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I have to start my morning with Noirish Los Angeles the first thing right after breakfast. Then and only then can I face the 21st Century.
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. December 20, 1971, 47 years ago today:https://www.latimes.com/resizer/5N4J...5T4XVKWBJY.jpgBill Varie / L.A. Times Caption: Youth on bicycle drops some change into Salvation Army kettle. The Salvation Army kettle above was located at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood. A brass band played a selection of Christmas carols. This photo by staff photographer Bill Varie was published as standalone art on page three of the Dec. 21, 1971, Los Angeles Times. |
. One year ago: A photo captured on Hollywood Blvd. 8:38 p.m., December 16, 2017.(I believe, maybe, they are next to the lot by the Scientology Building, formerly the Hotel Christie.) https://glenn.zucman.com/metro/wp-co...3-1024x684.jpgGlen Zucman |
Until April of 2017, I hadn't found any photos that pictured Hollywood Blvd. decorated in anything other than the famous Christmas trees that lined the light poles for many years.
The Santa Claus motif was used in the Spielberg film "1941" (Santa's arms were by his side) but I'd never seen any photos of Santa Claus's lining the street until I found this snapshot of a soldier in front of one on someone's pinterest account. Quote:
I found another Santa Claus photo recently! :) It's at approximately 6330 Hollywood Blvd. a bit east of Ivar. Do the cars indicate it was probably the same 1943 holiday season? I wonder if these Santa Claus decorations were only up that one particular year? https://farm5.static.flickr.com/4645...fe50dfc0_b.jpgjericl cat/Flickr Pictured: Hollywood Citizen, Mimi's, Thrifty Cut Rate Drug Store, partial blade signs for Warners Theatre and Security Bank. |
Earlier today I came across this rather mysterious image in an old file of mine.
"Curtis Studios, Sunset Trails, Los Angeles" -blue-tone Silver Gelatin Print. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/MVrdUN.jpg old file I really love this image...it's utterly noirish. I can't tell if it's a double exposure (maybe a triple exposure?)...or a photo-collage. I'd love to know the back-story. After several google searches...I was led to this Curtis Studios portrait of Anna May Wong. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/ulPuiX.jpg Heritage Auctions "Vintage gelatin silver, double weight, glossy still. An early and exceptional full-length portrait of star Anna May Wong, by pioneer photographer Edward S. Curtis, best known for his famous photographs of the American West and the Native American Indian. Curtis moved to Los Angeles around 1921 after a bitter divorce with his wife. and began working as a still photographer on Hollywood films around this time. He also set up a studio in the Biltmore Hotel to work as a portrait photographer, where assumably this photo was made. Recto: Curtis signature in the negative. Verso: Black rubber stamp on the verso, Curtis Studio, Biltmore Hotel, L.A. Fine/Very Fine." Hmmm...I'm not sure that I agree the Ms. Wong photograph was taken at the Biltmore. I don't think the studio shop in the Biltmore Arcade would have an exposed brick wall like this one behind Ms. Wong. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/0uxNmc.jpg :shrug: unless it's a backdrop. (a really well done backdrop) The seller is correct about the shop location. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...922/3n6uI5.jpg lapl https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...921/Jaeuhw.jpg detail |
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That would be the Tremont, which was at 641 S Berendo. Built 1923, demo'ed 1969. I didn't find a photo, not that I dug all that deep--maybe Hoss will unearth one--but here's an illustration from the Times: https://i.postimg.cc/Y2bRm8y4/tremont-bmp.jpg LAT Sept 9, 1923 Quote:
From ER's recent posts on VD V&D Shell Service Inc. (was the ampersand added to avoid associations with clap?)-- https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/1zuABG.jpg Always have loved Woodlites--here on another Chrysler: https://i.postimg.cc/Yq6wBvrf/woodlights-bmp.jpg |
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I thought there was a strange mystery to ER's images in the previous post...I began to wonder--where is the Post Building? https://i.postimg.cc/Zq7KYMr4/shellsightline-bmp.jpg UCSB aerial from Dec 15, 1931. Then I looked closer at ER's pics--I was taking the apparently blank west wall of the Post Bldg for an empty lot.... https://i.postimg.cc/fRkM2vGP/postbldgnew-bmp.jpg More here |
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And for me it's 5,000! (I like ten posts per page.) |
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Just for Lwize and Martin Pal (I'm not doing this again!) http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...05000Pages.jpg At least we can agree on the number of posts. |
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I didn't know who was responsible for the decorations, but had wondered. I located this photo c. 1980's of the Jones Decorating Company at 2807 Sunset Blvd. https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3117/2...aa67b9b1_z.jpgJulie Wilson World/Flickr Info says it was founded in 1926. Is it still there? (Next door to the Olive Motel!) Thanks for the info. ___ Hollywood Blvd. Christmas Decorations Santa Claus Lane |
Wow! 2500 pages (for me, or however many for y'all)...all I know is there's been 49,995 posts, so we'll see if I end up being #50,000 by the time I finish writing this.
