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Harper House Apartments in West Hollywood
Thank you Sherlock HossC!
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I don't know how I stumbled upon this, but I wonder where one could find it to view:
Columbia Pictures Screen Snapshots Series 19, No 6: Hollywood Recreations Documentary Short | Released March 29, 1940 (USA) Description: Hollywood stars are glimpsed at a Hollywood Stars baseball team game, on the golf course, at a swimming exhibition, at Monkey Island and an amusement park. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293919/ Drools... |
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Look closely at the photo and you can see marks in the pavement where the end of track has been over run! Cheers, Jack |
Found on youtube although I'm sure someone found this long ago.
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I'm still looking for more Julius Shulman pictures of N Harper Avenue, but in the meantime I found a couple of photosets showing places on Havenhurst Drive, which is the next street over. This one is "Job 5523: Arthur and Nina Zwebell, The Andalusia (West Hollywood, Calif.), 1978".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original This picture was taken from the ramp leading to the parking lot of Lytton Savings and Loan that we discussed recently. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Three more views of the front from different angles. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original I can't see this pool on Google Maps, and it's not clear where it was on the historic views either. My guess would be that it was at the rear of the property. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original Now the interior photos. I'm impressed by the size of the owner's organ ;). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original Here's a reverse view of the picture above. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original Sadly, none of the color images (I posted all of them) show this fountain in the courtyard, so you'll have to make do with black & white. I've omitted the other black & white photo which shows the fountain from another angle. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...a.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Other than the signs and the trees, I don't think the apartments have changed in 38 years. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original GSV |
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http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.com/i...per%20Ave..jpg The place was built in 1923. What do you suppose the tall slim antenna on the right is for? Did people have radio antennas back then? http://hollywoodhistoricphotos.com/i...per%20Ave..jpg This photo shows part of the courtyard. Looks like there's an outdoor fireplace. A Wikimapia site page has this place listed as the Mexican Village Apartments. This site [I Am No Stalker]has some more recent photos and some screen grabs of IN A LONELY PLACE. |
I've been following this thread for quite a while now and I am fascinated by the older views of LA and especially why and how it grew from almost nothing to the huge place it has become in such a short period of time. One thing that perplexes though is viewing posts of scenes like that in post number 35201. Time and again I see huge volumes of terrain being carved out of the landscape. So, I have a couple of questions for Angelinos:
1) why was this done? (it's got to be more than just flattening the place for the hell of it). 2) where did all that dirt get moved to? 3) can I assume that LA is much more level now that it was say in 1901. Also, one last query. Can someone tell me the population at each decade of the last (20th) century. Am I correct in believing that it grew the fastest (meaning the greatest population increase) during the fifties? Thanx |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original www.pacificelectric.org/Jack Finn Collection California Street and part of Fort Moore Hill were leveled to make way for the 101 Freeway. The view below on the left shows the area in 1948 (probably about a year before the images above). The entrance to the tunnel can just be made out in the center. The view on the right shows the same area in 1952. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original Historic Aerials As for your other questions, we have discussed where the dirt went, but I can't remember what was decided. Areas such as Bunker Hill are certainly flatter than they were 100 years ago. I'll try to dig up up some comparison pictures. |
Yop Los Angeles shopping in the Los Angeles City Guide of 1950
This is a list of top Los Angeles shopping in the Los Angeles City Guide of 1950. Interesting that Adrian made a list comprised largely of department stores. The only one I don't know is Bond's, on the same Hollywood-and-Ivar corner as Nancy's, which has been highlighted on these pages. Does anyone here remember Bond's? What sort of store was it? What did they sell?
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Bond's
Thanks, odinthor - and that no "idle horn-tooting"!
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Estate Sale
About a month ago I went to an estate sale in Redondo Beach. I was looking for tools and came across this. It seems the owner owned an Antique store in Lomita (I think the last name was Henderson, Anderson, or something) and i thought they got this through that, but i later found out that he was a retired paper operator for the Herald. This was on the wall of the den proudly displayed.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...ps92nb1mkm.jpg The year is 1950 Heres the back http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/m...pskgejim5z.jpg Hope you enjoy. |
Today's Julius Shulman post shows another Arthur and Nina Zwebell design. The Ronda Apartments are a stone's throw from The Andalusia on the opposite side of Havenhurst Drive. This is "Job 5524: Arthur and Nina Zwebell, The Ronda (West Hollywood, Calif.), 1978".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute There are only three photos in the set, and none of them shows the exterior. Seeing as The Ronda is a National Historic Site, I'm guessing that it hasn't changed much. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV We've visited The Ronda before: Graybeard mentioned it in post #31084. The follow-up by tovangar2 also mentions The Andalusia and Villa Primavera, and has more information and links. Finally, e_r posted a couple of pictures of The Andalusia in post #31096. The post says that the organ belonged to the Zwebells, so it must be their apartment in the pictures I posted yesterday. It also has a floor plan which confirms my guess that the pool was (is?) at the rear. |
"Look closely at the photo and you can see marks in the pavement where the end of track has been over run!" -Wig Wag
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/WpkbbC.jpg detail Why not use one of these? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/l82MN0.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/original-195...wAAOSwMN9XQkVo P.E. Automatic Stopper, Subway Tunnel, 9 / 30 / 1950 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/oEYn64.jpg __ |
P.E., showing freight yard.
" Pacific Electric Freight station, 7th and Alameda, 2 / 1947" [original negative] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/3kHjaj.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/2ta5t9.png http://www.ebay.com/itm/orig-1947-2-...3D231952462171 detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/2DQZyL.jpg :previous: A. Levy & J. Ze _ _ _ _ er Co. This is near the location of the color photograph I posted a few days ago. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/2kmJyz.jpg HossC's aerial here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=35190 |
Thanks for the info HossC
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A nice looking lady about to board streetcar #5026, somewhere in Glendale. August 16, 1952.
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