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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nelaPalms1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nelaPalms2.jpg www.loopnet.com American Flowers seems to be the most recent tenant as there are Yelp.com listings for earlier this year. Here's a couple of interior shots: http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nelaPalms3.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nelaPalms4.jpg loopnet.com again Mrs. Gooch's Natural Foods Market was there before the Wild Oats Market. According to this article, substitute school teacher Sandy Gooch opened her first store here in 1976. Other sources say January 1977. Either way, the chain was acquired by Whole Foods Market in 1993. I'm not sure if the picture below is left over from Mrs. Gooch's store, or the Wild Oats Market. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...AMrsGoochs.jpg Laurie Avacado on Flickr There was some discussion about future uses of the store early last year, but the property has come back to prominence recently with plans to make it "what's expected to be the city's largest marijuana dispensary": Upscale Mar Vista isn't rolling with pot shop - LA Times Measuring Up the ‘Grass’roots of Medical Marijuana in Mar Vista - citywatchla.com Can anyone fill in the gap between 1946 and 1976? |
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There are a number of possibilities for our subject "86" house--I'd say the Pasadena vicinity is most likely--but not Chester Place or St. James Park, though they do have 2-digit addresses, having been conceived as private streets. (Chester Place remains private, if not St. James Park.) Like Berkeley Square, neither had addresses as high as 86; Chester topped out at 22, SJP at 44. ("St. James Place" is a more modern designation--the streets of SJP have had varying names over the years. The east-west roadway between Chester and Scarff was West 25th early on...anyway, the addressing along that stretch is a Gordian knot.) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M...2520AM.bmp.jpghttps://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V...2520AM.bmp.jpg A history of St James Park discusses the street names: http://stjamesparklosangeles.blogspot.com/ (full disclosure: it's mine) Pics Chester Place/St. James Park |
Re: Lwize's mystery market building at Centinela and Palms:
After a bit more online rummaging, I found this entry under "Markets" in the Santa Monica phone directories. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nelaPalms5.jpg archive.org Surely a market at 3474 Centinela Avenue has to be the same building as the one which is now listed at 3472 South Centinela Avenue. The listing is there from 1948 to 1950, but then disappears, so what became of the building between 1950 and 1976? In the 1946 phone directory, Seymour's Market was at 4014 Sepulveda. |
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If 3474 is included in the search, here are a few more possible clues: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I...elabuickad.jpgLAT May 20, 1955 I wondered if there might have been an automotive use of the property...but then, it says "private party"--could mean anything, a grocery-store manager's private sale, for instance. Apparently it was a grocery in 1963: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-e...26hadcompl.jpgLAT Oct 10, 1963 I didn't come up with a Lloyd's Market in the area in a search of city directories at the LAPL.... Mrs. Gooch's appears to have opened in January 1977--note the third variation on the address: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...2520PM.bmp.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_...bottomstar.jpgLAT Jan 30, 1977 |
Based on the research thus far, it's pretty clear the Centinela property must have been a supermarket all along, just passing through different owners.
