A sad noir story....
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Ramon Navarro and his last meal...fried chicken gizzards that were prepared by his secretary. Ramon had penchant for rent boys who were supplied by procurers. These young men were usually delivered to his home like a Candy-gram. He was never known to frequent public places in search of ''entertainment''. His home was bought by a Navarro fan who was later killed by the fan's brother. The house has since been demolished. [ the photo above is Ramon wearing a dark coat.] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psc89d5619.jpgebay http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps28647619.jpgAll recipes |
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Wait a minute, wait a minute. Is that Howdy Doody they are watching on TV? http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps61a3da0b.jpg NBC TV That's going too far...even for me. Let's just hope that David has saved the day, and that is a White Russian he has on the table behind him...not a glass of milk. [/QUOTE] I suspect that was Sheriff John or Engineer Bill of kid TV fame in Los Angeles circa 1950s. Remember Engineer Bill's game of Red Light...Green Light? |
Zelda and her neighbors
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First, two pre-Zelda photos of 4th and Grand from March 1890. It looks to me like the same people wearing the same clothes are in both photos, although the angle of the roof on that little building (house?) certainly looks different. The first photo looks south, and the other sort of northwest: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/14808/rec/2 Across the street is the top of the Brunson Mansion at the NW corner of 4th and Grand: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/2895/rec/3 The Brunson Mansion, c. 1880-96: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/2443/rec/113 Here's the 1921 Baist map of the area (the Engstrum was originally the Westonia?). There appears to be a 12-foot-wide alley, or at least right-of-way, between Grand and Hope, north of 5th for most of the block: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original HistoricMapWorks -- http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19413/Plate+007/ Here is a 1930 view of the roughly the same area as the Baist map. The Edison building is being built on the right edge of the photo; we see the side and rear of the Granada and the Zelda to the left of the steel framework. Just above the framework on the SE corner of 4th and Grand is the L. J. Rose Mansion. The Rubaiyat on Hope Street is a bit unusual with its many large windows and shutters. Note the garage on Hope (3rd building up from the corner); it looks a little low, although I guess there's an entrance there but maybe the alley in back was used also: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/71421/rec/1 That garage was replaced by the Edison Annex, seen here in April 1931: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/27111/rec/2 And now, without further ado, here's Zelda! http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/12564/rec/3 The Granada (both Zelda and Granada photos taken April 19, 1912): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../12566/rec/139 gsjansen posted a different photo of the Brunson, a photo of the Rose, and photos of other mansions nearby, here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1619 |
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The lost foundations of 431 South Grand Avenue, ca.1910 A man test driving the Lansden Electric truck on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles. The electric truck is interesting enough in its own right but here he's passing the abandoned foundation work at 431 S. Grand Avenue which, by this time, had been at this spot for nearly twenty years drawing the ire of the neighbors. Not to worry, the Sherwood is about to go up on this site and these apparently lovely stonework foundations will be reduced to dust. Also of note, still more paving bricks. Peeking up in the background the top of the Engstrum. Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Archive http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/1...9959b833_o.jpg The lost foundations of 431 South Grand Avenue, ca.1910 (2) A man test driving the Lansden Electric truck on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles. Now headed north on Grand Avenue approaching the southeast corner of the unfinished foundation work at 431 S. Grand. Here we get an unusually good view of the Engstrum under construction placing this image maybe a little later than 1910. Sign on truck reads 'Lansdan Electric' superimposed over 'Edison Batteries'. Great image. Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Archive http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7386/1...1cf89acb_o.jpg The lost foundations of 431 South Grand Avenue, ca.1910 (3) A man test driving the Lansden Electric truck on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles. And one last look at our electric truck road test (I'm sure the grade was the point) passing the abandoned construction at 431 S. Grand Avenue. In this shot we get another glimpse of the Engstrum plus the added attraction of the spire on the State Normal School. Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Archive |
:previous: I never thought I'd see a close-up of the long abandoned foundation at 431 S. Grand.
Thanks to both Flyingwedge for the Zelda photograph, and of course MichaelRyerson. Really remarkable stuff guys. __ |
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117 Fremont Place, circa '32
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That is the house still standing at the nw corner of Fremont Place West (originally designated Westerly Drive) and 8th Street: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-j...2520PM.bmp.jpgGSV https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E...2520PM.bmp.jpgGSV I might have some notes on it, but I'm not near them at the moment.... Quote:
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Harold Raymond Chrysler-Plymouth
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:previous: Bert sounds great! I didn't realize his last name was pronounced Ro-Ver-Ree.
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I don't know if there's any film footage of either of those two, but I loved the way Tom Hiddleston (Loki in "Thor") played him in "Midnight in Paris." |
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Paris/Texas/Los Angeles
Does anyone know where is located the house where lives Travis' brother, his French wife and Travis' son in « Paris Texas » by Wim Wenders ? It's up on a steep hill and it's noisy because of the airport in the distance.
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Photo dated to '38. Maybe a little later. When did Wilshire May Co construction commence? http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/wilsh...airfax1938.jpghttp://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/wilsh...airfax1938.jpg Westcork previously mentioned this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC_LfsFZw4k http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=14922 |
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