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入 is the first character, which is either "to enter," or "to put" in Japanese. I think it is Japanese, but maybe Chinese.
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https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5732/...57dc22e8_b.jpg However. Some things don't seem totally kosher. The tile walls, and that red Coors neon in the window, something doesn't jive with the pix I've seen of the place. Now, I think they shot the film Angel's Flight inside the AF Cafe. In which case it looked more like this: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/576/2...127fec8d_b.jpg I'm thinking the bar may have run straight back, and not had any exterior walls. Works with how the door is places, and otherwise you'd have to contend with alla that glass brick business. We see the interior of the doors on the return shot— https://farm1.staticflickr.com/694/2...0ff171f9_b.jpg —and then the guy walks out the door: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5097/...37639913_o.jpg ...and the outside door hardware does kinda match. https://farm1.staticflickr.com/648/2...5f68e237_b.jpghttps://farm1.staticflickr.com/670/2...fb7beddf_o.png I'm not totally sold, but it's the best I've got. I wish I was as familiar with the film and vaguely prescient of this question when I first saw the picture with Dean Romano in attendance, and I could have asked him. Dean has since passed, but I know Jim Dawson quizzed him on some of the locations. I have to make it a point to ask Jim now! |
Thanks for all the follow-ups on the Bank of America ship emblem. I'll have to keep an eye out for it on other branches.
Julius Shulman was certainly no stranger to Vermont Avenue in the early '50s. This bank of America was on the corner of N Vermont Avenue and Melbourne Avenue. The photoset is "Job 1516: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1953". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original This frontage on the Dresden Room is probably more contemporary with the matchbook that e_r posted back in post #9471. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original A reverse view. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original And a lovely sidewalk clock. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute The bank has now gone, replaced by a Christian Science Church and Sunday School, but several of the other buildings survive, like this one just across Melbourne Avenue. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV On the other side of Vermont are the Hollymont Apartments. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV The sidewalk clock has gone, but in case e_r thought I'd forgotten to mention the store to its left, it's still there. The store at the northern end is 1814 N Vermont, but I couldn't find a build date. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
I did a little crude image enhancement on the interior shot of the Angels Flight Cafe, which makes the layout a bit clearer:
http://www.bitsmasherpress.com/LANoir/AF1.jpg Cheers, Earl |
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Similar confusion from similar location (former Gilmore Stadium).;) http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=22409 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067272.jpghttp://jpg3.lapl.org/pics35/00067272.jpg |
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Servel. Wonder how many are still in service. Made from 1927-1956. http://www.chamberstoves.net/Servel/..._All%20010.jpghttp://www.chamberstoves.net/Servel/..._All%20010.jpg http://bit.ly/S0gI2Lhttp://bit.ly/S0gI2L More on Servel: http://vintageservelrefrigerators.8k.com/index.html |
Marilyn Monroe addresses
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Maybe "5454 W Blvd" didn't mean Wilshire Blvd. I cannot imagine that Marilyn's mother would be living out in the boonies, beyond the reach of public transportation, while working at Consolidated Film Laboratories at 5515 Melrose. The Wilshire address just doesn't make any sense: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-m...65031%2BPM.jpg cursumperficio 459 E Rhode Island St, Hawthorne, CA, where Marilyn lived with her foster family, is still there. Unfortunately it was remodeled in the 90s (I think it was), but is still basically the same. I used to drive by there when I was in the area (I wish I'd thought to take a picture of it early on, but I didn't anticipate the remodel...will I never learn?). The address was changed to 4201 West 134th Street many decades ago. IAMNOTASTALKER did a post on the 1913 home, originally on a couple of acres: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-b...02135%2BAM.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-i...03750%2BAM.jpg gsv ---------------------------------------------- Thx you Beaudry (& you too Earl) for your efforts re the Angels Flight Cafe. |
I've just found this 1926 picture of Crawford's Dance Palace at 9704 South Main Street. Apart from the sign, I don't think the design is very appealing. There's at least three different window shapes, and little symmetry.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ncePalace1.jpg USC Digital Library A close-up of the sign on the left indicates that Crawford's Dance Palace was already out of business when the photo was taken, which is strange because I could only find it in the 1928 CD. I didn't check every CD, but a few of the later tenants were: 1930 - Grotto Ball Room; 1936 - W T Woods (dance hall); 1942 - Martell's Belle Arena; 1960 - Star-Lite Furn Mfg Co. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ncePalace2.jpg Detail of picture above. Here's 9704 South Main Street today. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ncePalace3.jpg GSV At first I thought the old dance hall had gone. Then I looked at the aerial view, and wondered if just the front part had been remodeled. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ncePalace4.jpg Google Maps This is the view from 97th Street. Can anyone dig out the build history? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ncePalace5.jpg GSV |
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Thanks for checking the assessor's information for 9704 S Main, oldstuff, and thanks to Tourmaline for the follow-up about the Serval gas refrigerators.
