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Thanks for the shot of the 800 block of S Bonnie Brae. The houses weren't all so amazing as the two that are left.
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Can't explain overlooking your post. :shrug: Sorry. :redface: Here's the larger version of a noir that you recently posted. (Thanks T2) https://latimesphoto.files.wordpress...utstop1940.jpghttps://latimesphoto.files.wordpress...utstop1940.jpg |
Las Palmas Hotel, "Hospitality House"
I guess I have a soft spot for modest Hollywood hotels. The most modest of all is the Las Palmas at 1738 Las Palmas between Yucca and Hollywood Blvd. Opened in 1926 and last renovated in 1937, it's relentlessly plain, apart from the quoins at the corners and the tiny regency cap over the front door. Originally it had a somewhat-grand awning to the right of the entrance.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o...21026%2BAM.jpg wikimapia (detail) The Las Palmas lost its north-facing sign but gained some great understated neon on the rooftop, facing Hollywood Blvd (it's still there): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-I...50135%2BPM.jpg Jim McHugh Up until circa 1990 the Las Palmas had a free-standing neon sign at the sidewalk. I'm not sure when it was added, maybe at the '37 remodel: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y...24132%2BAM.jpg touchstone pictures, "pretty woman" (1990) The neon out in front was replaced by a generic back-lit sign: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-V...32956%2BAM.jpg seeing-stars Also the multi-paned metal casement windows were replaced with aluminum sliders, but that's about it for the exterior. The hotel had its fifteen minutes of movie fame 25 years ago and, even though a number of sight-seeing buses cruise by every day, it hasn't gone to management's head. They only charge $40 per night or $195 per week. The Las Palmas shares the block with the building at No. 1710 that was once the Swing Club, then the Bar Deluxe, then the Premiere Supper Club, now the TorosLocos. e_r did a post on the1937 fire when it was the "ultra-ultra" Swing Club. It was apparently pretty ritzy in its time: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-2...73031%2BPM.jpg big maps blog A man was shot and killed outside the former Swing Club in February this year and another, according to e_r's post, in March 2014.. Just down and around the corner from the Las Palmas Hotel is S Charles Lee's Vogue Theater (now much altered) supposed home of 28 ghosts: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-y...14909%2BAM.jpg californiastatelibrary Two doors along from the Vogue is Musso and Frank's: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-o...95026%2BPM.jpg tabletalk So, all in all, the Las Palmas Hotel is not in a bad location. Not that it's not been touched by noir, Lemster2024 gave us the lowdown on some grim days in 1958 Last May somebody got killed on the sidewalk outside the hotel. (I'm always a little suspicious when the cops find the body): https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-P...04857%2BAM.jpg nbclosangeles Champion Real Estate bought the parking lot south of the Las Palmas for about $10 million in 2012. They've been trying to get a mixed-use project off the ground ever since. I guess investors are shying away because of the murder rate in those parts: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p...11938%2BAM.jpg gsv That's Leland Bryant's 1928 Fontenoy in the distance in the photo above (to the right of the Las Palmas). Not the same clientele at all: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g...95347%2BAM.jpg swelgroup The plain north wall of the Las Palmas adjoins a park: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-T...12801%2BAM.jpg gsv https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-t...20607%2BAM.jpg wikimapia I find neon very compelling: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5...04900%2BAM.jpgnbclosangeles |
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1811 Whitley Avenue The Fontenoy—and William Castle: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1927 Colorized Hollywood, ca 1960: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...tolpontiac.jpgimbuedwithhues.com |
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I'm so glad the 'brontosaurus stampede' in Peter Jackson's King Kong made the list (at #6). That scene was when I finally decided, enough is enough with all this ridiculous over-the-top CGI. It was absurd on every level. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...907/Wu4Kei.jpg http://www.devils-lair.org/litterb0x/blog13.php http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...661/q8TxIE.jpg http://www.devils-lair.org/litterb0x/blog13.php ....and then there was this. "Now Jackson decided if one T-Rex fighting Kong was great (like in the 1933 version) how about three? And wouldn't it be awesome if they fell down a crevasse and continued fighting while hanging from vines? To me this is the eight year old Jackson remembering playing with his toys as a kid, and just throwing shit together to make it more awesome." http://manapop.com/musing/kong-a-comparison/ :previous: so true. __ |
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u...62442%2BPM.jpg gsv https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-w...63128%2BPM.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-m...61936%2BPM.jpg 2 pix above swelgroup (click link for a 360 of a somewhat-ineptly furnished lobby) C Waldo Powers' 1930 Fleur de Lis next door to the north has the same owner. Swelgroup owns many of the grand old apartment buildings. |
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-much better than just a link.;) __ My photographs are missing due to a technical issue at imageshack. -sorry :( One other thing that intrigued me about 118 Winston Street, was the ramp to the left of the building. I had to ask myself, where the heck does this lead to? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/9GXNYS.jpg gsv below: As far as I could tell, it led to the roof of the one-story building behind 118 Winston, but I wasn't sure. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/W3aXp2.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/jBu67F.jpg http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwor...ic-past-158563 I finally found some clarification in these scenes from 'Southland', season 2, episode 6. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/igNVCR.jpg http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/1...6-maximum.html http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...908/SnvZRp.jpg http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/1...6-maximum.html http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/FvIuEg.jpg http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/1...6-maximum.html (note the many 'ghost' signs. I'd love to decipher these in the future) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/jdqSjp.jpg http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/1...6-maximum.html Hey, there's the Rosslyn! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/FzlfYy.jpg http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/1...6-maximum.html For me, this the most intriguing screen-grab. What is that intriguing brick building across Indian Alley? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/M6FXIk.jpg http://www.itsfilmedthere.com/2011/1...6-maximum.html As far as I can tell, this is the back of the 700-seat Regent Theater (1926) that faces Main Street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/HImewN.jpg http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1153/photos/120625 ...what do you guys think? __ |
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Here's your rooftop parking. It's on the one-story yellow-painted building next-door to the east; the Regent (with the hipped roof) is in the upper left corner: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v...84814%2BPM.jpg google maps The sign on the taller building below says, "King Edward Hotel Absolutely Fireproof" (E 5th & S Los Angeles St); Quote:
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https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R...81039%2BPM.jpg gsv "DOFFEE ROASTED"(?) LOL, I dunno. P.S. I think maybe a better link for the Regent is this one: https://sites.google.com/site/downto...regent-theatre ...And see Muji's/urban diachrony's excellent write-up on the Regent here There's been a theater on that site since before 1910 (the present building, including that back wall, is from 1914). The National Theater's name was changed to "Regent" in 1917. The Regent is the last remaining historic theater on Main Street. This is the theater that was on the site before the extant building. The rebuilding allowed them to increase capacity from 350 to 600 seats. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-s...83147%2BPM.jpg link as above This nice building is between The King Edward (left below) and the "Doffee Roasted" building on the right: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...85405%2BPM.jpg gsv The King Edward now has a big face mural like the Hotel Baltimore (I guess this is a thing now, like red-painted fire escapes): https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-p...91512%2BPM.jpg gsv We're only about a block south of the Palace Turkish Baths (where we've spent time of late) and half a block west of Engine Company No. 23 and just NW of the Hoff. Diagonally across the intersection of Winston and Los Angeles is the 1895 Excelsior Laundry Bldg on the NE corner. Flyingwedge did a great post on the Excelsior which really gives one a feeling for this neighborhood back in the day. :previous: pls click link ...and there's this too, also from Muji/urban diachrony on the Excelsior |
:previous: thanks for the additional information tovanger2!
