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Yes, looking east. You can see the Verdugo Mountains above Burbank through the haze/smog. This pic location might have been along Chandler St. (the crossing diagonal street might be Lankershim), where one of the the rail lines was. Now used for the Orange line busway. The redline subway now ends near here, in the NoHo "arts district". Safeways were pretty common in the Valley & elsewhere in SoCal through the 1960s. I remember several locations in the Valley when I was growing up. Sometime in the 1970s, the brand went away in SoCal. I believe some were converted to Vons. Luckys stores were also starting to appear in the 1970s (later coverted to Albertson's). Ralphs stores (now owned by Kroger) were also common. Does anybody know if L.A. ever had Piggly Wiggly stores? Common in the southeast. Piggly Wiggly was the first supermarket chain I believe. Proto-Costco type stores were also present in the 1960s--things like Fedmart. Akron stores were also around in the 1960s. Sold a lot of cheap imported stuff. Woolworth and Grant dime stores were still around, but getting a bit dated. Thrifty drugstores and Thriftymart general stores were everywhere too. Sears was still the #1 department store back then. Now look at it. How times change. VW beetles started to be commonly seen around 1960. By the late 1960s, the beetle was probably the most common car in So Cal., or at least in the top 5. In the 1970s, Japanese compacts replaced beetles as the popular imports, and fewer beetles were seen after 1980. |
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exciting day in old LA
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aiiaiiyo Santa Fe diesel passenger locomotive hangs over Aliso St. after running off the end of its track at Union Station. Jan. 25, 1948. |
A quick check doesn't seem to turn up this image of the Gentleman's Grill at the Hotel Alexandria, which I recently acquired (I acquired the image, not the hotel).
https://i.postimg.cc/9XZgyv9n/Alex-Gent-Grill001.jpg recto; odinthor collection https://i.postimg.cc/YSNj62pS/Alex-Gent-Grillb001.jpg verso; odinthor collection Text: Gentlemen! This is a swell Hotel & I don't mind the price; feels funny not to have to go into saloons for business. Hoping you are busy[.] I am yours[,] Max" |
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Do you think they fired the engineer? Must have been drinking or sleeping. Or maybe the brakes went out? |
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Did L.A. ever have any Piggly Wigglys? |
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or perhaps they're stacked up in a dark corner of the Alexander's basement. As most of you know, we have visited the 'world famous' Alexandria Hotel numerous times in the early days of NLA. In fact, I'm sure we have seen odinthor's postcard of the Gentleman's Grill. (it's great to see it again, odinthor) By sheer coincidence, I happened upon a photograph of the Alexandria lobby that I don't believe we have seen. It shows the Alexander's remodeled lobby in 1941. I can't tell you how much I love this photograph................................ https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/NvDWo2.jpgbizarrelosangeles "This photograph was taken back when the Alexandria was a mid-priced hotel for businessman...after it had been stripped of its chandeliers, marble and other luxuries from the 1910s." ...from author Two things that I find especially 'noirish' is the addition of the fluorescent(?) lights on the ceiling and the NEON signs advertising the various nightspots and watering holes within the hotel. The Pompeian Room sign, which also advertises television, appears to point downstairs to a rough looking, utility door. (perhaps this entrance was added during the makeover of the lobby) Hmmm.... "Television" in 1941? :shrug: Sure enough, I dug up an old postcard of The Pompeian Room and it, too, advertises the 'Television'. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/3KCsXG.jpg..................................................... Do you see it? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/YFPVmy.jpg ebay / REPEAT for nla. This is like the Where's Waldo? of televisions. ..It's hilariously small, especially for a cocktail lounge. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The neon sign at the far end of the lobby advertises another cocktali lounge located inside the hotel. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/vc5ikx.jpg detail The Masque Room, cocktails............................................................................................ ...............................................https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/upc1ip.jpg https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/ZsC5Ah.jpg ebay / a repeat for nla. The diagonial rail/banister makes me think the Masque Room might have been located downtairs as well. :shrug: Does anyone know if the Alexander lobby was at street level or up a floor? I can't quite figure out how all different venues fit together. . |
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https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/8ZMtXu.jpg patch.com From what I read, it was fancier than a normal Piggly Wiggly. I imagine that's why Continental added to the name. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/mwGcNf.jpg You can read what made the 'Piggly Wiggly Continental' store special, HERE..."The Cheese Cave"..."Buttercup Bakery" (you can see the Buttercup Bakery sign in the photo above) . |
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Rail passenger service through North Hollywood ended on December 28, 1952. Also, the service station building to the right of the Tucker would be occupying the location of PE's North Hollywood depot, which still stands (and was recently restored). |
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Paramount This is ''Feet First" 1930. Much of this was filmed in Los Angeles. |
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You want another mystery?...
