Interesting ER.

My huge fear as a child was a bridge over a river by my school. It was for people only and was about 5 feet wide. It was planked with 2 X 8 wood but you could see through many 1/4th inch gaps down to the river. To me...it was very scary. Of course in reality it was built with steel supports, was very sturdy and perfectly safe.

Anyone have other childhood fears?

Getting caught up on the thread, so this is from a few pages back:


Here it is last year, before the 100 Years portion was added:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-l...2/DSC01506.JPG
Photo by me

Angels Flight.


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I don't remember ever wondering about that, but if I had, I never would have guessed it was just a decoration!

Another bit of catch-up.


Another shot of the Dana Villa, circa 1930 - I have this because of the Richfield Beacon captured at right.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-M...tranoBeach.jpg
(source unknown)

The site of the Dana Point Villas is now an empty lot on the east side of Dana Point Harbor Dr. at PCH. It looks like some vintage palm trees remain, but the land is scrubbed bare otherwise. The site of the Richfield Beacon is still an Arco station today, though the original building has been gone since probably the late 1950s or 1960s, and the beacon was taken down in 1971.

So much good stuff of late! First off, a big thank-you to Rick M for identifying the slide of 3309 the other day—I couldn't say where that was, but knew without question it was Bradbeer & Ferris. I was going to do a post all about its relationship to other B&Fs in the area (which interrupted my vaster Stiles Clements post) but then I got interrupted again by those Shulman "twilight" pix and that started me down the Shulman rabbit-hole again.

At which point I saw this image among the Shulmanalia—

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/782/2...4a11451d_c.jpgshulman — Job 2507: Pereira & Luckman, Union Oil Company Building (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1957

—which immediately reminded me of the beloved Whittington shot from the Richfield in 1929...

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/715/2...d1b4a0f8_c.jpgusc

...whereby I thought aha! And so dropped everything and, because what else would I have to do on a Friday night, but make a then-and-now comparison, or at least a then-and-then. Like so:

https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5766/...fbae530d_o.png

Really gives a feeling as to how completely obliterated Fremont St becomes.

If it's not readily apparent, here are a couple touchstones.

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/703/2...db547b5a_h.jpg

Note the Huntley in the upper right in both, at Third & Boylston (before Third made that jog and took over Crown Hill Ave, and the old Third became Miramar) . And how the Peerless Cab Company bldg has become Cleaning-Janitor Service. The white 3-story apartment at 434 Boylston (that stretches its backside, shown to us, down to Beaudry) hangs on till 1957. Across the street from it are 417 ("The Angus") and 411 (with the Mission parapet) Boylston.

And below, note at very far left, our old pal, a tiny glimpse of the Evangeline:

https://farm1.staticflickr.com/735/2...5fa93fc9_o.png

The white building next to the Evangeline (Corinthian columns) at 511 was known aptly enough as "The Boylston Apartments."

That's all I had to say on the matter, really. For what it's worth, here's today:
https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5801/...795642b3_o.png

(And should you need another shot of Boylston from 6th to 3rd in 1955, click here.)

:previous: Fantastic post Beaudry; So many interesting things to see!! and I'm still looking. ;)
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originally posted by BifRay Rock
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...661/2xBYpv.jpg

:previous: Excellent photograph ProphetM!




And here's another one of Dana Villa. (date unknown)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/7bM5AV.jpg
http://www.danapointtimes.com/wp-con..._DanaVilla.jpg

"Dana Villa's convenient location on the highway made it a convenient stop for robbers in the 1930s." (well one robbery anyway...in 1934)

-note the man with his hands on his hips looking at the photographer. (below)


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...910/3eeM1M.jpg
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Julius Shulman had to go down to Long Beach for this photoset. This Bank of America was on the south side of E Anaheim Street at Cherry Avenue. It's "Job 1032: Bank of America (Long Beach, Calif.),1951".

