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That was the Stratford Apartments, 1735 W 6th St, NEC of Burlington-- built 1909, burned 1973, remains of it demolished early '74. It appears (somewhere) in this USCDL panorama: https://i.postimg.cc/HxhsX8nK/stratf...94x275-bmp.jpg Coverage in The New York Times: https://i.postimg.cc/jjHmNDqX/stratf...T-861x1616.png |
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It seems a lot of apartments in that area were/are firetraps. My partner used to work in an office building near Wilshire and Vermont, and looking south/southeast from the upper floors, he said it was common to see a building on fire with black smoke coming out of it, and then the sound of sirens and the rush of firemen to the site. Kinda sad... |
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158 S Harvard Blvd is in the news https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021...-their-street/ https://i.postimg.cc/SsynL2hf/hoarde...03x602-bmp.jpg And a few historic news items regarding the bungalow: https://i.postimg.cc/P5P9x2vm/158har...86x461-bmp.jpg LAT March 18, 1929 https://i.postimg.cc/50Nw4k6J/158shi...00x617-bmp.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/WpY73jGH/158shi...98x313-bmp.jpg LAT Aug 12, 1931 |
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The nytimes had this follow-up on Nov. 18, 1973. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/PtaT6H.jpg nytimes Altenburg confessed 5 days later. There is a detailed description of the fire at fireengineering Thx GW. . |
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Utah-Wyoming border! ..I was way off the mark on this one. :no: Here's an accident closer to home. Coldwater Canyon Avenue near Saticoy in North Hollywood(?)....December 4, 1963. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/7EO44d.jpg lapl "Mrs. Lena De Prisco, 44, 7931 Emelita St., North Hollywood, owes her life today to an unknown hero who pulled her from auto as Southern Pacific freight train bore down on machine stalled on tracks. Frightened near-victim told Traffic Officer W. E. Meyer she "froze" on rail crossing at Coldwater Canyon Avenue near Saticoy Avenue. Lena was a lucky lady. . |
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Sadly, this accident at Soto Street and Washington Boulevard was more tragic...January 23, 1956 https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/oepL5h.jpg lapl Rescue operations under glare of huge searchlights continue throughout night in wake of Southern California's biggest railroad disaster which killed 29 persons and injured 120 passengers after two car San Diego commuter rolled on its side while rounding a curve at Soto Street and Washington Boulevard in Los Angeles. . |
I remember watching the post-wreck coverage by Bill Welsh doing remote reporting on KTTV. A subsequent book published a few years ago about the type of equipment involved devoted an entire chapter to this incident.
IIRC, the engineer claimed during the resulting investigation that he "blacked out" before heading into that curve near Redondo Jct. and the two-car train actually speeded up rather than slowing down. The resultant derailment was particularly gruesome for some of the fatally injured passengers. The equipment itself was eventually repaired and banished to secondary runs in Kansas and Oklahoma (I think). Bad scene all around. |
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Not to be overly morbid but here's a bit more on the 1956 accident. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/aTqOxf.jpg sandiegouniontribune And a 1:00 minute video. (WARNING: Dead bodies) . |
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I happened upon this extremely rare photograph of the Central Hotel a couple of days ago on eBay. ..(it's still listed!) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/71PQ6V.jpg And the back. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/6DHSNt.jpg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .:previous:...Written in pencil: ..Burnt in Nov. 1900. The street address is frustratingly missing. . . .perhaps a misguided attempted to enlarge the photograph. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/wD07qR.jpg Wow. .that's big! :stunned: If there's a back door, it looks like the hotel kitchen is receiving a large sack of potatoes (or onions). . |
Miracle Mile.
https://youtu.be/_HCimdeFhEk
Three minutes, 53 seconds of Wilshire Blvd. Another great drive through Los Angeles 1950. We travel on Wilshire Boulevard for the majority of this trip with the fabulous May company building and Prudential building being highlights. |
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Garden City Foto Co. photographer in action. https://i.imgur.com/z3lj0w7.jpg rescarta.lapl.org - Los Angeles City Directory 1897 The office and studio at 606 E. 5th Street in 1896. https://i.imgur.com/gISghHM.jpg library.ca.gov Would have been neat if the Ebay Central Hotel picture was in the outside display. https://i.imgur.com/sY3Nzq7.jpg detail But I don't think it is. :( |
[QUOTE=GaylordWilshire;9441233]Every house is its stories
158 S Harvard Blvd is in the news https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2021...-their-street/ https://i.postimg.cc/SsynL2hf/hoarde...03x602-bmp.jpg ^^^ I can empathize with this "hoarder". Those pandemic shipment boxes from Amazon etc. do pile up. Flattening them is boring, and then what do you do with them? I have a roomful of boxes I need to deal with, plus the annoying bubble wrap they love to stuff into the boxes. I've sworn off Amazon until I deal with the box mountain. Noirishers, when this pandemic is over, remind me to go short Amazon and box & bubble wrap makers, as demand may fall off the cliff :wiseman: |
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Thx Noir Noir P.S. The upstairs window appears to be missing a pane of glass. Now I'm curious about 'The Richard' on the right. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/n9vorW.jpg detail . |
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:previous: I believe we have seen this image before. (oops! We saw it two posts ago.) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/VLEfld.jpg pixels "Garden City Foto Co. James T. Pollock photographer Los Angeles California Circa 1899 is a photograph by California Views Archives Mr Pat Hathaway Archives" I just noticed that it says No. 10 on the wagon so Garden City had (at least) 10 buggies at their disposal!? Their business must have been going gangbusters! It even says Garden City Foto. on the horse's saddle. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/wEehIq.jpg .....................................................Is that a gear shift? . |
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Here's another view of Garden City Fotos. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/019MTN.jpg luminous-lint "Garden City Foto Co., 606 E. Fifth Street, Los Angeles 1903" hmmmm :hmmm: It has the same address as Noir Noir's photograph but it's obviously a different building. The one story wooden building must have been torn down in the interim (?) . |
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