Originally Posted by oldstuff (Post 8161077)

House #2, located at 4910 Oak Terrace Drive, was built in 1910, according to the county assessor. It is a very large house with eight bedrooms and four baths. It has apparently at some point, been an alcohol and drug treatment center. You can't get the googlemobile in a place to see the front but there is one picture of the front (an old one) on a real estate site.

Originally Posted by VictorAtomic (Post 8161115)

Sad that Toluca Lake was never kept up to its original natural state but the taming of the LA river probably dried up many lakes, marshes, and ponds (Although it's kinda greedy that the whole lakeside was sold off for residential). Beautiful pictures of what was, nonetheless.

Originally Posted by Scott Charles (Post 8161060)

I read the Wikipedia article, too. There is some interesting stuff in there.


A really cool bunch of jazz musicians, including people like Dexter Gordon, Sonny Criss, Frank Morgan, Chico Hamilton, Art Farmer, and many more. And singers Ivie Anderson, Etta James, dance choreographer Alvin Ailey, Stymie from Our Gang, etc, etc. A lot of interesting people came from Jefferson.

Originally Posted by oldstuff (Post 8160820)

when I look at your animated picture I hear the song from Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "The Pirates of Penzance" where the girls are singing "climbing over rocky mountain"
I was feeling invincible after finding the woman in the picture with no names on it of 6718 Second Avenue and was immediately frustrated that I was not finding at least some of the names of the hiking girls. Phooey!!

Originally Posted by Scott Charles (Post 8155553)

And on the exact same physical location as the Garden of Allah...

https://i.imgur.com/iGiTVqK.jpg

By the way, I found some fantastic photos of the old model of the Garden of Allah, and was going to post them here... then I looked at the banner at the top of the website...

https://i.imgur.com/MtZsKvP.png

... so I guess you've already seen them, Martin! ;) I'm going to have to give one of your novels a read, they sound right up my alley.

Well, here's another website with some (sadly, quite small) pictures of the model - including a few with the built-in lights turned on.

https://i.imgur.com/h1wCg12.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/SgbNpsR.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zNWNFLZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/D9yT7bI.jpg

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 8161443)

Here's an interesting photograph currently on eBay.


"1912 Los Angeles CA SHRINER FLORAL PARADE RPPC Postcard w/ DREXEL APARTMENT BLDG"

https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/avFrkG.jpg
EBAY

Originally Posted by Otis Criblecoblis (Post 8157450)

I hope you all won't mind if I request your assistance with an inquiry.

My nephew--actually the husband of my niece--is a PR man, one of whose clients is the Toronto Second City troupe. He grew up in Toronto. I mentioned to him that, back in the Seventies, Second City had a venue here in Pasadena: Fignewton's, at 3737 E. Foothill Blvd., now the site of a Chuck E. Cheese outlet.

But when I searched for any evidence of its existence, all I could find was some evidence of its later existence as a disco.

Now, I was too young ever to visit Fignewton's in its earlier identity, but I did drive by it a million times, when it had the prominent sign reading "Fignewton's: The Second City Revue." While the address is Foothill, the physical location was along Rosemead Boulevard.

My request is for the many brilliant built-environment sleuths here: will you help point me to where I might find at least some photographic evidence of the existence of this onetime Second City outpost hereabouts? It would be of great assistance to my nephew as he seeks to promote an upcoming reunion of the classic Second City worthies.

Thanks for reading this!

Originally Posted by Bristolian (Post 8160860)

In reading about Jefferson High School, I found this on Wikipedia about its history:

"In 1915, the citizen of Los Angeles voted to sell bonds to raise $4,600,000 to build schools in the Los Angeles area. Approximately $500,000 was appropriated to build Jefferson High School on the "Stadium East Grounds" (The Old Coliseum) which held approximately 25,000 people in a circled amphitheater configuration. The "Stadium," as it was known, was the site for hosting and entertaining travelers on the way to both the San Diego and San Francisco world expos in 1915. Numerous rodeos and bicycle races were held at the location."
"The Old Coliseum precedes the "Los Angeles Coliseum built in 1929 that hosted two Olympics. It was the main amphitheater in Los Angeles in the late 1800s."

I had never heard of this and am intrigued. I wasn't able to find anything further including here on NLA. Does anyone have any more information on "The Old Coliseum"?

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 8160968)

:previous:

The stadium only appears on the 1914 Baist map (below, right). The area was just the Stephenson Tract in 1910 (below, left). Jefferson High School is there by 1921, and all three maps show the street below as 38th Street.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...dColiseum1.jpg
www.historicmapworks.com/www.historicmapworks.com

Originally Posted by VictorAtomic (Post 8161115)

Sad that Toluca Lake was never kept up to its original natural state but the taming of the LA river probably dried up many lakes, marshes, and ponds (Although it's kinda greedy that the whole lakeside was sold off for residential). Beautiful pictures of what was, nonetheless.

Originally Posted by Noir_Noir (Post 8161750)

The "Old Coliseum" reference in the Jefferson HS Wikipedia article may stem from confusion with another speedway track that Jack Prince built in the LA area. That track, built in 1909, was at 64th and Main Streets and was known as the Coliseum. A snip I forgot to include from the first article above -

https://s17.postimg.cc/6m427ta9b/Coliseum.jpg

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 8161526)

The Drexel Apartments are still standing! They are at 1516 S. Hope St. The building permit for 1516 S. Hope, by architect Lester M. Moore, is dated July 11, 1910

Originally Posted by HossC (Post 8161616)

I haven't tracked down any pictures yet, but if anyone has access to newspapers.com or the LA Times archives, there's an advert for the opening of Second City's Fignewton's club on page 75 of the Sunday, March 30, 1975 edition of the Los Angeles Times. The OCR text is difficult to read because it has all three columns mixed together, but some of it says:

"Second City" is coming on the L A. theatre scene. Opens April 23 Previews April 1$ [sic]. "The entire recent tradition of American theatrical satire can be summed tip in three words, 'The Second City"'... Clive Barnes, N.Y. Times.

Here's a thumbnail of the page:

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...econdCity1.jpg
www.newspapers.com

Originally Posted by Noir_Noir (Post 8161750)

https://s17.postimg.cc/6m427ta9b/Coliseum.jpg

Originally Posted by Noir_Noir (Post 8161750)

https://s17.postimg.cc/d0pazcsa7/191...tadium1912.jpg
http://www.speedwayandroadracehistor...jpg?1488616711

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 8162632)

Perhaps the photo location was dictated by the parade arrangements?

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 8162726)

Here's the advertisement:

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

March 30, 1975, Los Angeles Times @ ProQuest via LAPL