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Thanks so much for the help! And I'm glad there are others who love to look at LA's past as much as I do. This thread is amazing!
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There are so many amazing gems on that corner alone, and I'm sure there's much history. I actually found this forum researching the history behind the former Warner Brothers Forum Theatre. I can't even begin to ask all the question I may have about the area on Norton between Pico and Country Club alone as that's where I grew up! Is there a place in this forum for all my questions? Haha. I've actually been to the Capitol burgers, but as a little kid when I frequented Queen Anne park. My mother once told me that the Jay's market in that area of Pico and Norton was once burned down during the LA riots of 92. So much history!
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Hi Danny, that's a great block of S Norton between County Club and Pico.
The city gives 4019 as the official address of your corner building (the other addresses, 4013-4027, are probably for individual shops). The permit for new construction is dated 10 Feb 1927. No. 4019 was purpose built for "stores and offices" (later permits refer to the building's use as "Public Assembly"). The New York Finance Company is listed as owner. Albert C. Martin, Sr was the architect (Martin's wiki page is here if you're interested). A.C. Martin's offices were in the Higgins building at W 2nd Street and Main, DTLA, in 1927. The firm he founded is still in business. The former sign on the back of the building is in the typeface which Bank of America used years ago. Bank of America was listed as owner in 1949 when they got a permit to add their signage to the front of the building. Before that, in 1941, there was a Farmers and Merchants Bank branch at this address https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P...04443%2BPM.jpg via dannywa01 The building permit for 4019 W Pico: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-A...04758%2BPM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h...04829%2BPM.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y...04851%2BPM.jpg http://ladbsdoc.lacity.org/idispublic/ https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-O...22451%2BAM.jpg gsv Someone was shot and killed at No. 4019, during a party in 2000 (that can happen anywhere). Here's a 1921 Baist real estate map of your block in 1921. There were more empty lots than built ones! https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-8...15417%2BPM.jpg baist map 1921, plate 37 / historic mapworks The mixed-use building on the other side of S Norton looks interesting too. It went in in 1925 and houses "Jewel's Room" and "Jewel's Catch One": https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...00201%2BAM.jpg gsv The Vintage Los Angeles Mid-City fb page is here LA.curbed's Mid-City archive is here An aerial of the Forum Theater, 1924, with (almost) empty lots across the street: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-t...10315%2BPM.jpg lapl (detail) via LA movie palaces |
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:previous: This is a fun find Hoss! ...and thanks for pointing out the discrepancy with the date. Just for fun; Here's Yvonne DeCarlo (again) walking toward the Dragon's Den from Union Station. film noir: Criss-Cross (1949) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...901/1pIWKw.jpg Beaudry screen-grab. View Beaudry initial post on 'Criss Cross' here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1358 __ |
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E_R, and other NLA forum members...I hope you don't mind...
