Blvd. location in 1918. (the original location is now demolished. That building 6413-6417, next to the Warner Theater, later housed The New York Cafe among other things; I haven't seen any photos of it as the Iris). After Decoization http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...apl%20iris.jpg LAPL photo http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...le/6-29-34.png 6-29-34 LAT In 1955 it got a total mid-century type remodel (operated by Fox but still called the Iris), http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...le/2-11-55.jpg 2-11-55 then Dec 20 1968 after yet another remodel it reopened as Fox Theater as seen in the second photo of E-R's earlier post. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...e/10-26-68.jpg T2 found all other other NLA posts on this Iris 7603: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7603 7604: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7604 7605: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7605 |
Drive-in 1942...somewhere Los Angeles. Lots of neon.
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http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...erts-diner.pngmartinturnbull There was more than one Roberts, but this appears to be that one. Designed by the ever-impressive Wayne McAllister, of course. |
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The original image posted by CityBoyDoug appears to be part of a set from Life Magazine. In fact, some copies I found have the "LIFE" watermark in the corner. Under the image at www.pinterest.com it says: Life goes to a swing shift party. Lockheed worker holding the car door open for his date. Los Angeles. 1942. Photo by Peter Stackpole. Here's another photo that appears to be from the same set. I don't know if they deliberately hid the identity of the man on the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...e.jpg~original www.pinterest.com |
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"View of a two-story Victorian style home, located at 3309 South Grand Avenue, north of Jefferson Ave. not far from U.S.C. A small balcony can be seen above the entrance portico, a high-steepled rounded tower, and decorative shingles, and ornamental spindles and brackets adorn this home, which shows significant wear and is in need of paint. Photo dated: November 9, 1940." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...randAv1940.jpg LAPL It's actually a FedEx building that stands there today. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...randAv2015.jpg GSV |
33rd & Grand
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There's an 1898 survivor across the street at No. 3302, sporting a nice enough streetlight (although it doesn't match the metal one from the 1940 image), across from that roof sign on Theosophy Hall: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...6%252520AM.jpg gsv It looks as if the porches have been enclosed. According to the RE sites, the interior has been rehabbed into offices: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d...8%252520AM.jpg gsv LADBS states that a demo permit was pulled for No. 3309 in 1966. It's slim pickings for Victorians in the immediate area, although there's an 1893 cottage at 143 W 33rd (corner of Broadway), next to one of those 1920s four-plexes that catered to the winter tourist trade: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...5%252520AM.jpg gsv However, if one goes east of Main, there's a great many Victorians (but nothing so spectacular as 3309 S Grand), mixed with later infill. __ |
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