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

Here's the view looking west. To the left of the bank were the Robert 5-10-25 Store and Eddie's Liquor.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original

And here's the view looking east.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original

I thought the detailing of McCoy's Market deserved a close-up. Next to it was H&H Apparel and a drug store.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original

All from Getty Research Institute

The old bank building has now gone, although there's still a Bank of America in a new building just south of the intersection. Here's how the Robert 5-10-25 Store and Eddie's Liquor look today.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original
GSV

I initially tried to duplicate the angle of the second Shulman photo, and my GSV journey back to 2012 revealed this small window on the left that's now been restored to its original size. The sign for the new Bank of America can be seen on the right.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original
GSV

The detailing from the old McCoy's Market survives. There's also still a drug store on the corner, but I'm not sure if it's the same building. The decor is an interesting mix of checks and Mondrian.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original
GSV

.....while we're visiting Dana Point.


http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/cm6SGy.jpg

:previous: Dana Point's first developer, Sidney H. Woodruff, established his sales emporium in this large building at Del Prado Avenue and Golden Lantern Street.



Woodruff's building still stands; and work continues on Del Prado Avenue.;)

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/Xvid9c.jpg
gsv


I'm not sure who decided to use a 'tombstone' as an entrance marker (at least I think it says 'entrance', right??)....the more I look at it, the more uncertain I am.

2011
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/ciYvog.jpg
detail

:previous: It looks even more out-of-place in this photo from 2011. (a small border has been added next to it in the current gsv)



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I just found this additional photograph. [sorry, no date]

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/SlaKxm.jpg
http://www.danapointhistorical.org/s...eption-2/1935/


2011:
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/QwDo5p.jpg
gsv



2015: the tree is gone due to sidewalk construction, and an outdoor dining area has been added.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...913/VgCXjY.jpg
gsv

StillWater website
http://www.danapointstillwater.com/

Well TV2, it appears that your trepidation of Angel's Flight has been taken care of...:D

This is the intersection of Figueroa and Jefferson, a view from the SW looking slightly NE at Felix Chevrolet. The tall buildings to the left are residence halls on the USC campus, the photo likely taken from either a parking structure or another building on campus. e_r, the A frame building used to be a futuristic styled Lutheran church. Growing up not far from here, my dad used to drive past it quite often. My cousin, big hen, confirmed this when he looked at the L.A. phone directory for the early 60's....it's at 3440 Figueroa, I believe.

This is the intersection of Figueroa and Jefferson, a view from the SW looking slightly NE at Felix Chevrolet. The immediate small intersection in the center of the photo is the entrance to USC. The tall buildings to the left are residence halls on the USC campus, the photo likely taken from either a parking structure or another building on campus. e_r, the A frame building used to be a futuristic styled Lutheran church. Growing up not far from here, my dad used to drive past it quite often. My cousin, big hen, confirmed this when he looked at the L.A. phone directory for the early 60's....it's at 3440 Figueroa, I believe.

Today's Julius Shulman post is coming straight outta Compton, although the photos date from at least a decade before any members of N.W.A were born. Here's "Job 1031: Bank of America (Compton, Calif.),1951", showing the Bank of America on the corner of Compton Bouelvard and Tamarind Avenue.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original

That looks more like the Compton that Duke Snider came straight outta.

Great stuff!

I believe this entire block, going all the way up to Felix Chevrolet, is now occupied by USC's Galen Center which is considered an on campus arena.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...538/4UkjE2.jpg
detail (that watermark sucks)

:previous: Thank you for the information lemster. I was really surprised to hear the cosmic turquoise A-frame was a Lutheran Church!
I've been googling all kinds of word groupings and haven't been able to find any other information.

I wasn't able to find it in the directories either. I'm curious, did your cousin big hen find it online at lapl ?

1964
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...661/GManij.jpg
lapl
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"cosmic turquoise": You all thought I made that up didn't you.;)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic_latte

"The original color thought to describe the universe, cosmic turquoise." (later proved to be incorrect)

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Sidney Woodruff and Dana Point's "in-town" sales office were on Wilshire Boulevard, first in one "old" house, then another. Here it is at 3043:

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-d...3043.jpg?gl=USUSCDL


Full story here: http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html

Here he is (on the left) with fellow Dodger Charlie Neal on South Broadway before opening day vs. San Francisco Giants, April 14th 1958.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/pzj0TD.jpg
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/...hoto/109604834

Civil Defense Handbook
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...ps3csrfmbw.jpg


Handbook preface
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...psouwjfzq0.jpg


LAPD Civil Defense
http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/o...pswpuvzfmi.jpg