Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 9413490)

The Cinematour website says that the Los Feliz Drive-In could accommodate 500 cars and:
Opened: March 24, 1950
Closed: October 2, 1956

This Facebook page says:
The Glendale Blvd off-ramp goes through what used to be the Los Feliz Drive-in -- apparently it was a twin.

And from Cinema Treasures:

http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...1792/large.png

1952 photo, © HistoricAerials.com
http://photos.cinematreasures.org/pr...7439/large.jpg

From the comments section on Cinema Treasures, courtesy of Michael Kilgore:

From the March 11, 1950 issue of BoxOffice:

“Booking and buying for the Los Feliz Drive-In, new 600-car ozoner owned by Marvin Chesebrough, will be handled by Jim Finkler’s booking service. The operation is set for a March 15 opening with Tom Osa as manager.”


From the June 24, 1950 issue of BoxOffice:

LOS ANGELES – Because flood lights used to illuminate a playing field in the municipally owned Griffith park are blinding patrons of the nearby Los Feliz Drive-In, the city’s park and recreation commission has been given a “reasonable time” to erect an adequate shielding device.

That order was contained in a ruling handed down in superior couts as part of a preliminary injunction granted in an action filed against the city by Marvin M. Chesebro and Frank and Ernest Sbicca, owners of the drive-in, which opened March 15.

Chesebro, an attorney, held that the city should either stop using the flood lights or construct a baffle, which he estimates would cost approximately $3,500. The city’s plea that the cost would be closer to $7,500 and that the theatre should build the shield was denied in the court’s ruling. Chesebro charged that the drive-in is losing $300 worth of business every Friday night, when the Griffith park baseball field is open.

Chesebro is the son of Ray L. Chesebro, city attorney, who disqualified himself from representing the municipality because his son is a stockholder in the drive-in enterprise.

From Los Angeles Magazine:

Starting in 1950, the Los Feliz Drive-In’s two screens flickered for six years just southeast of today’s Friendship Auditorium near Riverside and Hyperion. Half the site became part of the Golden State Freeway, and half is now the five-acre Sunnynook River Park, with a walking path, native plants, and the occasional outdoor movie screening.

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 9085623)

The 1925 CD has the following entry:

EGYPTIAN SALT WATER SWIMMING CLUB INC, Ben D Harris Pres. G W Simpson Sec, R E Hafer Mgr. 401 Metropolitan Theatre Bldg, 323 W 6th, Phone Trinity 2617.

However, the June 4, 1925 edition of the New Castle News from New Castle, Pennsylvania has the following information:

"Another new swimming palace, which is soon to be opened is owned by the Egyptian Salt Water Swimming Club. The plunge is 100 by 300 feet and is located 900 feet behind the breakers on Exposition."

I didn't find any other mentions.

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 9416573)

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There seems to be some disagreement as to whether it was a grand opening or a ground breaking that occurred on May 16, 1925:

https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...renshaw(1).jpg

May 16, 1925, Los Angeles Record @ Newspapers.com


The Los Angeles Times also described the event as a ground breaking, so that's two against one. I think whoever wrote about the pool for the
Daily News messed up.

I also have a hunch that pool was never built. The intersection of Angeles Mesa/Crenshaw and Exposition is about eight miles from the ocean.
That's a long way to build a 12-inch pipeline to carry seawater for a swimming pool.

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 9417210)

https://youtu.be/5fL8n_aAisQ............... LINK 10 min. of fun.

This is up and down Wilshire Blvd. There's LOTS to see Summer 1951.

Many of these buildings are still there.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9417416)

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A mystery location, Bunker Hill.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/q6Xawq.jpg
eBay

"In pencil on back: N. Bunker Hill Ave. Tom Jones below, with Jean Ashe, Inez Jones (left) on porch, Anna Jeanette Davies standing. In good condition."

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9417377)

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..............L O C A T I O N... S O L V E D

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/3...922/Rcz4B1.jpg

Thanks Hoss, Noir Noir and GW.

I never expected the Florentine Gardens to be lurking in the eBay slide!



As for the Hawaii Theater. . .

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/2jtAKr.jpg
IHTC

Here's a look at the rooftop sign from the opposite direction. (undated)

"The Chase" :shrug:



If you look closely you can see a Zanzibar sign. If I remember correctly, it was located in the same building as the Florentine Gardens.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9417377)

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As for the Hawaii Theater. . .

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/2jtAKr.jpg
IHTC

Here's a look at the rooftop sign from the opposite direction. (undated)

"The Chase" :shrug:



If you look closely you can see a Zanzibar sign. If I remember correctly, it was located in the same building as the Florentine Gardens.
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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 9085623)

However, the June 4, 1925 edition of the New Castle News from New Castle, Pennsylvania has the following information:

"Another new swimming palace, which is soon to be opened is owned by the Egyptian Salt Water Swimming Club. The plunge is 100 by 300 feet and is located 900 feet behind the breakers on Exposition."

I didn't find any other mentions.

Originally Posted by Handsome Stranger (Post 9412981)

Originally Posted by Handsome Stranger (Post 9417434)

https://i.postimg.cc/fb5k5ghz/Dorns.jpg

The former Dorn's House of Miracles/Sontag Drug Store is currently vacant, if anyone wants to chip in for a Noirish LA Secret Club House & Luncheon Counter.

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9417436)

And here's what is written in the lower left corner.

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/6gzYcV.jpg

Good luck with that. :no: