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http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl..._Pasadena.html Text and captions for the photos below from the Museum site. http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psiig2t9lc.jpg (ca. 1894)** - View of Pasadena National Bank, located in the Masonic Temple building on the southeast corner of Raymond Avenue and Colorado Street. Historical Notes When the Pasadena National Bank first opened its doors in 1886, local residents made $25,000 worth of deposits on the first day alone. The bank's original location was a room on Raymond Avenue, but in 1894 it moved to the Masonic Temple, shown here on the southeast corner of Raymond Avenue and Colorado Street. The bank's new offices had the most burglarproof vaults available, featuring 5-foot-thick walls laced with steel horseshoes.** http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...pslyfgngb6.jpg (1908)#* - Street view of the corner of Raymond and Fair Oaks looking south on Fair Oaks toward the Green Hotel. The Pasadena National Bank stands on the southeast corner. A rider on a horse shares the street with horse-drawn carriages, a cyclist, and pedestrians. Historical Notes Harry Ridgway designed the imposing Masonic Temple block at the southeast corner of Raymond and Colorado in Romanesque Revival style in 1894. He was also the architect/designer for the First National Bank building, built in 1886 on the n/w corner of Colorado and Fair Oaks.*#*# The float is heading north on Raymond and turning westbound on to Colorado Boulevard. Note that in the 1915 photo a second set of parallel rails now graces Colorado Boulevard. Cheers, Jack |
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The new building is somewhat reminiscent of the old one.....but different. Yes, that crosswalk is like the British Union Jack flag. |
I just came across this 1951 slide on eBay (1 hour left on bidding. starting bid $150.00!)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PE-Pacific-E...item43d97c8d5a "Bus running down Sunset Blvd. on a Hollywood High School tripper." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/BAoWIE.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/PE-Pacific-E...item43d97c8d5a The seller says the slide is rare; here's why: "The bus in the photo started out as Los Angeles Motorcoach Company, transferred to Pacific Electric in 1949 when LAMC folded. The bus is still wearing it's old sign as PE buses never displayed line number readings, thus adding to it's rarity!" Is this statement correct rail-fans? __ |
Incredible post on the First Interstate fire Martin Pal. Gripping account.
A quote caught my eye in one of the LAT reports of the Wilshire Terrace fire I reread earlier today, "This made the First Interstate look like a dumpster fire," said Firefighter Larry Horner, referring to last year's inferno in what was, at the time, downtown's tallest skyscraper. - LAT A bit of bravado I think. We, of course, saw nothing of the Wilshire Terrace fire from our POV, except entirely mystifying embers falling thickly from the night sky, softly clinking against windows and skylight, waking us.. |
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Thank you Martin. Much has been written about the history and location of various LA landing strips, some of it is well documented and some not-so-well documented (pre-1920s). Our usual sources are, for the most part, very good, but there have been instances of mislabeled dates and locations, even when some of that info is obvious by looking at the image. And despite efforts to make maps accurate, they are not always error free and reliable. I mentioned De Mille (aka Mercury) operated three fields. One source interjects a possible fourth, at Wilshire and La Cienega. Since that same article omits the Wilshire Fairfax location, it is likely that La Cienega has been confused with Fairfax. "Mercury did have regular flights and even their own airfields, one at the corner of Wilshire and La Cienega, another at Melrose and Fairfax and a third up in Pasadena. Ironically, had De Mille and his investors held on to their landing fields just a few more years, they would have stood to have made a fortune, not necessarily in air travel, but in the land upon which the fields sat." https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com...rivate-planes/In the case of the '24 Auto club map, I see the box under Sherman presumably demarcating an airfield as being on the west side of what is now Fairfax and Melrose. Per one source (see below) this Melrose "field" was short lived and gone by 1918 and moved to the NW corner of Fairfax and Wilshire for perhaps three more years. I can't locate it at the moment, but I recall reading an early flier's description of an airstrip opposite the Gilmore property - i.e., west of Fairfax (formerly Crescent). This seems to agree with the Auto Club map. If the Melrose strip terminated in 1918, the Auto Club Map was out of date or contains wishful thinking. Pictures abound with Mercury-labeled buildings and aircraft. