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Exterior view of the second Los Angeles High School, Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, 1908 Photograph of the exterior view of the second Los Angeles High School, Fort Moore Hill, Los Angeles, 1908. The four-story brick building features a square clock tower, steep gables, dormer windows, and arched windows. Two entries are visible in this perspective -- one with a square portico at left and one under an arch at right. Trees sparsely surround the school. A wooden fence separates the school from the empty lot to the left. A large three-story building, Commercial High School, is adjacent to the school. Hill Street runs along the front of the school at right, while utility poles line the street. Three men are conversing on the sidewalk near the clock tower at left. And my favorite street light swings silently above the intersection waiting for twilight. USC digital archive/Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 |
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I spy a good location for two potential entertainment venues (Mayan & Belasco) next to the parking lot. ;) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...C86DAFIL8X.jpgCalStLib The "1930" photo date is probably at least four years late. See above image and http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=13287 |
Circa 1933 - Western Auto Supply on Wilshire and Hauser. 5651 Wilshire. Dig those derricks. Wonder if the exterior was as equally impressive in color? Per GW's previous post, building went through several incarnations and is currently serving pancakes (bottom). http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...6B5MRPKRM9.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...5FX6R3SGD8.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...3F2SIYVPMK.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...SAUQMNNHV4.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...A4CIDVDHK5.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F/LJLD...002&format=999 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...UMVCGGCIVD.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...56P997XE6K.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...FNUUEND5LR.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...X9JXRT91HA.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/F/LJLD...003&format=999 https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...2520AM.bmp.jpg http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...postcount=6845 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ply&DMROTATE=0 |
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Attention drawn to the street light globe ^^^^^. Possible optical illusion, but it looks unusual. http://farm1.staticflickr.com/219/50...bfa4ebcd_m.jpgFlickr Secondarily, unable to decide which is more disturbing, certain decidedly noirish practices, allegedly performed in the name of medical science - OR another post: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8017 ? :no: - :no: - :no: - :no: Could they somehow be related? :koko::shrug::koko: |
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I'm a long-time lurker here who really appreciates this thread and its many contributors. The pagoda is Hop Louie's in New Chinatown. This photo was taken on N. Hill street looking North just about where the current Hill St. exit from the southbound 110 descends into Chinatown. Here is a clearer photo from a recent eBay auction: http://i.imgur.com/WIcncFO.jpg |
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Another minor observation. No trace of any comfort station on a certain traffic island. :previous: Find the nearest saloon? Wait, Prohibition is still in full swing. This image is also dated 1930, and for obvious reasons, looks the part. Belasco completed http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...930&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...930&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...930&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...930&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...930&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/3790/rec/12 |
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The only traffic island I can see here is the one at Broadway Place. The comfort station was at the junction of Spring, Main and 9th, and is obscured in this view. |
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View from the Richfield Tower, Dick Whittington, 1930 A view of the Richfield Tower not frequently seen. USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8516/8...c7e39074_o.png View from the Richfield Tower, Dick Whittington, 1930 (2) A man (Dick Whittington?) gazes out at 1930's Los Angeles from atop the Richfield Tower. USC digital archive/Dick Whittington Photography Collection, 1924-1987 |
Cary Grant's signed slab of concrete from Earl Carroll's old club is up for sale on eBay. Opening bid is a cool $5,000.
