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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-i...5%252520AM.jpg roadsidenut Mines and Rosemead, Pico Rivera: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...0%252520PM.jpg gsv The antenna-topped sign is reminiscent of the one at the Sunset Pacific, Sunset and Bates: Quote:
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A couple of things annoy me about this Bank of America, but more of that below. This branch was at the corner of W Pico Boulevard and La Cienega Boulevard. Next to it was the Lido Theatre. This is "Job 967: Raymond Shaw, Bank of America (Los Angeles, Calif.),1951" (Raymond Shaw was the architect - it's still a Julius Shulman photoset).
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here's a longer shot from south of Pico. On the left is Atlas Real Estate and Tom's Liquor Store. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original In case you can't read the name on the lovely building on the right, it says "Big Town Market". The 1956 CD has separate phone numbers for more than half a dozen different departments. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute Here are the things that annoy me. Firstly, although it's still a Bank of America, the building has had a rather ugly makeover, as can be seen in the image below. Secondly, according to cinematreasures.org, the Lido Theatre was lost when, "In 1979 Mann Theatres sold the property to Bank of America which in turn razed the theatre for a parking lot." NB. Cinema Treasures incorrectly gives the address of the theater as 8607 W Pico Boulevard - it was actually 8507 W Pico. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV The Big Town Market building has lost its towers, but the remaining part still looks good http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
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A few more angles here from post 6014 https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...2520PM.bmp.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-n...2520PM.bmp.jpg |
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The Lido Theater in 1945 with monumental potted plants on the roofline: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I...2%252520PM.jpg losangelesmoviepalaces Shared on Cinema Treasures: From the LA Times, 12/11/76: "100 Rioting Youths Tear Up West L.A. Theater, 6 Arrested About 100 youths rioted Friday night at a theater showing the black-oriented films “J.D.’s Revenge”, “Cooley High” and “Cornbread, Earl and Me”. Police said the youths threw objects through the screen, tore up seats and wrecked the box office of the Lido Theater at 8607 W. Pico Boulevard. After the manager called police and closed the theater, the youths spilled outside and began breaking windows along Pico Boulevard. Officers said 600 to 800 persons were watching the program when a fight broke out at about 8:15 p.m. Police said older members of the audience got up on the stage and appealed to the brawling youths to quiet down, to no avail. Six juveniles were arrested." And another article quoted from LAT (40 years earlier) mentioning that the bank and theater shared a single building: (LAT, March 21, 1937): "COMBINED STORE, BANK, THEATER BUILDING RISING Construction is under way on a theater, store and bank building at the northwest corner of Pico and La Cienega Boulevards for Pacific States Theaters, Inc. Contract was awarded to the Wesco Construction Company at $52,000. Architect C.A. Balch designed the structure. The building will contain a theater auditorium with seating capacity of 900, three storerooms and branch banking quarters for the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association." (both "comments" quotes from cinema treasures) This BofA branch had both the ship logo (over the entrance) and the Old English lettering (along the La Cienega side). The Big Town Market building went up in 1936, the year before the theater/bank building. The combination made for a good-looking, distinctive intersection. Thx HossC. Another good one __ |
Encar Villanueva, ....somewhere in Los Angeles, 1956.
