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Abner Ross had his real estate office on the second floor of this heavily remodeled building on the northwest corner of Broadway and 4th St. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/10...923/vXPdb4.jpg gsv I'm still looking for a vintage photograph. Mr. Ross' residence is gone. (marked below in red ;)) http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...923/D0eO8x.jpg Surprisingly there are five surviving homes from the same time period on the block. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...922/NdBQeU.jpg google_earth These two across the street http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...923/D68deg.jpg gsv and three more down the block. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/10...922/WcZElR.jpg gsv The house on the far right appears to be in fairly good shape but the other two need some love. especially this one with the tortured turret. (gives me the sads. :() http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...922/Z27o2g.jpg gsv Have we already discussed this house on nla? __ sidenote: The beautiful Pico-Union Branch Library is on this block. (next door to the missing Ross residence) |
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To think, one might be able to make a living as a musician if presenting live music was the aspiration of even mid-level hotels. I am amazed looking at old brochures of Hollywood restaurants and night spots that offered "dancing nightly". That meant working musicians. Not bitter, but hard to reconcile with today's environment. And speaking of working, I rehearsed in this building last weekend, new to me and I think to NLA- built by the Hollywood Stake, Latter Day Saints. Architects: Pope (Hyrum) & Burton (Harold W.). Corner of Manhattan Pl. and Country Club Dr. https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4727/...cc04c4bb_c.jpg (this was hanging on the wall in the building) now: https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4567/...8c2ace4b_b.jpg me https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4646/...0b70afd0_b.jpg me Doesn't look much different now. The palm trees are a lot taller! |
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(above and to the left of the wagon driver's head; to the right of his shoulder is the turret of the Menlo Hotel on the NE corner of Main and Winston). Quote:
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This looks like it could be the building permit for that grandstand/reviewing stand: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...j.jpg~original LADBS The BP for the Kerckhoff Bldg. (558-62 S. Main) that GW noted is dated July 25, 1907. So, e_r, my guess is that your photo is either from 1906 or c. May-July 1907. How many parades did LA have in the spring and early summer of 1907? |
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So it seems that the Lindsay became the Rosslyn...then the Hart brothers entered the picture, combining the Rosslyn and the Lexington in mid-1906--this is what I found when writing about George Hart's house house at 107 Fremont Place: "In July 1903, [the Harts] added the original Hotel Rosslyn on Main Street to their holdings. Three years later, they bought the adjacent Hotel Lexington to expand the Rosslyn. Their big move came when they bought the prominent corner just to the south, most recently the site of one of William H. Clune's theaters. Here the Harts built the New Hotel Rosslyn, designed by John Parkinson and opened on November 9, 1914, George's 44th birthday. A proposed northward expansion three years later to replace the old Lexington structure and the original Rosslyn was delayed and then changed in 1922 to instead jump across the street when the Harts leased the southwest corner of Fifth and Main. The New Rosslyn Annex would be connected to the main hotel by passageways under Fifth Street, including one lined with marble for hotel guests. The Harts again called on Parkinson, now partnered with his son Donald, to duplicate the details of the 1914 building. When the New Rosslyn Annex opened on December 29, 1923, it took the title of largest hotel on the Pacific Coast...." From 107 Fremont Place The Hart brothers making alterations to the Lex/Rosslyn during 1906 would seem to support the 1907 parade date... A few related items: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/jV...0=w306-h149-no Times, April 15, 1906 From the Herald, May 2, 1907 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ip...A=w345-h417-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ju...I=w314-h647-no LAHerald May 2, 1907 |
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http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/SB-108.jpg http://hollywoodphotographs.com/photos/lrg/SB-108.jpg The photograph CBD posted says this was at Sunset and Bronson, west of the old Warner Bros. studios, now Sunset Bronson studios. There are some posts about the roller rink and subsequent Stardust Ballroom, and three different locations/addresses came up for the roller rink, but HossC came up with the answer for the confusion and for the answer to E_R's post: Quote:
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http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=23153 http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=23154 FYI: NetFlix has been leasing a lot of the facilities at the Sunset Bronson lot and moving their offices and productions there, instead of leasing out other places for their film & TV production. https://la.curbed.com/2016/10/19/133...ronson-studios |
Bridgo-Dementia
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https://i.imgur.com/umUKlU0.jpg which shows a Bridgo emporium, the vast majority of which were in Venice: https://i.imgur.com/nRQSc7f.png https://www.westland.net/venicehisto...s/gambling.htm This was the Fortune Bridgo at 1501 Ocean Front Walk: https://i.imgur.com/xMOMAwA.jpg calisphere.org It does not appear this building survived: https://i.imgur.com/4e5oz1l.jpg gsv |
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http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=41819 and more Venice including Tom Laughlin aka "Billy Jack" and the Gas House. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=41576 http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/a5f63d58995b3bab_large |
re: Sid Grauman's Hollywood Roller Bowl
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My Father was quite the roller skater in his youth before he met my Mom. On Sunday drives he'd point out where all the rinks used to be. My Mom didn't appreciate his roller stories very much. She assumed he used his roller skating skills to pick up girls. (she assumed correctly ;)) Quote:
The Hollywood Roller Bowl was located in an old Warner Bros. sound stage (no doubt Stage 2...like it said in the ad) http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/NfNVPh.jpg HERE _ |
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The Gloria mentioned in the excerpt :previous: was Gloria Nord. Here she is on the cover of Skating Vanities of 1948. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...924/6rF2UA.jpg She was 'discovered', by rink owner Sid Grauman, at age 15 while skating at the Hollywood Roller Bowl At her height of fame she was known as the "Sonja Henie of the Roller Rinks." Read more about her HERE __ |
"Note that one of the arrows is missing a description...anyone know what it's pointing to?
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Dementia / Elks Lodge #99 / statue in lobby
Remember this question I had a few days ago?
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Well I just found a photograph showing the statue in the lobby, so it wasn't a prop after all. (although it's closer to the stairs than it was in the film) http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/924/VTHM82.jpg https://www.laconservancy.org/ So where is it now? Is it somewhere else in the building or in some Elks' backyard? _ sidenote: If you skimmed through the movie (like I did the first two times), you might have missed the detective lighting a match off the foot of the statue. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...923/95Gi3z.jpg and then gazing up at it. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...923/9CXBQd.jpg __ Why did I skim through a movie with so many strikingly noirish images? It's 51 minutes with NO DIALOGUE:raygun: Dementia (1955) filmed in 1953. |
I recently came across this stereo view on ebay.
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...922/S5waQK.jpg written on the reverse: "Church of Christ, Long Beach Cal. May or June, 1906" Enlarged for your viewing pleasure. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/12...924/Q5jR4j.jpg ebay :previous: I thought the man on the left was standing guard with a rifle...but now I think it's a two-by-four. I can't quite figure out what kind of construction is going on. Did ya'll notice the young lad sitting on the window sill? reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...924/gvoSti.jpg If anyone knows the street address of this church, let me know. I'm anxious to see if it's still standing. _ |
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That was fast CityBoyDoug! I was still editing my post.
You're talking about the addition on the right, correct? Did you notice the new door and fire escape coming off the sanctuary _ |
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__ I see the amount estimated for the grandstand is around $700....in 1907 dollars!!! That seems pretty high to me. What would that be in 2017 dollars? __ on a sidenote: I guess they could resell the wood. |
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Do some research on this guy and find out who he really is....:D:D:D All is not as it appears with him.:sly::sly::sly::sly::sly: |
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