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Another "old school" Chinese place is Paul's Kitchen on San Pedro around 11th or 12th st. I haven't been there in a few years (I hope they're still there). Walking in is a step back to the 1970's. They even have Pressed Duck on the menu! :tup: |
Upcoming high-rises & skyscrapers around LA during the 2020's:
https://la.curbed.com/maps/tower-hig...ap-los-angeles The only constant is change... |
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That list is amazing. I didn't even make it to the end. It's interesting that #21 includes plans to redevelop part of the World Trade Center on Bunker Hill. Have we now officially come full circle, or is it more accurate to say it never ends? |
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While searching for more information on friction drive I happened upon an illustration of a chasis for a Cartercar. (I've never heard of a Cartercar) It clearly shows the two perpendicular discs of the friction drive. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/BvXp3q.jpg Pretty cool, huh. :) The Cartercar led me to the Woolwine Motor Car Company at 1142-1144 So. Olive Street. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...924/7gjK5U.jpg oldautonews And a photograph! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/WTpN25.jpg oldautonews....Los Angeles Herald 1909 I am curious about the house in the background. Could this be Mr. Woolwine's residence? for search purposes: Wood R. Woolwine . |
Here's a group of fourslides that I recently saw on eBay.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/hzJe2l.jpg I am especially intrigued by the slide at upper right. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TBdZPH.jpg What are the big signs at lower left? It looks like one is in front of an older sign. The other three show the CBS Center on Sunset and NBC Radio City at Vine & Sunset. CBS Center https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/xFzr8m.jpg ditto https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/60hxAT.jpg NBC Radio City https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/hcyWTI.jpg That's some patch work on the street. . |
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Here's a group of fourslides that I recently saw on eBay.
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/hzJe2l.jpg I am especially intrigued by the slide at upper right. This one. We're looking south toward the intersection of Hollywood & Vine. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/TBdZPH.jpgWhat's going on with the large signs in the foreground on the left?.... One sign appears to be directly in front of an older sign. :shrug: The other three slides show CBS Columbia Square at 6121 Sunset and NBC Radio City at Vine & Sunset. .both of which we have seen many times on NLA. CBS Center https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/xFzr8m.jpg The guy in the car is looking at the photographer as he drives past. ditto https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/60hxAT.jpg note the KNX sign. And finally, here is NBC Radio City on the northeast corner of Sunset & Vine. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...921/hcyWTI.jpg That's some patch work on the street. . |
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:previous: post referencing rail stations rekindled thoughts of another NLA discussion concerning the Palms Depot. This video includes glimpses of Palms Depot at 10223 National Blvd. circa 1928. "The Ol' Gray Hoss" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJtH9znL9LU Speaking of Culver City, is anyone familiar with "Hotel Lone Wolf?" This video purports to depict the back of that structure at or near 8874 Washington Blvd., circa 1924 from the Our Gang short "Fast Company." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5HIxn3Sx4w Perhaps the structure had different names, but in any event, it looks substantial enough to have warranted some NLA attention. No obvious CD listing. I'll end with a link to another fascinating (~100 year old) video that has been around for a few years, but I do not recall seeing it on NLA: A tour of the Ince Studio, circa 1920: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y69jRBbmZjM |
A quick search reveals black/white photos of these here in the annals of NLA, but I don't see color versions, which I recently added to my collection:
https://i.postimg.cc/VvtXBzBR/Alex-Dining001.jpg recto, odinthor collection ^^^Note that at the bottom is written "where I worked." https://i.postimg.cc/MZf08Y2Q/Alex-Dining-Verso001.jpg verso, odinthor collection ------- https://i.postimg.cc/rwjx9nWv/Alex-Indian-Grill001.jpg recto, odinthor collection https://i.postimg.cc/tggPv3N7/Alex-I...llverso001.jpg verso, odinthor collection I wonder how much research the colorists at the postcard photo labs put into their work on the matter of accuracy . . . ? No doubt it varies with different companies/different eras. |
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Here's a 1934 picture of the Piggly Wiggly at 7912 Santa Monica Boulevard. https://i809.photobucket.com/albums/...glyWiggly1.jpg USC Digital Library It looks like the building's survived intact (the diamond pattern on the bricks was there in 1934, but only shows up when you zoom in). https://i809.photobucket.com/albums/...glyWiggly2.jpg GSV |
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"A 1910 view of Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena looking west from the Maryland Hotel. Streetcar tracks and overhead wires are seen. " http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics23/00061215.jpg LAPL More pictures with those lights: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/6226/rec/1 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/6222/rec/1 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/6225/rec/1 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/6229/rec/1 |
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A quick search revealed that BRR also mentioned a Wilshire Blvd. Piggly Wiggly and a La Brea Ave. Piggly Wiggly. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=7504 Page 2569 of the 1930 C.D. lists approximately two dozen PW's in the LA area, among them, locations at 245 N. Larchmont and another, very close to Wilshire and La Brea (5318 Wilshire). ~1929 Beverly Hills PW https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...g?format=1000whttps://images.squarespace-cdn.com/c...g?format=1000w |
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Regarding the slide that features what appears to be one sign in front of another, I think that the "front" sign is a framing device and the "rear" sign is a recessed shadow box. They were common back then, if I am not mistaken. The angle the photo i taken from seems to be an optical illusion.
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Thanks, good find. Someone always sleuths out these things on "Noirish L.A." no matter how obscure. So, the L.A. area was blessed (?) by PWs. I don't remember them (born in '52) so they must have been uncommon or gone by the late 1950s/early 1960s, or maybe not in the SF Valley, where I spent most of my larval stage. I remember the Richfield tower in all it's glory, and Brew 102 and the giant gasometer towers, and smog alerts (gasp) and bomb drop drills (double gasp) and the old gothic Hall of Records and Pacific Ocean Park ("POP") and "77 Sunset Strip" and "Father Knows Best" and "Leave It To Beaver" and "My 3 Sons" ("Chip" went to my high school in NoHo) and "Dobie Gillis" and beatniks and juvenile delinquents with switch blades and leather jackets and all the girls in pony tails and we boys in crew cuts and Davy Crockett raccoon caps and Chinese eateries that served chop suey and egg foo young and angry Hop Sing on "Bonanza" yelling at Hoss and Elvis was King and Marilyn M. was Queen but I don't remember Piggly Wigglies. A blank spot in my neural net. The pork products must have been especially choice at Piggly Ws. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/NeILax.jpg :previous: Thanks for your help mrfredmertz and HossC Here is another photo that captures the billboard at Yucca & Vine St. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/921/W2NpcE.jpg mardecortesbaja If you look closely there are '3 D' letters along the top. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/h73kMb.jpg detail |
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