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NCD's "Security" Bank post http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=34530 and many others, most notably from HossC, are reminiscent of a certain stately edifice at 6624 Melrose. (If HossC has covered this structure, I can't locate it at the moment.) Permits and CDirectories indicate the Morgan,Walls & Clements-design started out in 1928 as the "Melrose and Highland" branch of Securities and Trust Savings Bank. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...0.jpg~originalGoogleStreetView http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...q.jpg~originalGoogleStreetView The Melrose and Highland adjacent neighborhood in 1937. (Melrose looking east from La Brea.) http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...q.jpg~original http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...ll170/id/22009 Same neighborhood today. http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...n.jpg~originalAerialGoogle |
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P.S. Here's a good twilight shot too: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XK...ApM=w1366-h768 superfuture Somebody threw a ton of money at this. Probably the Lizard People :-) . |
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https://c8.staticflickr.com/1/620/31...a1da010f_b.jpguscdigarch What gave it away was the Striker Apts, which were known as the Streicher once, presumably they changed the name due to anti-German sentiment during the Great War. So I went to that great panorama at USC which I knew had the Streicher in it, and worked backward down the street: https://c8.staticflickr.com/6/5562/3...a9348cbe_h.jpg Note that they're in the backyard of the Bellevue Terrace, looking up at some action happening from one of the many windows. https://c2.staticflickr.com/1/275/31...886c34f0_b.jpgusc |
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I thought that the sign said "Striker Apartments", but for some reason I couldn't find them yesterday (I must've mistyped my search!). Here's an advert for the Streicher Apartments from the 1914 CD. The name change from Streicher to Striker seems to have occurred between 1922 and 1923 (going by the CDs). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original LAPL |
TCM ran the 1952 Joan Crawford thriller SUDDEN FEAR last night. Although the film is set in San Francisco and uses various San Francisco locations, the final chase sequence with costar Jack Palance stalking Joan by car and on foot was noirishly filmed on the streets of old Bunker Hill. Both Joan and Jack were nominated for Oscars and the film contains some wonderful sequences of suspense.
(Oops! I see this was discussed a few years back. Anyway... check it out. The film is well worth watching.) |
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Here's a long shot of it pre the Lighthouse: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/th...bBA=w1366-h768 flickr The only other hotel I can think of from those days was the humongous Biltmore (1926-1969), north of the pier, built as the Surf and Sand Club. There hasn't been anything that big in Hermosa before or since: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uq...KaQ=w1366-h768 flickr |
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Building Los Angeles Times Bombing 1910
The Los Angeles City Hall, with its distinguished tall tower, is seen just to the right of the mansion.https://latimesphoto.files.wordpress...bombing970.jpg I just found this picture. I'm looking for more. The eagle still stands. |
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Los Angeles Times Building A clerk for the Giant Powder Company, where the dynamite used to destroy the Los Angeles Times building was purchased, is being brought in to identify the man who made the purchase. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...st-bombing.jpg |
The store with the EX-LAX sign was Milton's pharmacy---I bought my first copy of Famous Monsters Of Filmland there in 1958. Milton would have to tell us, "Library's closed today boys". I grew up @ 1625 Delta.
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The bombing took place during a strike called to unionize the metal trades in Los Angeles. http://www.industryweek.com/site-fil...es-Bombing.jpg |
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I don't recall reading about that here, I'd always assumed it was shot in San Francisco! Gloria Grahame running around the hills in her high-heels is a highlight! The film is quite fascinating. The first time I saw it was in a revival house. The Oscars it was nominated for: 1952 (25th) ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE -- Jack Palance {"Lester Blaine"} ACTRESS -- Joan Crawford {"Myra Hudson"} CINEMATOGRAPHY (Black-and-White) -- Charles B. Lang, Jr. COSTUME DESIGN (Black-and-White) -- Sheila O'Brien Gloria Grahame was in several films that year, Sudden Fear, Macao, The Greatest Show on Earth and she won Supporting Actress for The Bad and the Beautiful. One of my favorites of hers is the L.A. set noir "In a Lonely Place." |
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Does anyone know what happened to the 1871 Stewart Farmhouse?
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lm...K5I=w1366-h768 gsv previous posts: GW http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12855 t2 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12855 oldstuff http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=28665 e_r http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=28668 t2 http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=28671 updates: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=38385 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=38389 |
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