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I too was distracted by the courtyard apartments. They're so unique and so..well...L.A. I'd bet good money that they've been used as a location in a film. It's such a shame the middle section was allowed to be demolished in 1974. (to be honest, I had only noticed 1038 & 1042 / I didn't see 1052 further down the street) ___ I am really surprised no one has been able to locate an early photograph of the old Ardmore Mansion. It's as if it never existed. Here it is once more.....many years removed from it's glory days http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/1RhkOj.jpg "The Trip", circa 1967......1039 S. Ardmore Avenue I really doubt that Valentino actually lived there, even though two different sources claim that he did. __ |
Speaking of junkies, an addendum to my post above—327, before its demolition, had some pretty unsavory boarders...well, sort of, at least the local kids were kept in Zagnuts and Mallow Bars!
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7363/2...bd024f27_o.pngLA Times, Feb 19, 1933, via Proquest And here's an image showing 327 along its side in 1913: https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7013/2...6499273c_o.pngUSC |
Interesting shot...
I don't think we've seen this before...
https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7153/2...dd179d70_o.pngLooking west on Sunset Boulevard from the Lugo House balcony, ca.1948 Arched roofline of Bozzani is clearly seen at Broadway. This may well be Marchessault Street and not Sunset. Amid the changing street names and reassigned roadways of the 40s and 50s, my '46-'47 map shows Sunset ending up there at N Broadway (at Bozzani's) with this being Marchessault coming on down to Union Station and Bellevue forking off to the left at Broadway and running over to Macy Street. <a href="https://twitter.com/lawildwest" rel="nofollow">twitter.com/lawildwest</a> |
Thanks for the clarification Wig Wag and Ed Workman. (on the abrupt end of streetcar tracks)
I've been trying to find another photograph that shows tracks ending in the same manner, but I haven't had any luck yet. I also thought there must be a photograph somewhere that shows a P.E. or LaRy streetcar that has accidentally over-run the end of the track. -but again, I haven't had much luck finding any such photograph. (and I'm not talking about that iconic photo of the train that overshot the end of the track at Union Station) __ I found this interesting image in a very old file of mine. I had it labeled: "Complete Mystery Bridge, Los Angeles 1909" lol http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/922/Ks3CrM.jpg old cd / file of mine Does anyone know where this particular bridge is (was?) located....and where the houses were located that you see in the distance? (and it appears the photographer was standing on yet another bridge!) Here's a detail & enlargement. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/nyTkiU.jpg :previous: Is that a person in a white shirt bending over by that first streetlight? (from this angle, it looks like the bridge isn't paved yet) (perhaps we've seen this image previously on NLA, but I wasn't able to find it) __ |
Here's another...
'mystery' location. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/2kmJyz.jpg old file (before I kept I can't place that tower in the distance.......the one to the left of the streetcar. Could it be St. Vibiana's? __ |
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I believe this is the Macy Street bridge east of the river. It can be seen here... https://c8.staticflickr.com/3/2528/1...818694fa_o.jpgLooking east from the City Hall tower, 1952 Looking into Boyle Heights, before the freeway reached the San Bernardino/Santa Ana interchange. We're looking down on the Maier Brewery (with its signal product 'Brew 102' prominently displayed) and the seemingly ageless Friedman Bag Company with the surrounding traffic patterns in flux. Apparently eastbound traffic was being channeled out Commercial Street and then over to Aliso where, lo and behold, a traffic signal is controlling traffic at Vignes. Wow, got to be the last years for this to work. Just beyond the Aliso Viaduct you can just make out Mission Road passing under the viaduct and see the San Bernardino fork pass under the Macy Street/Brooklyn Avenue viaduct. Great, busy image with lot of detail. USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 |
:previous: I believe you're correct Michael_Ryerson.