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8683 and in light of most of the documentation, I tend to believe the majority are from the Wilshire-Fairfax location. However, it would have been easy for an aircraft to land and take off from any convenient strip, whether by intention, with or without permission, or mistake. As best I can tell, these so-called airports were mostly unimproved pasture land. Early directories understandably list few, if any of air strips. It's not even clear that most fields were electrified or that they had phones or control towers until the late '20s. Considering the local lore of Fairfax, much of the area was dairy land, which was more likely to have a telephone listing than a fledgling industry that was undoubtedly hampered by imperfect mechanicals, iffy navigation, unpredictable weather and a dearth of brave and monied customers. I wish there was more information regarding the ('28 or later) airports map since without addresses or coordinates, it is unclear who it was targeted toward. (Is there any indication of the Ince or Venice airstrip since we have seen NLA pictures of those locations? :no:) One source (below) has the Lincoln Airlines as closer to number "43" rather than "3" - which was further east of Fairfax. Crenshaw? Western? Sperl Angeles Mesa Dr.? Another source indicates "Lincoln Airport" was presumably located at or near "Angeles Mesa" in 1931. (Mines Field) This would have been many years after Rogers (at Fairfax and Wilshire) disappeared. It is uncertain whether the "Lincoln" airport or airlines refers to the air service started by Ford-Lincoln dealer, Jack Maddux. Anecdotally, Lincoln was probably his baby. We do know that Maddux's service started in '27 and as sources mention him using Rogers field, it is fair to say they mean the Rogers' location at or near Mines field and not long-gone Wilshire and Fairfax. As pictured here, http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=23765 Maddux's airline employed "Ford" Tri-motors. Here is Maddux's Tri-Motors fleet parked at Mines Field in '29. http://waterandpower.org/Historical%...Mines_1929.jpg Maddux eventually moved his operation from the Rogers/Mines location to Glendale. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...postcount=8684 Maddux Lincoln Beverly Hills Dealership 9280 Wilshire Blvd. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...KG6EIVFPMB.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...KG6EIVFPMB.jpg Previously relied upon airport documentation: "Lincoln Airlines Los Angeles [-?-] (pre-1931-19??) = Angeles Mesa Dr. Between PAT and Sperl." http://www.aerofiles.com/airports-CA.html Nearby Fairfax High's beginning in '24 would have likely been a fairly good indicator that airports, although exciting, were probably not welcome in the immediate area. Same logic would seem to apply because of anticipated growth of the Miracle Mile and its skyscrapers. A photo of the Fairfax-Wilshire intersection in 1929 makes it clear that dairy cows and airplanes were on their way out or already out. Note the advertising for "high class income property" It is also interesting to note that the structures at the intersection in 1929 were obviously short-lived as within ten years they were replaced by Simons and the May Co. 1929 - Wilshire looking east from Fairfax (Yes a repost) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/5684/rec/99 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...igh&DMROTATE=0 1938 (Pre-MayCo.) http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2...ledeckbusi.jpg See: http://mail.hostomega.com/showpost.p...&postcount=561 and here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...170279&page=11 |
Thomas Ince / B.H. DeLay
1914's Ince Field, the West Coast's first official airport has come up before. It was on a triangle of land between Venice, Abbott Kinney and Washington Way, although some accounts say it extended south to Mildred. Film-maker Thomas Ince founded it to further his movie-making activities in partnership with Abbott Kinney who used the stunt pilots to attract crowds for his Venice subdivision:
https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...70703%2BPM.jpg goinwith.com https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k...73448%2BPM.jpg google maps The airport was renamed DeLay Field in 1920 after the airport manager who bought it. Lack of empty land made expansion impossible. It closed in 1923. The owner, B.H. Delay, also died in 1923 while performing for thousands of people. It was said that a rival had sabotaged his plane: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c...64132%2BPM.jpg wikipedia I love our early airfields and am really enjoying all the knowledgeable posts. I'm trying to soak up more technical info, rather than just concentrating on the personalities, as I'm obviously wont to do. More from e_r, BRR & Godzilla: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ld#post5920098 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8563 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ld#post5920221 |
