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oldstuff, at first I was like....who the heck is Jimmie Slayback?
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Here's Jimmie Slayback's rather noirish looking apartment. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/SPcXUt.jpg gsv and an aerial http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/g2FnGf.png Is it just me, or does the rear building look like a sad clown? __ |
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Ahead of the streetcar appears to be either a T intersection or a jog, so I think the photo probably shows Pico and Main rather than Pico and Maple. http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original Proquest via LAPL |
Thanks for the link about the 1993 fires in Malibu, Earl. Considering the fire was over 20 years ago, the driveway and gates still look well maintained.
------------------ Just like I did with the Good Shepherd Convent pictures a few days ago, I took a gamble on this Julius Shulman location being in LA. This is "Job 1060: Laurel Medical Center, 1951". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Is it just me, or would this place look like a motel if you removed the caduceus? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original As well as the separate treatment rooms, it had its own pharmacy. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Here's a look around the back. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original At night it looks even more like a motel (IMHO). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original I've left out a few of the exterior views, and the interior ones which just show waiting areas. Now rinse and spit! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute There are a lot of Laurel Medical Centers in the US, but the number in the second picture helped me find this one at 3959 Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Studio City, just south of Ventura Boulevard. The pharmacy is now a hair removal studio, but it's still a medical center. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original GSV |
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:previous: Hoss, I believe there might have been an additional building(s) up this small road. (shown below, red arrow at right) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/reA1r4.png It's about the width of a single lane road and the edges are smooth so it isn't a run-off channel or anything natural like that. I've circled where the small path/road ends. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/ijkv0q.jpg google_aerial Here's a close-up. You can see at least one good sized foundation and another one that's half-hidden beneath a tree. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/vJjwun.jpg detail / google_aerial. NORTH is at left. The other two prominent shapes look like solar panels to me.............................:previous:. Then I thought, maybe this isn't on the same property as the Medical Planning Assoc; so I checked. Yep, it's all one BIG property (outlined in blue below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/8oKQzi.jpg Malibu property boundaries here: http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale...44_rect/17_zm/ I realize it's no big deal, but it was fun exploring. I don't think we'll ever know what used to be at the end of that lane. __ |
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:previous: Damn Earl, I thought you were just kidding at first. Now I see there's a connection to Medical Planning Assoc.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/IjuN30.jpg http://coombscompany.com/project/windcliff/ "A high ridge at the top of the Malibu Mountains was home to Windcliff, Masterpiece of architect Jim Moore, AIA, Principal of Medical Planning Associates. They designed hospitals at the request of the Shah of Iran and the Saudi Royal Family. Jim was a mentor who helped me with many of the business details of home building. What I built for Windcliff was a 6 car garage, motor home bay and a guest house. The main house and a 7 car garage were already built. Did I mention the 20 foot wooden wine vat that was perched on the rocky outpost overlooking Malibu Colony? It was used as a swimming pool. Jim Moore sold MPA and moved to Lake Tahoe. I accepted the mission of selling his home. Doing business as The Home Team, I was the youngest Real Estate Broker in Malibu at this time, I suggested that my moving into Windcliff with my billiard table and a few cars would help the sale. We didn’t call it staging in late 70’s. It worked and sadly I had to move. The 13 garage bays were filled with the new owners Ferrari’s. Alas, all was lost in the Malibu fire." __________________________________ How did you figure this out so fast Earl? Were you aware of the connection between Windcliff and the Medical Planning Assoc before my post? However you did it I'm thoroughly impressed!:) __ |
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gives its build date as 1926/1935. Here it is in October 2014: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps7f3g9nug.jpg GSV You can see a corner of 3201 N. Cahuenga at the middle left edge of this c. 1930s photo looking NE over the intersection of Barham and Cahuenga. I believe the photo was taken from Bennett Drive, with Barbara Court in the lower left corner: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...x.jpg~original 488328 @ Huntington Digital Library, Ernest Marquez Collection Bennett Drive is now lined with houses, so the closest I could come to replicating the above photo is this shot from up on Woodrow Wilson Drive: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original Oct 2015 GSV Here is a slightly closer look at the intersection from the 1930s photo. I didn't find any information about the big house on the hill or the depot-like building on the north side of Barham just east of Cahuenga: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original MR first posted this December 30, 1939, aerial showing Barham and Cahuenga. Yes, that's Monkey Island at upper right: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...pst7aamowc.jpg CHS-44661 @ USCDL |
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The street in the large sepia photograph definitely ends at a T. __ I see the rail-line at lower right. -so are the dotted lines streetcar routes? I wonder why one ends in mid-block on Santee? (before it reaches Laurel) |
