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Must Find Photo Of Burl Room. _____ What a difference a few years can make. The G.M. Hoff building (1904) back in 2007. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/5MKoED.jpg gsv And in 2015. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/cTMEqA.jpg gsv http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/bKOlof.jpggsvhttp://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/l6Uk6x.jpg entrance detail Does anyone know who G.M. Hoff was? __ |
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No. G. M. Hoff Building AKA Hoff's Rooming House 116 East 5th Street 90013 Built 1904 Preston and Seehorn, Architects Another example of Preston and Seehorn's work: Irvine House (1906) 3115 Brockton Avenue Riverside, California 92501 https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-r...94939%2BAM.jpg gsv |
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Unless the extra fillip was a later embellishment, I'm surprised that C M Hoff didn't object to the stylizing of his first initial... Times March 1 & 20, 1904: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...s318/hoff1.jpghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...2520PM.bmp.jpg |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original California Digital Newspaper Collection BTW. It's clearly marked as the C M Hoff Block on the 1910, 1914 and 1921 Baist maps. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original www.historicmapworks.com/www.historicmapworks.com/www.historicmapworks.com |
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Of course, few Prestons remain in Los Angeles. Here is one of his early farmhouses, built just after his arrival in LA, and here is Preston's residence for Andrew Glassell, also 1887. Perhaps best known on Noirish would be his 1891 high school on Fort Moore: https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7694/...517f0e91_o.png And his 1893 (as Preston & Locke) addition to the Normal School (William Curlett, 1881): https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8744/...e1f41560_o.png https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7711/...63051010_o.png Less well-known perhaps is his Burdick Block: https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8810/...00df2746_o.png A standing local treasure is the Bolt House. Another of his great extant structures is the Coconino Court House in Flagstaff (1894). Preston's son and business partner, Samuel, dies in 1889, whereafter Preston works with Seymour Locke (1893-94), Don MacKenzie (1896), Norman F Marsh (1900-01), and Ira H Seehorn (1902-07). Preston retired in '07, at age 76, who had for many years been president of the AIA Southern Chapter, was made a life member of the AIA. He passes in 1922. |
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So, Preston arrives in 1887, does he design and there is built a Hall of Records? I don't think so. There was already one, it seems, across from City Hall, according to this. Plus, LA was gearing up for a new Court House: after 1891, and the completion of the County Court House, the Hall of Records was inside, on the first floor, on the New High St side, of the County Courthouse. JN Preston & Son did "put in a finely executed plan for our new courthouse, which was very much admired" (per the Herald, 5 June 1887). Maybe it is from here the confusion arises? More work on this needs to be done! |
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I was looking into how racketeer Charlie Crawford ended up in LA to begin with. He ran a huge club/casino/bordello operation, "The Northern", up in Seattle, with the compliant mayor of the time in his pocket. However, when it was revealed that the land under Charlie's operation was leased from the city, a reform mayor swept into office and Charlie had to get out of town. Charlie Crawford in circa 1915: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-7...61729%2BPM.jpg find a grave In 1911 32-year-old Crawford headed to LA to try his chances. He opened the Maple Bar at 230 E 5th Street, corner of Maple Avenue South (just across from the then-new Firehouse No. 23). But, of course, it wasn't just a bar. There was a casino in back and bordello upstairs. Crawford put his Seattle experience to work, currying favor with LA's political elite and deeply insinuating himself with the LA underworld (acting as a very useful go-between), until the day came, ten years later, when he could take over the town. The site of the Maple Bar (left) across from Fire Station No. 23 (and a block down from the G.M. Hoff Building): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-j...83702%2BPM.jpg gsv https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9...23803%2BPM.jpg historic mapworks Fire Station No. 23, built in 1910 at 225 E 5th to a Tudor-esque design by Hudson and Munsel, was already mired in controversy when Charlie arrived on the scene. Budgeted at $35K, it ended up costing $53K, an enormous amount. It was said $25K was spent on the 3rd-floor Chief's quarters alone. The Peruvian mahogany, Vermont marble, French beveled-glass mirrors and leather-paneled walls may have had something to do with the cost. FO Engstrom Co were the builders. The Fire Commissioners denied all knowledge of the luxurious appointments until it was revealed they had approved every one. The newspapers called it the "Taj Mahal" of fire houses. In the September 29, 1910 edition the Los Angeles Times called it "most elaborate and richest engine-house west of New York...the most ornate ... in this or any other world." The public was outraged. I'm sure Charlie Crawford helped to assuage the LAFD's embarrassment. The Aug 3, 1909 permit: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-g...8%252520AM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...3%252520AM.jpg ladbs Fire Station No. 23 was LAFD HQ from 1910 to 1920. Every LAFD Chief lived there from 1910 to 1928. The station was just 26 feet across but stretched 167 feet from E 5th through to Winston Street. It housed 12 firemen (including their Captain) and 10 horses, plus the Chief. The 21 foot ceilings on the ground floor were of pressed steel, the walls of green, glazed tile. Six fire poles descended from the second to the ground floor. The Chief's pole, in a closet in his living quarters, made a quick run to the second floor. An elevator "moves noiselessly and stealthily to the upper haven" (according to the LA Times). The third-floor hay and supply storage rooms were also accessed by elevator. The East 5th Street facade: ca 1912: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_...15522%2BPM.jpg lafire n.d. