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Hollywood Hills, 1957
http://img220.imageshack.us/img220/8873/1957j.jpg USC Archive Vine Street, 1957 http://img833.imageshack.us/img833/4792/1957vine.jpg I'd have loved to have patronized an establishment called The Hangover. |
Here is a collection of County Court House plans that never got past the planning stages Courtesy USC
County Architect Karl Muck's drawing of proposed County Courthouse, 1930 http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3782/764gi.jpg Architect's drawing of the proposed new Los Angeles courthouse, 1934 http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/3405/773ro.jpg G.S. Underwood's sketch of a proposed Los Angeles County Court House, 1935 http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/2420/772y.jpg Architect's drawing of proposed building to replace old courthouse, 1936 http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/4595/766g.jpg Artist's drawing of a proposed new Los Angeles County Courthouse, 1946 http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/6226/776p.jpg Sketch showing proposed Superior and Municipal Courts building and the county administration building in Los Angeles Civic Center, 1950 http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/4104/584u.jpg New Los Angeles County Courthouse recommended by Citizens Courthouse Committee, 1953 http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4558/762x.jpg ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Other Court related buildings Architectural drawing of the proposed Law Library and Courts Building for the County of Los Angeles on the Plaza de la Justicia, 1940 http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/4152/771b.jpg Municipal Courts Building, Temple & Hill St., Los Angeles, 1950 http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/8084/405c.jpg http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/9241/416h.jpg |
And farther out on Beverly...
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_z...10819%20PM.jpg http://panoramio.com
This shot is labeled as "Beverly & La Cienega"... don't think I've ever run across a pic of this building before. Which corner of that interesection might it have been on? Did it bequeath its curves to the Beverly Center? http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...b1/Bevcent.jpg wikipedia.com |
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The building is still there, on the southeast corner. It's now Long's Drug/CVS.
Beverly Center replaced . . . a pony ride. And, of course, Tail O' The Pup. |
sopas_ej is correct...this is the southeast corner of Beverly Blvd. & La Cienega.
My first job in Los Angeles was at the Beverly Center. I would often go across the street to the Rexall's. It reminded me of the drug stores in the midwest (I was somewhat homesick). If I remember correctly there was a gas station across the street on the northeast corner. Adjacent to the gas station was the very popular under 21 club called 'The Odyssey'. On the northwest side of Beverly Blvd. & La Cienega was 'Tail of the Pup' which I frequented for lunch (before it was moved a block west). The original 'Ma Maison' restaurant was located in this area along Beverly Blvd. Further to the west at 9039 Beverly Blvd. was the VERY famous 'Chasen's' restaurant. |
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i dunno 'bout the rest of ya, but i always get a thrill when i stumble upon a photo looking east on third towards the west portal of the tunnel that i hadn't seen before...........particularly one where you can see clear through the tunnel to hill street. also a very good shot showing the side rear stairs of the alta vista which the mother ran up hysterically searching for her daughter in the movie M
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...600/img046.jpg Source: Old Hollywood |
some Life images
1953 aerial of the statler hotel http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/9b7a185e5d03906f_large Source: Life undated aerial looking north east on wilshire towards park la brea http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/1e9def5d508eb989_large Source: Life undated image looking north east towards bunker hill. (i'm dating it late 1964) http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/d74660aaa2359828_large Source: Life 1962 image looking north west on 1st street towards city hall http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/89d7a675c2501a22_large Source: Life not quite sure who all these folks are, but i'm guessing this is taken from the roof of the phillips oil building, so i'm 'summin' these folks are the phillips oil board. (as usual, i could be wrong.....but i do love the shot!) http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/b76a16c898c7b013_large Source: Life planning for a better tomorrow http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/abb865ad759745ee_large Source: Life |
calle de los negros and the rest of what's left of china town being demolished for the 101 freeway.