This one is a doozy. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/BPnJzr.jpg eBay SOLD Well that about says it all. Let's take a closer look. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/eBX0hR.jpg I'd like to add one thing....If you look closely at the the top left-hand corner you can see a tower with an almost-onion dome and two tall chimneys. Good Luck!...:whip2 . |
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https://i.postimg.cc/BQysdkSs/Poodle-Dog-PCrecto001.jpg recto; odinthor collection https://i.postimg.cc/YSRPwL6g/Poodle-Dog-PCverso001.jpg verso; odinthor collection There's a penciled "X" on the figure second from left, who going by his clothing would seem to be the manager. Text (with some guesses): Where the cross is, that [sic] him. April 17th. This is where Papa and I had dinner after the luins [??? maybe trying to make an abbreviation for "business," and writing an "l" instead of a "b"?]. The man's place that has the lots next to Papa. M. Address: Mary Frank. Mrs. Maurice Behan/306 - 2nd Ave./San Francisco/Cal. The establishment seems to have opened for business about the last week of 1910 (as I'll indicate further in some clippings I'll post in due course...). |
On Poodle-Dog Restaurants, and/or their locations:
136 N. Spring was the well-known grocer Jevne's original location: https://i.postimg.cc/qB249jtC/PoodleLAT5-12-07.jpg LA Times 5/12/1907, via ProQuest, via CSULB Library A little about the building: https://i.postimg.cc/FzN8tbqj/PoodleHer11-16-04.jpg LA Herald 11/16/1904 There seems to have been a Poodle Dog eatery on E. 1st St., the cook of which had a canine adventure: https://i.postimg.cc/m2Jxk9FG/PoodleLAT8-28-10.jpg LA Times 8/28/1910, via ProQuest, via CSULB Library The New Poodle Dog Restaurant opened just in time for New Year's 1911 . . . https://i.postimg.cc/wM4VWhdx/PoodleHer12-31-10.jpg LA Herald 12/31/1910 But the rival Poodle Dog eatery continued on E. 1st. St., as this severely edited item indicates: https://i.postimg.cc/zvvwRVHs/PoodleLAT12-30-13.jpg LA Times 12/20/1913, via ProQuest, via CSULB Library More adventures with Mr. Dunn of the 1st St. Poodle Dog: https://i.postimg.cc/Bv8B68DR/PoodleLAT2-24-15.jpg LA Times 2/24/1915, via ProQuest, via CSULB Library But Justice pursued. ("A year ago" in the second story is not quite right.) The 1st St. business seems to have been considered a "lunch counter": https://i.postimg.cc/15GqvGc9/Poodle-LAT8-18-15.jpg LA Times 8/18/1915, via ProQuest, via CSULB Library https://i.postimg.cc/tRDZKqn6/PoodleLAT8-24-15.jpg LA Times 8/24/1915, via ProQuest, via CSULB Library Meantime, all was not well at the N. Spring St. Poodle Dog: https://i.postimg.cc/Bv123rf0/PoodleHer7-29-15.jpg LA Herald, 7/29/1915 |
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