That looks like The Navarro Apartments under your red arrow, e_r.

Venice Short Line Bridge over Grand Canal
 

Above the bottom center of this NE-looking aerial view, can you see where the last part of Venice Beach Parking is
superimposed over a narrow bridge that spans Grand Canal, just north of South Venice Boulevard?:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original

Google Earth


This looks south at that narrow bridge from North Venice Boulevard:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original

January 2017 GSV


That same bridge is visible in this c. 1911-23 photo, which looks south from the "Race Thru the Clouds" ride in Venice
at much of the same area as the Google Earth view above. Grand Canal, looking stagnant and icky, "flows" south from
the lower right corner:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...g.jpg~original

486561 @ Huntington Digital Library


Here's a close-up of the Pacific Electric bridge and its pedestrian neighbor. I don't know anything about that little
building with the stairs on the side:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...y.jpg~original



This photo looks north at the PE bridge, with that same building in the background. Some of the footbridge is reflected
in the water, and a bit is visible under the arch at left. To the right of center, the sign behind the RR bridge might end
with Mfg Co, but I can't figure out the rest of it. HDL dates this photo c. 1905-29:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original

486511 @ Huntington Digital Library

:previous:

No date on this "in between" stage of the P.E. bridge.

"VIEW OF ABANDONED VENICE SHORT LINE RAILROAD BRIDGE OVER GRAND CANAL, NORTH OF SOUTH VENICE BOULEVARD,
LOOKING SOUTH FROM THE WEST SIDE OF GRAND CANAL"

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tx...g=w785-h620-no
loc

As Flyingwedge said, the arrowed building is the Navarro at No. 925. It's got some new paint:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9Z...Q=w968-h599-no
gsv

And a bit further along in the slide, across W 9th St (or whatever they're calling it), is the Alvarado, at No. 847, which is intact.
It was built in 1917 for $130K, designed by G Ivan Peoples. If we've seen this one before on the thread, I couldn't find it.
We're just a block east of John Parkinson's 1902 Susana Machado Bernard house and barn:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2k...=w1360-h629-no
gsv

The building between the Machado home and the Alvarado is being sold as condos and looks very well kept:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/BT...Q=w633-h439-no
glen donald building

NB. I swapped the original photo for the later one without the watermark.

That's actually the side and rear of the 1930 Marlinrox Apartments at 938 S Lake Street. The front is far more attractive.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original
GSV

" I'm a Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas, and You Oughta See Me Do My Stuff"
SUng by Phil Harris , accompanied by his orchestra.
I've been to Dumas, in NW Texas- It seemed like a highly unlikely place for a Ding Dong Daddy

La Vida Loca? 1730 N. Western started out as a miniature golf office. Motel construction, April '46. Neon, December '46. Swimming pool, '54.



Said to be Motel's premier. December 1946 (per source). November '46 (per marriage certificate).


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"And the award goes to . . . LA LA Land, the Director's Cut?"
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No-host coffee bar.




Pre-Nuptial Dinner? 8351 Sunset Blvd?
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How about a Sunday mystery from Julius Shulman? This is "Job 2256: Carl Maston, Doble House, 1956".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

The other image gives a wider view.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

Both from Getty Research Institute

I found a couple of references to the Doble House/Residence being built in 1954, but I haven't found an address. USC has a two similar images in PDF files, but they don't come with a location. Does anyone know where the house is and if it's still standing?

:previous: Interesting question. Licensee? Coincidence? (Felix the Chevy-loving cat?)



Spoiler Alert For those who believe Beany and Cecil were real, please, please, please avert you eyes for this post.








Beany - April 4, 1950. (All LIFE images bear this date.)
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Bob Clampett and Cecil (who may not have rated his own drive-in restaurant.)
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Some of cast and crew of "Time for Beany" at KTLA studios, circa 1950 - when this was local programing.:shrug:
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KTLA Date:shrug:

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 7771262) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/nFiSZO.jpg ebay

Beginning in 1949, Stan Freberg, an alumnus of Alhambra High School, provided voices and was a puppeteer for Bob Clampett's puppet series, Time for Beany. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Freberg






Stan and Cecil
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Stan and Cecil
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Stan and (non-union) cast members (hanging around).
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:previous: I was certainly off the mark thinking that was a storage building. I like the art deco.

Is this the first we've seen of the 'Marlinrox'? I doesn't look familiar to me.


And thanks for spotting the'Navarro' Flyingwedge and tovangar2. I really appreciate it.
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Here are a few more glimpses of the Alvarado Street area from 1952.


Look kids, here comes a fire engine!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/3uniQN.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-1952-35m...MAAOSwc-tY8DuY

"Vtg 1952 35mm Slide Los Angeles Calif Alvarado & 7th Street Cars Fire Truck"


It's turning the corner!