Here's something I found—a piece of unbuilt Bunker Hill from the Times, 11 Feb 1905. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4848/...e34ae060_o.png This would plop right on top the old Bixby house. And note that it would play havoc with the views had by the tenants of the Bradbury Mansion! That this great seven-story caravansary should look a bit like the then three-year-old Fremont down the street at Fourth & Olive shouldn't surprise anyone, as it was also designed by John C. Austin. https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8307/...36303a50_c.jpgHotel Fremont, Fourth Street and Olive, ca.1908 by Michael Ryerson, on Flickr |
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I'm not sure how post GSV, but the building is red and it has 'available' and 'creative space for rent' signs.
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A Jones sampler https://i.postimg.cc/g0GwgBVW/jones58ad-bmp.jpghttps://i.postimg.cc/fydXGSJn/jones2ndad-bmp.jpg LAT Nov 30, 1958 and Sept 1, 1931 https://i.postimg.cc/X7cxqtYM/jonesobit1.png LAT July 1, 1990--nothing comes up for "Jones Decorating" in the Times after this Jones moved around a lot...one of its locations was at 752 S San Pedro across Agatha Street from the great turreted store building we've seen on NLA before.... https://i.postimg.cc/8kdnf7Zn/jonesagatha-bmp.jpg |
I just saw this on Ebay [$49.99] one bid.
"RARE LOS ANGELES STREET SCENE Businesses Signs STREETCAR Liquor Store c 1900 Photo." SILVER ALBUMEN PAPER https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/bAyvat.jpg Ebay Does anyone recognize this street? Here's a close-up https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/LGDDjX.jpgDETAIL Anything look familiar? __ |
As long as we're on the subject (well, I am anyway, see my post above) of unbuilt Bunker Hill, here's the Collins Hotel, designed by Arthur L. Haley, who did design the Astoria apartments that would eventually go in that spot in 1905.
https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4806/...c4ceb6da_o.pngLA Times, June 21, 1903 One wonders if as many folk would slink down/be thrown down/be murdered on those utility stairs next to the Collins in alla those noir pictures as were next to the Astoria. And note what a wide lovely avenue Clay St appears to be! The rooftop had a dining room and roof-garden. Note the tower with chimes..."this feature has been recently introduced in some of the family hotels of the East, and has proved as attractive as it is novel." Somewhere there has to be a drawing of the Olive Street façade, would I love to see that. There's even some description of it just to get my blood going all the more— https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4855/...f667a89fa8.jpg By December they realized it would be much cooler to tear down the houses next door (where the Hill Crest and Sunshine Apts would be built in a couple years) and put in a park, and just make the Collins much larger. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4896/...5d548c8d_o.pngLA Times, December 3, 1903 Of course the City Council got involved, and attorneys, and they brought in outside counsel, like Parkinson and John C Austin, who cast a dubious eye at the stability of the giant towers and the fireproofability of the whole affair. It's never said what happened to the project but perhaps City Superintendent Julius Krause just didn't give Haley and his client W. S. Collins a permit. EDIT: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4863/...ff08ea2698.jpgLA Times, 15 Feb 1905 |
:previous: Very interesting post Beaudry.
What is meant by "bent glass windows"? (curved like a bay window?) Here are a few more mentions of the Collins Hotel. Los Angeles Herald / Agitates the city council? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/P8ep5G.jpg Oct. 9, 1903 This is why. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/922/9wJeYk.jpg Result https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...921/E77HnK.jpg Los Angeles Herald |
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