The Caddy has one of those windshield sunshades. Those were cool in certain neighborhoods. Do the bumpers sorta match her chest? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pswj6snjpx.jpg wardrobetime |
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Dagmar
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Dagmar (1921-2001): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P...0%252520AM.jpg waytofamous Dagmar's wiki page is here ...and a charming video is here (Dagmar's bit ends @ 1:40) |
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Still more Leo Katz Mural
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Here's the panel that I previously posted a sketch of (http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=31073), but it needs to be flipped horizontally; note the guy looking down at the far left: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...y.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A5539 He's actually near the right end of that panel: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...f.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A1491 This one may have been on the opposite end of the room: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A5535 Here's a better look at the end of the above section: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...0.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A5541 This photo has some damage; judging by what's over the door, this may have been to the right of the previous two images: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...a.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A1481 I'm not sure where this one was: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...1.jpg~original UCLA -- http://lit250v.library.ucla.edu/isla...ilyNews%3A5538 If you go to the UCLA Digital Collections home page http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/ and search for "Leo Katz" you will get zoomable versions of these photos. |
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This panel appears to be refugees from a hot day at Long Beach. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps0j0sxorq.jpg ucla archives |
Leo Katz, "Youth Arisen" side panels, Frank Wiggins Trade School
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Amazing Flyingwedge! Your finds finally explain this: Quote:
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which left the remaining survivors -- represented by the figure seated at right -- to beg from white frontiersmen. P.S. Great work on the above restoration, HossC! |
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They don't make 'em like they used to! A lot of exquisite intaglio above the ticket booth. 1931 - George Arliss appearing in Alexander Hamilton. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/2306/rec/98 And that goes for the long gone structures across the street too. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 Hamilton with a monocle? Curious that the film was promoted with an out-of-character Arliss. (No wonder why there is talk of replacing Hamilton on the $20.) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...EXT=DMROTATE=0 Arliss on the Hamilton set. https://arlissarchives.files.wordpre...ton-on-set.jpghttps://arlissarchives.files.wordpre...ton-on-set.jpg Washington on the Hamilton set. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CH0A3BdUAAAyFt5.jpghttp://pbs.twimg.com/media/CH0A3BdUAAAyFt5.jpg |
I thought this was going to be the first Julius Shulman photoset where I'd have to ask for help with the location. There are no readable street signs, and the two business names that can be seen didn't show up in the City Directories. However, a little more digging, and some guess work, led me to the corner of W Olive Avenue and W Toluca Lake Avenue in Burbank. This is "Job 1177: Bank of America,1951".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original The Union Oil Dealer on the left has the name Hank Reisner on the front. The 1934 CD lists Hank running a gas station at 6177 Santa Monica Boulevard, but that's the only listing I found. A 1996 LA Times obituary to Hank Reisner says "He met his wife, Ann, during the war. Afterward, he went to work for Union Oil Co. as a station manager. He also owned a parking lot in Burbank." The mention of Union Oil made me think this was probably the same person, and pointed me towards Burbank. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original The street takes almost a 90 degree turn at this point. The building above the car on the right bears the name "Charm Studio Beauty Salon". http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute There's still a Bank of America in roughly the same location, but it's not the same building. Cafe Christina now stands on the corner of the old gas station site. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original GSV W Toluca Lake Avenue is no longer a through road, but the building behind the bank in the first Shulman photo is still standing. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV One thing I've neglected to mention so far is that the bank was opposite Warner Bros' studios. Below, I've arrowed it in this enlarged detail from a mid-70s aerial view. The dark roof of beauty salon building can be seen to the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original www.retroweb.com LAPL has two variations of this image, one dated 1948 and this one dated 1958. W Olive Avenue can be seen curving below the sound stages, with the bank below the right end of the curve. The little triangle between W Olive Avenue, Warner Boulevard and Pass Avenue remained until a new building was constructed across the Warner Boulevard section sometime between 1989 and 1994. "Aerial view of Warner Bros., home of the world's largest motion picture studio, located in Burbank. Area was once a diary farm in 1924. Photo dated: December 31, 1958." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original LAPL The views below are from a 1945 strike which saw picketing outside the studios. This photo, dated October 18, 1945, shows Angelo's Cafe opposite the studios, complete with an advert for "Ben-Hur delicious coffee". The "Liquor" sign on the far right can be seen on the left of the second Shulman image. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original LAPL This photo is from three days later. The bank is in the distance on the left side of the street. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original LAPL Here's an undated aerial of the studios with the backlots behind. Note that the current curve in W Olive is starting to form. One of the soundstages still has "First National" on the front, and another has an arrow to Mines Airfield on the roof. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original LAPL This photo is also undated, but is clearly even earlier. There's only four soundstages, and no backlots. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original LAPL |
:previous: Hoss, I opened my first Bank of America bank account at that branch.
(when I first moved to L.A. I stayed for a month or so with friends on Magnolia Boulevard, which wasn't too far away) __ |
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