Original house on Bullock's Wilshire site
 

Apparently, this was the house that originally stood on the Wilshire Blvd site that later became the Bullock's Wilshire store. As big a fan as I am of that building, it's a shame we had to lose this one to make way for it. But I guess, at some point, it was inevitable, huh?

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The New Republique on LaBrea
 

Always great to see original architecture resurrected...

And yeah, I'm still only up to page 520, living a year in the past...taking my sweet time.

According to the LA Times, Chef Walter Manzke's new Republique is set to open mid-October at 624 S. LaBrea, with a restored facade and courtyard area. Beautiful! The features were all still there under the Campanile glass roof - so it never really disappeared - it has just been reaerated.

"Walter said he worked with architect Osvaldo Maiozzi on the design, which was mainly to open the space while keeping the original architecture intact (built by Charlie Chaplin as an office complex in 1929). Much of the wood was shipped from the Philippines and is of the same age as the rest of the building, and the bar stools are being made by Walter's brother."

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I forgot to post this earlier
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I really liked that 1927 photograph you posted of the Elysian Monument HossC.
I noticed it was labeled "Fremont Entrance to Elysian Park". Is Fremont now Meadow Road? -or am I missing something?
(speaking of missing, the eagle is gone by 1927...now that's disappointing)

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The thin part of the base with the carved "Elysian Park" is still there, though crumbling to dust. It's just below frame on the Google Maps screenshot. I took a few pictures a month or so ago that I haven't scanned yet. The pyramid pedestal is either gone or underground however...in monument heaven chillin' with the eagle.

More in prior posts:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2423

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2424

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2425

I just copied the name from the USC photo. A little more digging and I came across the 1910 and 1921 Baist maps below. The road names and layouts change a bit in 11 years, but "Fremont Gate" is shown on both. There is also an area to the left of the "ELYSIAN PARK" name on each map that's marked "Fremont Gate Terrace":

1910
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http://www.historicmapworks.com

1921
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http://www.historicmapworks.com

Thanks for the information HossC, so Fremont Gate is labeled both as a road (Meadow Road now), and as parcels of land at N Broadway and Casanova. Interesting stuff!
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Some more info on 1440 N. Highland and its original use:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10021

This is great news Sonny_LA, so they're opening up the courtyard again.


from this
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back to this (hopefully).
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http://blogs.laweekly.com/squidink/2...nt_closing.php
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-right now, it's difficult to even see into courtyard because of this modern addition.
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http://tastertotsla.com/2011/08/16/c...a-los-angeles/

I realize the blinds are drawn, but I still despise it (more so because it's tacked onto a historic structure).
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Well, there were actually hundreds if not a thousand of just this sort of house in the Wilshire District--the McMansion of its day. A few were moved west as Wilshire commercialized; many survive in the corridor (the ladies of the WCTU own one similar to the one in your picture on Kingsley Drive) and in West Adams. This particular house was built in the spring of 1907 for manufacturer Albert R. Maines and designed by architects Oliver Dennis & Lyman Farwell. Maines sold it three years later to "Oil Queen" Emma Summers. The house was demolished for Bullock's-Wilshire, which opened on the boulevard blockfront between Wilshire Place and Westmoreland Avenue in September 1929.

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Here's a partial view of 655 Wilshire Place at the end of the line (at right)--the Wilshire Special lamps went up in 1928 (more or less), the same year construction on B-W began.

BifRayRock posted this pic before here in a group--also shots of the excavation and construction of B-W--but they didn't come up readily using our handy-dandy search feature.

I just made a quick visit to 624 S. LaBrea in the google-mobile.

-it looks like the campanile could use a coat of paint too.
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GSV

I bet GW would like to take a chainsaw to that tree.
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Now that's interesting, I thought the lettering was long gone.
Do you have a scanner? (hint hint.):)
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yes, GW would.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7.../3741KKKad.jpgLATimes Jan 11, 1935


I can find very little info on the curiously named Kalifornia Kiddie Kollege that was in several locations in L.A. during the noir era, including in the house at 3741 West 27th Street from 1933-37. This being only a decade after the heyday of another, better-known KKK, surely this was not a little training ground of some sort....? At best, it seems kind of clueless to have named anything that would have the initials KKK--and who would have actually wanted to send a child to a school with such a dopey misspelled name? Apparently some people did--the school was in San Bernardino in the '50s.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-l...olorCREDIT.jpgLAHistory

I just finished a story about 3741 West 27th--a very interesting house nearly 100 years old, even if nothing particularly noirish appears to have occurred there. There are quite a few internet entries insisting that Jack Dempsey lived in the house--but he didn't. Two very interesting families did, though. And until recently it was the home of Father Flanagan's Boys' Home. It became Los Angeles Historic=Cultural Monument #990 in October 2010.

If you happen to want to read more... http://losangeleshistory.blogspot.co...-also-see.html

I was just looking at those remarkable photos. Lately I must admit to becoming spoiled by all of the enlarged higher resolution images and was wishing these BW photos were even bigger and more detailed. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=13620 The whole page is plastered with nice construction shots. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show....php?p=6072083 But if you are looking for random Wilshire Blvd (east of Miracle Mile) I'd consider going back to page 615 or earlier http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...70279&page=615 and looking at GW's excellent Wilshire residential writeup: http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogspot.com/

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Speaking of detail.


Vermont Ave - from page 615.



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If those pics pique anyone's interest, could someone find a way of posting a complete enlarged high resolution version of the related panorama (below)? Previous effort did not do it justice! (post 13540)
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/72276/rec/6


Incomplete low resolution version:
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I agree, this type of thing sure does get tedious.

[QUOTE=alester young;6287133]McDonnell's history can be found here, includes a menu.

Shoestring potatoes are very thin French Fries. Hope that helps.
Eric

I was reminded of a post of Godzilla's on the church in the background at Fourth and New Hampshire: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12341.


Looks like miniature golf on the sw Vermont & 4th corner....
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More of the "Caliente Golf Park" here: http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=12289


I was intrigued by the night photos of the area (which could also benefit from some computer enlarging magic): http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/17856/rec/2


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Notice how the time lapse captured the traffic light. Should I stay or should I go - now? :whistle:
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Can Noir be Garish too? Oxymoronic ? :shrug:


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That's the new LAPD HQ.