It's amazing to see how lush downtown once was.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/836/lw0j.jpg
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with border and label
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/841/0s4d.jpg
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E_R.......

This establishment kept a lot of gardeners employed...

:hi: Fifth and Main :previous:

http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=16563

Platt's Popcorn Palace on the corner of Main and Fifth Streets (on the site of what would become the Rosslyn Hotel), circa 1903.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...n.jpg~original
USC Digital Library

The turreted building in the background is the Hotel Alcazar/Hotel Butler. It's visible in this elevated view posted by MichaelRyerson in 2012.

Zooming in, the Popcorn Palace is still there!

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...tsPopcorn2.jpg
Detail of picture at USC Digital Library

The 1911 Baist map (below) shows that the Hotel Alcazar/Hotel Butler became the Hotel Royal. It's still called the Hotel Royal on the 1921 map.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...elRoyalMap.jpg
www.historicmapworks.com


More pictures of the Hotel Alcazar can be found in Flyingwedge's post below (which includes images posted by Beaudry):

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16098

Mini Puzzle
 

Where did I take this photo from?

If no one guesses it in the next few hours, will post another view from the same location.

http://wwww.dkse.net/david/Guess/DSCN3428.JPG

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Looks like it was taken from atop the Equitable Building, 6253 Hollywood Blvd...


http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics39/00039172.jpgLAPL

http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...QAUYQVPIMI.jpgLAPL

Nice try, but...

Before I post a more obvious clue, any other guesses?

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Capitol Records bldg, then, or even farther north?

Yes! It was the top floor of the Capitol Building. Here are a few other shots from that visit.


http://wwww.dkse.net/david/Guess/DSCN3434.JPG


http://wwww.dkse.net/david/Guess/DSCN3430.JPG


http://wwww.dkse.net/david/Guess/DSCN3422.JPG

Wow !
 

This building is "a thing of beauty which is a joy for ever" (quoting John Keats). I don't know what you think pals, but to me it is the perfect blend of classical and modern. It's height is quite balanced too !

Up On The Roof.....1930s
 

Rooftop gym at the Roosevelt Building, circa 1930s.

Today the building is a collection of renovated modern apartments.

http://www.rooseveltla.com/
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psb977fbc8.jpg
USC collection

Tom Mack's Buffet. Interesting interior/....1900s? 1910s?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/841/9sq9.jpg
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9th & Main...but what building?
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Mathie's Malt Tonic. -ever heard of that? -me neither.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/837/wc3w.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...0/844/thsv.jpg
http://www.taverntrove.com/results.p...&intResults=30



http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/836/eki8.jpg
http://books.google.com/books?id=1AB...ngeles&f=false
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The 1915 CD lists a saloon belonging to Thos Mack at 862 S Main, which would put it on the south-east corner. I haven't found any pictures of the building yet, but here's the 1914 Baist map of the intersection:

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...n1915Baist.jpg
www.historicmapworks.com

:previous: :) That's a good start HossC. -thanks


originally posted by 3940dxer
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/837/u67x.jpg
I like the blueprint as mural.

Hi David. It was fun seeing your pics from the top of the Capitol Records Building.
That's a pretty rare vantage point. :)
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Stone wasn't the only actor of note with connections to Wilton Place. Carole Lombard (born Jane Alice Peters in 1908) lived for much of the 1920s and as late as 1930 with her mother and two older brothers at 138 North Wilton Place; we know this from U.S. Census records (http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/81610.html). She left by 1931 to marry William Powell.

Here's a Google Earth view of that address from a few years back, and there's a good chance it's the house where the Peters family lived when Carole was making her way in the industry: http://vp19.livejournal.com/pics/catalog/341/1431346

Other addresses for Lombard can be found at http://carole-and-co.livejournal.com/457875.html. (Incidentally, I'm the administrator of Carole & Co., a site I've run for nearly seven years -- and I'm pleased to say it appears that within the next few months, I'll be relocating to Los Angeles for film history research.)

Plaza Hotel

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5319/...8bbe4532_k.jpgGold Line bound for East Los Angeles

A Gold Line train bound for East Los Angeles crosses the 1st Street Bridge over the Los Angeles River on a Wednesday afternoon. Art Deco Sears tower in background, Signal Hill on the horizon. Nice shot of the L. A. River bridges.

Photo by Steve Hymon/Metro.