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...91718%2BPM.jpg lafire 1940's(?): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m...5%252520AM.jpg LAT/Prelinger archive 1950s: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-L...92217%2BPM.jpg lafire ca 1965: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5...13530%2BAM.jpg LA Planning department via beyondthemarquee Dressed for "The Mask" (1994): https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v...51554%2BPM.jpg newlinecinema ca 2005: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-B...92036%2BPM.jpg wiki 2014: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-e...20039%2BAM.jpg gsv The Winston St Entrance: ca. 1911: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-C...11336%2BPM.jpg lafire 1916: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W...13149%2BPM.jpg lafire 1938. The Rescue Company: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-N...21534%2BAM.jpg lafire Dressed for "Police Academy 2" (1984) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-t...52803%2BPM.jpg warnerbros https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R...30017%2BPM.jpg gsv The Ground Floor: 1915 (the last horse-drawn engine went out on call 29 August 1921). https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-V...15207%2BPM.jpg lafire Also 1915. Cranking up Truck No. 5: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0...14825%2BPM.jpg lafire I have to pause for a minute to show you Truck No. 5 at the Winston Street entrance because it's such a beaut. A 1911 Seagrave AC-90 (complete with aerial ladder), it went into service on May Day 1912, one of the first two trucks purchased by the LAFD. Later known as "the ill-fated truck", because on 2/12/1922 it collided with a streetcar at the intersection of 9th and Stanford resulting in one death. n.d.: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-9...34634%2BPM.jpg lafire 1960 (the year the station was decommissioned): https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-K...21042%2BAM.jpg lafire Ivan Reitman prepping the real estate agent scene, Ghostbusters (1984) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-E...45132%2BPM.jpg beyondthemarquee The real estate agent scene, Ghostbusters (1984) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s...93438%2BPM.jpg columbia pictures Ghostbusters: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-l...94435%2BPM.jpg columbia pictures Ghostbusters: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M...61418%2BAM.jpg columbia pictures https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...92943%2BPM.jpg bf3s forums https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U...24701%2BAM.jpg theraffon.net https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m...23916%2BAM.jpg theraffon.net "Flashpoint" (1998) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...51027%2BPM.jpg adam&eveproductions https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-d...24431%2BAM.jpg theraffon.net https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a...25751%2BAM.jpg theraffon.net The Second Floor: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m...02300%2BPM.jpg theraffon.net The dormitory in 1915 (the Captain had private quarters elsewhere on the second floor): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-z...14233%2BPM.jpg lafire The dormitory dressed for Ghostbusters (1984) https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-G...44835%2BPM.jpg beyondthemarquee The dormitory now: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-k...01531%2BPM.jpg theraffon.net The Day Room in 1915: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--...14546%2BPM.jpg lafire The Day Room fireplace today: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-l...23446%2BAM.jpg theraffon.net https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...22424%2BAM.jpg theraffon.net The building is shot through with nice skylights/lightwells: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-N...25157%2BAM.jpg theraffon.net The Third Floor: I could find no "then" photos of the third floor Chief's quarters, understandable I suppose, given the controversy. There's not many "now" pix either. There was/is a huge master suite (with a tub big enough for two chiefs the LA Times claimed), two further bedrooms with bath, reception room, dining room, a kitchen and access to the roof. The leather inserts in the Peruvian mahogany paneling are gone: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-p...00906%2BPM.jpg theraffon.net https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H...01024%2BPM.jpg theraffon.net The Tudor-style ceiling: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v...05430%2BPM.jpg theraffon.net Ghostbusters II (1989) https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-I...22224%2BAM.jpg columbia pictures The top of the stairs: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...05943%2BPM.jpg theraffon.net