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The 1921 Baist has Harold's (at 555 S Main) on the ground floor of the Howell Hotel/Edgeman Block |
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I'm not sure if we've seen this photograph on NLA. (I don't recognize the building across the street. Do you?) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/673/hR0aTh.jpg old file of mine This looks like where the street car went west from Hoover into an access way near 47th street. I remember the street car going west to around Normandie (?) and then later going on 48th street. My Google Earth is not working on this computer so perhaps someone could check. |
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Speaking of Union Station, a couple months ago when I was looking up information about the First Interstate Bank building fire in 1988, I found this LINK which had this intriguing item: "A Yuletide Disaster at Union Station" -- The fire that took place at Union Station on December 12, 1942, may not have caused the same sort of damage the First Interstate blaze did, but it must have put a damper on Downtown's Christmas spirits. 7000 bags of mail -- more than 35 tons -- went up in smoke that day when a carelessly tossed cigarette set fire to a canvas tent under which they were being stored. Both incoming and outgoing mail was included. Sleds, dolls, baby buggies, boxes of candy, clothing and jewelry were found when fire crews sorted through the packages looking for any lingering embers. I haven't had any luck finding anything else about this occurrence (especially photos) which must have been covered in the newspapers. I had never heard about a fire at Union Station before, has anyone else? |
I've been hitting this thread pretty hard for two and a half days and I'm not even 200 posts in (granted, I'm noting sources and making notes, but still). The scholarship going on in here is pretty impressive, if not overwhelming. And very appreciated.
Here's some closeup texture of the Spring Arcade Building facade, taken by me in 2012 https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8338/8...38f9a279_c.jpgL1000962.JPG by Matt Maxwell, on Flickr<script async src="//widgets.flickr.com/embedr/embedr.js" charset="utf-8"></script> I have a second one showing the address nameplate, but Flickr is being a butt right now. Check the album if you're interested. Note that the originals are MUCH bigger. |
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Hmmm....could it be this building? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...537/pOVdhe.jpg gsv 47th & Hoover http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/Sn8cIK.jpg gsv But these buildings are on the west side of Hoover, so maybe not. *This is actually the east side. I was corrected by HossC. |
This is an interesting view, circa 1950.
174 Kinney Street http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/bdUnUz.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/30993133@N04/ "Looking out from the inside of the building at 174 Kinney Street part of Pacific Electric Railway Company's bus yard at Ocean Park. This block was bounded by Neilson Way, on which the Venice Short Line trains ran, Kinney Street, a small alley behind Main Street which contained the single track for the Santa Monica Air-Line, and Ashland Street." "Although Los Angeles Motor Coach (owned by Pacific electric Railway Company) buses shared this yard, Ocean Park was not considered a los Angeles Motor Coach division." Here's a better view of the buildings in the distance. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/VZ0fgu.jpg detail http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/FfGEea.jpg google_earth __ *postscript: I just realized 174 Kinney Street is still there...and it's a doozy! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/9tmuGX.jpg gsv looking toward Main Street from Neilson Way. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/gscovR.jpg gsv __ before 'n after http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...661/VZ0fgu.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...540/awVyZB.jpg |
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is everyone keeping up with the Master Plan for the makeover of Union Station? There's a video here And a page of LA curbed articles here |
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Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-LARy) 9 Line streetcar no. 190 turns from Hoover onto private right-of-way from the street. The destination board reads "9 / To 48th Str. & Crenshaw." Note the interesting billboards on the building side; one advertises a temperance issue in an upcoming campaign ("The Hour is 12! / Liquor Control / Vote NO on 2 - Yes on 12!" - obviously trying to reduce on- and off-sale liquor sale hours; the other promotes upcoming events at Carrell Speedway in Gardena (located at what is today the intersection of Vermont and Artesia), including "Indianapolis driver Rex Mays." This is the same private right-of-way in color. The caption for this one says: "Los Angeles Transit Lines (ex-Los Angeles Railway) car no. 1415 hosts an ERA fan trip on August 18, 1956. This image was captured on private right-of-way on the 9 Line." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ightOfWay1.jpg ww.pacificelectric.org/L. Swanson Photo, Andy Goddard Collection The building on the left is still there. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ightOfWay2.jpg GSV It looks like the right-of-way extended from Hoover to Normandie, even bisecting the grounds of the Vermont Square Branch Library. The red arrows mark the ends on the 1954 aerial below. Today. virtually no trace of the right-of-way exists. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Historic Aerials ------------- Quote:
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He has a nice 'then and now' post on the other side of the intersection of 6th and Main. It's here |
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but I didn't realize it made an appearance in the vintage photographs. Good eye Hoss! It's rather eerie looking from the front...and looks like it's been sealed up for quite some time. I wonder if it's empty inside? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...909/xGYotq.jpg gsv Maybe someone can dig up some history on it. (oldstuff? ;)) __ I also noticed this shingled 'arts and craft' four-plex just south of 47th street on Hoover. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/Q0Hxu1.jpg |
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Thanks....Doug |
CBD, it's at S. Hoover and 47th streets.
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