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/NKcdEA.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-1952-35m...wAAOSwTM5Y8DyD

"Vtg 1952 35mm Slide Los Angeles LAFD Fire Dept Ladder Truck Cars Alvarado 7th St"



This last one is a bit more vague.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/GGMtzb.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vtg-1952-35m...EAAOSw7XBY8Dsk

"Vtg 1952 35mm Slide Los Angeles Calif Alvarado Street Scene Old Cars Palm Trees"

I didn't realize it was still there t2.

Refresh my admittedly bad memory. What was the name of the motel?

I can't quite read the sign out front.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/GbLrcH.jpg
cropped

I was going to try and find a postcard or something.

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I came across these photos a couple of days ago. They show the Vernon Apartments at 426 W Vernon Avenue split in half and ready for relocation to avoid the approaching 110 freeway.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

Both from USC Digital Library

The building relocation permit below has date stamps around mid-1954. I struggled to read the new location, but then I saw it spelled out at the foot of the second page. The building consisted of 60 rooms split into 29 apartments.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
Online Building Records

And here's the old Vernon Apartments building, still standing at 2667 Ellendale Place. Even the parking layout looks the same as the plans above. They just need to replace the roofline detail.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original
GSV

This is a reverse shot of the view below, showing the same palms. You can even see the blue CAFE sign in the distance.

The palms have grown a bit now...

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original
GSV

...but the houses behind them are still there.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original
GSV

The large building in the distance behind the cafe sign is the Ponce De Leon at 1136 S Alvarado. We've seen it a few times before:

South Park View and West 10th
 

Before I leave Westlake/Pico Union, I wanted to take note of two great shingle Craftsman apartment buildings, a couple of blocks west of the Navarro, which face each other on
the 900 block of South Park View at W 10th. I don't think they've come up before.

Thankfully neither has been stuccoed and each looks mostly intact, including original doors and windows. They were built in the early years of the last century, and because the
surrounding area was still all single-family homes, the architects endeavored to maintain that scale.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pp...Q=w739-h608-no
google maps

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/q2...w=w492-h480-no
baist, 1910, plate 15

The first, on the east at No 958, was built in 1909. It has bags of charm and a wealth of detail. The tri-level entrances address the slope beautifully:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/EC...=w1217-h590-no
gsv

I can't help thinking that if this building was in Pasadena, it would be valued and famous. The brickwork is particularly nice, especially the
bowed retaining wall of the porch on the right:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kw...A=w822-h608-no
gsv

The other one, on the west side of South Park View, at No. 945, was built in 1903. It, at first glance, looks like a group of homes, but is really one building. Only the second-floor
balconies seem to have been replaced, but otherwise, it's intact. The end towers are reminiscent of the Navarro's original ones. It could sure use a better color scheme, but,
otherwise, it's a charmer:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/tv...g=w723-h513-no
gsv

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UI...=w1269-h427-no
gsv

The concrete street is scored to look like pavers:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/b1...=w1089-h279-no
gsv

I can't read it either, although I now realize it says "Hotel".

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Wow, 7th and Alvarado. We've spent some time there. That's the Owl Drug Building on the left and Langer's (formerly Citizens Trust & Savings Bank) on the right in your pair of color slides with the fire engine:
It looks like this around there now:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lf...w=w929-h495-no
gsv

It was Flyingwedge who pointed out the Navarro, not me. I was rabbiting on about the Alvarado.

I'm also an alumnus of Alhambra High School....a total rat hole of a school.

I talked on the phone to the Principal of AHS about 15 years ago and told her what an nasty, vile school it was from an educational standpoint.

This what she said to me..."I understand what you are saying. I also had a bad experience in high school because of tracking but hopefully things will change for the better in the years ahead as that has been banned. Please call again if you have any concerns or thoughts about AHS. You're invited to be a part of the Committee for Change."

Both of our time in HS was during the era of ' academic tracking" which was a fiendish nightmare policy. High school for many was a hateful experience.

Dishmaster found at a friend's house
 

I was at a party this weekend, and imagine my surprise when I found a Dishmaster in the kitchen.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/...a8f71cd3_b.jpg
Dishmaster by Kimberly, on Flickr

My friends are renting the house, so I don't know what year this model is. It's nearly identical to the one tovangar2 found at houzz.com, except for the shape of the top knob on the diverter.

Pretty neat to find one in the wild like that.

Ocean Park Country Club
 

The Ocean Park Country Club Clubhouse can be seen above the lower right corner (and at an angle to the nearby buildings) in this 1919 aerial:

http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...g.jpg~original

00009128 @ LAPL