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I finally located a photograph showing the back side of the Willat/Spadena House Martin_Pal. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/BDniyd.png http://www..facebook.com/BeverlyHillsHeritage And it's as cool as the front! __ |
"Original Slide, Richfield Gas Station, Los Angeles, early 1950s."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/eaMszi.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sli...item5d556f695c Does anyone recognize this corner? It's got me stumped. __ |
Here's another slide I came across earlier this evening.
NBC Radio City Studios, Northeast corner of Vine & Sunset, Los Angeles, 1950s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/631/g8asm2.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Sli...item51cc2096ff :previous: What in the heck is that guy driving?? I like the athletic looking woman with the good posture standing on the corner at far right--> She looks like she's getting ready to throw a softball. ;) __ |
One more
Boys running a race, Los Angeles 1950s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/BtyNyr.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-Photo-Sl...item4634ae363b Does anyone recognize the old apartment building across the street? __ |
Nation of Islam Mosque No. 27
I grew up on West 58th Street near Broadway, and walked by the Mosque many times on the way to school or on errands. The day after the LAPD raid when I walked by the Mosque there was debris, broken glass and blood stains on the pavement.
I bought records, needles and vacuum tubes at the radio/record store in the picture. The building likely was torched in the 1965 Riots. South Broadway from Vernon Avenue to Manchester was a lively street with lots of shopping - chains and mom 'n pop stores - movie theaters, bars and nightclubs. Figueroa and Vermont too. This all changed after the 1965 Riots after many buildings were set fire and not rebuilt. The Riots led to the decline of the neighborhood. |
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The gas station appears in 1948 and 1952 aerials, but is gone by 1964 due to the freeway. The apartment building and the church in the background are still there in 1964, but replaced by a parking lot by 1972. |
1965....what a year that was.
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Slim, your testimony is filled with history for sure. Those were hard times for LA. I worked in a store on South Central after the 1965 riots. The store had been burned and somewhat looted. I had to reconstruct the bank records of the bowling supply store. After that I went into the Navy for 4 years. Nice to see your post Slauson Slim...welcome sir. Please post more things about LA. There's many friendly and interesting people on this thread. The webpage page views on this topic are in the millions. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psyrwjstdk.jpg LAtimes |
Nation of Islam Mosque No. 27
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5606 S Broadway ought to get a Blue Plaque b/c Malcolm X founded it and broke with NOI over it, plus Ronald Stokes lost his life on the sidewalk in front of it. Real Angeleno and American history there. The last I heard, Mohammad's Mosque No. 27 was sharing space with the Scientologists at a building we've seen on NLA before, 8039 S Vermont, but then again, maybe they've moved on: Quote:
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Anyhow, Robert Young eventually did some good and I applaud others in the "the biz" who contribute like he did. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Young_%28actor%29 |
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There was something definitely off kilter the day I saw him at Rexall. |
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I appreciate you sharing personal history with us at NLA. Insights like yours help make the thread all the more interesting. __ |
Radio/Recrd Store
"I bought records, needles and vacuum tubes at the radio/record store in the picture. The building likely was torched in the 1965 Riots."
Welcome aboard, Slauson Slim! I was wondering what became of the record store building as it is missing in the current Google street view. Your comment offers a plausible explanation. Cheers, Jack |
54 Ballroom - 54th and Broadway
Thanks for the nice welcome folks.
Soon I will post some pictures. My grandfather owned the Royal Cafe in Downtown LA in the 1920s - mom told me that it was torn down to make room for City Hall. In the late '50s and early' 60s the 54 Ballroom at 54th and South Broadway hosted the best and biggest name African American/R&B/Soul acts. The tour buses - Motortown Revue, James Brown, Bobby Bland, BB King, Ike and Tina Turner Revue, etc. - would be parked in front. I would walk home from school past the 54 - this would be about 1959 to about 1964. A few times, I could hear the singers and musicians rehearsing, and I would go halfway up the stairs to hear better. Once or twice I was allowed to go upstairs after a musician saw me sitting on the stairs. The big polished dance floor, the stage, booths along the wall, the bar. Seeing the musicians and singers in their day clothes while they worked out an arrangement and got familiar with the room. And me in the white shirt/cords school uniform with my books. I was too young to go to the shows in the evening. On the ground floor was the 54 Bar, which featured Billy Preston on the Hammond organ......this would have been about '63 or '64. Also on the ground floor was a shoe repair shop and a liquor store. The liquor store had an old - even then - black and white patterned tile floor and nice interior architectural decorations. The 54 closed when the neighborhood changed, and the building deteriorated. |
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Thx again Slauson Slim Do you know if the 54 ever opened as a venue again, even briefly, after all that money was spent to restore it in the 90s? |
Is this the building you're talking about?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/yWzif2.jpg GSV below: I couldn't help but notice the cartouche about the entrance. (does it say 1922?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/RrVJL9.jpg detail / GSV __ |
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Yes e_r, that's the one, built 1922, when S Broadway was Moneta through this area. I was never in it, but can't look at it without hearing "Midnight Hour" in my head. Some info on the restoration here. |
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---------------- The Los Angeles Business College wasn't hard to find in City Directories, but it took me a while to figure out when it was at 417 W 5th Street (between Clune's Auditorium and the old California Club building). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege2.jpg eBay The postcard above said the college was established in 1882, so I started there with the 1881/82 CD. The address was rooms 1-4 Odd Fellows Block. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege3.jpg LAPL By 1894 the college had moved to 144 S Main. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege4.jpg LAPL The 1898 CD has a full-page advert for the college on page 5, but the quality of the scan isn't very good, so I won't post it. Here's their classified listing showing another move to the Currier Building at 212 W 3rd. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege5.jpg LAPL The college was still in the Currier Building for the 1900/01 CD when they had this half-page advert (the logo now matches the reverse of the postcard). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege6.jpg LAPL Finally I found the Los Angeles Business College at 417 W 5th Street in the 1909 CD. This is one of their page-header adverts. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege7.jpg LAPL The 1911 CD shows that the college had moved again, this time to 8th and Hill. It also shows connections with Heald's Business College and the Southern California Business College (e_r posted a picture of the latter with an address at 614 S Grand Avenue in post #20819). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege8.jpg LAPL Another half-page advert from the 1917 CD. There's no mention of the other two colleges here. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ssCollege9.jpg The last mention of the Los Angeles Business College I found was in the 1923 CD. The listing shows another move to the 12th floor of the Sun Building at 706 S Hill. The name seems to have changed slightly to the Los Angeles Business College Inc 1890, and the advert also lists it as "Successor to Heald's and Southern California" colleges. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sCollege10.jpg LAPL |
54 Ballroom
That's the building. The 54 Bar was to right of the entrance, next to that the cobbler's, and the liquor store was on the corner.
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E_R, cool find of the "back" of the witch's/Spadena House!
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