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Late '40s - Hollywood and Vine http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...12&DMX=0&DMY=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...&DMX=512&DMY=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...X=0&DMY=512&DMhttp://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...512&DMY=512&DMhttp://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...coll2/id/18035 More on Wallichs >> https://youtu.be/tO7wLG-Qtas http://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/r...hs-music-city/ Fess would have recognized Houston St. http://www.jitterbuzz.com/furn/fess_parker.jpghttp://www.jitterbuzz.com/furn/fess_parker.jpg |
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I worked the singles counter (21 listening booths) and the LP counter in the 1960s. I had the afternoon shift from 5:30 pm until closing at 2:00 am. Most of the movie stars and recording artists came in after midnight when it was quiet. We used to eat next door at Norm's (Morningside and Sunset) every night. I remember the Teenage Fair at the Palladium and NBC studios across the street. Pay was $2.00 an hour and my single apartment in Hollywood was $65.00 a month. No cable bills, no cell phone bills. Everything, from newspapers to coffee (in a cup and saucer at Biff's) to pay phone calls to shoe shines was a dime. RCA moved from Vine and Selma to the new building on Sunset. The Cinerama Dome was new, and we watched it being built through the soundproof glass listening booths. Clyde Wallich lived at the newly built Ardmore Apartments on Whitley Avenue and Franklin Avenue. When Meet the Beatles was released, we had to wear Beatle wigs on the sales floor. |
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I have to admit I was a bit disappointed it wasn't part of the asylum, but more than happy that it still stands. (needless to say) As I am wont to do I now have a little 'crush' on this building. ;) Here are a few more photographs. Patton depot, March 1965. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/5dT7eF.jpg COASTDAYLIGHT I'm curious about the wooden building at far right. From this angle it looks like it's in the middle of Highland Ave. Patton depot, March 1970. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/0uB73N.jpg COASTDAYLIGHT The mustang is no doubt the photographer's I'll included this last photograph because I'm not entirely sure what we're looking at. (and there's even a description! duh) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/mPopYV.jpg COASTDAYLIGHT "Weld on the top of the rail near the Patton depot, March 1965. The weld was possibly an aid for improving electrical contact and activating a crossing signal." soooo... they're obviously talking about the long vertical weld, but why would this be needed? Wouldn't the rails themselves be a sufficent contact? :shrug: _ |
PATTON STATE HOSPITAL
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so the photographer was in front of the buldings in one, and in back of the buildings in the other. -right? _____________________________________________________________ Overcrowding at Patton as early as 1913. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/kQlVMG.jpghttps://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...924/NpLRMm.jpg GOV. HIRAM JOHNSON, 1913 Surprisingly, Patton was the only insane asylum in ALL of Southern California in 1913. (there were four in the rest of the state) If that was the case, Downey was only considered a poor farm in 1913. (established as such in 1888) So was it the L.A. County Poor Farm in Downey (later renamed Rancho Los Amigos*), that primarily picked up the slack for the mentally ill after 1913? __ *"Rancho Los Amigos is erroneously known as the "Hollydale Mental Hospital" from LOOK INSIDE DOWNEYS CREEPY ABANDONED ASYLUM sidenote: (Camarillo State Mental Hospital did not open until 1936) _ |
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Some complete Kirkbrides still survive, and others have had their admin blocks saved, but the one at Patton was demolished as early as 1923 after it was badly damaged in an earthquake. The aerial below is from 1930. I'm guessing that the original Kirkbride building was at the top of the semi-circlular road, at the end of the central driveway. The station building can be seen at the bottom of the left side of the semi-circle. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...nHospital1.jpg mil.library.ucsb.edu |
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Ted's Grill, 146 Enrada Drive, Santa Monica Canyon
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sGrill2015.jpg GSV The white lattice has since been removed from the windows, and they look original. It's a shame that the place looks so run-down in this 2017 image. The old Ted's sign appears to be lurking behind the greenery. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sGrill2017.jpg GSV The intestesting house in the background of Tourmaline's photo is also still standing at 129 Ocean Way. |
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How about Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome?: https://s7.postimg.cc/4dzqmz7u3/Castel_Sant_Angelo.jpg From TripAdvisor https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attracti...ome_Lazio.html |
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Wallichs is spelled Wallichs. https://otters.net/img/lanoir/wallichs.jpg Find A Grave |
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Thanks for your reminiscence about working at Wallichs BDiH. It gives all the photos of the corner of Hollywood & Vine a personal touch now! Quote: "Most of the movie stars and recording artists came in after midnight when it was quiet." Do you have any stories of any people you saw? Or just name drop few? I wish you had a picture of yourself in the "Beatle Wig!" Your post is the first mention I recall of a Norm's Restaurant near there. I know the La Cienega one was built in 1957. I looked on Norm's website and they have some history about the restaurants, but no photo of the one you frequented. Their website said that Norm Roybark opened his first restaurant at Sunset & Morningside in 1949! From the Norm's site: "NORMS made its debut in 1949 when Norm Roybark, a Los Angeles native, opened his first diner near the famed Hollywood corner of Sunset and Vine. As one of the few spots open 24/7, it didn’t take long before NORMS became the place to be." I've been trying to find a photograph of this Norm's, but to no avail. (So far?) You mentioned watching the Cinerama Dome being built. I did find this aerial photo of it under construction. (July, 1963.) Several photos like this have been previously posted. I am assuming the little place across the street from the Dome's "shell" pictured here is that particular Norm's? https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hloa6M3w7...L-00104525.jpgLAPL If you watched the Cinerama Dome being built, did you also watch the NBC Building get torn down? As you may know, for several years I've been trying to locate a COLOR photo of the lobby mural inside the NBC Building. So I have to ask if you ever were inside that building and saw it in person? I have never come across anyone who's even seen it in person. Wouldn't it be amusing if I find someone who actually saw it and they say "No, it was painted in black & white." LOL! _________________________________________________ UPDATE: I found this postcard on the Los Angeles Theatres site that partially shows the Norm's at Sunset Blvd. and Morningside! https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6CRGzPEhg...-Wojcik-63.jpgLos Angeles Theatres |
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