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What decade to choose? I'd probably choose 1939-1949. I could visit Monkey Island. Take a kodachrome color photo of the NBC Lobby Mural. Among a few (!) other things. |
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https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1736/...e9da51a5_o.png But if I had to pick a decade, it would be 1925-1935. I'd get a job at Richfield, make a pot of money, cash out my stocks in October '29. I'd see the construction of (and visit in their prime) the Richfield, City Hall, the Oviatt, Bullocks Wilshire, all the greats. After the crash I could hang with Chandler at Dabney Oil and with Fante at the Alta Vista (where I could at the same time foil the murders of Robert and Harriet Allen, but then, what if Robert Allen turns out to be a covert Nazi rocket scientist?) and heck, I could go see the color piano! |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...921/ee8VMe.jpg EBAY c.1908 Here's a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/pHuFxY.jpg The photographer appears to be standing in an overgrown lot/yard. (was there a house on this lot in 1908?) ___ While the photographer was up on Olive Street....he/she took this expansive view. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/JcqEvm.jpg EBAY https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/He9T0H.jpg :previous: "from the Hotel Cumberland." [c.1908] A photograph of the Cumberland was included as well. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TL6YwE.jpg EBAY this pic was smaller...so it didn't enlarge very well. The photographs were found in this 1908 photo album HERE |
Great finds, e_r! Those are very worthwhile shots to see! :tup:
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Are there any other photos in existence showing the old hip-style roof from Olive Street? For the sake of comparison, here's the old hip-style terminal seen from 3rd and Hill: https://i.imgur.com/5VYhF4s.jpgLINK Later, of course, the hip-roofed terminal would be replaced by a long pavilion, then the pavilion itself would be cut down to a fraction of its original size: https://i.imgur.com/EEOaZxf.pngLINK In addition, does anyone know exactly when these changes were made to the terminal? |
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Can anyone identify the building I'm about to describe? Sadly, I don't even have a photograph of it!
I used to see this building downtown throughout the ’80s, and I think, the ’90s. At one point I went looking for it, and it was gone. I don't know when it disappeared. It was an old, tall-ish building, probably 10+ stories. It believe it was somewhere in this region: https://i.imgur.com/eroHLOf.gifimage link I know all of this is extremely vague, but here's the kicker - this building had an ocean liner sea ship on top of its roof, similar to this illustration I just made in Photoshop: https://i.imgur.com/6eWz21Y.jpgImage sources for illustration: 1, 2, 3. The length of the ship ran east/west. Does anyone remember the building I'm talking about? I'm sure some of you long time LA residents must remember it... |
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Not cheap, but boy I need that Cumberland pic. The Cumberland, which opened in the spring of '05, is by Marsh & Russell, who designed all the exotic architecture in Venice. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TL6YwE.jpg After I get this in the mail I'll make some decent scans for the group! |
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https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1722/...d0f7278d_o.png The north half came down in '14— https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1725/...0d8d9d0b_o.png I'm not sure when the shed part was added. It may have been 1952 when the Native Daughters of the Golden West had their big ceremony when they put their plaque there? |
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The Friday Morning Club/Variety Arts Center building at 940 South Figueroa Street? https://i.imgur.com/3oWcC3r.jpg Wikipedia https://i.imgur.com/XNxUpDB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/3kKEmgM.jpg http://dbase1.lapl.org/webpics/calin.../12/519519.pdf Your ship is much bigger though. :) |
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That must be it, not too many buildings with a ship on top of them, but here's a link to some boat shaped buildings: http://www.thisisinsider.com/buildin...e-boats-2016-5 |
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Jim Dawson must have added this one to his site recently, it's not in his book; I of course had to get on Amazon and pick up a copy. Apparently it's a goofy noir melodrama and an Amazon reviewer adds "Incidentally, there's no Dope Street and there's no stake out." I like this shot because it shows that area at Third and Hope that seemed particularly seedy: http://www.electricearl.com/labh/Stakeout-02.jpg And it appears the Trico Printing Co. (who are at 701 W Third in the '56 directory, at least) have fled, leaving a bunch of trash behind. People didn't start getting their walking papers from the CRA till '61, and the movie came before that, but they must've known the end was near. (Or they were fleeing Big Lou and his kneecap-breaking crew of enforcers.) This corner (built as a garage in 1914, designed by OP Dennis) became stores (and a mission) in the 30s, and was one of the first to be demo'd in the early '60s for the Bunker Hill Heating and Cooling Plant, by SK Johnson at DMJM. And check out the '57 Plymouth! The sequel to Stakeout on Dope Street was apparently Christine. |
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Please forgive the oversized ship in my mockup image, I was just trying to make the layout of the ship/building very explicit. But I did get the “Queen Mary” style of the ship correctly - I actually used a model of the Queen Mary in my mockup! As can be seen in the color photo you posted, the ship is lying east/west, just as I remember. Armed with the information you provided, I was able to find the following: https://i.imgur.com/Y7aC84F.jpgLINK As the above comment notes, you could see the ship from blocks away. I used to see it at night time, and... if I remember correctly... the ship was actually lighted, making it visible during the night. Here is a post by Milt Larsen, the once-owner of both the Variety Arts Building and the model ship, from his own website: https://i.imgur.com/zL01z7Q.jpgLINK So the ship was on the roof since either 1971 or “the sixties” - I'm going to go with 1971, as that number is a lot more precise than an entire decade - but when did the ship disappear? Larsen says the ship was accidentally destroyed by the person that Larsen sold the building to, but when was that? https://i.imgur.com/blYnQoS.jpgLINK According to the above image, the building was bought by Paul Sehdeva in 1989. This means that the ship was on the roof from roughly 1971 to 1989 - disappearing nearly 30 years ago. If you can forgive another poor mockup (wrong building... wrong ship...), this is approximately what my memory of the building is like: https://i.imgur.com/Rd2voDa.jpg Thanks again for finding this information, Noir_Noir - I did a pretty comprehensive search for information a few years ago, and came up with nothing. |
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