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Any who. I worked for the engineering company that did this Project (Ambassador Hotel to New School) and from what I gathered when I was at the construction meeting there, They saved everything in that entrance. We did the Civil work for the site. :tup: BTW I really enjoy this post of the forum :tup: I love seeing all the old vs new pictures. :D |
:previous: That's great news CivilJuan909!
I'd love to know where they have it hidden away. __ Lorendoc, I hope you can locate that list of venues that were classified as "Out of Bounds" to servicemen. It's so very interesting. __ |
I'm new to joining and posting after enjoying this site for 3 years. Great photos with a neat coincidence - my family stayed at the Islander Motel in Eagle Rock for New Year's 1973 and took the bus to the Rose Parade. I've stayed there more recently for old time's sake, when visiting So Cal, but the last time, they wouldn't check me in until after 2 PM, so I stayed at the Rose Bowl Motel instead.
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e_r linked another post with photo #1 (326 S. Spring St.) and that link has this paragraph, which mentions Maxwell's, shown in the above photo, but no address for the location. Quote:
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The school buses are one of my favorite things - early '50's model Crown Coaches, built on 12th St. (formerly McPherson), in the shadow of the 2 gas storage containers (which show up in many factory photos). Crown was founded in 1904 and had this location from the early '20's to the mid '80's, when they moved to Chino. They closed in 1991, but most of their archives have survived. The "twinkie buses" were well-known all over CA, but there are few left on the road in service now. Many of Crown's factory photos from about 1940 to the late '60's were taken at Wyvernwood Gardens, and some show the Sears Building in the background.
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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5563/...134c950a_o.jpgLooking west from the Union Rescue Mission, ca.1960 View of looking west across Main Street taken from the second floor of the Union Rescue Mission at 226 So. Main Street. View is toward the west, with the Douglas Building at left. Beyond is Bunker Hill. LAPL |
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e_r posted: I love the clock. I wonder if anyone saved it? I was going to mention it when first posted, but this clock design looks like a lady's wristwatch. That must've been the intention of the design, or am I just stating the obvious to everyone? |
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I've had this in my photo-stream for a while
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5584/...a74a1305_o.jpgLooking southwest across 2nd and Hope Streets, 1928 'Looking southwesterly through intersection of Hope and 2nd Streets showing relative height of wall, 1928' The Stanley at 2nd and Flower is on the right (background) nearer building is on Cinnabar. New Hotel Elmar is beyond and below the balustrade to the left. USC digital archive/Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963 It's a nice image which compliments others of the intersection but it has this particular virtue... https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2943/...07ec1c81_o.jpgHope Street newel post, 1928 This is the newel post on the balustrade at Hope and 2nd Street. Hope Street runs across to the left and passes above the 3rd Street tunnel, the Hope Street incline runs down to 3rd Street at the portal just beyond this post and balustrade. I'm interested in what these markings mean and, being 1928, they can't be spray paint so how were they put on the concrete? USC digital archive/Automobile Club of Southern California collection, 1892-1963 |
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From the look of this google earth pic, its on the North West side. Which (Im assuming) is the original place. :) |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Street1950.jpg LAPL A similar image with a bit of color. The unreadable white blade sign on left appears to be on a building at 3rd and Spring, so comparing it to the original picture, Maxwell's Cafe must have been between Spring and Broadway. The building nearest the camera on that block is the Bradbury Building, and we're not looking at that in the original picture. So, Maxwell's Cafe must've been in the Currier Building, which was demolished in early 1968 after being damaged in a fire. The 1956 CD lists the Max M Newman cocktail lounge at 214 W 3rd Street, which would be the right address. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...r.jpg~original Detail of picture in Huntington Digital Library This early but undated image is the only decent one I could find of the Currier Building. The entrance in the center is the one immediately to the left of Maxwell's cafe. When this picture was taken, the Ramona Hotel was still standing on the corner of 3rd and Spring (far left of shot). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...erBuilding.jpg LAPL Now we have the location, I searched NLA again and found a mention of a gay bar called Maxwell's in the Currier Building in post #4914 by rick m. The extract below is from 'Bohemian Los Angeles: And the Making of Modern Politics' by Daniel Hurewitz. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...LAMaxwells.jpg books.google.com |
:previous: "So, Maxwell's Cafe must've been in the Currier Building." -Excellent HossC! You didn't give up..and you found the answer. kudos-
I was wondering, is the square in the sidewalk in front of Maxwell's a freight elevator down to the basement? I believe it is, but i could be wrong. __ posted earlier by CivilJaun909 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...911/oD3aL2.jpg google_earth I had no idea they kept the original west entrance. Thanks for setting me straight CivilJuan909. shortly before demolition began http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/KS0CG2.jpg http://ambassadorhotel.blogspot.com/...1_archive.html standing alone http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/t3yfsR.jpg I'nNotAStalker Here's the entrance with the new school in the background. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/HIaG2Q.jpg looking pristine once again http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/1Qcx6d.jpg laconservancy __ and....Welcome to the thread twnocal! :) __ |
After re-editing the Maxwell's text several times to add extra info and pictures, I decided to make this a separate post. In the Maxwell's post I mentioned the Ramona Hotel on the corner of 3rd and Spring, so I thought I should dig out a picture. I couldn't find an exact build date, but it seems to have been around 1890 (the first listing in the City Directories is 1894). The Currier Building can be seen the background of the undated picture below. Dr Freeman's free "Museum of Anatomy" sounds fun :).
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...amonaHotel.jpg LAPL According to emporis.com, the 13-story Washington Building which now stands on the site was completed in 1912, so the Ramona Hotel obviously didn't last long. On the right, the gap where the Currier Building once stood can be seen before the brick wall of the Bradbury Building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ingtonBldg.jpg www.loopnet.com |
streetcar #3004, 1958
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/VnqWnb.jpg ebay So is that Whittier Blvd. behind the streetcar? The little trolley-stop looks interesting..mostly open-air. __ |
American Legion Convention, Los Angeles 1938.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/UW7pZy.jpg ebay Not sure what's going on here -some kind of float I guess. |
-put a radio in your car.
Los Angeles 1939 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/mideoO.jpgebay Hmmm....so when did car manufacturers begin to put radios in their cars? It's something I never pondered before. __ |
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just to see how much they weighed. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps02bfed58.jpg |
Maxwell's
Not the first time I've been scooped by HossC :)
After spending 30 minutes digging through my non-existent filing system, I got my hands on that out of bounds list. It dates from 1944 and includes: "Maxwell Cafe, 214 West 3rd (LAPD Vice Officers say this is a pervert spot)" |
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