Another interesting bit about this photo is that across the street from the Canteen is the aforementioned Alan Gordon Enterprises building

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BDJ100. I looked and currently there is restaurant there called LE JARDIN at 1430 Cahuenga Blvd. High Priced indeed, from their website:

"LE JARDIN; AN EXCLUSIVE DESTINATION FOR HOLLYWOOD’S CRÈME DE LA CRÈME. THE NEW OUTDOOR LOUNGE WILL TRANSPORT THE CHARM AND ROMANTICISM OF SOUTHERN FRANCE TO LOS ANGELES SERVING AS AN UNFORGETTABLE HIDEAWAY FOR A-LIST CELEBRITIES, SOCIALITES AND TASTEMAKERS."

Well!

I remember clicking on a link sometime ago that was called "disturbing images caught on the Googlemobile" or something like that.
Would make a good plot complication in a movie or television program!

Your wish is my command!

The Sweet Peas grew well that next Spring . . . :crazy:

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...pszllc6yo1.jpg
gsv

Here is the heated food cart at Lawry's. All of the recipes for their side dishes are available online. The creamed corn, spinach, etc.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psuxajfuod.jpg
Lawry's Inc.

Al Levy's Cafe, Hollywood Blvd???
 

I just came across this photo of Sardi's on Hollywood Blvd and yet we can see "AL LEVY'S CAFE" and "AL LEVY TAVERN" written in neon in what looks like the refection of a window.

Al Levy? on Hollywood Blvd? I nevuh hoid o' such a ting! Was Levy ever on Hollywood Blvd? Or was Sardi's on Vine St? Oh...wait a minute...maybe it was just a neon sign advertising the tavern around the corner? Looks like I need a stiff cocktail at the Blue Room.

(BTW, I did find this interesting article about Al Levy. He had a longer history than I ever knew: http://www.jmaw.org/al-levy-jewish-los-angeles/)

http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...Blvd-1930s.jpg

I don't know about the location but the year is about 1983 since that was the year that the TV program "Reading Rainbow" with Le Var Burton as host debuted.

Today its Black Angus Steaks, etc.....I go there wearing t-shirt, shorts and my flip flops....times truly have changed.[/SIZE]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pstuyxtjab.jpg...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps28gs2nd8.jpg
Lawry's inc.[/QUOTE]


That huge stainless steel carving station on wheels was called "The Zeppelin" for obvious reasons.

The house/set that was used for the Munsters TV show was a variation of this particular style. It is a collection of various Victorian Styles. I believe that I have seen this particular one but cannot recall where. It is on a fairly flat area since the house behind it can be seen.

'mystery' location

I don't believe we've seen this transit image on NLA. (I found it earlier this morning on eBay)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/MsFg7m.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5F343-RP-194...3D351805322823

I believe this is in the Little Tokyo or Chinatown area.

besides a sign for a market, I see signs for a laundry and hotel through the windows of the streetcar (see below)




detail
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/GAsql6.jpg

And Portland is playing Los Angeles in a baseball game.;)

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'mystery' location #2 (I just found this on eBay too)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/wFRPyU.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5F339-RP-194...YAAOSw~gRV6Nl7

maintenance car #9310.

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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/2VKcxV.png
http://www.oldpostcards.com/t/try001085.html

I believe this is the same car.

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I couldn't help but think of this scene from Rear Window where the dog goes digging in the flower bed.

sghttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/1Y0Eiw.jpg


It even has some of the same right angles as odinthor's gsv image.

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I have seen a googlemobile. It was a mid sized compact car with a lot of cameras mounted on the roof

I think the streetcar is on New High Street near Sunset. You can see the O Sole Mio Restaurant on the left.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AOSoleMio1.jpg
LAPL

Here's a view of the Bellevue side of O Sole Mio. This image is dated circa 1945, while the one above is from 1949.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AOSoleMio2.jpg
LAPL

This is how the building looked in 1932. We're looking at the Sunset side here, which is the one in e_r's picture.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

:previous: Thanks for figuring out the location Hoss.

I especially like that last photograph from 1932. I know locally brewed Eastside Beer, but "Eastside Lime Rickey"?

