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While traveling around downtown via google street views this classic little building on 6th Street caught my eye.
http://img822.imageshack.us/img822/8...ingon6thst.jpg google street views below: This is the only vintage photograph of the Harten Building I could find. In the photo it is in the shadow of the Edwards & Wildey Building (built 1925) at 6th & Grand. http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/3...wardswilde.jpg usc digital archive Does anyone know the history of this little gem? ____ |
Wow...I too am impressed with the Jeffries post, on several fronts! :tup: I agree with GaylordWilshire that Jeffries' physique is modern; his haircut appears quite modern too. I had to look carefully to make sure it was a vintage photo.
I'm also kinda impressed that someone was able to relocate the Jeffries barn more than 30 miles from Burbank to Buena Park. Although I haven't been to Knott's Berry Farm in years, I have vivid memories of the "miniatures" housed in that barn. Knott's Berry Farm has always been a somewhat oddball amusement park. As kids we used to refer to it as Not Very Fun. |
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Such great posts! The Jeffries Barn, the close up of the floor tiles of the demolished State Building, etc.
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It's a Parkinson design and is on the market for $3.7 million...Harten Jewelry still seems to be listed in directories at 614 W. 6th--it must have vacated the building only recently. There was a Harten Jewelry at 650 S. Hill (now the St. Vincent Jewelry Center) in 1987, presumably the same concern--it's not found in the LAPL's next oldest directory of 1973. You-are-here.com refers to the Speedhouse Cafe being in this location.... Here's a snippet of history from the L.A. Downtown News: "The Romanesque edifice with intricate stone carvings is unlike its Sixth Street neighbors. But not necessarily for its façade, designed by John Parkinson, the co-architect of City Hall. It stands out, oddly, because it’s so short. Squeezed between the 13-story Milano Lofts and the mid-rise Library Court, the Harten Building may be the only historic structure in the Financial District with a roof (done in terra cotta tile) visible to pedestrians. According to a Los Angeles Times article announcing the structure’s groundbreaking on June 6, 1926, the owner, the Edwards and Wildey Company, commissioned a design that would allow the structure to one day grow to 12 stories. It never happened, perhaps because the Great Depression was right around the corner?" |
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Howard Moorepark Art Goods in the 30s and 40s Carr-Morris Clothiers in 50s and 60s The Chartered Bank in the 70s Quite a varied history for one grand little building. ~Jon Paul |
Thanks for the information on the diminutive Harten Building GaylordWilshire and Jon Paul!
If we all chipped in......perhaps it could be our clubhouse. :) ________ |
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Also found on ebay. A stereoscopic cabinet card dating from the 1880s.
http://img266.imageshack.us/img266/379/early1880sla.jpg ebay below: A magnified detail. http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/5374/...880slahuge.jpg ebay Everytime I look at this remarkable image I zero in on that clothesline. _______ |
I take it this cute little girl is on the valley end of the Cahuenga Pass.
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/9...ood1954cha.jpg Charles Phoenix http://www.charlesphoenix.com/ |
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Can anyone here tell me what this building is at Grand and Olympic? There doesn't appear to be any signage on it, not even an address.
It is diagonally across Grand from the FIDM campus, and even though I have seen it numerous times, my curiosity was never piqued until today. I have previously noticed that it is a veritable fortress with barred entrances and a seemingly impenetrable border of concrete stanchions and impervious looking flower boxes surrounding it, at street level. I was up at the campus yesterday and this morning and when I left today at about 1:00P.M., there was an army of police and other official looking vehicles surrounding the entire perimeter. No lights flashing or anything but it was pretty imposing anyway. http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/4...andolympic.jpg Google Streetview ~Jon Paul |
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gs-- That's the Federal Reserve Bank, specifically the L.A. branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco It's around the corner from the old building at Olive & Olympic, now lofts: http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics47/00043162.jpgLAPL |
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gs-- That's the Federal Reserve Bank, specifically the L.A. branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco It's around the corner from the old building at Olive & Olympic, now lofts: Thanks GaylordWilshire! That explains a lot :cheers: ~Jon Paul |
Simon's Drive-In Studio City
From Rick M again shots taken from wall of Industrial Metal Company Sun Valley showing Simon's Drive-In in Studio City
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:previous: Those aerials are great cleats! Thanks for posting them.
