Maybe that part of the West Covina C.D.'s was called the WOODEN HORSE
as I'm guessing the GERONIMO RM. at this Coffee Dan's was a bar.

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Which is what this part of the Coffee Dan's in Van Nuys was, the OUTRIGGER RM.:

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We've all bemoaned the vanishing of a place we've seen on this thread. A poster on the link HERE writes about the above Coffee Dan's/Outrigger Rm. on Van Nuys Blvd.:

...it's long long gone.... One of the reasons I got into architectural preservation in the first place. As a kid I was drawn to the mysterious vibe of the building and especially the colorful sign and bar lights. I remember asking my parents if we could go in - not understanding what a 'bar' was. (those were innocent times). They flatly said "no." When I went back to find it as an adult - it was gone...
It was on the east side of Van Nuys Blvd. (between Victory and Vanowen) in the heart of the San Fernando Valley and was torn down some 20 years ago for a mini mall parking lot! I believe it was designed by the illustrious firm of Armet and Davis.

I ended up writing a song about it. Here's the chorus:

"Tear up the Mona Lisa.
Burn the White House down.
Implode the Statue of Liberty
Melt her to the ground.
Destroy the county museum
We don't don't need that around.
'Cause Coffee Dan was my true love...
And I'll never see him again...
It's just another Starbucks town."

Oh the memories of garbage truck stench on collection day as they made their way past the house. My Mother often ran out to give the garbage men some sort of pastry or other eats to put into their lunchboxes; perhaps she knew better than us what a difficult and thankless job it was.

Dad bought our first house in the Atwater District of LA early in 1958; the incinerator was still in the back yard.

Andy1

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Has anyone heard of Allan Lum's?

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Man, you are good Lorendoc! I totally missed the 'Air Taxi Service' sign, and didn't give a second thought to the young man's
outstretched arms. You are here-by awarded sleuth of the day. ;)

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Wait for it....wait for it....
 

Well, cheese 'n crackers, Lorendoc! No wonder gravity won. It looks like that tree has been in slow-motion fall for awhile. I wonder how many parents warned their kids to never play near the tree?
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2201 Avon St., at Donaldson St., in Echo Park Los Angeles.

-yet another downpour, this time in Sept. of 1939.
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Just amazing Uphilldonkey! How did you figure that out? -great job.
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Mystery solved!
 

UphillDonkey....you must have lived in this area or somehow are familiar with it.. How did you find the location? As ER said...amazing!!!

Now and then.....

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CBD…somewhere in on the a previous page I have said just about the same word for word about the garbage cans and the incinerators.. haha…those were the days for sure….

I hadn't seen a shot of the Capitol headquarters, either, unihikid. I also didn't realize how much "Wallich's" had been redesigned, if that's the right word, over the years, either. When Capitol moved into their iconic building up the street, their old studios became Dot Records.

About your Dad you said "Not any single from his Capitol years..." did he have others? Do you mind telling us his name? (Cool if you don't want to!)[/QUOTE]

Sure thing,his name was Bobby Sheen,had a group called Bob B Soxx and the Blue Jeans,which were signed to Philles Records.Dad got signed by Capitol in about 64, and his last single was in 68, "Shelter of Your Arms" and "Dr Love" are my favorite from that time period.Both are very collectible over in england where the "northern soul" stuff is big.He started of in the late 50s singing with The Robins and then met Phil....

Thanks, but I relinquish the award to UphillDonkey :)

Echo PARK
 

UD...I saw your reference to Echo Park, but I can't seem to match it back to another post...anyway, I grew up in Echo Park on Scott Ave. and went to Logan St. School....just wondered if your background is from there...

ok, thanks Google Earth...I see the house..but the question still goes, were/are you from the EP area...

I live in Los Feliz but am not familiar with this place. The topography suggested Echo Park with its steep valley sides but all i did was search for 2201 on every street with 4 letters in the Hollywood area, Myra, Vine, Ivar, June etc and eventually I got to Avon St.

Lotus Garden Apartments in West Hollywood
 

This 14-unit building, built in 1928 and designed by William Hauptman, is at 1216 N. La Cienega, between Fountain and Sunset. It's near the lower left corner of this aerial view, the 2nd building north of Fountain on the east side of La Cienega:
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From 1929; these views have been unavailable since 1931, when the apartment building to the south, El Palacio, was constructed:
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LAPL caption to above photos: "2 exterior views of the Lotus Garden Apartments, a two and three-story apartment building with elements of Chinese architecture located at 1216-24 La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood."

From La Cienega, February 2011; it looks like some of the original design elements are missing:
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A courtyard shot; I think a piece of the metalwork at left, above the bamboo, has broken off:
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More info:
"Chinese-style courtyard apartment building . . . The property features the following original design elements: decorative banding, false beams, corbels, metal cresting, wood verge boards, peacked and undulating gables, wood window grilles and wood-frame large picture windows with segmental arched headers and square panes, smaller casement windows with unusual horizontal and rectangular panes, metal decorative plates affixed to the wood double front doors to each stair hall and vestibule, red tile with black insert squares, wood balconies, panel doors with hammered doorknobs, hand-finished plaster, antique lanterns, decorative Japanese metal relief insets, flush panel cabinets, glass knobs, countertops covered with small hexagonal tiles, wall-mounted sink faucets typical of 1920's apartment kitchens and bathroom floors covered in a pattern of small rectangular and square tiles."
Above from: http://www.kittywallaceteam.com/file...ain_avenue.pdf

It's Chinese-style but has Japanese metal relief inserts?

:previous: I love that places as esoteric as the Lotus Garden Apartments have survived after all these years.
Will it survive the new development that's going up at Sunset and La Cienega that was mentioned a few days ago?

Now that's what I call dedication. I hope you stick around for a long time Uphilldonkey. :)
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The directories are located in the Visual Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library.

Go here Martin:
http://rescarta.lapl.org/ResCarta-We...cWebBrowse.jsp
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