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Yup. Was there yesterday for the weekend Bug Festival at the Natural History Museum. (I have a four-year-old daughter, so....) Notice the odd "slenderizing" high up on the trunk. And here's a clear, easy-to-read image of the plaque in front of the palm. Eloquent, no? http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...psa14aea74.jpg http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8607874c.jpg |
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From other angles, I can actually make out two slender areas. I think they may correspond to the slowed periods of growth that took place after each transplanting. The slender area you indicated with the arrows was probably the one that resulted from the 1914 re-planting. My guess, anyway. |
Echo Park 1928
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I'm a newbie to this thread--just found it a couple of days ago while looking for info. on the Young Apartments on Grand. Gotta say this site is wonderful! I'm from the OC but my mother was an L.A. girl. She lived in an apartment on Laguna on the west side of the park. My oldest sister was baptized at old St. Athanasius before it became the cathedral center for the Episcopal Diocese. My grandmother lived there until the mid-70's--I still remember the paddle boats! This is a photo of my mom (on the right) and her cousin at the park in 1928. Must have been cold that day! http://imageshack.us/scaled/thumb/826/1928w.jpg |
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I read on one of the palm tree care sites that "pinching" such as this is caused by episodes of over-trimming |
An update on my post from yesterday, I've found one address for a Lyon Storage warehouse, thanks to this 1915 photo...
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...ps776fd8bf.jpg (Source: http://liveauctions.holabirdamerican...graph_i9800888) I'm still trying to confirm that the address goes with the building I found, but it's looking promising. All the other addresses I've come across for the business seem to be storefronts, not warehouses. Any tips anyone has for me are still welcome. :) |
Gower Gulch....Hollywood
Here are some Gower Gulch Hollywood cowboys hanging out near a movie studio or casting company hoping for some day-work in a Western film. This was a constant sight near studios in the golden age of the movies ...circa 1935. You had to be dressed for the part and ready to ride. Gower St. is on the western side of Paramount Studios. In the 1930s the doors on that side open to the studio Casting Offices. A day's work...$5
Indeed, John Wayne, Gene Autry and Roy Rogers all got their start in this neighborhood as did director John Ford. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psac9ce10f.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps665c3d4b.jpg Source: Found on my old Hollywood CD Here is a link to a previous Noirish post about Gower Gulch: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3394obucket.com/albums/v475/Douglas606/PRC_Studios_zps36627272.jpg[/IMG] Sunset & Gower ...August, 2013 & 1935, both photos look south from Sunset Blvd. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps52beef08.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps36627272.jpg GSV |
Lyons Storage Warehouse
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Once I was looking on the LAPL website at either aerial photographs of the Coliseum/USC or possibly the Globe factory (Jefferson and Hill) and I thought I remember seeing the Lyons storage building in the background. |
Thanks, bighen, I'll check those out.
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Not exactly noirish, but somewhat related.
https://sphotos-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hphot...98970917_n.jpg This was posted on the Wilshire Grand project's facebook page today. Described as "dismantling a vintage street lamp." Around when were these installed, if anyone knows? |
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http://www.sandiegohistory.org/journ...51-3_gould.pdf If you Google StreetView 5th Avenue and K Street in San Diego, you'll see the same view of the now-repurposed building as in the link; the end of the building with five columns of windows and two flagpoles on the roof. |
Ooh! Yes, that does look like it! Thanks sooooo much, Flyingwedge. In searching for the company nothing much was coming up in San Diego, and since it appeared they were based in L.A. I just focused my searching there (despite realizing the photo made it into the archives via SD). You've just saved me a TON of researching and hitting my head against metaphorical brick walls. Thanks again! :)
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Awesome! It's still there...
http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/u...psbc9c8a51.jpg (Image from Google Street View) The paint they used to put Lyon on the side is apparently VERY indelible. ;) |
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I thought the vacant area could be Pershing Square, but the building on the right is so unique (and wonderful) that I think one of us would have recognized it. Perhaps the photograph was taken in Los Angeles County but in a different municipality (remember...there are 88 cities in L.A. County!). __ |
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I'm one of those people who drive their wives and families nuts; when I see an interesting building I always stop and read the information plaques and slow down everybody else. In the late 1970's/early 80's, I had a job near Vermont and Hoover and fell in love with L.A. past and present. |
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Here's another mini-mystery.
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/2264/pc...odautocamp.jpg ebay Anyone recognize the topography? __ |
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