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:previous: Maybe an over-zealous janitor scrubbed the hell out of it. :( ---------- 'mystery' location/billboard "Del Monte billboard, Los Angeles...taken on May 15, 1961" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/iyFb9D.jpg www.alamy.com The best clues are the Laundromat with the Maytag machines. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/SP2peC.jpgdetail and this smaller sign shown below, M_E Poultry. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/AHihit.jpgdetail Also note the word above poultry that's been painted over :previous: Lets hope this building is still standing. The architectural ornament is down-right impressive. __ |
For the weekend, Julius Shulman is taking us to the Marriott Inn in Marina del Rey. This is "Job 5680: John Aleksich, Marriott Inn (Marina del Rey, Calif.), 1979". Due to the vibrant hues, I'm using most of the color photos. There are also black & white images in the set.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The pool area around the back. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original A view from one of the balconies. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original The reception area featured floral prints and wicker. The guy at the registration desk in the background on the left has a great 1970s mustache :). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original This photo of the dining area is the only one I've tweaked because it was a little dark. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original There were more floral prints in the bedrooms. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Marriott have since moved to a bigger building nearby, and 13480 Maxella Avenue is now Hotel MdR - A DoubleTree by Hilton. The entrance has obviously changed, and the link under the photo below shows much lighter interiors and no flower prints! http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original 7ustravel.blogspot.com |
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I couldn't help but notice the Wood & Jones Printing Co. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/7VwP5B.jpgdetail Here are the two gentlemen, Burt Wood on the left and Fred Jones on the right. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/EnoL2r.jpg http://typecraft.co/?page_id=12 And an early example of their work. TANNER LIVERY SERVICE, business card. 1920'S http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/vQ3xNZ.jpg http://typecraft.co/?page_id=12 And finally, the Wood & Jones building in the mid-1940s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/SZtXq8.jpg http://typecraft.co/?page_id=12 It still stands today as an Urban Outfitters. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/KJ56DI.jpg gsv -note that it still says Wood & Jones along the top of the building & on the lower left as well as their initials on the lower right where it used to say Campbell Seed Store. ----------------------- Oh, and one last thing that's been bothering me. Is this a mutant pigeon sitting on the edge of the Union Tire business? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/BfPasN.jpg detail Or does it only appear mutant because it's on a wire closer to the photographer. If look closely, there is a wire, but it's several inches below the 'pigeon'. __ Color me flummoxed. |
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The same Wood and Jones? http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://collection.pasadenadigitalhis...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=14686 |
:previous: Since this is also the north side of W. Colorado Blvd. (but in the 1920s) maybe this Wood & Jones building pre-dates the larger Wood & Jones building.
Either way, it's a great photograph! ------ Here's the longer version. Originally post by Chuckaluck http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/22q9sX.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=14686 Thanks for bringing this to my attention Tourmaline. --------- |
Did any of you know there was a song titled 'L.A. International Airport'?
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You may recall the towers of the old courthouse had to be removed, because of falling rock, even before the LB quake. On the other hand, New Mexico red sandstone was much more robust and consequently harder to work. The Stimson Residence is clad in New Mexico stone and has weathered the decades in fine shape. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gt...=w1006-h396-no denver public library (previously posted by HossC in a larger size) |
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Walking down the tunnel to a Western satellite terminal ca. 1970 when over the PA comes "Will a Mr. Carl LaFong pick up the white courtesy telephone. LaFong, Carl LaFong, capital L little A capital F ..." About a third of the people cracked up and the rest looked around with classic WTF expressions on their faces. I always wondered if somebody had picked up the phone and said "No, I don't know a Carl LaFong, capital L, little A ..." Cheers, Earl |
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It sounds familiar and rings a few bells. Did you know there was a TV movie in 1985 called: International Airport? Takes place at LAX. And there was a series in 2004-2005 called LAX. Lasted half a season. |
If you're a fan of Anthony B. Heinsbergen, you might enjoy Amy Higgins' site. She's been involved in restoration work (murals, plaster relief, gold leaf) on a good many buildings. Her site has great project pages on the Chinese Theater, the Pantages, the Archer School for Girls, Wilshire Blvd Temple, Raymond Theater, Brock Jewelry Bldg, Subway Bldg, Brand Library, etc.
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Is this helpful? http://eng.lacity.org/projects/lacityhall/timeline.html http://eng.lacity.org/projects/lacityhall/tour.html |
Coming In To Los Angeleees... 1969
Speaking of things LAX.
Here's a song from the past...a classic from that era. Link: https://youtu.be/AuXAG01aUoA http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psycnd97i8.jpg youtube "Coming in from London from over the pole Flyin' in a big airliner Chicks flyin' everywhere around the plane Could we ever feel much finer?" "Hip woman walkin' on the movin' floor Trippin' on the escalator There's a man in the line and she's blowin' his mind Thinkin' that he's already made her..." Arlo Guthrie |
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Bringin' in a couple of keys Don't touch my bags if you please mister customs man" I would NOT recommend it! Thx for the blast from the past CBD And omg, that flight over the pole. Endless. |
And an early example of their work.
TANNER LIVERY SERVICE, business card. 1920'S http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/vQ3xNZ.jpg http://typecraft.co/?page_id=12 Cool that their card includes Pasadena's infamous "suicide bridge." I used to hear all kinds of stories about it when I was a kid there in the '50s. Jumpers, ghosts, the works. |
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:previous: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/hQ8GUR.jpg http://annerdman.blogspot.com/2014/0...solved_24.html "In the Aug. 9, 1937, noir-esque photo above, a man pauses to look through the tall, chain link, suicide prevention fence topped with barbed wire on the Colorado Street Bridge. It was the first such barrier ever installed on the bridge." "The first person to leap to his death was in 1915. The predominance of jumpers -- nearly 100-- took the plunge during the Great Depression between 1929 to 1939. Almost all of the jumpers were from Los Angeles. As with all the suicides during the Great Depression, the one just prior to the installation of the ugly fence was a sad and tragic case. Myrtle Ward and her musician husband lived in the El Sereno district of Los Angeles with their 3-year-old daughter Jeannette. Like so many others, they were out of work and the financial burdens were becoming more crushing with every passing day. Myrtle lost all hope and became despondent. On the morning of May 1, 1937, 22-year-old Myrtle drove the family car to the east end of the bridge, got out and, holding little Jeannette's hand, went onto the bridge's pedestrian walkway. Myrtle stepped onto a bench in a little alcove at the highest point of the bridge and threw little Jeannette over the side. She then climbed onto the short balustrade and jumped to her death. Jeannette's fall was broken by a tree branch before she landed on a small spot of soft sand in the Arroyo Seco streambed. Myrtle died three days later at Huntington Memorial Hospital; Jeannette was hospitalized briefly and was raised by her paternal grandmother." All from Ann Erdman http://annerdman.blogspot.com/2014/0...solved_24.html |
While we're in Pasadena.....
Fisher's for Fine Food, 3589 E. Colorado Blvd. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/nkIQDE.jpg ebay Here's the same building today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/tqkZl3.jpg gsv The charm of the roadside diner is entirely missing :( despite it being the same building. (Colorado Blvd. was Route 66, right?) |
Just for fun.
Fizz-Ade billboard, Lo Angeles 1956. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/EcApaN.jpg www.alamy.com The size of this billboard is amazing. -note the nicely dressed woman standing by the glass---> I remember there was a similar product like Fizz-Ade in the 1960s, but I don't recall the name. |
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