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An equally revealing photo of the same area and time. May Co, May Co's Auto Department and Simon's are distinct. If only the image were larger.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...7CT54T5J5D.jpg C.St.Lib

1895 - Getting set for trip to San Diego.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...1HUDACYXDM.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...F1RVY4V6PU.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TY2M8MTALI.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...QXCRGQX8RP.jpg All fromCalLib

Still Among the Land of the Living?
 

OK, I've been wrong before, but I believe this building still exists (more or less). The footprint of the building at that address is exactly the same, although the building seems to have been extensively modified. The northern portion seems to have been reduced to a parking garage, but most of the rest has been built up to the full height of the original. Notice the large gap between the fourth and fifth floors, the overall height of both buildings, and the Pine Avenue side, which shows 3 short sections, followed by a larger section, then 3 more short sections. Still there, but only a shadow of what it once was.
http://imageshack.us/a/img577/9703/31108254.jpg image by Google.com/Maps
http://imageshack.us/a/img525/5778/26006184.jpg image by Bing.com/Maps

You deserve credit for being correct. Per the LA Times, "Wise Department Store (1929). Rebuilt in steel and glass."http://articles.latimes.com/1994-02-...ce-buildings/4

Unfortunately, keeping the footprint hardly preserved the 1929 building's original "look." If you were on the street looking for the Wise building, you might walk right past it. The original version stirs a little passion, the other makes me think Klaatu gave the wrong instruction to Gort.

"Gort Klaatu Barada Niktu."

1895 somewhere in LA
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...SGGGK7YCRP.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...8F4RART5N2.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...1MEAH42NVV.jpgCalLib

Civilization 1895 (Spring St. looking north)
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...BK9HEPAE2A.jpgCalLib

originally posted by ChuckaLuck
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This the Southern Pacific's Arcade Depot at 6th & Central.







These earlier stations/depots were rendered obsolete once Union Station was completed in 1939.
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Yeah. I was looking for your earlier posting to attach the Arcade Photo and in my haste, included it with the other photos. I am easily distracted by strangely shaped weather vanes and big palm trees. :rolleyes:

:previous: Completely understandable ChuckaLuck. :)
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Here is an intriguing 'mystery'. A vintage pin showcasing a 'Rat'. Is it Masonic? Literary? A secret society? Tongue in cheek?

http://imageshack.us/a/img825/7856/m...ratpinback.jpg
ebay




below: back side.

http://imageshack.us/a/img138/1500/m...atpinback1.jpg
ebay
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The Marvelous Security First National Bank of Los Angeles Building 1929. The preexisting neighbors must have "enjoyed" the construction cacophony.

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...2FVDH2CDPT.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9Q6Q5RQ6A9.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...Y6S8VJ3A1V.jpg

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TQAPL52Y3M.jpg Series from C.St.Lib


Today
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7150/6...a1216eaf_b.jpggoogle

Next door - E. Clem Wilson building. Entryway detail.
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...BE7M99JYYM.jpgC.St.Lib

Eating at the hat has been covered in this thread from page 8 onward. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=148 3427 Wilshire originally opened in '26. I've wondered how so many posts managed to crop out the Gaylord built in '24.

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...341JAYHS45.jpgC.St.Lib

http://martinturnbull.files.wordpres...brownderby.jpghttp://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...9QEwAg&dur=667

http://www.photographersgallery.com/...y_wilshire.jpggoogle

http://kittypackard.files.wordpress....nderby1954.jpggoogle

Brown Derby from Ebay. Seller indicates '40s, Early '50s cars belie this.
http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/350824...byNegative.jpg

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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8438/7...470012fb_o.jpg
View of new Hyperion-Glendale Boulevard bridge over the Los Angeles River, Los Angeles, 1928

Photograph (engineering notebook photoprint) of new Hyperion-Glendale Boulevard bridge over the Los Angeles River (still under construction, note scaffolding), Los Angeles. Looking north from hills on south side of Los Angeles River. The bridge is under construction. Trees line the river. A cityscape (buildings are mostly dwellings, some commercial) looking up Glendale Boulevard which has a streetcar line going up the middle lined with palm trees. Automobiles are parked in the staging area at the base of the construction. Also visible are: piles of lumber, tree branches in the extreme foreground, some buildings in the foreground, trees and hills in the distance, construction lines are strung across the middle of the image, crane working in the river bed, streetcar. Legible signs include: "Forest Lawn Memorial Park", "Riverside Lumber Yard".

