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I just lived there for the last three years... it's kept pretty tidy, and there is an award-winning bike shop on the ground floor. We had a great view of the Hollywood Hills from Sunset Strip to downtown. It's said that it was built in 1926 as a hotel for the LA Country Club, but other history suggests that the Country Club had already moved to Beverly Hills by 1909. It's the only "prosperous-looking" block on that stretch of Pico (ie, no trash, graffitti, no chained-up storefronts) sr |
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I'm new to the forum here and I like what i've been reading, you all should be praised for your wealth of knowledge in regards to the city of L.A. and surrounding areas. I'm a native to Los Angeles myself, I was born at the Good Samaritan Hospital on Lucas and Wilshire Blvd. and I was wondering if you might help me by locating the House my wife's father and grandmother lived. The street's name was Clover St. and it was very close to Main St. in Lincoln Heights. Now for a couple of landmarks to help you, she said she remembers walking to a Lanza Brothers Market with her grandmother and she remembers her father would walk about a block or so to a place called San Antonio Winery on LeMar or Lamar St. and buying wine for dinner. She lived there from 1946 to 1957 when her grandmother passed away and her parents bought a new home in Alhambra. Thank You Very Kindly in Advance |
welcome gemnewt! -hopefully we'll locate that house for you.
__ I came across this photograph on an old cd of mine today. At first I thought it must be a city hall or some other municipal building. http://imageshack.us/a/img689/3289/rhjy.jpg unknown It turns out, this impressive Mission Revival structure is the first filtration plant built by the Metropolitan Water District. (we discussed the water district's downtown headquarters only yesterday) Today it's known as the F.E. Weymouth Treatment Plant. Located in La Verne CA on the eastern edge of Los Angeles County, it processes 520 million gallons a day. below: HDR images of the treatment facility. (I'm not a big fan of HDR, but these are impressive) http://imageshack.us/a/img543/8971/t1xl.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img5/8619/chij.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img18/3019/u6a1.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img196/8059/58ux.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img571/8904/rqc7.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img534/387/q64h.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img23/3579/7bqv.jpg http://www.mwdh2o.com/peopleinteract...ly/main07.html The Metropolitan Water District's website says the filtration plant was expected to become a tourist attraction. Accordingly, the Zeolite (softening) Building is the plant's most ornate, with cathedral-like ceilings and an alter-like fountain of extravagant tile work. The plant's tower rises 120 feet and disguises a large tank that was part of the process of softening the mineral-rich Colorado River water. __ |
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http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/189/m3y6.jpgGoogle Maps There is one thing still in the neighborhood, though. Lanza's Market is just across from Clover Street, on North Main at South Avenue 17. http://imageshack.com/scaled/large/541/2vs3.jpgGoogle Street View You mentioned a liquor store somewhere on Lamar Street. At the corner of Lamar and Plaza San Antonio there is the San Antonio Winery, which boasts a restaurant and gift shop. That is just a block or so (as the crow flies) from Clover Street. http://imageshack.com/a/img94/9544/rqsq.jpgGoogle Street View I hope this helps, but I know how disappointing it is when a residential neighborhood is erased. I guess it is literally true here, you can't go home again. |
Here is a 1920s* photograph of the San Antonio Winery on Lamar Street.
http://imageshack.us/a/img822/2685/0pbb.jpg http://sanantoniowinery.com/winery/history/ It probably looked more like this when gemnewt's grandfather went to buy his wine for the family. *During prohibition, the winery was granted permission by the Archdiocese of LA to produce sacramental and ceremonial wine. __ |
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Gemnewt: go to historicaerials.com and search for: clover & main, los angeles. Once that loads, you can adjust the drop-down menus. Set the Overlays menu to 'All roads' and set the 'Compare' menu to 'Dissolve'. Then you can see the streets marked, and there will be a slider bar that you can drag back & forth to fade between the 1948 view and the modern view. Nearly the whole street (both sides plus the street itself) has been taken up by the giant UPS facility. |
Safeway meat counter, 1934
Los Angeles http://imageshack.us/a/img4/6143/v8l4.jpg ebay What do you suppose is in the large cans/buckets hanging on the wall? It looks like the labels say White Ribbon. I just noticed one of the kids has an apron on. He's lucky to find a job in the middle of the depression. __ |
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Looking west on 5th Street at Crocker Street. In the distance you can see the heart-shaped rooftop signs of the Rosslyn Hotel and annex.
1970s http://imageshack.us/a/img541/3430/g8rp.jpg unknown today http://imageshack.us/a/img703/5729/vuiv.jpg GSV This was once a fine looking building. __ |
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This is one of the most civil threads on skyscraperpage.com and we're going to keep it that way. __ |
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And was that taxi in the beginning of the clip a Plymouth Fury, of the "Christine" variety (though it looks like a '59 and Christine was either a '57 or '58, I forget)? I know there's a few car experts on here so I thought I'd point that out too. |
One of the most noirish images of the Hotel Green in Pasadena that I've ever seen (except for the modern-era car and trash bin).
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:previous: I have to agree with you Tetsu.
I wonder what was located atop the Hotel Green's round towers. The lighting is quite elegant; perhaps it's the ballroom. __ below: I just came across this video featuring the iconic stack of Pacific Electric railcars. (the movie is unidentified) http://imageshack.us/a/img706/2162/w4b7.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX90KwM6SRY click on the link above. (watch LARGE, it's amazing) __ |
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Today: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5455/9...16ea445c_z.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5537/9...5a19e733_z.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/9...58b957a8_o.pngcalstatelib No, not the Hotel Alcazar. The wee little building to the north, sandwiched between it and the San Fernando building. You can see it a little better in this earlier image (and before it had its top floors lopped off): http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5500/9...9289daee_o.pnglapl And the tripartite nature of what's extant matches the original entry formation -- http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3829/9...049180c8_z.jpg That's my theory, and I'm sticking to it. |
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When you mention the pensioners sitting on the benches overlooking town, ten'll get you twenty you're referencing the Ansel Adams pix shot of the old timers above the Hill Street tunnel looking south down Hill across First St (and beyond). To wit: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3754/9...6824c1db_c.jpglapl -- see others here and here Now, Adams's 1940 images are all fine and good, and he's the Greatest American Photographer or whatever, but I'm rather fond of the Hylen shots from about ten years later: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7353/9...7111379f_o.pngcalstatelibrary In case anyone is wondering where these tunnels were that allowed such a perch over Hill Street -- it's difficult to wrap your head around if you're familiar with the area -- the 1909 LA Pacific tunnel and its later vehicular twin were familiar as anything until that whole part of the world was flattened in 1955-6. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3669/9...128fbbb1_o.pngprivate http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3697/9...2188deee_b.jpggooglestreetview (While on the subject of benches, we won't so much as mention those at Third and Bunker Hill Ave...) http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5491/9...cf41c807_o.pngcalstatelib (...or what to do with parks full of undesirables -- though the CRA sure schooled us -- because hey, we're keeping politics off the blog!) |
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