I'm going to assume the three different street addresses (3472, 3474 and 3476) are based on the different entrance ways used on the property. My memories of Mrs Gooch involve pale organic chickens and carob soft serve. The vacant building is now painted completely black. Very odd. Maybe if it becomes the largest marijuana dispensary, they'll shine black lights on it and it'll glow. Groovy, man. :tup: |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Lloyds1963.jpg Lloyd's Market seems to disappear from the "Markets" section for a few years, but I managed to find them in the regular listings. They reappear in the "Markets" section in 1975, but suggest visiting their main advert in the "Meat-Retail" section. I may have missed other listings as these phone books are much slower to navigate than the City Directories. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Lloyds1975.jpg By chance, I spotted this advert in the 1985 phone book. Centinela Hardware would have been just south of Palms Boulevard from Lloyd's Market. I don't know how long it lasted (it was 25 years old by the time of this advert), but there's a realtors called The Bizzy Blondes at that address now. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...laHardware.jpg All from: Santa Monica Public Library |
Associated Telephone (later to become part of GTE/Verison) had an office in Westwood. Photos are undated, but the autos strongly suggest 1930's. 1073 (Sure looks like it could fit in Gayley or Westwood Blvds, but no visual match. Were Westwood's streets renumbered?) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TLAHR8AE7S.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TLAHR8AE7S.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G38TVDB33D.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G38TVDB33D.jpg |
Albert's Motel Drive-IN (notices the garages for guests)
1460 Colorado Blvd. http://imageshack.us/a/img132/8328/lxkp.jpg ebay It's still in business (as the Islander Motel). http://imageshack.us/a/img706/3701/1edr.jpg GSV http://imageshack.us/a/img20/1886/dy0k.jpg GSV http://imageshack.us/a/img38/318/8tpb.jpg GSV ___ |
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Once upon a time there was another building in Pasadena that went by the name of "Home Telephone and Telegraph" at 600 East Green Street. The building's relief work deserves honorable mention. One source indicates building was erected in '25. Photos are from '28. 600 East Green Street 1928 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...F7E4EXKKBX.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...F7E4EXKKBX.jpg 1928 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...S9QNNBQSJT.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...S9QNNBQSJT.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LRRTSASKX8.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LRRTSASKX8.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G9JBTRJSUX.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...G9JBTRJSUX.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/...568cae583a.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3257/...568cae583a.jpg Home Telephone photos showing working switchboard (e.g., below) circa 1914, provide two addresses: 70 North Raymond Avenue and/or 45 West Colorado. Unclear whether Home continued to use either or both addresses through the late '20s. http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/796/rec/18 http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Sexy ankles, circa 1914? http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://cdm15123.contentdm.oclc.org/u...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
At home with Jane Russell.
http://imageshack.us/a/img18/3431/yi0u.jpg old cd of mine/probably ebay Can you imagine the night-time view with the thousands of twinkling lights. -frustratingly, no specific address is given. http://imageshack.us/a/img571/7809/vyjy.jpg __ |
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Merchants National Bank
2001 E. 7th Street Los Angeles Construction: 1924 Architect: Weston & Weston http://imageshack.us/a/img96/3872/woo0.jpg GSV arched front entrance http://imageshack.us/a/img23/4199/inw6.jpg detail interesting side door along Mateo Street http://imageshack.us/a/img843/2456/g00z.jpg detail close-up http://imageshack.us/a/img5/4980/wl1t.jpg I am still trying to find a vintage photograph of this fine building. __ |
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-another lone sailor/Sunset & Main. http://imageshack.us/a/img849/5389/xxl4.jpg old cd of mine __ |
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Intersection of East 7th and Mateo in 1933: http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A7thMateo1.jpg USC Digital Library Close-up of the bank on the left. The set includes five pictures of the intersection, but this is the only one which includes any of the bank. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A7thMateo2.jpg Detail of picture above. A second set of three pictures gives better results. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A7thMateo3.jpg USC Digital Library One of the other shots shows the cars at the side in more detail. Here's a larger view of the bank. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A7thMateo4.jpg Detail of picture above. |
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A couple of others by Weston & Weston: The Hollywood American Legion; 2035 N Highland. We must have seen this here before, but...no luck with "search"-- https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-v...2520PM.bmp.jpghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o...2520PM.bmp.jpg The North Hollywood branch of the LAPL--built as the Sidney Lanier Branch, now honors Amelia Earhart; 5211 Tujunga http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics37/00038226.jpg Both still stand. All LAPL Btw--here's an old post on the Ford plant in the background of your first shot, HossC...it appears to have a number of missing pics, which I'll try to fix. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1249 |
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-L...anpegcompl.jpgLAT Oct 26, 1924 Couldn't find much, but it looks like the Grattan Gables was next to an apartment building seen recently: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17214 |
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