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So, apropos of nothing in particular...yesterday, (yes, a Sunday) I dropped my son off at the City of L.A. Personnel Testing Center at Temple and Vignes so he could take a civil service exam (he already works for the City--its a long story). After parking near Olvera Street and noting many of the places mentioned here like Marcessault St, New High, etc. my dogs got tired and I just drive around in the vicinity of the Testing Center. I was surprised how many relatively well-preserved buildings are in that area--several with very ornate entrances and cornices. Forgive the lack of photos: 1) I was driving, not conducive to shooting pics, and 2) I still can't get my head around posting pictures. But some impressive architecture nonetheless.
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Disneyland used to have great merchandise that was unique and not all made for walking commercials, but now...... |
Sometimes it's startling how much Los Angeles has changed in a hundred years.
From the Los Angeles Times of June 12, 1918: https://s26.postimg.cc/zc64z5w3d/Drunk.jpg Los Angeles Times via ProQuest via CSULB Library Can you imagine a time when Los Angeles was crowded, jammed with cars, and there were drunk drivers to be found on the streets? Huh! |
After Noir Noir posted that great ad for orchids from Tropical Flowerland I was ready to let the subject go. (to everyone's relief no doubt ;))
But since it's me :), I decided to go on one more 'orchid' google search. It led me to an orchid grotto up in the Hollywood Hills. Here it is from the outside looking in (with strategically placed bathing beauties!?!) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/Fd3UkN.jpg POPULAR MECHANICS Welcome to Hal Hayes' ATOMIC HOUSE. [c.1953] This view shows the shock-proof outer wall (Hal said the glass could be easily repliced) At the bottom, you can see Hal's car parked on rails that cantilever out past a retainng wall. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/vPGYNZ.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/lqRoPy.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/rrP7NT.jpg POPULAR MECHANICS Another look at the car situation. (and the shutters....steel shutters) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/3FGOcL.jpg The breakaway windows with dramatically posed starlets. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/923/EplsnT.png Popular Mechanics 1953 .......:previous: That must be Hal. DECONTAMINATION POOL. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/DEgHLy.jpg POPULAR MECHANICS Oh so that's how it works. odinthor, sit down before you see this next feature. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/h75o96.jpg I don't care if it is nuclear winter that's NO way to treat a tree. And this must be Hal's wife. (Hal was also, at one time, the fiance' of Zsa Zsa Gabor) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/hZa1JF.jpg POPULAR MECHANICS Nothing says Home Sweet Home like swirled linoleum paste. :yuck: And here's the best part! The home is still there nestled into the Hollywood Hills. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/i2J91j.jpg GOOGLE EARTH . . .nestled into the Hollywood Hills. and FOR SALE (at least it was in 2010). Read about it at LACURBED https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/kY6IY5.jpg LACURBED __ |
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Never saw Jungleland, but I did enjoy childhood visits to Busch Gardens, Marineland of the Pacific, and the trains at Griffith Park. I was also taken to Pacific Ocean Park but I have no memory of it. Of all the Southern California tourist attractions I saw as a kid, Calico Ghost Town was the most disappointing. |
What? No love for the world's most boring delightful attraction? You don't want scores of tame deer nudging you for crackers???
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And in the 80s, Knott's had a "dance club" (haha) called Studio K. It was fun watching poser New Wave kids trying to dance. :P And of course there was Knott's Scary Farm, which I went to from 9th through 11th grade. |
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We also went to Marineworld/land (dad did a radio commercial for them) and i have a caricature from one of our trips out there. Knotts was only an option during school trips, and Universal was always a waste of time. One place that i always rode my bike past was Playland right near Pan Pacific Park, it was an indoor kiddie park, and by the time i found out i was too old to really enjoy it. It was on Third right between Farmers Market and Pan Pacific Park and next to Gilmore Bank... Its now the Grove. |
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The park was a significant part of the plot so it appeared throughout the entire episode. (obviously a promo the deer park) Mako and Mannix meet the marvelous Miko Mayama! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/rKVK9z.jpg Watching it as a kid I wondered why the whole place was empty. It didn't make you want to go there. __ August 1969 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/pGZWGZ.jpg check out A nicely dressed couple on a date at the deer park in 1969. [MORE PHOTOS] https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/enli1y.jpg OCTHEN "Why did Dad and Mom bring me here?" __ |
1909 Los Angeles 'mystery' Badge.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/9jWrt9.jpg invaluable Brass badge with "Souvenir" hanger. 1.5" diameter, "1900 Jaehrige gedenkfeier der hermanns - schlacht im teutoburger walde"// "Los Angeles, Cal. 15 August 1909". This is the first of these we've seen in decades. Anyone speak....Teutonic? On closer inspection the guy looks like a Viking....maybe. __ |
Wow, what a list of amusement parks you folks have come up with! Brings back a lot of memories!
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Located where the Beverly Center is now, Kiddieland was open between 1945 and 1974. My family has photos of my big brother and I riding the cars at Kiddieland. Anybody else remember this place? As to the places mentioned so far in this thread: Places I've been to: Beverly Park/Kiddieland - See above. Disneyland - I went here many times. My favorite attraction was/is the Haunted Mansion. I liked architecture even as a kid! Marineland of the Pacific - I remember going here more than once. Japanese Deer Park - We have photos of my brother and I here feeding the deer. Magic Mountain - I went here a number of times. Trains at Griffith Park - I rode these trains a number of times. Lion Country Safari - I remember this place vividly. I think I went twice. Places I've heard of, but have never been to: Knott's Berry Farm Busch Gardens Pacific Ocean Park Alligator Farm Places I've never heard of: Jungleland Calico Ghost Town Monkey Island Ostrich Farm Gay's Lion Farm Playland near Pan Pacific Park |
The Unstumpable Forum
The last time I thought I could stump the forum was when I asked about the downtown building with an ocean liner on its roof. Of course, you people are unstumpable, and the building was identified in the very first response!
Well, here's another one to try to stump the forum with! All these posts about amusement parks reminded me of it. This place was a miniature golf course within a quarter mile of my parents' house. It was located on the south side of Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake. It was between Cartwright Avenue to the east, and Riverton Avenue to the west. The approximate location can be seen here on Google Maps. https://i.imgur.com/YbJRTWC.jpg The following is all from memory, and may not be fully accurate: The golf course was there in the 1970s, and might be much older than that (I'd guess since the ’60s, maybe even the ’50s). I got my driver's permit in 1982, and I remember driving past the course at least once, so it was still standing around ’82-’84. It was out of business by that time, and the buildings that replaced it probably showed up in the mid/late ’80s. My older brother remembers the course, too, but he doesn't remember its name or any other details. He actually went there with a date, but I never got to go there. I've tried to locate the place over the years by using Google, but any search for “miniature golf riverside drive” (or similar) simply redirects you to the nearby Lakeside Golf Club on the shores of Toluca Lake, roughly ten blocks away. Frustrating! I've actually dreamed about this place over the years: in my dream it will be night time, I'll pull the car over, and wander through the course. Abandoned amusement parks and places like that appeal to me for some odd reason, which is probably why I have these dreams. Does anybody else here remember this miniature golf course? |
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