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Sadly obliterated, or removed when the eq plates were installed.... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1...2520AM.bmp.jpg But at least the building remains https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-6...2520AM.bmp.jpg GSVx3 |
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Was also curious to see if the house still stands... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV |
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Thank you for the follow-up. Before your post I was musing about the other obvious alterations (openings at or near bottom floor) and whether they were a product of reinforcement or improved access. Another interesting touch: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...umbiaBaist.jpghttp://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...mbiaGoogle.jpg www.historicmapworks.com/Google Maps The current 439 Columbia Avenue (according to Streetview) would be just south of W 4th Street, but I haven't found any trace of a building in that location until the one which appeared between 1952 and 1972. In the 1948 aerial below, the Cortez is the dark building roughly in the center. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ColumbiaHA.jpg Historic Aerials I also came across a huge "Cityscape" on the USC site. I zoomed in, and lo and behold, there's the Cortez in the middle. The photo isn't dated, but the buildings look similar to the aerial above. It's certainly from before the Harbor Freeway was built. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Detail from photo at USC Digital Library I'll have to keep looking for pictures of the Louise :). |
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Los Angeles Aqueduct
Lots of local Los Angeles news stories today about the Centennial Anniversary. Caption: (November 5, 1913) - View of the opening day celebration for the Los Angeles Aqueduct. Over 30 thousand people attended this historic event. http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...t_Opening2.jpgLADWP Water & Power Associates As part of the celebration the following day, the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County had it's grand opening. |
The La Salle Apartments. 1249 W. 6th Street
ER: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/32299/rec/31 1926 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Recently discussed in Urban Diachrony. (Still standing. Arguably lost a little character along the way. But it did gain a Zumba!) http://urbandiachrony.files.wordpres...4881622350.jpghttp://urbandiachrony.files.wordpres...4881622350.jpg Interesting wheels on what appears to be a "T" in the center of the photo. Stamped steel - after-market faux spokes? Available at George Pepperdine's Western Auto? http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13381 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13366 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5FX6R3SGD8.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5FX6R3SGD8.jpg "Saving Sam" http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt767nc5n9/hi-reshttp://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt767nc5n9/hi-res |
Steel framing is a good thing. -
The "Carlton", 7th and Figueroa From same compilation: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/32299/rec/31 1926 - Notice the top floor's diamond brick pattern. . . . Furnished by the brothers Barker. Everything but a zanja and wireless! http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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GREAT shot, HossC. The more I poke around, the more I'm convinced that the Louise and the Cortez were one and the same. Perhaps a little more corroborative info is in the Times ad below indicating a construction date of 1925, which matches the assessor's not necessarily accurate information for the current 375 Columbia: "Year built: 1925/Effective year built (usually indicating a major remodel): 1930". 61 units are listed--"61 beds/61 baths".... Not definite, but I'd say probable. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2...2520PM.bmp.jpgLAT Aug 12, 1925 Now the holy grail would be a picture of the building as the Louise...EXCEPT, now that I look more closely at your shot above, I wonder if we are looking at the Louise. The sign on top of the building now addressed 375 Columbia might say "HOTEL LOUISE"...with a script "L" trailing under the "OUISE"... vs. the Cortez's sign: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7...signlouise.jpghttp://img191.imageshack.us/img191/68/o9by.jpg |
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I believe you're right about the Hotel Louise sign, GW. I took another look at the "Cityscape" and realized that the Rex Arms on the left is still full-width, so the photo must date from before the 1934 widening of Wilshire. |
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https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R...2520PM.bmp.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C...2520PM.bmp.jpg At the north end of the Hollywood Subway: Great vintage shots from 1959 by überfoamer Ralph Cantos (and I say überfoamer with great respect)-- end of the line for the PE PCCs. The full story here: http://www.pacificelectric.org/pacif...-free-at-last/ Among appropriate Vintage NLA posts are: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13211 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12275 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2344 |
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Seriously? You'd like them demolished? ...I guess I think that after so long and having become so familiar, the Stanley Mosk courthouse has become almost an L.A. icon, if not in the way the old red sandstone building seems to have once been. (Not to mention Paul Williams's participation in the project: http://www.paulrwilliamsproject.org/...vic-buildings/.) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n...2520PM.bmp.jpgUSCDL http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1022 |
maybe rick is talking about the ugly 13 story building adjacent to the super modern Paul R. William's project.
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Also, If you look at the clock on the south face of the courthouse, according to the courthouse website, the bronze numerals and hands graced both the old "Clocktower Courthouse" and the red sandstone courthouse. There are still pieces of history in plain sight. |
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In my mind there is no doubt about Central building being an icon, for any number of reasons, including its longevity and many TV appearances. Unfortunately, the resulting megalith, with its underground parking, tunnels, quarried walls and wood-lined phone banks (gone) might have been so much more. Its been decades since exploring the Central Courthouse and its sister to the north. At the time, I was nonplussed. I was reminded of an overly-long Soviet-styled airport/railroad terminal, without any panache, as might be found in other large projects, e.g., Union Station, the TWA terminal, Marin County Civ Center, or the Santa Barbara Court. In retrospect, maybe my views were colored by not encountering Perry, Paul, Della or Lt. Tragg in the elevator. (Or maybe it was the existence of ficus trees instead of palms? At least 'Ol Red had a sprinkling of 'em.) It probably bears noting that Perry probably spent more time defending criminal charges in the Hall of Justice Court as opposed to the Central "Civil" Courthouse. I don't recall the suggestion that Perry stepped foot in the Criminal Court at 210 W Temple Street, the design of which deserves a post of its own. :shhh: http://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detr...CAN_1_7_cx.jpghttp://www.hourdetroit.com/Hour-Detr...CAN_1_7_cx.jpg http://cedrs.com/wp-content/uploads/hord_mosk1L.jpghttp://cedrs.com/wp-content/uploads/hord_mosk1L.jpg Have there been any posts on this thread actually depicting the extent of the '33 earthquake damage to the old Courthouse? (Deconstruction exists, http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=399.) Yes, posted here many times. . . . . (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=399) http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/cd.../rv/singleitem http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitalcollections.lmu.edu/ut...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/...7ts/hi-res.jpghttp://content.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/...7ts/hi-res.jpg http://www.swigga.com/wp-content/upl...use_ca1900.jpghttp://www.swigga.com/wp-content/upl...use_ca1900.jpg http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5270/5...8ae20cfb_o.jpghttp://farm6.staticflickr.com/5270/5...8ae20cfb_o.jpg http://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...mark-scott.jpghttp://images.fineartamerica.com/ima...mark-scott.jpg |
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Mo' Moderne
NW corner of Hobart and James M. Wood Blvd (née 9th Street). Built 1936, designed by Milton J. Black; undated photo:
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