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I have tried in the past to wade my way through this onslaught of information..........eventually throwing up my hands at the enormity of the records, without being a Los Angeles resident with a free access library card to the library's sanborne maps, I gave up. But I will have the next drink in your honor...go man go! :cheers: |
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Yeah, that's a more pleasing look without all the glare and interestingly yours shows the other little Brunswig building. This little building used to sit just about where the larger building is now sitting. In about 1930 Brunswig, just prior to the extension of Spring Street through to Sunset Boulevard, bought the Prudent Beaudry house and had it torn down so they could have this little building lifted and moved onto the Beaudry lot (ala the Alhambra Apartments) so that they could erect the larger building. So what we're looking at here is the smaller building sitting on the exact spot on which Prudent Beaudry's house once sat. |
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http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...ps314df88a.jpgLAPL So, I've now realized that I know nothing about the house at the NW corner of 4th & Grand. Can anyone fill me in? |
Here's an amazing photograph from 1957 showing the corner of 6th and Spring Street.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/kDf32Y.jpg HDL The Hayward Hotel (which we've visited often on NLA) is on the right. The building shrouded in scaffolding is the Grosse Building. (but I don't think it's being renovated....I believe it's in the process of being demolished by the Cleveland Wrecking Co.) Here is the Grosse Buidling back in 1908 when it was the proud home to the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/908/3T6n0D.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3036 I like the design of that small building to the right of the Grosse Bldg. Does anyone know what it is? (the roof-line resembles mission architecture) -as gsjansen mentioned earlier...many of us don't have access to LAPL's Sanborn maps for lack of a library card. :( __ |
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Zooming in, all I can read is Golden State Realty. I keep an eye out for other pictures. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...tateRealty.jpg USC Digital Library This picture of the Grosse Building was taken on 7/15/57. A shot from the opposite direction shows an auto park where the Golden State Realty once stood. HDL also has a few pictures of the Grosse building being wrecked (including the one with the Yellow Cab Co cab posted by e_r). They're dated just a couple of months after the picture below. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...seBuilding.jpg Huntington Digital Library Some of the HDL descriptions say the Grosse Building was formerly known as the Abbot Kinney Building. I assume that's the same Abbot Kinney who developed Venice and built the canals. |
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Hey, thanks MichaelRyerson! The 4th Street stub...and a bonus Sack Alley. I never seem to be able to find this stuff on my own unless I trip over it accidentally. And congratulations Ninja55 on your nice purchase of the Lucca brochure. This goes along with my theory that historical objects should belong to the person who will treasure them the most. |
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Great photo HossC and great details MichaelRyerson! Here's a similar shot years later as the area was being plundered. I see a couple survivors. http://i129.photobucket.com/albums/p...psca3d9ccb.jpg Earl Witscher, Modernage Photo Service |
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I found listings for 355 South Grand in most of the CDs between 1911 and 1942. The building also seems to have housed various beauty shops from 1926 onwards. Maybe this info will help anyone who fancies taking on the census cards :). 1911: Beatrice Keough, furnished rooms 1915: Beatrice Keough, furnished rooms 1917 Beatrice Keough listed as resident, but not in the furnished rooms section 1918: No listings found 1921: No listings found (Maurice R Walton is listed with apartments at 402 Crocker) 1923: Maurice R Walton, furnished rooms 1926: John D Danton, furnished rooms/Matthaeus (also spelled Matthews) Seeger, beauty parlor/Frances R Parrish, milliner 1927: J D Danton, furnished rooms/Matthew Seeger, beauty parlor 1929: Danton Apartments (John D Danton)/Claire Wacke, beauty shop 1932: John Danton, apartments/Polonia Apartments/Martha Anderson, beauty shop 1936: Ellen Amaker, furnished rooms 1938: Ellen Amacker listed as resident, but not in the furnished rooms section 1939: Amacker Hotel, furnished rooms/Roma Anderson, beauty shop 1942: Amacker Hotel, furnished rooms/Roma Anderson, beauty shop For some reason, Ellen Amaker's name acquired a "c" between 1936 and 1938. I had a closer look, and found the following listings in the 1936 CD: Amaker Ellen furn rms 355 S Grand av Amackher Thos auto park 210 N Los Angeles r354 S Grand av By the 1939 CD this has changed to: Amacker Hotel 355 S Grand av Amacker Thos H (Ellen) auto park 515 W 4th h355 S Grand av So did Thomas H Amackher marry Ellen Amaker and meet in the middle with their similar surnames? It certainly looks like Thomas moved across South Grand from 354 to 355. |
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I just heard about this story on the Local NPR station while driving on a Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles. I got home and looked it up.
