Originally Posted by Mstimc (Post 9357841)

IMHO, the Petersen's façade looks like what it is: tacked on to an existing structure. That usually doesn't work regardless of the style (think all the classic DTLA buildings sheathed in mid-century modern sheet glass). If the façade was organic to the building, it may have looked better. Kind of looks like a melting roller coaster.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9112656)

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Look what I just found! ....Another snapshot taken in front of the Lemon Grove Studio building.

"BOY w SCHWINN BICYCLE LEVIS JEANS & CHUCK TAYLOR CONVERSE SHOES ~ 1965 PHOTO"

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It appears that a couple of additional companies have moved into the building. ...ARICAL...&...The John Clair Pictures Company.




And if you look closer there is a street number.

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5348. :)

And, as you can see, the decorative mirror is missing. (shown below)






As a reminder, and so you don't have to scroll back, here is the first photo again.

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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 9357587)

The AMPAS Museum's been getting more and more publicity as it's pre-opening and offficial opening date is approaching. The following picture is one you don't see often.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8ce7de5f_b.jpgMichael Nyiri/Flickr

I was just wondering what any of your opinions are on the Petersen Museum design? Frankly, I don't know if I like it or not, really, but what I do know is that I don't like, maybe even hate these two buildings in the same photo. (Or in person.) It's like oil and water to me and I'm really repelled by it.

Also, in the above photo you'll notice Wilshire Blvd. looking a bit shabby...lots of work has been going on in Los Angeles along Wilshire and elsewhere with new subway construction...this intersection will have a subway stop on the Purple Line extension:

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XAVQ...wilshire.0.pngLACurbed

Originally Posted by CaliNative (Post 9358522)

Looks like the facade of an older Vegas casino. Need some neon to complete the picture. But it is an auto museum, not the Louvre, so OK. If it were an art museum, different story.

Originally Posted by vexedbystuff (Post 9358804)

Curiously enough, this John Clair fellow is at least tangentially associated to a Marilyn Monroe grave marker. One of the original ones that was sold at auction in 2019 included 2 photos of him at her vault:

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/rEg9tY.jpg
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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8222395)

A 1967 Ed Ruscha aerial of Gilmore Drive-In and part of the bank.

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/images/w...AL00259_10.jpgTate

I love this photo of Gilmore Drive-In with Gilmore Field lit up in the distance. First posted by Tourmaline a couple years ago:

https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nkleZp3xu...52810%2529.jpg

Originally Posted by vexedbystuff (Post 9358804)

Curiously enough, this John Clair fellow is at least tangentally associated to a Marilyn Monroe grave marker. One of the original ones that was sold at auction in 2019 included 2 photos of him at her vault:
https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?s...oduct.chain%5D
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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 9357587)

The Petersen Automotive Museum has been referenced a dozen or more times over the years, but only a couple visuals of it posted:






The AMPAS Museum's been getting more and more publicity as it's pre-opening and offficial opening date is approaching. The following picture is one you don't see often.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...8ce7de5f_b.jpgMichael Nyiri/Flickr

I was just wondering what any of your opinions are on the Petersen Museum design? Frankly, I don't know if I like it or not, really, but what I do know is that I don't like, maybe even hate these two buildings in the same photo. (Or in person.) It's like oil and water to me and I'm really repelled by it.

Also, in the above photo you'll notice Wilshire Blvd. looking a bit shabby...lots of work has been going on in Los Angeles along Wilshire and elsewhere with new subway construction...this intersection will have a subway stop on the Purple Line extension:

https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbor/XAVQ...wilshire.0.pngLACurbed

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 9359120)

A small memory...June 1, 1992 (not long after the events of that April, which had delayed the trip): Went with a friend to Westwood Cemetery not realizing it was MM's birthday. At her crypt was a couple with a white van, who'd driven out from Indiana. They were dressed in some sort of costumes and toasting her with champagne being iced down in fancy bucket in the back of the vehicle. (I was actually surprised there wasn't something of a mob scene, considering it was the birthday...). I believe it was this couple who, good naturedly, told us that the owner of the crypt above hers--apparently a Mr. Poncher--had bought the space and left instructions to be buried face down. Probably an urban myth, but we were intrigued. Taken that day:

https://i.postimg.cc/hjtjXTzk/MMgrav...2-786x1174.jpg

Originally Posted by CaliNative (Post 9359516)

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Where is Hugh Hefner's crypt in relation to MM...right, left, top, bottom? I see a couple of vacancies to the left. Joe D. left roses every day for her, but he is buried elsewhere, isn't he? I guess a Catholic cemetery. Catholics favor body burials, not cremations. Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

I spent almost 8 years at nearby UCLA in undergrad and grad school decades ago, but never visited this place. A regret. I always told myself I would, but never did. Plus the departed don't often cross the minds of callow youth. There are other priorities. Now that I feel my mortality, I wish I had checked it out and thanked 2M. I might have even brought her a rose.

Originally Posted by vexedbystuff (Post 9359098)

Upon closer inspection, it looks like there's a placard hanging behind him just above the marker.

Originally Posted by CaliNative (Post 9359516)

:previous:

Where is Hugh Hefner's crypt in relation to MM...right, left, top, bottom? I see a couple of vacancies to the left. Joe D. left roses every day for her, but he is buried elsewhere, isn't he? I guess a Catholic cemetery. Catholics favor body burials, not cremations. Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

I spent almost 8 years at nearby UCLA in undergrad and grad school decades ago, but never visited this place. A regret. I always told myself I would, but never did. Plus the departed don't often cross the minds of callow youth. There are other priorities. Now that I feel my mortality, I wish I had checked it out and thanked 2M. I might have even brought her a rose.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9112656)

As a reminder, and so you don't have to scroll back, here is the first photo again.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/WJiPe4.jpg
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Originally Posted by vexedbystuff (Post 9358804)

Curiously enough, this John Clair fellow is at least tangentally associated to a Marilyn Monroe grave marker.
One of the original ones that was sold at auction in 2019 included 2 photos of him at her vault:
https://dyn1.heritagestatic.com/lf?s...oduct.chain%5D
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9158808)

I would give anything like to know the backstory to this odd photograph.

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I think his piano bench lights up. . . as well as his organ....*blush*

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9168007)

ABC. .Studio 26. .Los Angeles. .1962

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Is this really how television shows were recorded back in 1962?...I thought the sound technician would be in a sound-proof room. . not on a folding table against the wall !