-and I bet that pendulum on the billboard clock really swung back 'n forth.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/RixQGj.jpg
detail

-and the photograph where the two men are talking...that's one of my favorites (I remember discussing this one years ago on nla)

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Sardi's is definitely on Hollywood Boulevard as its neighbor, Horton & Converse, appears on several other pictures I found. Rather than a reflection, I think we're looking at a double exposure.

I found a third photo of the Warner Bros., KFWB, Aldo's, Coffee Dan's location on Hollywood Blvd. This one is dated 1956. It was mis-marked as taken west on Hollywood Blvd. from Vine Street instead of Cahuenga, which might be why I overlooked it before.

http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/HB-275.jpgA. Ellis Smith

A closer look:

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...Aldo%20Dan.png

The CD for 1956 lists these businesses in that strip, from right to left:

6405 Hollywood Blvd.: Coffee Dan's
6407 Hollywood Blvd.: Karp's Men's Wear
6409 Hollywood Blvd.: Foundation Health Foods
6411 Hollywood Blvd. (Levinson Bldg.) the second floor offices were occupied
............................. by the Jack Linder Agency, Cunocar Accounting Services,
............................. A1 Music Arrangers and Velasco's Talent Workshop
6413 Hollywood Blvd.: Aldo's
6415 Hollywood Blvd.: Thom McAnn Shoe Store
6417 Hollywood Blvd.: My Desire Cocktail Lounge (Larry Potter)
6419 Hollywood Blvd.: KFWB Broadcasting Corporation

To the right of Coffee Dan's at 6401 Hollywood Blvd. is Florsheim Shoe Shops
which probably accounts for the FLO on the billboard at top right (and see below).


Other timeline photos of this location, including two previously posted pictures (Post #36707):

1961
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...614e9cda71.png


also 1961
http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/HB-302.jpg

[The above two are dated 1961 in the sources, but there's no "Cinerama" sign at the theatre in the second one.]


1971
(Coffee Dan's is now the "Hamburger Palace.")
http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/HB-379.jpg


1979
http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...3c14c07dd6.png

And the BAMBA CLUB in the distance, mentioned here:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1347
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13734

...among other posts.

221 S. Olive Street
 

This is 221 S. Olive on July 27, 1961:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...6.jpg~original

408064 @ Huntington Digital Library


Here is another late view, but earlier than the above photo:


And here it is, second from right, c. 1895. At the right edge of the photo is 217 S. Olive (with a caged bird hanging
from the right side of the porch). To the left of 221 is 227, and at the left edge of the photo is 235 S. Olive:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original

486791 @ Huntington Digital Library, Ernest Marquez Collection


We see the same four houses in this close-up from a photo taken from City Hall around the same time as the previous photo:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original

CHS-2090 @ USCDL

Thanks for your Lawry's follow-ups, CityBoyDoug. That food cart seems to have everything.


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Today's Julius Shulman post shows the modestly-named Miracle Center. This is "Job 1317: Miracle Center, 1952". The large sign in the distance belonged to the Circle Market.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

The center had a coffee shop, drugstore, 5-10-25 Store, liquor store etc.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

This shot shows the walkway through to the parking lot. I initially thought the sign on the left said "Juvenile Butchery", but, after a closer look, I was relieved to see that it said "Juvenile Bootery".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

Here's the aforementioned parking lot. The walkway is by the cyclist.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original

A better look at the end sign.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original

Ora's Beauty Salon, combined with the street number, turned out to be key to locating the Mircale Center.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original

I've left out three images which just showed the shop fronts from different angles, but I couldn't ignore the only interior view. I believe this is the coffee shop.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

I found a single reference to Ora's Beauty Salon in a 1958 edition of 'Valley News from Van Nuys'. It gives the address as 12835 Victory Boulelvard, a number that matches the picture. The Miracle Center is just visible on the 1952 aerial view (below, left), on the northeast corner of Victory Boulevard and Coldwater Canyon Avenue. A year later, the neighboring vacant lots had filled in. As far as I can tell, the store buildings disappeared during the '70s. Part of the block is still there in the late-70s, but all the original buildings of the Miracle Center are gone by 1980.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original
Historic Aerials