__ Southern Pacific engine number #604, Taylor Yards, 1963. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/901/Acr4Ye.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/HH119-RP-196...item5d5855f823 below: "All that remains of Taylor Yards: rails, spikes, the plates, etc. View is looking west. Photo by Andrew Laverdiere, June 2009. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...538/gD2ZNy.jpg http://www.abandonedrails.com/Glendale_California http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/j0whpv.jpg http://www.abandonedrails.com/Glendale_California |
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Nothing was said about parking but it appears that the lot next door was evidently bought and turned into a parking lot [probably costs extra]. The gated and numbered parking lot is filled with middle class cars. Street parking for guests. As Tovangar says, the opposite lot was bought and turned into a swimming pool area. Those white chairs in the lobby...horrible is a nice way to describe them. BTW, that lobby is truly strange...with many steps up to the elevators. Why? Many Studio apartments are available for less and the larger top floor units are $ 3000+. The view is great if you live above the 5th floor. The management is not well rated. Myself...for that money I'd rather live in a hotel. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psfddy66pv.jpg the fontinoy |
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----------------------------------------------- I'm sure Swelgroup leaves much to be desired CBD, but at least they're keeping these buildings up (I hope it's not just cosmetic). I wouldn't want to live in a big building, but I like that they exist. I wish Swelgroup or somebody would buy Chateau la Martine, 627 S Normandie (the one sort of over by where the Chapman Park Hotel used to be), but maybe it's too far gone for them. It's a mess and needs saving. Judging by the tenant reviews, a slumlord's got hold of it: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z...04601%2BPM.jpg gsv |
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MR-- Always good to get a heads-up for this one... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8144/7...9b714e9a_b.jpg Image from a post of MR's, July 2012--http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8537 Meeker in his big Broadway role-- Picnic, 1953--with a scrawny Newman, in the unsympathetic role of Alan, paling in comparison: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-h...ekerbigger.jpgPlaybill The guy's got a neck on him... Let's see, who would Janice Rule pick? (And who knew Janice Rule later became a shrink?) |
Hasn't it always been much better to see young men driving Corvettes than old duffers?
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...2520PM.bmp.jpghttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...amscombing.jpgebay/Carel Richter https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...etteathome.jpgHamit Kundak It looks like Williams brought his 'Vette from home--he was born in Fort Worth--to his house in Pacific Palisades, where he appears to still live: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-4...2520AM.bmp.jpgGSV An aerial of 14723 Oracle Place (you'd need a chainsaw to get a good street view) |
I came across this interesting bit of ephemera a couple of months ago on eBay.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/TfSXJP.jpg The location (315 N. Main St.) is opposite Pico House. I thought someone here (with access to the Sanborn maps) could tell me which building this would be. __ |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-1...2520AM.bmp.jpgSanborn 1888 Sanborn What was 315 N Main in the mid 1880s--when the Japanese Art Repository was in business--would have become part of the 400-500 blocks after the renumberings around 1890... The Plaza House went up on this block ca 1883, the Brunswig building ca 1888 (the former is on the 1888 Sanborn above, the Brunswig isn't)--so I'd say the art business appearing in the 1886-7 CD at 315 would have been in whatever buildings were replaced by the Brunswig... (Interestingly, a Heng Lee was running a a "Japanese goods" store at 505 N Main in 1894, and living there....) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...2520AM.bmp.jpgLAPL The "CT" Marsh rather than "GT" in the 1886-7 CD may be a typo, or perhaps another member of the family... there appear to have been more than one Marsh associated with the Pico House--a Charles Marsh was one of the proprietors of the PH in the '80s.... just wondering.... |
:previous: Thanks for the information on the Japanese Art Repository GW. -much appreciated.
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:previous: To me, it looks hot and smoggy.
I don't believe we've seen this photograph on NLA. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/SEUwpb.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/metrol...ream/lightbox/ "Control was lost over locomotive no. 1602 on Lake Avenue after leaving Altadena.The locomotive struck Pacific Electric Railway Company passenger car no. 262, destroying the passenger car." -circa. 1916 __ |
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