Sunny Gables estate
 

I just found this LA Times article that says Racing Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux bought the home in 2001 refurbished it in 2004, and sold it in 2006.

"The buyers are Sherry Hackney Cade, a film and TV composer who lists "Modern Marvels" and "Forensic Files" among her credits, and her husband, Alan Cade, a principal of Dugan & Associates Construction Management, which oversaw the renovation of City Hall East in downtown L.A."

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/jul...te/re-hotprop9

Wow, what a find. My Grandparents had a house on Lynwood road, just 1 block west of this corner. My Grandpa & possibly my Dad likely used that gas station. That section of Lynwood Road narrowly survived the building of the 105, it appears. My Dad had a house in Downey that the state bought and tore down for this freeway.

I enjoy the many directions the discussion takes here but it is also nice to get back to some good old fashioned Noir.
Excellent stuff!

:previous: That's a fantastic facade. love the back-lit script lettering.
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I found this photograph this afternoon on eBay.

"Airplane Float, Los Angeles, 1931"

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/ciMyIr.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Los-Angeles-...cAAOSwLnBX5qwT

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/uk4Opz.jpg


Hamilton's Diamonds (visible at lower left corner) was at 546 Broadway.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...922/KqEPin.jpg
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I've outlined the Hamilton's space in this current photo.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/SxzAj9.jpg

:previous: right there in the corner.
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The Union Pacific Railroad Co ticket office was at 144 Pine Avenue in the 1948 Long Beach CD. The gable wall on the right identifies that address at "140 Pine".

Most, if not all of these were taken along Sepulveda Bl in Manhattan Beach. I grew up there in the late '60s and early '70s and most of the businesses shown here were gone by then. The Pen & Quill was located just south of Rosecrans Ave on the west side of Sepulveda.
The street markers were discussed here and some do still exist.
unihikid posted some photos of existing examples.



The Pen & Quill is of particular interest to me because I was arrested there in 1978 because a bunch of us teenagers heard they had drained the swimming pool for service and we thought that meant we could skateboard in it. The owner made it clear that was not why he had drained it and called the police. Our skateboards were confiscated for a week and we had to pay about $10 each in damages. That was my one and only time on the wrong side of the law.

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BifRayRock, the street is Pine Avenue.

I noticed "140 Pine" in the peak of the building next door.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/NY7utf.jpg
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I believe the building that held the Union Pacific Ticket Office is still standing!

Here's how the facade looks today.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/kt1Ti3.jpg
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The dimensions are definitely the same.




and from above...

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/6KtyrP.jpg
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update:

*oops...I see Hoss found the '140 Pine' address in the gable too. I guess I'm not as sleuthy as I thought ;), or as quick on the draw.
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But thank you nonetheless. And that includes the followups.

A little further south is Seal Beach. It appears to be Main Street.




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Someone is bound to trip on that bike!

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FWIW, Gump Realty was at 135 Main. Sadly, Bucket seems to limit the image width.
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...v.jpg~originalhttp://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...3coll2/id/9183


Main Street
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...e.jpg~originalGSV


Unclear whether this is "The" Gump building or merely a structure once occupied by a Mr. Gump. If the former, it may have been renumbered "145" since this pic was taken. Once source states the Gump building is from the '20s and is currently Hennessey's Grill.:shrug:
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...s.jpg~original


Can't beat a nook that is friendly

http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...6.jpg~original




http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...4.jpg~original

The photo of MLK was with Josine Ianco-Starrels (Kline) at Lytton Center of the Visual Arts. She was curator of Lytton Center though the five or six years of it's existence. When Bart Lytton lost control of the S&L they closed the gallery.
This was one of the first corporate arts programs and they put on some very important shows including one of the first exhibits exclusively of the work of women artist.
http://rosettaapp.getty.edu:1801/del...5022934951~191
© J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (2004.R.10)
The Lytton Center building is still there, seen in this Shulman photo's foreground. It's now an art storage building, and is not part of the effort to save the Lytton Savings building.

We need support to save the Lytton Building, sign up to our email list for the news and actions http://eepurl.com/b_NkkX

And like our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/saveLytton

Ms. Ianco-Starrel's father was Marcel Janco, a famous Romanian and Israeli visual artist, architect and art theorist.

He was the co-inventor of Dadaism and a leading exponent of Constructivism in Eastern Europe.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/jskRen.jpg
http://www.theartstory.org/artist-janco-marcel.htm

Good luck with your effort in saving the Lytton Building slufty.

I'll sign up.
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We were just on that stretch of freeway the weekend before last. You can literally see straight into the apartments on the upper floors of the red building while transitioning from the WB 10 to the SB 110 if the windows are open on a warm evening. That must be an odd situation for the tenants.

To me, these photos of freeway R-O-W's really show how devastating freeway construction can be to a neighborhood, even more more so than photos of the finished highway. There is just something depressing about seeing these huge empty swaths cut through what were once peoples' homes and businesses.

Bristolian, does a dwarf that chopped up his wife count?






http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/hz1yQ1.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1938-Photo-W...0AAOSwMtxXwrvp

"William Spinelli, 58 year old dwarf, has confessed to the ax-murder of his wife, Rose, also 58. Police say that Spinelli, after hours of questioning,
told them he killed his wife with an ax, hacked up the body, stuffed the dismembered limbs in an ice box and later burned the remains in his back yard." [12-22-38]

from this
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/hNru6x.jpg





Bill and Rose are listed in the 1938 city directory. The same year as Rose's grisly demise.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/ZU8A0I.jpg
lapl

305 N. Mountain View is a few blocks southwest of Echo Park Lake. (shown below)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/4b1qLs.jpg
google_earth






Here's the Spinelli bungalow, looking every inch a former murder site.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/EwPmzA.jpg
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:previous:note the bird with the ratty blanket hanging from it's cage.




A view into the backyard via the lot next door.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/44xbGA.jpg
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The green building with utilities is actually attached to a building on the Spinelli property, so I believe someone owns both lots.

from above you can see how the buildings are adjoined. (kinda' spooky if you ask me)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/ORDoc6.jpg
google_earth

I'll give 10 bucks to anyone willing to sneak into the backyard some night.

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ER, Not only does it count, it gets the win!

Bonus points for the stitches on Spinelli's forehead.

Back to the images of Sepulveda Blvd in Manhattan Beach posted by BifRayRock:

This shot is looking north on Sepulveda from just south of 2nd street. A current view shows that the real estate building has survived and the gas station across the street still exists as a repair shop.

http://i.imgur.com/RFLeO0G.png?1GSV

Son Arguing with His Father - 1938 ax murder


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psu8crmbew.jpg
getty

Father, Son Accuse Each Other as Ax Murder Hunt Continues. Los Angeles, California: As police continued in their search for missing Mrs. Rose Spinelli believed to have been the victim in a bizarre axe murder, the women's husband and son, both jailed in connection with her disappearance hurled epithets and recriminations at each other. Shown above, William Spinelli Jr., 19 at left, points an accusing finger at his father as he cried, 'Tell me where her body is so we can give her a decent burial.' William Spinelli Sr., right, cringed and countered 'You probably killed her yourself. Maybe you know where she's at.' The elder Spinelli went on a hunger strike saying, 'I no want to eat. The police, they are persecuting me.'