Colleagues, confederates, and comrades—
This Sunday, from 2-4pm, there's a free event I believe may pique some interest among the fold. Am delivering a lecture on the built environment of Victorian LA, with an eye toward, but not limited to, Romanesque revival. You have to sign up for it; for all the info click here. Should I have no idea what I'm talking about, a) there will be lots of pretty pictures, and b) it's in a bar so the cocktails and comestibles will be plentiful, so how bad could it be? To give you an idea of the forthcoming what-have-you, assorted screengrabs from the Powerpoint: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8726/...f49e37e759.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8737/...082180d3fd.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7610/...0b2fd103fe.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8738/...fb4a249213.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8724/...153fb1528d.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7641/...588528a5de.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/...f09405b8d1.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8695/...d6b9ab104e.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8748/...a262ee2753.jpg |
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The recent posts on lost airfields and building fires have been very interesting. Thanks to all the contributors.
--------------- The Royal Viking Motel at 220 S Alvarado Street (west entrance). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yalViking1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yalViking2.jpg eBay The signage has changed, and there's a lot of extra fencing, but the building underneath seems relatively unaltered. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yalViking3.jpg GSV As a reminder, 3940dxer posted the picture below last September as part of an excellent collection of photographs of motels with surviving neon signs. It shows the south entrance of the Royal Viking Motel. You can see the full post here. Quote:
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'mystery' location.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/lsFpoa.jpg I recently found this in one of my old files. Does anyone know where this is? __ I'm off to Illinois for the weekend. Have fun everyone! |
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So-cal-bear beat me to it; looking south on Flower Street at Pico Blvd with the Expo line tracks near the Staples center.
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I did some research on the original structure in an attempt to discover when and why it was replaced but was unable to turn up anything of importance other than a fire on the third floor a few years after it was built. Damage was limited to $100.00, so that was not the cause. If I should find myself in Pasadena in the future I will explore the new building to see if there are any traces of the old left. Cheers, Jack |
The convenience of tall ceilings and no wall sockets.
1925 - "Miss Nimmer. [she's plugging an extension cord for her flat-iron into the overhead light.]." http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...d/23592/rec/21 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 A trap for the wary. http://hdl.huntington.org/utils/ajax...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
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I guess the new architect was requested to design into it some elements of the old. Its a similar to the Disney tradition. Its all there except its smaller. I know the feeling. |
Lovely Hoosier cupboard there and a glorious sink Tourmaline, but why two cookers?
P.S. Oh wait, I get it, this is a demonstration kitchen for Edison's famous classes for homemakers |
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Off the beaten path. Sunset Blvd. '50s Probably did not take long for actress Lucy Marlow to hustle a ride. http://40.media.tumblr.com/8cfd19870...8xmo1_1280.jpghttp://40.media.tumblr.com/8cfd19870...8xmo1_1280.jpg It all happened at 5849 Sunset Blvd. ? Iris Sweets http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/74063/rec/1 1928 - Hotel Iris http://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007731.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007731.jpg 1930 Hotel Eldorado http://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007732.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00007/00007732.jpg A long way from Switzerland 1979 - 5849 Sunset Blvd. - St Moritz Hotel/Apts. (Formerly Hotel Eldorado) http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics50/00059904.jpghttp://jpg2.lapl.org/pics50/00059904.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ris&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/74063/rec/1 |
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