:previous: Cool illustration of the New Chinatown Matthew. I haven't seen it before.
__ below: Here's our China City 'mystery' tower that we've been trying to place. Thank you FredH. http://imageshack.us/a/img199/1166/a...acitytower.jpg for comparison's sake http://imageshack.us/a/img9/9711/aabkodachrome1essp.jpg ebay |
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LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/00101/00101130.jpg http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psab651e35.jpg LAPL -- http://jpg1.lapl.org/00102/00102400.jpg Thanks! I meant that Mei Wing seems to have moved within China City. In the color photo, it's located in a one-story building next to the pagoda -- where the striped awning is in the B/W photo of the Main Street entrance. But in the B/W photos, Mei Wing is in the bottom of a two-story building with a balcony, which is not in evidence in the color photo. |
An interesting comparison between New Chinatown and China City.
http://imageshack.us/a/img705/8826/aabchinacity1940.jpg __ |
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More on Mei Wing and China City
srk1941's reference to Bridging the Centuries: History of Chinese Americans in Southern California (Chinese Historical Society Los Angeles, 2001) is a good source of information on China City. It includes a schematic map of the shops in China City, recreated by memory of former shop owners and local residents. What the map shows is that there is a large Mei Wing store opposite the pagoda on Dragon Way, and a Mae (sic) Wing Gift Store/Aquarium Art Store located by the pagoda. In an initial draft/recreation of the map (1981), the pagoda area was described as a general "bazaar" area just inside the Main Street entrance (ref: The Lonely Queue, Icy Smith, 2000). What I take away from this is simply two Mei Wing stores: a larger storefront business on Dragon Way, and a smaller, satellite operation next to the pagoda. This may have occurred after the first fire destroyed the center part of China City; some vendors may have moved out and Mei Wing took over the space to maintain the image of all stores being occupied...just my $0.02 on this...I'd include a scan of the map, but out of respect for copyright guidelines when it comes to books on the thread...
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Here's our mystery tower in 1939 with some identifying information in the caption.
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7394/8...cc1c0159_b.jpg China City, 1939 Chinatown in Los Angeles, Jenny Cho and the Chinese Historical Society of Southern California Arcadia Publishing, 2009 I take this to mean the tower survived the fire but not the restaurant. The tower then went on to a second life attached to the Mei Wing Company. |
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Hollywood's answer to the Trevi, or an accommodation for Tom Mix's Tony - when Musso's was too busy? In the first image, toward the bottom right in front of Hindin's, is a pediment that looks like a fountain or water trough. Never noticed anything like this on H Boulevard before. Wonder who would have been responsible for it's placement and maintenance. Were there more, and if so, where? Second picture makes a good case for whitewall tires. :) http://albertwhitman.files.wordpress...over.jpg?w=640http://albertwhitman.files.wordpress...over.jpg?w=640 5070 Hollywood Blvd? (Hollywood and Normandy) http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics42/00070900.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics42/00070900.jpg |
Mixville and Mixville Market
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1933 Fletcher Drive - Silverlake http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics33/00066482.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics33/00066482.jpg 1925 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...m_Mix_1925.jpghttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...m_Mix_1925.jpg |
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The Charnock Block, or more specifically, the Charnock Building (1889) was mentioned in the news recently. http://www.latimes.com/business/mone...,2565134.story 5th and Main - http://www.trbimg.com/img-518af5b0/t...130508-001/600http://www.trbimg.com/img-518af5b0/t...130508-001/600 Charnock Block - 1971 http://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017099.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/spnb1/00017099.jpg |
This Packard Dealership should be an easy find. Born 1930. Source notes indicate Hollywood location built for Douglas M. Longyear. Longyear did have a dealership at 7030 Hollywood Blvd. (adjacent to the Hollywood Roosevelt) However, current structure's dramatically different looks suggests otherwise. Photo 2 appears to include the Storage Building (1025 N Highland) and the gas storage tank near Santa Monica and Formosa - making the location further east. Could this have been at 6157 Hollywood Blvd -? (Other nearby Packard Dealerships were at 825 S. Western, 419 S La Brea and 735 S. La Brea) ** August 1930 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...B3MC1DUH4I.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...B3MC1DUH4I.jpg September 1930 (Storage Building on Highland and Gas Tank near Formosa and Santa Monica in background?) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GLA9IS3TN8.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...GLA9IS3TN8.jpg December 1930 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...H5MLMVVSTH.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...H5MLMVVSTH.jpg **Hillcrest Motors was determined to be at 6154 Hollywood Blvd. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=11935 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics04/00021546.jpg Interesting similarity to Cord's showroom on Wilshire http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2135 https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...QKnIZfH63B_1CH %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Tom Mix seemed to like Packards and Cords. :previous: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8454/8...5d83b662_c.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DrXZMmRsPT...nd+his+car.jpghttp://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DrXZMmRsPT...nd+his+car.jpg http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...1&d=1278361970http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/a...1&d=1278361970 Guess he liked Lincolns too.:blink: http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6_...mic/TomMix.jpghttp://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6_...mic/TomMix.jpg |
Guess he liked Lincolns too.:blink:
http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6_...mic/TomMix.jpghttp://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6_...mic/TomMix.jpg Was Tom Mix a midget or is this just a huge car? |
:previous: lol. -I wondered the same thing. That ginormous hat doesn't help matters.
