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doh! obviously these are not the 2nd street steps, they should just be the hope street steps, (third and half street steps maybe?).

i don't know why i had 2nd street in my brain:koko:

2nd and hope....i don' see no stinkin' steps here

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...-EN-28-51?v=hr
Source: USC Digital Archive

however, i do see some vintage 1928 graffiti :stunned:

Is this Bert Rovere's Lucca at 5th & Western?

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/7927/aaamblucca.jpg
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http://img847.imageshack.us/img847/3710/aaamblucca1.jpg
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http://img835.imageshack.us/img835/8418/aaamblucca2.jpg
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http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8044/aaamblucca3.jpg
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http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/1905/aaamblucca4.jpg
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http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/7858/aaamblucca5.jpg
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I wonder what the unique Poker Chip Bar is all about?

A city and its cars...
 

http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/s...-9237-0261.jpg kennymcintyre
A '51 Mercury at an intersection we've seen before--23rd and Figueroa. Just need to tow it a few feet to the Mercury dealer on the NW corner


http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/s...N-9273-020.jpg kennymcintyre
A Buick and a Ford at 6th and Harvard


http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/s...-9152-0151.jpg kennymcintyre
An Oldsmobile and a Plymouth, 5th and Broadway, Santa Monica


http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...154-015~1?v=hrUSCDL
Oakwood between Kingsley and Ardmore... the two buildings in the pic are still there, if not the palm


http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...369-018~1?v=hr USCDL
"I'll give you a nickel for your Olds"


http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...288-031~2?v=hrUSCDL
A Dodge in front of 1838 S. Victoria. The palm survived and is there to this day. (Seems that every generation has a uniform...)


http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics02/00020520.jpgLAPL
A '49 or '50 Nash Statesman


http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics28/00063988.jpgLAPL
"ADOHR-ABLE BABIES"



And a couple in one piece:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics46/00057749.jpgLAPL
A Jag at a beautiful Signal station


http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics44/00071970.jpgLAPL
A Plymouth owned by the Herald-Examiner

I've gone back through the thread and I believe this is a new image in the usc archives of the enormous Examiner sign and the wctu building.

http://img577.imageshack.us/img577/9...thatbroadw.jpg
usc digital archive

I love the Examiner sign..I bet the arrow flashed in brilliant red.

In one of gsjansen's recent post he showed the illuminated cross atop Angelus Temple.
What was cool about his post was the fact that the lighted cross rotated 24 hours a day.
That was certainly news to me. Little details like that bring 'noirish' Los Angeles to life.


I also liked gsjansen's post on the English version of the movie 'M'.
I can't wait to see it with it's Bunker Hill locales

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E_R, great view of the broadway tunnel and the temple street corner! i don't think i had ever seen that image before. excellent.

GW! i'm still in giggles over your car post! i particularly love this one

http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics28/00063988.jpg
great googley moogley :hell:

the only thing missing is the southwest air tag line

wanna get away

"take her to lucca"
 

According to latimemachines.com, Lucca was indeed at 5th and Western and owned by "Bert Rovere, who also
owned the Paris Inn. The restaurant could accommodate 500 patrons. It also had a store and something
called a 'poker chip' bar." No explanation of what exactly made the bar unique.


http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics18/00008722.jpgLAPL
Per LAPL caption, this photo was taken on December 21, 1937. Only thing is--I don't think
there are enough "LUCCA" signs, do you? How would you ever find it?


http://www.latimemachines.com/luccaz.jpglatimemachines.com
Interesting interior "streetscape"--complete with phone poles--?? Or is this the restaurant's garden? Where are we?
Maybe ninja55 will be able to clarify.


https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/_z...s720/luc17.jpglatimemachines.com



http://www.latimemachines.com/lucca74.jpglatimemachines.com

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/...1a92f407_m.jpg[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5052/...5678a5a1_m.jpg[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5176/...0b07e035_m.jpg[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5297/...bb8fbd03_m.jpg[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/...7fb78eae_m.jpg[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5099/...d359e958_m.jpg[IMG]http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/...53fe9ee9_m.jpghttp://farm6.static.flickr.com/5135/...53fe9ee9_m.jpg[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]

I'm not retarted, just trying to get the hang of this posting pics. Please bare with me.

This great photo is simply labeled "Rain over Los Angeles 1955" in the USC Archive.
I believe it is a new image in their online catalog.

http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/5...angeles195.jpg
usc digital archive

Can anyone place the exact location?

Hmmmm. I'm not sure what you're doing wrong Ninja55.
I wish I could help but I'm not exactly the most computer savy person. :(

Anyone here have some useful tips for our new friend that has inspired so many interesting post?

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