Four out of five pigeons prefer Purser!
1965 - Purser Apartments 1126 S. Grand. (Formerly Purser Hotel?) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...1IJB5BNMRH.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...1IJB5BNMRH.jpg |
Western Ave Filing Stations
1931 - Maplewood and Western Ave http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PA3SJ4RUU8.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...PA3SJ4RUU8.jpg Johnston and Corson's Texaco. 1935 - 6820 S. Western Ave. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...HHJ9EKE3UR.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...HHJ9EKE3UR.jpg Anyone have any info on this building 500 N. Western Ave? Said to have once been a Czech social hall, before becoming a Buddhist Temple, but did it start out as such? http://www.justabovesunset.com/20081...KoreaSan00.jpghttp://www.justabovesunset.com/20081...KoreaSan00.jpg |
A room big enough for the biggest cheese?
1932 Lamella 4471 West Adams http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...URKN6QV462.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...URKN6QV462.jpg |
1932 - Cragar Corp., 940 N. Orange Drive (Could this beautiful building be the precursor of certain spoked wheels?)
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Get your oil checked at Ragsdale and Hansen
1935 (?) 7329 S. Alameda Interesting fence. Curious if it demarcates the station or if it was part of the property behind R & H's. http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...earch_doc=7329 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...38MIRK6FRH.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...38MIRK6FRH.jpg See ER's post of better image here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1688 |
Sherman Oaks Service Station. Blu-Green Gas. (Does large trumpet above roof have a function? Could it be an open invitation for aerial refueling? Is building next door supposed to resemble an oiler, or coincidence?) 1930s - 15362 Ventura Boulevard http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LH7X8IQ25C.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LH7X8IQ25C.jpg http://thumbs.imagekind.com/2841944_...g?v=1263165420http://thumbs.imagekind.com/2841944_...g?v=1263165420 http://media.dma.mil/2010/Jan/14/235...-7753H-061.jpghttp://media.dma.mil/2010/Jan/14/235...-7753H-061.jpg |
Dodge Bros. Showroom (Date and Location Unk, but believe LA) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LURDE61RJP.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LURDE61RJP.jpg After being informed that many previous posts from USC site have evaporated. . . . . . :brickwall: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../id/2757/rec/2 1931 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Intersection of Venice Blvd and Normandie Ave. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 Boots or Toots? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 |
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Vine and Sunset, makes me think of Vine and Hollywood with intermediate lighting??? :koko: Hollywood and Vine (undated) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/20191/rec/15 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 A visit to Western Auto's Saving Sam, followed by Chop Suey at the Chinese Garden! http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 (Reminiscent of Sears at Santa Monica and Western?? :uhh: :no: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2780 ) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://www.angrygaypope.com/hollywoo..._1923_2006.jpghttp://www.angrygaypope.com/hollywoo..._1923_2006.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ers&DMROTATE=0 |
hello once again,
Today, a victorian house on the corner of N. Ave 63 and Garvanza Ave., in Highland Park, was opened for viewing after a few years of massive renovation. I remember back in the early 90's as a kid, seeing the house covered in overgrown trees and it was just a mess, but i knew something beautiful was underneath all the overgrowth, so here are a few pictures of the house as of today. http://imageshack.com/a/img707/8651/hhe5.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img5/4364/9t8a.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img713/1055/zv7t.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img51/9690/1rew.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img853/5524/j1g5.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img707/8874/6hsc.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img27/4735/ulkc.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img34/2967/jh8f.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img32/952/c741.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img35/9348/ig5g.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img594/4391/6t88.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img51/3206/0yb0.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img36/415/xlta.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img689/212/huy2.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img849/6209/i2hs.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img801/7761/49mj.jpg http://imageshack.com/a/img21/793/q4c6.jpg All photos by me |
California Motor Service, Inc. http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...ce&submit=Find 1924 - 4982 Hollywood Blvd http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...JV3DFNS7B7.jpg http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...JV3DFNS7B7.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...ll170/id/17340 1931 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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Reminds me of station on Wilshire ;) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...89NAL1CQKR.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...89NAL1CQKR.jpg Quote:
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Hello, everyone!
