Statler Hilton / Hilton / Wilshire Grand being torn down
[QUOTE=westcork;6090692]Another view looking for Garland
Aerial view of the Hilton Hotel and the surrounding area. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics23/00046398.jpg The way it looked April 2012 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8519/8...2bd6e299b8.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8123/8...85680f4539.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8255/8...4e0f331d04.jpg I took a couple shots of the destruction of the Statler Hilton last time I was downtown on April 5, 2013. Don't know how fast they are going or how much is left, but something really tall is going to take its place. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8114/8...67cf8acb30.jpg http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8535/8...acc6bfcd47.jpg IMG_0860 by alutz51, on Flickr |
Main Street Bridge
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...eet/00001v.jpg LOC.GOV Cesar Chavez Avenue Viaduct http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...eet/00001v.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/193911pv.jpg LOC.GOV First Street Viaduct http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...eet/00001v.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...eet/00002v.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/190911pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/223592pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/223607pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/223608pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/223611pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/223617pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/223618pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/223619pv.jpg LOC.GOV |
Forth Street Viaduct
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Olympic Blvd Viaduct
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...eet/00001v.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/190943pv.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/315461pv.jpg LOC.GOV Pre-1925 - The 9th Street Bridge can be seen mid-photo, spanning over a set of parallel railroad tracks, as multitudes of cars travel across. The Chamberlain Company Inc., located at 2550 E. Ninth Street is visible in the forefront, and manufacturing buildings can be seen in the background on both sides of the bridge. Clouds of smoke from several of these businesses make for a hazy view of the city. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067460.jpg LAPL 1925 - Aerial view of Los Angeles River at Ninth Street http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics17/00028255.jpg LAPL 1925 - We are looking across railroad tracks towards the side of the viaduct being constructed for Ninth St. Work is being done by North Pacific Construction Co. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics19/00009397.jpg LAPL 1925 - A view of the 9th Street Bridge, or Viaduct, which spans over the Los Angeles River and multiple railroad tracks, from the yard of the St. Louis Fire Brick Co. at 2464 E. 9th St. A row of corrugated tin sheds, stacked pipes, barrels and other industrial equipment cover the yard around the manufacturing buildings. Men are walking across the bridge and cars are parked at its side. Over a year in construction, the bridge's total length is 1,870 ft.; the width is 70 ft., including 5 foot sidewalks on either side of the causeway. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073835.jpg LAPL 1929 - Built in 1925 and originally titled the "Ninth Street Bridge," the 1,422' long and 70' wide bridge was renamed in honor of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. The sidewalk expansion joints were reconstructed in 1945; the railing was replaced in 1955, and restrainers were installed at the joints of approach spans in 1982. http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046720.jpg LAPL 1930 - The 9th Street Bridge spans over the Los Angeles River and multiple railroad tracks in this view. The Chamberlain Company Inc., located at 2550 E. Ninth Street is visible on the left, and manufacturing buildings can be seen throughout the background. The 1,422 foot bridge was built in 1925. Photo dated: August 19, 1930. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073833.jpg LAPL |
Washington Blvd Bridge
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LA Bridge Survey
What a gorgeous collection westcork. Thank you for posting these here.
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westcork, THANK YOU for finding and posting that comprehensive look at bridges!! That was one of the next things on my list to try and match up the various bridges I have been photographing with the streets they connect. Awesome work.
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bridges
WOW...westcork...what a show...civil engineers dream..haha...thank you...would ther be anything on Sunset over Glendale? walked over and under that one many times as a kid growing up in Echo Park...
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Dancing at noon....
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1895 La Fiesta de Los Angeles
Check out this Mt. Lowe Railway float:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps00bca788.jpg CA State Library - http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...A5SL4XBRSB.jpg BTW, Anchor Laundry was at 719 S. Los Angeles St.: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps9d39e117.jpg 1894 Sanborn Map @ LAPL And we were just talking about Maier and Zobelein and their brewery: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps711c5df3.jpg CA State Library - http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...U3E4AMD1JA.jpg |
Great collection of images on the bridges, westcork! I've probably driven over each of these numerous times but could never see the fine details of each of the structures because of the flow of traffic!