Some photos here, http://www.scpr.org/programs/offramp...toric/?slide=1 And even more photos here. http://lacityhistory.pastperfect-onl...exe?request=ks EDIT: I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT THESE PHOTOS HAD NEVER BEEN PUBLISHED BEFORE ANYWHERE ELSE BUT INTERNAL CITY RECORDS. |
Great catch. I like this one.
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Thanks to Hoss we now know the address (which made no sense in the pic) is 133 S. Figueroa. Los Angeles City Archives, Photographer: Los Angeles City Engineering Staff 12/18/1935 |
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I just noticed the Hotel Liberty's facade is shielding a house. (I don't even think it's an addition, it's simply a faux-front to make the house appear like a hotel) __ |
The La Leyenda, built in 1926, has only been mentioned once on NLA, and as far as I can tell no photographs have been posted. (I could be wrong of course)
The La Leyenda at 1737 Whitley Avenue (just north of Hollywood Blvd.) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/P6hR46.jpg old cd file -front entrance with bell-boy/doorman. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/674/0nYFEZ.jpg old cd file La Leyenda lobby. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/aBDtvg.jpg old cd file -as it appears today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...674/8IOLQx.jpg GSV http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/ldNwBk.jpg justabovesunset.com I like the wrought-iron spirals on the fire escape. __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library Here's a better view of the Western Union building in 1939. The extant Stock Exchange Building on the right opened in 1931. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original Left side of picture in USC Digital Library As I mentioned in an earlier post, the site to the right of the Grosse building was a parking by the time the Grosse building was demolished in 1957/58. The picture below is dated 7/15/57. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library This is today's view down 6th Street looking across Spring. On the left, the blade sign of the Hotel Hayward can just be seen above the trees. On the right is what's left of the Grosse Building's replacement. In 1960 it was the Claud Beelman designed United California Bank (see post #13001 for MichaelRyerson's amazing interior pictures). It's now the SB Tower, controversially modified and painted in 2009. You can read more about that on la.curbed.com (link originally posted by tovangar2). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original GSV |
:previous: good research. -thanks for trying to find more info/photos of that little building.
-before we leave the La Leyenda: One thing that I immediately liked about the La Leyenda was the slanted architectural features* that buttress/frame the top floor windows. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/537/o1sAAt.jpg old cd file. From this angle, you can see they're missing from the building. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...904/VVAbTK.jpg GSV *after looking at the vintage photo again, I'm not sure the slanted elements are architectural...could they have been rolled up curtains...or awnings? ___ This building is across from the La Leyenda. I couldn't help but notice the old vintage sign. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/0zPA0Y.jpg GSV -here it is up close / it appears to says Re-Tan Hotel. -anyone heard of it? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...746/MDcrkS.jpg GSV/detail __ |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...otelClift3.jpg USC Digital Library The Liberty is midway down the left hand side. Here's a close-up. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...telLiberty.jpg Detail of picture above. Here's the annotated version of the aerial above. As you can see, the address I got for the Hotel Liberty was 133 S Figueroa (from the 1938 CD). In my Clift Hotel post I also noted that Liberty was formally known as the Lue Apartments (1917-26 CDs). http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...otelClift5.jpg |
4710 South Vermont Avenue from the newly published pictures at the Los Angeles City Historical Society. The description says:
City engineering photo of high water marks at 4710 South Vermont Avenue to demonstrate need for new ”Slauson” storm drain. Signs on Great Western Realty Office display large signs ”Sign here to protest Slauson Drain Section.” Smith and Sons Electrical Wiring Office at corner. Several hundred property owners in 1927 protesting an assessment district for construction of storm drain. Business men in front of building. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...thVermont1.jpg Los Angeles City Historical Society 4710 South Vermont Avenue today. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...thVermont2.jpg GSV |
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