USCdigital archive/Automobile Club of Southern California engineering notebook photoprints, 1922-1941



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7...6907095b_o.jpg
View of Hyperion Bridge, Los Angeles, 1932

USCdigital archive/Automobile Club of Southern California negatives, 1892-1963



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Hyperion Avenue over the Los Angeles River (2)

bridgehunter.com



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8169/8...dcdcf046_o.jpg
Hyperion Avenue over the Los Angeles River (1)

bridgehunter.com



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8312/8...562d3069_o.jpg
north figueroa street viaduct, february 1938

This was the cover of California Highways and Public Works from February 1938. The copyright was not renewed and has thus expired. This specific image comes from <a href="http://www.scresources.com/highways" rel="nofollow">www.scresources.com/highways</a>. In the present configuration this is the lower bridge.



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8036/8...b2d7fb2c_o.jpg
Birdseye view of completed North Figueroa Street bridge looking northeast from hilltop, 1938

Photograph of a birdseye view of completed North Figueroa Street bridge looking south from hilltop. "Received. Examiner reference library" -- stamped on verso, dated, "September 8, 1938". We are looking at the just completed (road barriers still in place) North Figueroa Street Viaduct over the Los Angeles River. This section will become part of the Arroyo Seco Parkway in two years (1940).

USCdigital archive/Los Angeles Examiner Prints Collection, late 1920's - 1961



http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7248/7...3e58b620_o.jpg
north broadway bridge

North Broadway (Buena Vista) over the Los Angeles River
bridgehunter



http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8442/7...f4261098_o.jpg
Sixth Street Viaduct spanning the Los Angeles River, showing the large bridge, C.C. Pierce, 1932

Photograph of the Sixth Street Viaduct spanning the Los Angeles River, showing the large bridge, 1932. A long, stone bridge with massive arches and thick supports extends from the left foreground to the right distance. Light poles line the edge of the bridge. Railroad tracks lie below the bridge in the foreground while a train rides along a second set in the background.

USCdigital archive/Title Insurance and Trust / C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960

Sometimes you have to dig a little for names and addresses, otherwise it's just a picture:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2948

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3522

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3521

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Wow, two great recent posts.

I have never seen construction photographs of the little art deco gem that is Security First National Bank.
Thanks for posting them bifrayrock....they're exceptional.

Excellent post on the bridges MichaelRyerson. I especially liked the before/after of the Hyperion-Glendale Blvd. Bridge, as well as the hilltop view of the North Figueroa Bridge.
The small cluster of buildings just to the left of the N. Figueroa Bridge looks a tiny studio 'backlot' (I know it's not though)
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http://imageshack.us/a/img853/7765/a...die1927whi.jpg
found on ebay


I had to laugh at myself. When I initially came across this snapshot I looked for two tourists named Holly and Norm. LOL
Obviously it's the corner of Hollywood & Normandie. Offhand, I'm not sure if the building is still there or not.

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Mr. Niles Pease can be found here now:

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg...&GRid=73973059

At least three corners of Hollywood & Normandie appear to have had single story buildings with chamfered corners--the Rose Drug Co. was at 5100 Hollywood Blvd--the southwest corner--and I'm afraid it's history. There is a new single-story building on the southeast (though I suppose there's a chance it might be the old one re-faced). One of the old buildings still stands on the northwest, and it's a little gem even with all the signs:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y...630%2520PM.jpg

:previous: Disappointed that the Rose Drug building is gone...but happy to see that nice little building is still around.

Feathers from the "other" end of the tracks?
 

Most are familiar with Cawston's Ostriches in South Pasadena and other menageries in East Los Angeles, http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2448 but what about Santa Monica?

There was an Ostrich Farm Railway*, and in 1889 Santa Monica started bird farming with 34 birds on a seven acre tract. http://oceanpark.wordpress.com/top/ocean-park-history/

http://imaginesantamonica.net/cgi-bi...B=1&DMROTATE=0SM.P.ub.Lib

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...SVUMXL58UH.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G31JF3MFBG.jpgC.ST.LIB


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