--------------- I'm sneaking in another Bank of America post because I figured that "now" pictures were unnecessary due to our familiarity with the location :). We've seen the Baine Building/Apartments at 6601-6609 Hollywood Boulevard a couple of times before, but this 1951 shot fills a gap. A 1930s/current comparison was posted by e_r in post #320, and I posted a 1927 picture (when it was the Hollywood and Whitley branch of the Merchants National Trust and Savings Bank) in post #25678. These pictures are from Julius Shulman's "Job 1051: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951". I've just noticed that the Bank of America roof sign from e_r's 1930s picture is already missing. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original I know MartinTurnbull was looking for pictures of the Hollywood Market about 10 months ago. On the left is JJ Newberry Co and Kress, with the roof sign of Hotel Drake visible in the distance. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original And finally, a reverse view. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute |
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Lest we forget, Harry Baine's penthouse apartment in the Baine Building played the exterior of the office of Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman), proprietor of "Zimm Films", in "Get Shorty" (1995) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j...10550%2BPM.jpg movie tourist I wonder what ever happened to those incredible columns which flanked the entrance of the Baine Building? Maybe they're still on-site somewhere. P.S. And here's a close-up of that little room e_r covets. I cannot figure out what its purpose is: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-F...32709%2BPM.jpg gsv Quote:
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I didn't spot any ship emblems on this Bank of America building, but it did have some interesting tilework. It was on the corner of 7th Street and Lafayette Park Place, where 7th meets Hoover. Obviously more of Julius Shulman's work, this is "Job 1010: Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951". On the far right, the bar is called the "I'm Inn".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original A long view from across Hoover. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Looking back the other way, Bullocks and the Town House on Wilshire are visible in the background. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute I was hoping to find some of these attractive buildings still standing, especially the bank and the men's wear store with the zig-zag design. Alas, Historic Aerials shows that block was demolished between 1964 and 1972. In its place, we have this beautiful parking lot on the left. The building on the right is the one with the Gold Label advert from the pictures above. It could probably look good once again if someone controlled the signage. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV In slightly better condition is the building that once housed the "I'm Inn". It still seems to have its details intact. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
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Re the "I'm Inn" building-- ER came across this a while back-- two good views from prior posts: http://imageshack.us/a/img198/1939/m...ons7thbtwr.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img12/7021/aa...lions7thst.jpg post 12044 post 12065 post 12067 |
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Thanks, GW, I'd forgotten e_r's earlier posts. Here's the full-resolution version of that part of Shulman's photograph. There was a self-service laundry on the left, and the upstairs windows were covered with advertising/pictures. Can anyone read the name of the hotel apartments above the roof of the I'm Inn? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Detail of picture above. |
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Here's 5454 West Boulevard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...tBoulevard.jpg Zillow.com agrees with the 1925 build date, and has a collection of interior pictures. There's no mention of Marilyn in the description :). |
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