What is that hill visible in the first two photos? There is even a road on top.....very odd. Perhaps it's an early landfill. |
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My first thought was that those shots "taken from wall of Industrial Metal Company Sun Valley" was that that must be some mighty tall wall.... but then I remembered mention of a photomural of some sort... anyway, that Simon's was at the sw corner of Ventura Blvd & Laurel Canyon. Ventura Place is the long side of the triangle at left. ER: As you can see, the street atop the possible landfill is Laurelwood Drive. https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m...9%252520AM.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-c...1%252520AM.jpg The site of Simon's Both pics Google Street View |
Simon's Locations
Happily browsing through a good friend's huge Southern California ephemera collection, I found this:
http://img5.imageshack.us/img5/4082/sbrochure.jpg I would say it's from right around 1940. ~Jon Paul |
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If this isn't too off-topic, I'll post the menu from Eatons. It was at the corner of Colorado and Michillinda in Arcadia, across the street from Pasadena. Eatons was typical of the diners of the 1940's... http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...Eatonsmenu.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...atonsmenu2.jpg http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z...atonsmenu3.jpg I own this menu but did not create it, design it. But, I did eat there once....! |
Los Angeles - Where It's At
Here is an incredible 1960's Los Angeles tourism youtube video. So cool and love the Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass soundtrack!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUQ7s...layer_embedded ~Jon Paul courtesy Vintage Los Angeles/Facebook |
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Hey Handsome! Sadly, it's not a menu and completely blank on the inside. My friend isn't sure what it was used for as it was obviously a cover for something that is no longer inside. ~Jon Paul |
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Barker Bros. under construction at 7th & Figueroa, 1925.
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usc digital archive That is one VERY small luncheonette.....and I've never noticed the Signal Oil sign before. The sheer size of the Barker Brothers Building makes it one of my favorites. |
Cool old Barker Brothers' ad for their soon to be former location but, seriously, did they really need to list all those addresses???
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I just found this view of the plain backside of the Barker Bros. Building.
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Great Barker Bros shots, guys. For some reason seeing it reminds me of the big downtown building that was sectioned with its two ends moved together--or sectioned with a new piece added between the ends. I think we've covered it here before but I can't find it. Anyone know what I 'm talking about? |
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Found the post!!!
and it was a five foot section they removed....
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Bless you for this, gsjansen.
The loss of the Lugo House is a particular grievance of mine. I have seen your collection but noticed that you withheld a particular photo here: The destruction of the wall. The building was originally made of adobe. The debate existed even back then when the building's fate was being decided around if the original adobe structure was enhanced by the newer 3 story building. Your photo clearly shows terracotta bricks. I have the same interest in the old Bella Union Hotel. It's foundation was originally adobe as well but I have a problem with the idea of adding multistorys to a building on such a foundation. Anybody? BTW The survival of the Lugo House was vigorously fought in the courts and also the forum of public opinion via the press, the Chinese community and street activists and Buddhist vigils shortly before it's destruction. Much money was donated and pledged...but not enough. You can't fight City Hall. Ideas about it's relocation were raised but nobody stepped up with the cash. In the end Stirling got her way. To her it was an eyesore and who would want to look at the ass-end of it while exiting Union Station? I get that. I'm a little disappointed that the Chinese community and also the Latin community, couldn't find way to relocate it. I chalk that up to differences between the races. I'm calling for a replication of it. Anywhere in L.A. Quote:
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It doesn't exits anymore of course. I got the info from Brent Dickerson's (should be by now famous) "A visit to Old Los Angeles" Scroll down a bit, about 40%, to find a colorized photo of this building. |
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Great posts fhammon!!! I have read and enjoyed Brent Dickerson's wonderful story many times. I remember hoping when he first mentioned The EMS that he might solve the mystery of the name....but no such luck.