http://imageshack.us/a/img823/5668/a...t50stateso.jpg http://50statesorless.com/photos/152 Tom Mix was known as an extraordinary spender of money. He had special tires made for his cars with the letters TM in the treads so that he would leave behind his initials on dirt roads.(I've heard this numerous times over the years) Also, his mansion in Hollywood had a giant neon sign over it that said The Tom Mix Mansion. (if this were true, you would think one of us would have come across a photograph by now) Has anyone else heard about the neon sign? __ |
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Listed at 6' on IMdB. Some cars of the period were huge. Then again, IMdB has been known to be wrong. |
The Fine Arts Building with the famous reclining nudes. Note the vertical Pig N' Whistle sign.
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Bow ties can be deceptive. :bowtie: The TM Museum lists Tom at 5'8". No mention of stocking feet or custom boots.:shrug: http://www.tommixmuseum.com/#!about-tom/cwvn Some of Tom's unverified residences: ( http://movielanddirectory.com/star.cfm?star=58665 ): 1916 - 24348 WALNUT STREET – NEWHALL MIXVILLE - 2480 TEVIOT STREET – GLENDALE 1918 – 1920 1614 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE – SILVER LAKE Address could be wrong considering number on house looks like "41." http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics42/00070900.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics42/00070900.jpg 1920s 2401 LAUREL CANYON BLVD Mix bought the Laurel Tavern and turned it into his home. http://seastwood.com/backup310/images/LaurTavEd624.gifhttp://seastwood.com/backup310/images/LaurTavEd624.gif 1919 – 1922 5841 CARLTON WAY, LOS ANGELES 1018 SUMMIT DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS (Also listed as 1010) Late '20s ?? Cahuenga Pass - 3456 Floyd Terrace (?) http://www.houses.com/Images/tom_mix_home7.jpghttp://www.houses.com/Images/tom_mix_home7.jpg 1930 - 1330 SCHUYLER ROAD – BEVERLY HILLS 1936 - 4040 STANSBURY AVENUE, SHERMAN OAKS 1930s – 1940 ARLETA - CANTERBURY AVENUE AND OSBORNE STREET Summit Drive ? http://www.image-archeology.com/Home..._Calif_A81.jpghttp://www.image-archeology.com/Home..._Calif_A81.jpg http://ruxtons.com/images/IG192-4.jpghttp://ruxtons.com/images/IG192-4.jpg |
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:photographer:more here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=9846 |
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Wasn't this also Frank Zappa's home at one point? |
One last word on the Sunset Hotel and China City...
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I showed him some of the old pics of the Sunset and San Fernando, and he initially eyed them with some degree of skepticism; when I showed him the pattern of windows of the south wall, he reluctantly agreed it was the same building. He also said he thought there was a basement, but he was only to work on the ground floor and hadn't checked any further. http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9296/img0716ar.jpg http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/8009/img0713ag.jpghttp://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6283/img0715ae.jpg my photos -------------- Across the street, the only reminder of China City still visible at the site, mounted on a cinderblock wall, in the parking lot for Phillippe's: in 1983: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/2...anghai1983.jpg LAPL archive (link unavailable) today: http://img202.imageshack.us/img202/6844/img0701aac.jpg my photo Such is progress... --------------- ...and that "bridge", e_r, visible in your photo of the two hotels? From the angle of sight, based on the location of the Sunset/San Fernando, and the relative proximity, my guess is that it is the railroad trestle off to the NE, crossing the river, near Bolero Lane: http://img839.imageshack.us/img839/4466/trestlea.jpg Bing streetview |
:previous: I am surprised the neon Shanghai Street sign is still in place after all these years. -good find lemster2024.
also..thx for locating the bridge (near Bolero Lane) -much appreciated. :) __ I recently came across some information that the San Fernando Hotel was originally built as the Tononi Block. (I've never heard this before) here's the link: http://losangelesrevisited.blogspot....hina-city.html (they also have my cracked glass slide) |
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