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This may be a mystery Julius Shulman location. It's "Job 2142: Thornton Ladd, Store Building (Pasadena, Calif.), 1956".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The display cases projected into the sidewalk. I posted Julius Shulman pictures of the Ciro of Bond Street store at 9620 Wilshire Boulevard in post# 39000. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Here's a look at the unusual open area between the sidewalk and the store entrances. Did everyone spot the lady on the bench in the background? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Looking out from "The Joyce Shoe Box" (that's what it says on the window). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Those hanging lights look interesting. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original The final shot shows the inside of Joyce Shoes. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Although I found passing references to the other businesses existing in Pasadena, the only one to yield an address was Taffy's at 519 South Lake Avenue. I checked out that location, and can't match any buildings. I'm not sure that the buildings on Historic Aerials are a match either, so have I got the right place? There's a note in the summary which says "Possibly also known as Birnkrant Building", but Googling that didn't throw up anything useful. |
Buena Vista !
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I know that block because of Continental Burger, a restaurant that I thought was highly overrated, with rude servers. I was happy when I found out in 2015 that they would be closing after 45 years in business. I was like, "Bye!!" |
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All things considered, not a terrible remodel (compared to The Darkroom and a few others I can think of). It captures a lot more interior square footage than the original layout. The Ciro's bit is now red brick: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_3...Q=w900-h557-no gsv |
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If not, here it is. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/y7FHAW.jpg http://www.citrusroots.com/oldsite/l...inghouses.html I found it at Citrus Roots, but the photo originated from the USC Digital Archives. USC's description has the date of the photograph as 1910 (eight years later than citrus roots) "Cahuenga Valley Lemon Exchange Building on Santa Monica Boulevard at Cahuenga Avenue, Hollywood, California, 1910." USC also mentions the large lightning rod attached to the building above the loading area. (I thought it was a flagpole) __ At the top of the post T2 mentioned Santa Monica and Cole. If I'm not mistaken Cole and Cahuenga are the same street, right? __ |
Just for fun, I thought I'd post this vacation snapshot to show you what traffic looked like at LAX in 1964.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/0TDylh.jpg old e_r file There wasn't any!! (and it appears to be around noon) -per the shadows. |
I posted this back in January of this year.
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Well, it took me 7 months but I finally found the photograph. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/Gd7lvN.jpg old e_r file And t2 asked this. (also in January) Quote:
What do you think? __ |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/0K...g=w531-h505-no baist 1914, plate 39 I'm sure I've seen an earlier image of the Exchange when it was an open shed. ................................................... That's a great picture of Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon. They look so happy and carefree. "Life with the Lyons" was a popular show on radio and TV in the UK (1940-1949). |
Thanks to sopas ej, DViator and tovangar2 for the follow-ups on the Pasadena stores. It looks like I had the right place all along!
-------------- Before today's Julius Shulman post, an excerpt from one I made last year. The full post is here. Quote:
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original A look along the outside. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Glazed pottery with the cash register in the middle. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original The final shot shows lawn mowers and sacks of plant food. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Last year, I finished my post with this: Quote:
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original GSV There's nothing left of the garden shop, but when I turned the camera around, I realized I was looking at the subject of another Shulman post. Nearly opposite the garden shop you'd have found this Bekins Storage building (there's a "now" shot in the original post. It's just visible on the left of the picture above. Quote:
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The building inside the wye track on the right was Southern Pacific's commissary, where passenger cars were cleaned and restocked with supplies in between runs. Central Station is in the upper right. All gone now, except for the mentioned buildings. |
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The railroad yard in the bottom of the photo is Southern Pacific's "J" yard. Adjacent to it on the north side is Pacific Electric's Butte Street yard. J Yard was used primarily to sort traffic from the branch to Santa Monica and to interchange with the PE. J Yard still exists, although in a much reduced role, but Butte Street was torn out a number of years ago, and is now where the trench to San Pedro begins to drop below ground level. Just to the east (right) just out of the photo was Clement Junction. http://www.pacificelectric.org/pacif...unction-tower/ |
A Tragic Story
I want to recommend a very well written, very L.A. and very noirish magazine piece about Bruce Gardner, a baseball player at Fairfax High School and USC.
I first read this when it was published in the short lived Inside Sports magazine in 1980 and it was quite memorable. I recently came across a link to it and read it again. It is so good that there's no wonder why it left a lasting impression. I highly recommend it to anyone with any interest in Los Angeles sports or a noirish tale or just a well written tragic but true story. Link here: http://thestacks.deadspin.com/the-lo...yer-1796164896 Bruce Gardner, probably at Bovard Field at USC http://i.imgur.com/zziPCQE.jpg?1 http://www.scjewishsportshof.com/gardner.html |
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The Wye at lower right was the west end of the SP coach yard.. SP Locomotives came from and went to the Alhambra Avenue Roundhouse- we've seen pic of LARy service to that site. When LAUPT was built the coach yard moved to the south side of the Shops site. That yard became a city of Pullman cars when the Shriners came to town ca 1950-ishBefore that was built, including the SP General SHops, the roundhouse was roughly centered in the site now known as Cornfield Park. I need some help here, as there were two yards, end to end there after the roundhouse was moves. I've always assumed tht Cornfield was the westerly one of the pair and the other was The Bullring. Perhaps WigWag or Paul Koehler will affirm or correct |
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So he didn't make to the Big Leagues in baseball....does that make him a failure in life? |
. I was searching NLA this morning and noticed a LOT of photobucket photos missing. From many different posters. Is photobucket up to something again, or is it down today? I've never seen a notice before, either, like the one below as an example. |
It's a school from Julius Shulman today. This is "Job 1265: George Lindsey, Verdugo Woodlands School (Glendale, Calif.), 1952".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original A look from the other end. I assume that the object in the foreground is a light to illuminate the building at night. There another one at the far end. I've omitted a third picture of the front. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Eight chairs arranged in a semi-circle at the side of a classroom. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I wonder how many of the room helpers are still around. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original The last shot gives a wider view of the classroom. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute I found the Verdugo Woodlands Elementary School at 1751 N Verdugo Rd, Glendale. While I was comparing the building where GSV dropped me, I realized that the original building is still standing just to the left. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original GSV |
"4th of July picnic in La Canada Valley [1890s]
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/t9sjXb.jpg ebay note the fancy cushions on both sides of the blanket. reverse / writing upper right corner http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/LDVC2D.jpg as you probably already know, the La Canada Valley is northwest of Pasadena. _ The Los Angeles Herald from December 11, 1890 lists Dr. J.J. Bleeker as the secretary pf the Homeopaths Medical Society. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/UgWawe.jpg https://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=...H18901211.2.27 And I found his home address in the Register of Motor Vehicles [circa 1910] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/PuMiyF.jpg https://books.google.com/books?id=Z1...sadena&f=false The flags no doubt prompted the seller to say it's the 4th of July. (it certainly looks like it) I don't know what fifth anniversary they're celebrating. __ |
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