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Some more 1929 images of the small but striking Maddux Air Lines building (and its adjacent shoeshine stand). The interior was designed by Joseph Feil of "Feil & Paradise". Feil had designed the interior of "The Chocolate Shoppe" in 1914, and the Oviatt Building's menswear store and penthouse in 1928. He was also involved in the interior design of Bullock's Wilshire. http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8fd476f2.jpg http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...ps5fdff3a6.jpg http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...psd17e81c9.jpg http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4284becf.jpg http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...psf8a5e8be.jpg California Hist. Room (CALIF) ; Picture Collection ; STKS 3 PHOTO: MOTT-MERGE COLLECTION BOX 17: FOLDER 448Library Info |
Zanja No.3; Brick Culvert
Zanja No.3; Brick Culvert
Alameda St. between Temple and Aliso Streets Photographer: Bob Tucker, September 1986 Dates of Construction: Open ditch dug between 1825 and 1831 Brick culvert over ditch at Commercial Street built 1869 Wooden sewer connection built 1869, disconnected 1871 Clay sewer pipe laid in wood sewer and through culvert 1881 Abandonded 1882-1883 Zanja No. 3 represents a portion of the original Los Angeles water system. The zanjas, a series of ditches from the Los Angeles River, were begun immediately after the establishment of the pueblo in 1781 and provided the community with water for domestic use and irrigation. At it's zenith in the early 1880s, the low service water system consited of the main ditch, calld the Zanja Madre, and eight side ditches, including Zanja No. 3. When Commercial Street was opened from Los Angeles to Alameda Streets in 1869, the brick culvert was installed to carry traffic over Zanja No. 3, then an open ditch. The significance of zanja No. 3 is three-fold: It survives basically intact, including modifications; It's construction typifies that found in other brick culverts in the area; and most importantly, it provides a tangible link to the system that once fed the life-blood to a dry but highly productive agricultural region that later evolved into one fo the nation's largest metropolitan areas. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...eet/00001v.jpg LOC.GOV http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/012210pv.jpg LOC.GOC http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/012211pv.jpg LOC.GOC http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/c...s/012212pv.jpg LOC.GOC http://imageshack.us/a/img593/637/040gc.jpg LOC.GOC http://imageshack.us/a/img829/6444/037za.jpg LOC.GOC High Resolution Original located at Huntington Library http://imageshack.us/a/img109/1002/041cx.jpg LOC.GOV Collection located at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/pnp/habshaer/ca/ca1400/ca1436 |
Anna May Wong and Chinatown Willow Tree Follow-up
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The wishing well area today: http://img51.imageshack.us/img51/5491/img0534aaa.jpg photo by me |
A tree grows in Brooklyn ... and a robot grows in Chinatown. Go figure.
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Feil did the Carpenter's Drive-In 1941 redesign too: Carpenter's Drive-In, Sunset & Vine, 1932 (before): https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-h...12440%2BAM.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/3415/rec/36 Carpenter's Drive-In, Sunset & Vine, 1945 (after): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...12322%2BAM.jpg water and power Carpenter's info: http://books.google.com/books?id=-2K...ed=0CFEQ6AEwAw Feil & Paradise info: https://digital.lib.washington.edu/a.../partners/285/ https://digital.lib.washington.edu/a...rchitects/597/ https://digital.lib.washington.edu/a...rchitects/598/ Maddux info: http://books.google.com/books?id=t8w...radise&f=false And LOL, you lot have me reading up on the Parker/Hickman case again. Found this two-year-old (hence the Teabagger references) article. Never knew about Ayn Rand's admiration for Hickman before. No wonder that case gives me nightmares. Atlas Shrieked: http://exiledonline.com/atlas-shriek...n-rands-heart/ |
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