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There used to be two grand houses over on that hillside. (you can see a tiny portion of the second one at the left edge of FW's pic above) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/TANgJz.jpg detail / previously seen on skyscraperpage I was surprised to see they were connected by what appears to be a curved pergola. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/164bHp.jpg detail I'm pretty sure this is old Barham Estate. __ Here's a 1970s snapshot of what was left of the grounds (which some people mistook for the remnants of Monkey Island) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/tcyC7r.jpg http://walmart666.blogspot.com/2007/...ey-island.html "While the address of Monkey island read 3300 Cahuenga Blvd. the actual address is now a public park with no indication that monkey island existed. There are some interesting foundations just on the other side of the freeway." This may be the remains of the estate that once was at the corner of Barham and Cahuenga. The interesting thing is that it has a mock hill and a little cave and about a 150 foot foundation" http://walmart666.blogspot.com/2007/...ey-island.html _____________________________________ And here's a comment that mentions the Barham Estate grounds. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/7M1sPV.jpg http://laist.com/2009/01/24/laistory_monkey_island.php I bet this person would love to see that great photograph you just found FW. _ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/YIwuWV.jpg detail / gsv It's intriguing.....does anyone know what it represents? __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Google Maps I've marked the Windcliff Ranch and the site of the Medical Planning Associates on this aerial view to show how far apart they were. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Google Maps While I was in the area, I came across this pyramid house, which I've marked on the view above. This view is looking south. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Google Maps |
We're going industrial with today's Julius Shulman post. This is "Job 995: Kwikset Lock Company (Anaheim, Calif.),1951". The company's Wikipedia page is here.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original In the thumbnail I thought this was the cafeteria, but I assume that it's actually a design office. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Most of the 19 pictures in this set show manufacturing equipment such as presses, lathes, milling machines etc. Here's one to give you an idea of what's available. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original I'll finish with the packing department. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Here's a slightly later shot (at least 1959 going by the Chevy station wagon) showing the revised frontage. The open area has been filled in, and the signage has completely changed. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original Calisphere It looks like the factory at 516 East Santa Ana Street expanded considerably after 1953 (below, left), gaining extra buildings and a two-story parking garage. The view below on the right is from 2004. The 2005 image shows an empty lot. It remained undeveloped for about five years. The site is now part of the Colony Park housing development. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Historic Aerials |
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The other 1951 photo show machinists working at various industrial-factory machines. Until the 401[k] retirement programs started in 1978, these jobs were just that...a job . |
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ER - The wife (she's from Taiwan, and a self-proclaimed expert on everything Asian) says that this is a Buddhist (Japanese or Korean style) stone pagoda replica that people put in their yards. Five storied stone pagoda of Jeongnimsa Temple site in Korea http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psgqcn7ryl.jpg Wikipedia According to her, the two bottom sections (in the guy's yard) are a separate base that the stone pagoda replica was placed on top of. If you ask me, the whole thing is way too large to put in your front yard. |
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The Giants were pretty amusing this year as well! https://www.nbcsports.com/bayarea/si...?itok=kEn5Q-oe |
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As a purely coincidental noir and an admittedly attenuated followup to GW's and other posts on the subject, in 1934, a Mr. and Mrs. Lindbergh of "Spirit of St. Louis" fame, were staying at Will Rogers' (nearby) Pacific Palisades home, when news broke that an arrest had been made in connection with the kidnapping of Lindbergh's first born. Not saying there is any connection between Rogers, Lindbergh and the happenings at the so-called Murphy Ranch. However, one wonders if Rogers (who tragically died in 1935) had any knowledge about the development of his former real estate holding and whether he harbored any opinions thereof. Lindbergh's knowledge and opinions, especially with the benefit of (America First) hindsight are probably more open to debate. :shrug: As referenced in GW's post the Murphy Ranch saga can be found here: http://la.curbed.com/2014/9/24/10043...red-nazi-ranch here: https://socalhiker.net/murphy-ranch-the-nazi-compound-in-rustic-canyon/"]https://socalhiker.net/murphy-ranch-...rustic-canyon/[/URL] and here: http://io9.gizmodo.com/5894347/the-a...ilt-for-hitler and here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...id=maing-grid7 FWIW, the remaining structures were reportedly destined for demolition as of February 2016. Progress of the reported destruction is unclear as of this writing. See: http://californiathroughmylens.com/m...-santa-monica/ Murphy Ranch 'blueprint." https://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/BIu...age_9_14.0.jpghttps://cdn0.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/BIu...age_9_14.0.jpg Quote:
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Charles Lindbergh and a delegation from Los Angeles, "including Will Rogers and Mayor George Cryer." (Mayor Cryer may not be in this photo.) http://grandcentralair.glendaleca.go...ill_rogers.jpghttp://grandcentralair.glendaleca.go...ill_rogers.jpg LA's 32nd Mayor, George Cryer. http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/viewhttp://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/view Mayor George Cryer and radio evangelist Rev. Robert P. Shuler noir: http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp...or-george-cry/ Mayor and money trail? (Mayor claimed he made much of his moolah from real estate investments. Image may illustrate some of his holdings?) http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037039.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037039.jpg Cryer http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037041.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/pics35/00037041.jpg http://www.goldensilents.com/comedy/...slindbergh.jpghttp://www.goldensilents.com/comedy/...slindbergh.jpg *1935 - Will Rogers' Forest Lawn Funeral http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/view http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/view http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/viewhttp://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...tream/JPG/view |
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