Thanks for your help and the very interesting information. It's much appreciated! __ |
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with the hills in the background it looks like the santa fe line through south pasadena next to the Memorial building. I use to have my daily donut from winchells across fair oaks on the bridge and watch the gold line pass under me..but if memory serves me ..the santa fe was a one track line. |
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At Olympic & Hooper the line entered a private right of way paralleling Long Beach Ave. At that point the yard leads from 8th Street freight yard joined. According to P. Allen Copeland, this point was called "Oscar's Junction" by PE crews (after PE president Oscar Smith). In the following photo (from "Pacific Electric in color volume 1") the tracks curving to the right are the yard leads to 8th Street freight yard.They also have the picture below with the following caption: 8th Street yard served the main L.A. wholesale produce market and the Pacific Electric freight station. These facilities are shown in the following aerial photo from the 1930s. The three large parallel structures are the Union Terminal warehouses. The right-most warehouse in the row of Union Terminal warehouses was the main warehouse for the Broadway department store chain until 1952.http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...onTerminal.jpg www.uncanny.net The mystery tower can be seen in the center near the top. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The other black & white shot shows a little of the Harper House Apartments. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Both from Getty Research Institute The apartments look much the same today. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV |
:previous: I'm so glad that survived. What a beautiful building!
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/AWuAfD.jpg :previous: Oh my, I really like that aerial Hoss. I don't believe we've discussed that gas-o-meter (visible on the right, and in the color photo) as thoroughly as the ones further north. & thanks for pointing out my 'mystery' tower. __ |
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Here is an example, although it is not as illustrative as it might be from another angle. Per the maps and at least one 1948 aerial, La Brea was, as the Traveling Wilbury's might say, "The end of the line." Evidently no barriers, other than lack of track. Quote:
Something you and CBD mentioned in earlier posts was "safety zones." http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=29033 FWIW, a 1937 Porky Pig cartoon, titled "Picador Porky" lampooned this very subject. http://likelylooneymostlymerrie.blog...orky-1937.html http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uW6VfWIRd1...cadorporky.bmp http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uW6VfWIRd1...cadorporky.bmp http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kqoTsFFPOw...orporky7.0.bmp 1936 - First Congregational Church on 6th Street http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics32/00065640.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics32/00065640.jpg A diagram Baron Von Richtophen might understand? 1943 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics29/00049371.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics29/00049371.jpg https://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/...561_bcc5_o.jpghttps://www.kcet.org/sites/kl/files/...561_bcc5_o.jpg Undated 'Electric car W enroute to Highland Park via Avenue 50 and York Boulevard" http://jpg1.lapl.org/00006/00006805.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00006/00006805.jpg |
HossC, did Shulman photograph any other places on Harper Ave.? Particularly the Villa Primavera apartments?
(Nicholas Rey lived there and the courtyard of the apartment building in the film In a Lonely Place, was fashioned after it.) The whole area on Harper Ave. North of Fountain is designated: https://c2.staticflickr.com/4/3712/9...c1b4d3f0_n.jpg |
Thanks for the end-of-line photograph(s) tourmaline!
'mystery' location. I didn't think this view was all that interesting, until I noticed the 'Bowling' sign beneath the Herald Examiner billboard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/pKhawh.jpg old file of mine Anyone have an idea where this was taken? _ |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/WwTNkC.jpg lapl I really love this photograph t. __ below: original 1947 glass negative for sale. Postal Car attached to Pacific Electric Red Car [no location given] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/PKW4Ez.jpg eBay __ |
I haven't really followed the conversation so...
Sorry if you've already considered this example of end-of-the-line trackage..
https://c3.staticflickr.com/8/7282/1...bd22018f_o.jpgLooking west on Colorado Boulevard at Townsend, Eagle Rock, 1948 eBay via NLA e-r |
:previous: That's a really clear view of one....I had forgotten all about it. Thanks Michael_Ryerson
original negative. "1954 Santa Fe Oil Tank Train Los Angeles' http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/3rbWy5.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/original-195...YAAOSwbPxXQQZv information written on negative sleeve by amateur photographer http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/OQ6AB9.jpg Just for fun, a closer look at that back-alley on the right. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/URiHOL.jpg detail |
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Here's an aerial view of the gasometers from the same year as the photograph. Quote:
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"Job 5526: Arthur and Nina Zwebell, Villa Primavera (West Hollywood, Calif.), 1978". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Getty Research Institute A quick search didn't yield any other Shulman photographs of Harper Avenue, but maybe there are some that don't have their address in the description. I'll keep an eye out. |
Time for a nice cool drink of lemonade
Sunny day in LA...probably mid August. Parking lot full of boiling hot cars. Sad old apartment building sitting all alone on a sandy hill...waiting for its last day. Street car...slowly makes its way across town..
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