http://ladailymirror.files.wordpress...ry_grant01.jpg Link to eBay auction Short article over at the Daily Mirror http://ladailymirror.files.wordpress...pg?w=404&h=319 |
Here are some earlier posts on the J.W. Robinson House and our initial confusion about Teed Street (including old MAPS) :)
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5521 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5544 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5545 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5546 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5563 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5568 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5569 The J.W. Robinson House and its connection to the film noir "Cry Danger". http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5540 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=5542 It was really fun looking through these old posts again. __ |
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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8357/8...91d16f1a_o.png 412sunset-1920 (2) Photograph of a dilapidated adobe built by Francisco Manza on the west side at the north end of the Broadway Tunnel, Los Angeles, 1920. A collapsing picket fence leans in towards the property of the adobe at the right, leading to the main house which is partially obscured by a hill in the foreground. The adobes have plank veneers along their walls, and the adobe at the far left has a wash basin attached to its side. Several metal poles, which appear to be supports for unused clotheslines, hang in towards the adobes. In the background, telephone poles and across Sunset Boulevard up on the hill can be seen what's left of the J.W. Robinson mansion and just behind it the Villa Cabrini orphanage. USC digital archive/California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960/Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 And, while we're at it, does anyone know what, if anything, the hill upon which the Robinson mansion was built was called? Did it have a name? Presumably Fort Moore Hill did not extend above Sunset. Any guesses? Suggestions for source material? Also, yesterday I ran across a reference to a Sugarloaf Hill. Any guesses on that? |
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The rags-to-riches-to not exactly rags story of George Pepperdine began in Kansas... the full story of his Los Angeles life is here: http://adamsboulevardlosangeles.blog...ease-also.html As it turns out, all of the Pepperdine houses in Los Angeles aside from 3320 West Adams still stand. UPDATE: A BP for the demolition of 1201 N Las Palmas was issued on Apr 10, 2012 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9r...U=w766-h647-noGSV 1201 N Las Palmas (ca. 1916-17) Jan 2011--demolished the next year https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/av...N=w876-h644-noGSV 762 N Edgemont (ca. 1918-22) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/41...z=w819-h647-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ur...R=w755-h462-no Pepperdine Front and rear of 157 N Catalina soon after completion. (Gotta love the gazing ball--it has been replaced with a house, but the two palms remain.) Its lines looks remarkably modern for 1924--the "now" shot reveals a house that could have been built in any recent ordinary SoCal subdivision. As for 3320 West Adams Boulevard... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2T...k=w796-h467-no LAT July 12, 1908 Here's where I complain about the research in the book Images of America: West Adams (again; see this post). The book describes the house as having been built by the Pepperdines, but, as you can see above, it was built by George F Winter (in 1908), father of the builder of another interesting Winter house, the story of which is here. (Notice that the drawing is by Elmer Grey himself; at the time, before a major street renumbering program by the city, 3320 was numbered 2550.) Images of America: West Adams goes on to describe the tragedy of the "next occupants," the Carl Molines. The Molines were actually living with the Pepperdines at 3320 as employees in 1930 and were, as the book does mention, both were killed by a vehicle just in front of the house. It wasn't as though George Pepperdine wound up on Skid Row; he died at the commodious 1614 Wellington Road: http://img855.imageshack.us/img855/3...lington900.jpgGSV |
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To some of us, every traffic island is a comfort station in the making! You are, of course, correct in your observation; however, the prior observation may have been tongue-in-cheek-correct in noting no evidence of any comfort station (even if it would have been in the wrong location!) I do not believe it has been covered before, but the stretch of Broadway Place near Olympic is apparently no longer a public thoroughfare. A 2010-article addresses this issue. http://blogdowntown.com/2010/08/5567...broadway-place Although your post should dispel further confusion, excepting the Main and 9th island, are there any other triangular-shaped traffic islands in the area? (This could prove helpful to those feeling the need, and prefer avoiding saloons.) Similarly, are there other confirmed and fully-functional former “comfort stations?” GW’s articles focus on the 9th and Main station, but more were contemplated: “The budget for next year will probably contain an appropriation for moderately-priced comfort stations for various points.” http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show....php?p=6045384 Finally, if I read the 2010-article correctly, the city did not undertake control and maintenance of the subject stretch of Broadway Place until 1919. Could there have been a private-for-hire comfort station there, unknown to the general public? :lol::koko: BTW, congratulations on your excellent blog! http://losangelespast.blogspot.com/ Circa 1922 - The Case Hotel is under construction and the text describes "a traffic cop stand[ing] on a small 'island' in the middle of the street where Broadway turns slightly westward past Broadway Place." Unfortunately, the image is too small for me to determine whether the traffic cop is on the island to direct traffic or seek comfort. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics46/00072714.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics46/00072714.jpg |
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