The Chief's pole in the closet arrangement: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q...05629%2BPM.jpg theraffon.net Engine Company 23's first really big fire was in 1913 at the 1894 Byrne Building, W 3rd and S Broadway, across from City Hall. It took 10 hours to put it out: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W...94219%2BPM.jpg uscdl (detail) A good portrait of the equipment at work at the Bryne fire: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0...62443%2BPM.jpg usc libraries Engine Company No. 23 did a good job at the Byrne, also known as the Irvine Byrne and the Pan-American Building. (The architects were Sumner Hunt with Morgan and Walls). It's fine: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-4...54504%2BPM.jpg gsv Station No. 23 also had a later controversy. The station was decommissioned in 1960, but kept for storage until '66, then locked and left. In 1979 (by which time scavengers had looted the building of anything of value, including the fire poles) it was chosen as the site for an LAFD musem. A committee, "Olde 23", was formed by senior LAFD officials to solicit donations for the museum. Trouble is, even after plans for the museum were transferred to Engine Company No. 27 in Hollywood, funds kept rolling in to Olde 23. Plus filming fees were not turned over to the city. The then-Chief had to resign. Next the LAFD leased the station to artists. They've been trying to evict the one in residence now almost since he moved in. No. 23 is a very popular filming location for movies, commercials and music videos (it's also been used on occasion as a venue for live music shows): Hammet (1982) Ghostbusters (1984) Police Academy II (1985) Big Trouble in Little China (1986) The A-Team (1986) Ghostbusters II (1989) VI Warshawski (1991) Flatliners(1991) The Mask (1994) Lost Highway (1997) Flashpoint (1998) National Security (2003) RE(e)volution (2005) Body Heat (2010) etc. More info and pix: wikipedia Big Orange Landmarks LAFD Historical Archive page 1 (lafire) LAFD Historical Archive page 2 LAFD Historical Archive page 3 Spook Central (theraffon.net) LA Downtown News Beyond the Marquee I AM NOT A STALKER Ghostbusters (1984) BF2S Forum Seagrave AC-90 There's also 5 rather poorly-produced 2010 tour videos of the fire station. The first one is here if you're interested. In one or another of them there's glimpses of the kitchen and dining room, plus they spend a lot of time on the roof. For more info on Charlie Crawford and the Maple Bar see A Bright and Guilty Place (preview) (2009) Richard Rayner LAFD is looking to sell (with restrictions) if anyone's interested: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-U...81253%2BPM.jpg gsv |
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arrow points to the roof of a house, which today is 2544 Eastlake Avenue: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...x.jpg~original GSV Sept 2014 1910; in the lower left corner is the house (2544 Eastlake) noted by the red arrow in the previous photo. Across the street from 2544, separated by a vacant lot, are 2521 and 2533 Eastlake Avenue: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...coll65/id/3129 Here are 2521 and 2533 closer: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original And here they are at left and right in April 2014: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...x.jpg~original GSV If you look above 2521 and 2533 Eastlake a few blocks on the 1910 photo, you'll see an industrial building with two large smokestacks. That's a Los Angeles Railway Co. building at the SW corner of North Broadway and Workman Street. The church-like building to the west, according to the 1906 Sanborn map, is the 2nd Presbyterian Church on the SW corner of North Broadway and Daly Street: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...l.jpg~original Here's the Los Angeles Railway building on the 1906 Sanborn (Downey Avenue will be renamed North Broadway): http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original LAPL Finally, a Googlemap of the wider area: https://www.google.com/maps/place/25...de38114a?hl=en |
The Beverly Comstock Hotel and Apartments at 10300 Wilshire Boulevard.
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Very interesting to see the old and new of that little oval park.Fun seeing the old houses still in place and how they have changed over the many years. One had a metal roof and now it has shingles. |
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Thanks for the follow-ups on Burls Room/Restaurant. I still haven't found a picture, but this 1951 shot of the Vista Theater must come close. If Burls was open in 1951, it would have been just beyond the "BEER" sign on the left. The description and summary for this picture are:
The theater, originally known as Bard's Hollywood Theatre, was designed by Lewis A. Smith and opened in 1923. Front exterior view of the Egyptian revival style Vista Theater, located at 4473 Sunset Drive in the Los Feliz district of Los Angeles. Various businesses are seen next door, as well as down Hollywood Boulevard on the left. The following movies are listed on the marquee: "Young and the Damned," "Gypsy's Flamenco" and "Satin Slippers." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...taTheater1.jpg LAPL From cinematreasures.org, here it is as Bard's Hollywood Theatre. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...taTheater2.jpg cinematreasures.org And here's a night view of the Vista Theater, posted a couple of weeks ago by tovangar2 in a collection of Herman J. Schultheis neon photos. Quote:
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Hello, all! It came to my attention that all of the photos in my past posts were no longer working. I switched them over to Flickr to solve that problem.
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