Longtime lurker, first time poster here...I've spent about the last nine months reading through every post on this forum, averaging about four pages a day, and I have to say I am amazed by the breadth of knowledge you all have! I lived in L.A. for 9 years, and the ongoing discussion here has been tremendous in terms of both education and nostalgia for me. Here and there, you guys have touched on the neighborhoods I called home - sometimes startlingly close, in fact. I lived in two different apartments in WeHo, the first of which essentially backed right up to the Normandy Towers on Poinsettia/Hampton -- detailed in this postby ethereal_reality, as well as elsewhere -- and the second of which appeared in a Times article posted by GaylordWilshire here. (Imagine my surprise to discover that Hamilton Burger was once arrested for "lewd behavior" in my building. Noirish indeed!) Anyway, I was hoping I could direct the amazing NLA hive mind towards a building I've been curious about. Back in 2006 or 2007, I was working as a freelancer in the art deco Shane Building -- aka the Shane & Regar Store Building -- at 6650 Hollywood Blvd. http://imageshack.com/a/img513/9793/lffb.jpg http://www.you-are-here.com/hollywood/hollywood.html Evidently, it was built in 1929 and designed by Norton & Wallis, but I know next to nothing else about its history, and have been unsuccessful in finding any decent pictures of it that date back to L.A.'s good old noirish past. Since you all are the incontrovertible experts at this, and doubtless know of far better resources to search than I, I was hoping someone here might be willing/able to give it a go! Thanks, all -- and please keep up the excellent work! Also, I sincerely hope I did not screw up any of the tags here. |
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Welcome to NLA, Colonel Mustard. The Shane Building appears in this movie scene first posted by FredH back in post #6089. It's dated 1969. http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/353...oodblvd970.jpg FredH/Los Angeles Times I found this undated picture of the Shane Building when it evidently housed a store called Hirshfield's. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A/LAShane1.jpg worldofwonder.net The rest of the images I've found so far don't show much detail, but do show the building in its environment. Here are a couple of screengrabs from a 1940s aerial film on archive.org. I'm sure I originally found the archive.org link through NLA, but I can't find the relevant post to give credit where it's due. NB. the footage is mirrored left to right - Alison Martino has now posted a corrected version on YouTube, although the original version at archive.org is higher resolution. The movie includes Hollywood Boulevard and some of the movie studios from the air. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A/LAShane2.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A/LAShane3.jpg archive.org Finally, you can just see the Shane Building below the glowing circle on the left of this 1936 photo. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...A/LAShane4.jpg USC Digital Library |
Waggoner's One Stop Service Stations. 7 locations listed in the '42 CD. 3065 W. 8th Street 5901 W. Olympic Blvd 543 N. Fairfax Ave 4217 W 3rd St. 7150 W. Melrose Ave 959 N Western Ave 4625 S. Figueroa Location? vvvv ("Road Action Lubrication" "Safety First." "Cost So Little .") '41 http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...RCL1RVC4DI.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...RCL1RVC4DI.jpg |
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-V...2520AM.bmp.jpgUSCDL https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5...2520AM.bmp.jpgUSCDL full view here Somewhere on the thread I thought we had paired the showroom pic at top with the pics above, but I couldn't find it. But I believe the interior shot shows the southwest corner of the Dodge dealer—now Honda—on the northeast corner of Figueroa and Venice. Note the square openings in the upper sections of the showroom windows and the interior valances also seen from the outside. The building was opened in 1920... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-D.../dodgelat1.jpghttps://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-B...2520AM.bmp.jpg LAT Aug 10, 1919/Feb 15, 1920 Apparently the Albertsons' new showroom was one of the earlier buildings on the new Figueroa auto row, to which dealers were shifting from Flower and Main streets. The view out through the windows suggests more of a residential area than the business district that rapidly developed in the '20s. Also thought we had also investigated the Durant/Flint dealer at some point—turns out we have, but the pictures are missing: (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10629) Here is another set to show that the Toyota facility at 1600 S Figueroa contains the original. Wouldn't it be great if the original façade was still intact under the junk and Toyota decided to uncover it? https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...2520AM.bmp.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV It started with this post of ER's:http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10624 |
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...2520AM.bmp.jpgUSCDL Found this interesting KCET story on the Whitnall Highway touched on here before: http://www.kcet.org/socal/departures...aid-plans.html |
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http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...LURDE61RJP.jpg Thanks. Between a memory of evaporating images and poor search skills . . . . . I was pretty sure the photo was discussed before but couldn't locate it. Palm fronds can be misleading. Interesting showroom windows. Are they outlined with some sort of decals or painted appliqué? Portals within the plate glass create an interesting effect; but I am guessing they were intended to provide some ventilation. Guessing also that the parked car was not filled with oil, or it hadn't been parked in the showroom long due to the spotlessness of the floor. ;) Looking at the full image reveals many other structures discussed here, notably Rickenbacker and Buick. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Firestone http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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Is your old Victorian dusty? Does it resemble a crime scene and smell like a Hupmobile showroom?
Try compressed air house cleaning! (Undated, location unk.) http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TENBMNLNC3.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TENBMNLNC3.jpg Franchise opportunities? (Ad does not necessarily express the views of station management.) |
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