For the past three weeks or more, E_R has been posting a series of fantastic color kodachrome images from the 1940's and I just wanted to see them all together. Like a tour. If it's just for me, I apologize, but I hope others might find it worthwhile, too. Martin P. ___ I included the post link for those who might want to reference the original with more info and/or replies to it. The photos without the watermark on them were done courtesy of HossC. Thanks for your indulgence. |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/ESrFQ1.jpg#29330 The glory days of 'The Lido' at the Ambassador Hotel/Ambassador Lido Club, "Feminine Conditioning" A small sign for "Gentlemen's Dressing Rooms' is visible at far right. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...910/TX1WrU.jpg#29380 I just came across this slide showing an unknown movie set. The seller dates it as 1940s. [It was decided it might be the Paramount [or Warner?) Movie Ranch] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/A19Q0d.jpg#29381 China City, early 1940's. |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/apivdb.jpg#29391 Neon along Wilshire Boulevard, 1940's, Los Angeles. (Examiner/Richfield) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/NPUDBM.jpg#29393 Here's a wonderful view along Wilshire Boulevard. Mid-distance is the Chapman Park Hotel grounds and the Zephyr Room. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/GmRujt.jpg#29399 We all know this place. The Pan-Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles 1940's. Car Show? Ice Capades? |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/OaM2YH.jpg#29400 In living color!!!!! We've seen the Hawaii Theater a few times on NLA...it's the one near Florentine Gardens. (Hawaii Theater 5941 Hollywood Boulevard.) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/78LmqP.jpg#29402 McDonnell's Drive-In Los Angeles. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...633/JpsJNq.jpg#29403 Los Angeles LAMTA Pacific Electric Interurban #1706; L.A. River Bridge. (No mention of the "snow.") |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/Mhd3lk.jpg#29415 Downtown in the 1940's. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/2MGUQ2.jpg#29416 This is New Chinatown. The Forbidden Palace was located at 451 Gin Ling Way. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/540/6uP5Ct.jpg#29450 The Sontag Drug Store on the northeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Cherokee Avenue, 1940s. |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/J77gbE.jpg#29453 Hollywood Boulevard in the 1940's. Note U.S.O. Club banner, "One Door South." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/YKKnpP.jpg#29484 Downtown, 7th Street, Los Angeles, 1940's. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/mkUP87.jpg#27164 Banners on 7th Street, Los Angeles (This one is probably a decade older, but it's the same view, so I included it.) |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/6QTOeM.jpg#29485 Looking north from the corner of Broadway and 8th. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/lQU0rJ.jpg#29529 NEON HEAVEN (Helms Olympic Bread) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/905/YsAEfg.jpg#29529 NEON HEAVEN Montage: Pig 'n Whistle, The Melody Lane, The Owl Drug Co., Drink Coca-Cola, The Rexall Drug Store. |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/912/07ootr.jpg#29529 NEON HEAVEN Montage includes The White Spot, Silverwoods, Hart Shaffner & Marx, The $2.50 Shoe Store, Katie John, A&P Food Palace, Sontag. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...hot%20rods.jpg#29537 This scene is so idylic and seems so far removed from wartime. Hollywood High jalopies. I can't tell what the lead car is- some Plymouth or Dodge. The other one is a 1930 Ford (Model A) standard roadster. No top? no problem (it never rains in LA). I wonder if the two fellows dashing up the stairs are the drivers, and if they went on to fly bombers. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/tRSPoV.jpg#29541 1940's Westwood I believe. (Chandlers Shoe's/French Room, J.C. Penney) |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/DkDon3.jpg#29546 Another idyllic scene from the 1940's. Westlake Park. (MacArthur Park after the war.) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/AwsbRk.jpg#29586 NANCY'S again! Here's another great slide from the 1940s looking toward Hollywood and Vine. This is probably the best view of Nancy's that I 've seen (as well as a nifty view of Thrifty's). There's a Chandlers in the photo too! I just noticed the Lutheran Service Center sign at far right, for servicemen. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/DG09Za.jpg#29619 I believe this is the first color image of the French Village on NLA. The traffic's pretty heavy heading into Cahuenga Pass. (Hollywood Bowl entrance.) |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/I4lOu7.jpg#29621 Whitney Heights? -Note the Hollywood sign still spells out Hollywoodland. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/yyrORM.jpg#29651 Kodachrome slide, Stan Kenton playing the Palladium, 1941. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/QswI3Q.jpg#29708 Another fine Kodachrome slide from the 1940's. The Medical Building (?) and a Don Martin School of Radio at 'Crossroads Of The World'. |
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/NUbrAL.jpg#29723 North Main Street showing, from left to right, the Pico House...the Merced Theater...the Masonic Building and several other buildings. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/633/nWqTmC.jpg#29758 Slide of the pool area at the Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica, 1940's. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/089C1Y.jpg#29760 Slide showing a swimming pool beneath the Colorado Street Bridge in Pasadena, 1940's. I believe this the swimming pool at the Hotel Vista Del Arroyo. |
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