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/31329a15183764fe_large Source: Life |
To gsjansen;
Thank you very much for sharing your latest pics: what a fantastic pictures! -The aerial view of the Statler Hotel in 1953: no Harbor Freeway, yet to be built...And the beautifull Richfield Tower is still there! And watching at the pic, it seems to me an unrecognizable part of Downtown. -Undated image of Bunker Hill (circa 1964) Man, let me say this in correct english: f*****g great!!! For the very first time, we can see a color picture of the area after the CRA bulldozers. It's amazing, the retaining wall around the hill (was it next Hope St????) and the remaining residences on Grand... Could it be Bunker Hill Avenue? Also 3rd st tunnel and 4th st viaduct are cleary seen. Like I said, the pic is awesome and its main title could have been something like... 'On any given moment, anything can happen here', meaning all the vacant lots around. Finally, these folks barely allow us to see what it could be a total color panorama of Bunker Hill about to be vanished. The last pic, the one you named 'Planning for a better tomorow' it's overwhelming... was it really a better tomorow? And to come to and end: thanks again for your pics. Terrific work! |
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"L.A. is a great big freeway, put a hundred down and buy a car..." --Burt Bacharach/Hal David
Jeez I WISH I could put a hundred down to buy a car. http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics43/00041098.jpg lapl http://img535.imageshack.us/img535/1366/life1959.jpg LIFE http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics17/00008226.jpg lapl http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/9...asadenafre.jpg LIFE http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics04/00011661.jpg lapl http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/9946/life1951.jpg LIFE |
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Downtown LA, 1949
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/131...townla1949.jpg LIFE Main Street, 1948 http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/4...street1948.jpg LIFE 5th and Hill, 1948 http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/2...ndhill1948.jpg LIFE Rush hour, somewhere near Sunset and Figueroa, 1949 http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/4...sunset1949.jpg LIFE There was a period prior to and during the construction of LA's freeways, when reversible lanes were used on major surface streets during rush hour. http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/3...unset1949a.jpg LIFE |
The Illustrated Ethereal Tour of Beverly/LaCienega
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_z...E/s576/bc2.jpgwww.kobisiteniz.com
http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046747.jpgLAPL http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics24/00046750.jpgLAPL Photograph caption dated February 19, 1985, reads, "Residents who live near the Odyssey nightclub and teenagers who frequent the club, showed up at a press conference called by local legislators who have proposed legislation set a midnite curfew for clubs which cater to largely teen-age clientele." Is that the Rexall to the left? http://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085385.jpgLAPL It burned in March 1985. Did a neighbor drop a cig? http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics17/00028136.jpgLAPL http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics17/00028146.jpgLAPL Surely it was prettier in real life... http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_g3rU8BUIml...g/s400/062.JPGsearching4seaglass.blogspot.com https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_z...76/tailpup.jpg roadsidepeek.com A rather unseemly angle... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_z...ilopupla1b.jpg roadsidepeek.com Don't often see a pic of it closed... And a little Beverly Center neonoir crime to top it all off: Dolla, the renown rapper, got shot in the valet parking area. (Surely you remember his first single, released in 2007: "Who the . . . Is That?") Full story:http://articles.latimes.com/2009/may...everlycenter19 |
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Thanks for the 'ethereal tour' GaylordWilshire. lol I loved it! :)
It's funny sopas_ej....during my job at the Beverly Center I served Cher. Perhaps it was on the same day you saw her. ________ I have to correct one thing in my earlier post. The original Ma Maison was on Melrose Avenue in a converted house (I thought it was on Beverly Blvd) While searching for more information I learned that Ma Maison had an UNLISTED reservation number!! _______ |
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It's possible, ethereal. Hmm, the Tail O' the Pup. I don't think it exists anymore, I remember driving down San Vicente some years ago and it was gone. I'm not often in that part of town anymore, so I thought maybe I just forgot its exact location, but I distinctly remember a now fenced-off parking lot where I'm very sure it used to be (west side of San Vicente, north of Beverly). I would think that it would've been a big deal and made the local news if it were knocked down or something, I remember the big deal that was made about it when it was moved. So I guess it's now just a part of that storied list of "Things That Aren't There Anymore" in Los Angeles? |
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