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HossC confirmed my suspicion that this is 106 W 3rd Street. He also shed some needed light on the newspaper headline (below). http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e805d6e642d109d2_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e805d6e642d109d2_large Nice day to shag some balls over the Sacatela/Bimini Slough? Ambassador in background http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/fbf317ecc00e6c2f_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/fbf317ecc00e6c2f_large 715 S. Normandie - Langham Apartments (still very much alive) http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e31a3bb5f69f889e_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e31a3bb5f69f889e_large Ranch Park? http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/098513eddeff18a3_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/098513eddeff18a3_large |
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The long guest house is in this view. There appears to be a large circus type tent between the guest house and the main house. It was probably there because of one of Marion's Theme Parties. I do believe the guest house is still standing and has been visited by Tovangar2. |
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Thought the Lugo House looked familiar. Evidently the park across the street made a good place to preach the gospel during the '30s. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e747f66d34cced94_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/e747f66d34cced94_large Souls, possibly in need of salvation, or a dime - to build a railroad. http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3eacdd72df6512fc_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3eacdd72df6512fc_large |
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Thanks. Shame this building was lost. |
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Edit: Oops, I got the wrong picture up there. but you know the one I'm talking about. |
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And it's quite old (and small, 649 sq ft.)...built in 1924! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/L1YWea.jpg https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/8...20801789_zpid/ Here's a closer look. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/OAuoUQ.jpg gsv I wonder it there's anything hidden under the floor boards? ;) |
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Here's a look inside 8443 Ridpath Drive http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...921/TU0xQX.jpg http://www.itishifi.com/ Lila Leeds at her home shortly after the raid in which she and Robert Mitchum were arrested for marijuana possession. (is that a bruise on her ankle bone) I wonder if that striped wallpaper is still hanging inside? ------ oops, it turns out we've been here before. Originally posted by 3940dxer http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/aEsvtv.jpg LAPD Here's 3940dxer's extensive post on the pot bust. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5919 My apologies for not finding it earlier. _ |
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I know we've seen numerous photographs of the Hotel Antlers, but I believe this might be new to the thread. It's from 1912! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/965Fdz.jpg http://www.nileguide.com/destination...E_3b17019u.jpg I wonder how long Venice had actual gondolas? |
Finally an interior view of
Grider’s Birdland Library in Los Angeles, 1916 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/bBibSJ.jpg http://www.nileguide.com/destination...S_3b27125u.jpg That must be Grider behind the counter.......................................:previous: I posted a color postcard of an outdoor garden at Birdland back in 2014. (I had absolutely no idea what it was at the time) http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24813 In response, Hoss posted this pic of the building at 1301 Central Avenue. . http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...921/bsotwA.jpg Here's Hoss' post http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=24816 & oldstuff added this. Quote:
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Has anyone heard of Hirschler's Free Museum & Curio Shop in South Pasadena?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/jp9dLp.jpg ebay "opposite ostrich Farm" (I believe the South Pasadena ostrich farm was on Sycamore Avenue, right?) ----- And get this, back in 1910 Southern California had TEN ostrich farms! "Among the most visited was Edwin Cawston's farm, which opened near Norwalk in 1886 and in 1895 relocated to South Pasadena. Located conveniently along a Pacific Electric interurban rail line, the farm attracted so many visitors that Cawston eventually moved his breeding operations to Perris, reserving his South Pasadena location exclusively for tourism. Also popular was the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm, which opened in 1906 next to the California Alligator Farm in East Los Angeles (since renamed Lincoln Heights)." from https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/a...-socal-tourism __ |
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Repent? :shuffle: http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/6f77969465a286fe_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/6f77969465a286fe_large |
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Probably 20 years earlier ~'36 Curiously, the name appears to read "Hotel Hollywood" rather than "Hollywood Hotel." :shrug: http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/1ab3f96e89a2001e_largehttp://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/1ab3f96e89a2001e_large |
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Tonight's 'mystery' billboard location.
"Four Roses Bourbon billboard, Los Angeles 1957" http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/ap1zQ9.jpg http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-bil...-75467467.html From left to right, there appears to be an appliance store, a hamburger stand and a flower shop. Close-up / the appliance store and Pop's Famous Hamburgers. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/76OjvH.jpgdetail below: The flower shop, at far right in the top photo. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/ieztWu.pngdetail Good luck NLA Sleuths! :) __ |
5500, 5526, 5540, 5620 Hollywood Blvd
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/PQ...A=w591-h459-no cinematreasures CS Albright's The Apollo (1921-1976) may be long gone, but the listed building to its left, 5540, is still very much with us. Frank Meline did the design (he was also responsible for the Garden Court Apartments, 1917-1984) in 1921. It's been a furniture store, rehearsal studios, law offices, the Great Lester's School of Ventriloquism, a Rompage Hardware, a model-building shop for films and, for many years, recording studios: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...=w1006-h451-no gsv Here's a peek inside when it was Grinder Recording Studios (the last tenant): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4O...g=w717-h470-no yelp It's on the block immediately west of the intersection of Hollywood and Western: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ax...g=w722-h355-no gsv :previous: That's S Charles Lee's Hollywood-Western Building down at the east end of the block (I've dragged you there before). In between is a one-story, 1919, Frank Rasche design at No. 5526. It was taken over in 1928 by Ralph B Faulkner for his Falcon fencing studio (Edith Faulkner taught dance in the same building): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nD...Q=w832-h557-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Nt...g=w834-h563-no dearlydeparted Ralph Faulkner, born in 1891, was a two-time Olympian (in his 40s) and racked up an impressive record as actor, double, fight choreographer and stunt coordinator for films from the teens until the 70s. Errol Flynn, Ronald Colman, Basil Rathbone, Cornell Wilde, Douglas Fairbanks, etc, all came to Falcon to be instructed by Faulkner. He was still teaching at Falcon in his 90s. He died in 1987: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...w=w257-h485-no dearlydeparted Looking west to the next block, one sees John and Donald Parkinson's 1930 towered building for California Bank at No. 5620: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nW...A=w968-h558-no gsv Well maintained, but very anonymous: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1G...A=w743-h456-no gsv 5620 has hidden charms round the back: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/c-...Q=w474-h480-no google maps 5620 is, of course, famous for its role as the faux "El Centro" theater in the "movie-premiere pot-bust" scene in "LA Confidential" (1997): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/VG...=w1006-h567-no warnerbros/amazon Here is the whole line-up back in 1951: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6G...=w1006-h453-no usc dl (detail) Anyway, big changes, years in the planning, are finally going down on the 5500 block. 5540 is to be saved, but only the facade of Falcon Studios (Los Angeles Historical Cultural Monument #382). That's the Hollywood-Western Building on the left: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/te...w=w743-h541-no urbanize.la The back's been pulled off 5540 to integrate it into new construction. That's the Trianon over on N Serrano to the NE. The Hollywood-Western Building is on the right this time: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/C6...=w1006-h496-no gsv The new 5550 complex will abut the Hollywood-Western Building on the east and miss an abused-looking 1919 building on the western end of the block: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/wI...A=w932-h477-no la curbed It's a tight squeeze for No. 5540, but it's saved: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Up...=w1006-h539-no gsv |
Friends, excuse me for sounding stupid. I've been away from the site for a few weeks ('m writing a pilot for a TV series) and I must have missed something. Where are all these amazing LIFE magazine photos coming from? Thanks in advance......
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There are a number of prior posts on 5540 Hollywood and Rompage Hardware's several locations. The image above is from one on Oct 24, 2013: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17218 Also Quote:
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