My thought is that maybe it was built/owned by two investors with last names that started with the letter M, which in the dictionary is spelled em. Who really knows? But it makes me feel all investigative and stuff to come up with a theory:koko: ~Jon Paul |
SierraMadre - thanks for sharing that Eaton's menu. Fascinating stuff! I wonder what the "Hangtown Fry" (simply terrific) consisted of? And those prices!
Thanks also to fhammon for the amazing Lugo House post. Don't think I'd heard of it before, and I genuinely appreciate learning about this lost piece of the city's history. |
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Great photo of the Arrow Theater where all seats were 10 cents for Spanish language films. This vantage point is looking up Main St at the back of the circa 1909 Higgins Building which is still extant at Second and Main. The building is now lofts and the basement is the home of a hugely popular night spot called The Edison. Appropriate name in that the building at one time housed the first So. Cal. Edison power plant.
I really like the Mobile Oil / Mobilgas sign! http://img683.imageshack.us/img683/3...nsbuilding.jpg photo credit Blog Los Angeles The same view today and according to public records, the building far left, is the Arrow Theater building erected in 1902. http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/3299/...eatertoday.jpg Google streetview ~Jon Paul |
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Charles Clayton Emswiler came to LA in the boom eighties and went into the apartment-house building game. He died in 1922, age 69, in the apartment house at 321 that bore his name! |
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OK, so its a very good thing I became a design journalist and not an investigative journalist! Thanks Beaudry:D ~Jon Paul |
I wanted to say thanks very much for all the appreciations after my Calif State Bldg post -- I had a blast doing it and everybody's kind words were like so much incredible lagniappe! I still have a bunch of cool photos and discoveries from that afternoon...to be posted soon.
In the meantime, here's a snapshot from 1971: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6050/...cc7cd14b_o.jpg Looking from the Macy bridge over the 101 across the gasholders into dt. Now of course you'd be on César Chávez, and the El Monte Busway would be on your right, and that disappearing overpass disappears: http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6116/...cb20c9c3_o.jpg |
you're all amazing, such history, so many memories of growing up in the 50's...I'll never forget the smell of the Brew 102 brewery as we went by "the interchange"...geez...I'll bet nobody calls the intersection of the 101 and the Harbor Freeway the "Interchange" anymore.
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good point, speaking of which, is there two "four levels"?
Isn't the interchange of the Pomona (60) and Long Beach (710) a four level? Any others? |
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Names like "The Interchange" and "The 4-Level" are very telling; that interchange was the first 4-level freeway interchange in the world when it was built, so it being referred to with those names is evidence that it was considered a big deal and one of a kind back then. Yes, the Pomona and Long Beach Fwy interchange is indeed a 4-level interchange, as well as the 57 and 10 interchange out in the Pomona area. The 57 and 10 interchange always seemed "beautiful" to me somehow, very swooping. I haven't been out that way in a long time now, but as a kid, when my family and I would go to Vegas via the 10 to the 15, we would pass that interchange, and it looked monumental to me somehow, I think because it seemed like it was out in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nothing but vacant land. I wouldn't doubt that it's more developed around there now than it was back in the 1970s and 80s. |
I'm still astounded how high you are when traveling over them. Such is the case when I drive from the 10 west, then take the transition to the 405 south towards LAX. Thats gotta be up there about, what?...6-8 stories?
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SierraMadre, That to me is one of the most amazing posts on this thread! I, for one, do not remember seeing those aerials before and can't quit staring at them. Simply fascinating!!!
I could go on and on but I truly want to get back to staring and comparing. Thank you so much for posting them :cheers: ~Jon Paul |
Great post Sierra_Madre!
You can clearly see the Lugo House in this one. http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/5...ecanbeseen.jpg usc digital archive |
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