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I'm trying to decide if the iced tea/malt shack is a remodeled version of the old white log coffee shop, or a new structure on the same site. At the moment i'm leaning toward the former

http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...pscd8248e0.jpg
Alameda and Los Angeles Streets, 1943

I think you are correct HossC. That sure looks like the same building.

Sad, so sad.
 

[QUOTE=Chuckaluck;6629441]1929 Santa Monica and Gower, western view (??).

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I used to enjoy finding "survivors" on NLA, no matter how mundane they may have seemed. But lately I find it simply sad. The survivor below is barely surviving at all. It looks boarded up, with a trash bag on the entry roof. The 'grand dames' of old LA are either renovated and cherished, or reduced to rubble. But simple places like this are left to rot, robbed of their meager dignity....forced to linger in purgatory while denied any hope of rescue.

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Long ago.....as time goes by.
 

HI Albany:

My roommate Walter, who was a criminal defense attorney, and I used to live at the end of this block going West. I was going to college then and it was 1972. The ramshackle 1901 house we lived in is long gone. You can still see the vacant lot on the South side of the street. Walter later moved to San Francisco....I stayed in the LA area.

The photo you posted brings back a lot of old but still fresh memories.

You can see our old house in the background. I believe it had been built around 1900. Upstairs at the Left was an actor's school. I used to watch the beautiful hopeful actors walk up those stairs. What became of them?

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personal collection

Some married rich and got their own "reality" show...

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thetrendguys.com

You oughta be in movies....
 

Thanks for pinpointing the location of the iced tea stand FredH and HossC.


I believe this slide shows the back side of the former iced tea stand.

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...and there's the Gruen Clock sign (mentioned by HossC) at far right.

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for reference: the 1940's iced tea stand.
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=22173

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second slide, I believe was taken on the same day.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/849/3jpm.jpg
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1929 - West Pico meets Ardmore. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../33332/rec/544


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Piggly meets Wiggly. (Awfully busy when the middle of the image is removed!)
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More complete version
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Thanks for your expertise Wig-Wag (Jack). I didn't notice that vertical power line until you pointed it out.

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-if skyscraperpage avatar's were rectangle instead of square, this could be your avatar. :)
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originally posted by ChuckaLuck
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pre-code cinema
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-the stylized O between Fifi's legs is a tad bit disconcerting.
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I couldn't imagine how Pico & Arden might have intersected, then relaized you meant--or USC meant--Ardmore. Looking west from the intersection today, you can see that the three main buildings seen in the vintage shot still stand:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2520PM.bmp.jpg

:previous:

Chuckaluck's link leads to a set of four pictures taken at the intersection of West Pico Boulevard and South Ardmore Avenue in 1929. I decided to do "then and nows" with three of them, although it looks like GW just beat me to the first one. Since I've already done the screengrabs, I'll include my versions here too.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...coArdmore1.jpg
USC Digital Library

As GW says, quite a few of these buildings have survived relatively intact, which should please Albany NY. The building behind the "Hot Paris" sign in the picture above is the yellow building behind the white one in the picture below. The white building on the left has survived reasonably well too. You can even still see the framework for the California Storage Co roof sign, although the current sign isn't as interesting.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...coArdmore2.jpg
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This shot shows Pico looking south from Ardmore.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...coArdmore3.jpg
USC Digital Library

The house across the street is now a medical center, and apart from losing the Alamo Lunch cafe at the front, it looks fairly similar to the picture above.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...coArdmore4.jpg
GSV

This one is the reverse of the picture above.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...coArdmore5.jpg
USC Digital Library

I think the green building is a modified version of the one in the picture above. It's lost a few windows, but looks quite well kept. I was pleased to see that the house on the right with the diamond shaped skylights is still there. In the picture above, it looks like there's a single-story house next to the diamond skylight house. It's actually a seemingly well-preserved little courtyard of houses.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...coArdmore6.jpg
GSV

:previous: Great before and after images GW and HossC.



While looking for information on Hot for Paris (1929), I came across this photograph of a strikingly beautiful actress.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/849/8kap.jpg
http://precodecinema.blogspot.com/20...1_archive.html

When I right-clicked on the photograph it was labeled Greta Nissen.


yet the website said it was Sylvia Sidney.
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So which is it? Greta or Sylvia.....

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My favorite photograph of the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium.

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It's Greta. This is a photo of Sylvia and a bit about her.
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chiseler.org

http://chiseler.org/post/48925405594...ailhouse-blues

If you see something, say something.


Btw, ER: I'm still looking for the auditorium.

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Thanks, ER. That would indeed be a great avatar!

Cheers,
Jack

My mistake.:no: Too many distractions and pauses during post. Was just getting to the other photos in HossC's most welcome post.

Thanks to all for your collective indulgence.


Any idea what the object placed near the bottom of the light post might be?

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USC Digital Library

Thanks, ER. That would indeed be a great avatar!

Cheers,
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