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:previous: Are you thinking of this Krell58?
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I thought I was seeing things when I first came across this apartment building in Silver Lake.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/qHeJgZ.jpg gsv It made me wonder if the unusual design was influenced by the grandiose sets of 1920s Hollywood. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/7Etv1I.jpg gsv My first thought was the 'Thief of Bagdad' (1924); perhaps the architect had driven by the set. -and was duly inspired. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/JFm7rd.jpg http://theredlist.com/wiki-2-20-777-...-bagdad-b.html __ In this aerial there appears to be a 3rd 'mini-dome' towards the back. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/iWaUVq.jpg google_earth To my surprise, the google-mobile traveled down the alley-like N. Reno Street to capture this view. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/Llh8Ko.jpg gsv Here's a wider view / showing the apartment's close proximity to Sunset Boulevard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/QYvAjE.jpg google_earth I'm hoping old stuff, (or anyone else) can dig up some additional information.;) __ |
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I really like that the massing is strictly symmetrical, but the details are anything but. It's charming, but could use a more imaginative paint job (nicely kept though). --------------------------------------------------- Quote:
http://la.curbed.com/archives/2014/1...of_justice.php https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-h...10250%2BPM.jpg la.curbed |
The Parkhurst Building, 185 Pier Avenue, Santa Monica, circa 1929.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/S7wCk4.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/aeSYrW.jpg eBay This wonderful building still stands. :) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/N0QO0X.jpg gsv __ |
tovanger2, I thoroughly enjoyed your recent post on Mesnager's stone barn.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=28567 ___ Here's an excerpt from an article dated 2004. "Nestled among towering cedar trees, the stone barn with it's gabled roof, brick arches and cobblestone chimneys was built in 1914. True to it's builder, it looks like something from the French countryside, not the California foothills. The barn's 3-foot-thick walls housed tons of harvested grapes before they were carted to the family winery at Main and Mesnager streets in Los Angeles." http://articles.latimes.com/2004/may/16/local/me-then16 here's a view from the google_mobile. (I was surprised by it's elevation) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/EupMvn.jpg gsv the stone barn is circled in red http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...537/E2q79e.jpg |
And in neighboring Flintridge.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/UgWMsG.jpg http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Flintridg..._Heart_Academy The Flintridge Hotel, later the Flintridge Biltmore, shortly after it's opening in 1927. This building now serves as the Main Administration building at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/A8ZOGH.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/MSNVmy.jpg https://www.pinterest.com/pin/111112315780271387/ __ |
Crash on the Arroyo-Seco Parkway, 1940s.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/YyeQS3.jpg https://www.pinterest.com/pin/469429961130494728/ So where along the parkway is this slight curve that's elevated? |
Since we see some of Pasadena today, here's the now closed Pasadena Ice Skating rink.
My neighbor Jerry Black and I skated here once in about 1963. One thing I do recall is that they had a strict dress code: NO Levi's. I thought that was rather cold. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pssy5g64jd.jpg Pin it |
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"Los Angeles freeway signs, 1951."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...909/erQWa7.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/g_clis...7625895927403/ So is this the Arroyo-Seco Parkway as well? __ |
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"Arroyo Seco" is actually a redundant name, I think. In Spanish, an arroyo is a seasonal stream/wash/river, usually dry, but flowing when it rains. "Seco" means dry in Spanish, so, essentially it's like calling it a dry, dry waterway.
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A couple months ago we discussed this black & white photograph showing a bus-stop along the Hollywood Freeway.
Hollywood Freeway at Alvarado Street, 1955. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/CQ49ec.jpg http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=27208 I spotted a short, but interesting scene in a video a couple weeks ago, showing a transit bus dropping off passengers along the Hollywood Freeway. -at least I think it's the Hollywood Freeway...(I guess it could be the Harbor Freeway) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/3TrSaH.jpg Does anyone recognize what stop this would be? -I don't remember seeing a water tower, like the one on the left. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/8K4sOE.jpg look how well dressed! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/fqE2d9.jpg those exiting proceed up the steps http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/O13wMH.jpg and off it goes...continuing on it's route. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/DzBPjP.jpg The brief scene appears at the 15:38 mark in the 27 minute video. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...673/NoEQ8z.jpg click here to see the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CElngLAjMaA The video is really interesting if you're interested in traffic flow / congestion / solutions. It show numerous cities across the United States, and all kinds of vintage automobiles, trucks and buses. There are several other short scenes of Los Angeles, but mostly other cities. __ |
CityBoyDoug, you just solved a mystery for me!
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/Qc5FUI.jpg gsv I've been wondering what this building used to be; now I know it was the Pasadena Winter Garden! I first came across this building a month or so ago while driving the google_mobile; at the time I thought it looked like a Pasadena-version of the Pan-Pacific Auditorium. (I had planned to post about it and seek additional information) Here's a closer look at the front entrance. (now fenced off) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...909/Djehkj.jpg gsv __ |
Since we're in Pasadena (and I figured out that I have the photobucket app on my phone, now I can upload more of vintage LA)...Last year I went to a play about Zora Neale Hurston... it was pretty fun ,my friend's mother is a volunteer at the Pasadena Playhouse and she mentioned to the cast that my grandfather was married to Zola for a few years back in the Twenties....
either way I got to meet the cast and even sat next to TV stars of my youth (a few cast members of " It's A Different World"), but on the way to the playhouse we came across this cool building that I thought was an antique store but saw that they sell new furniture, it caught my eye and I snapped a picture of it..when I got home I looked at the pic and was surprised to see the mosaic! anyways I can't think of what street it was on but I know its on the same street as the play house. [IMG]http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps34chttf5.jpg[/IMG] So which Caddy Dealership was this? |
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