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Oh, I was on a boat when I took the waterfall pic. Motion may have been the problem, but it could have just been out of focus(I'm not sure if I took the pic with an Instamatic or my OM-1). |
BGC, I don't recall any posts on the 'Bridge to Nowhere'. Isn't there supposed to be a couple tunnels near the bridge as well.
The rumor is that the government was making an escape route for Los Angelenos in case of NUCLEAR WAR. http://imageshack.com/a/img924/8479/D5zFrG.gif And for some unknown reason the construction was abruptly stopped. ( leaving a bridge, to nowhere, and two automobile tunnels) Have you heard that rumor? |
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It was one of those "pleasant but not exciting" places. I think my dad liked the opportunity to sample some beer . . . :cheers: |
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The site of the tree has only been public land since 2010, so maybe we just haven't had time to wear it out yet: "Hugh Hefner Sends Over Check, Hollywood Land Saved By Dakota Smith Apr 26, 2010, 10:31am PDT KNX radio is reporting that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner has agreed to send over a check for $900,000, the final amount of money needed to purchase the 138 acres on Cahuenga Peak from those Chicago-based investors. A news conference with Gov. Arnold Schwarzengger is currently underway. Here's the press release from the Trust for Public Land: "Hefner's gift capped a year-long effort, which began with $1 million gifts each from The Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Aileen Getty. At the original April 14 deadline, TPL still had $1.5 million to raise. TPL received a fundraising extension to April 30, and The Tiffany Foundation and Ms. Getty stepped forward again with a $500,000 matching grant, which TPL would receive if the remaining $1 million was raised. Hefner's gift closed that final gap and enabled TPL to realize the Tiffany and Getty challenge funds." And so the land is saved. And so concludes one of the stranger stories of 2010, a listing that saw offers from controversial sign company SkyTag, resulted in a lot of needless commentary from real estate agent Ernie Carswell, saw allegations of political posturing and city blundering, and most importantly, launched numerous design suggestions from overseas architects. Hooray for Hollywood." - LA Curbed ETA: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/nS...=w1006-h261-no Seeing the Sign (for some suggested viewing points) |
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...and being 30 years older! :runaway: ___ The graffiti I noticed in your photo reminded me of the recent Carol Burnett 50th Anniversary special. They showed a clip of Carol singing with, I believe, Eydie Gorme, and they were in studio and then it cut to a close-up of them at the Hollywood sign, singing the final notes as the camera pulls back into an aerial of them at the sign. When they filmed that in 1977, the sign was becoming more and more in need of repair and restoration, which it got around 1978, when a campaign to restore it by Hugh Hefner and others was underway. There's a youtube posting of this Hollywood song segment from the show. The Hollywood sign portion is at the very end at around 9:15. For several years after that, in many stores on Hollywood Blvd. you could buy official souvenirs with a square metal piece of the old sign affixed to a parchment like proclamation that it was officially a piece of the old Hollywood sign before it was restored. I was always planning to get one of those, but I did not. There is one of the on eBay for sale at $250.00! From the number on the bottom of it, there are at least 3,651 of these. |
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http://www.conelrad.com/images/theda...mbedla_cvr.jpg http://www.conelrad.com/images/theda...vr.jpg:(:yuck: |
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"1930s original photograph of tennis champion Ellsworth Vines training in Los Angeles." http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/12...922/AsDRtN.jpg heritage auction It would be interesting to know why Mr. Vines isn't playing at one of the posh country clubs in the area. and..... I've been trying to figure out what that 'tri-pod' is that's situated on the hillside above the court. -makeshift lighting for the court? :shrug: |
A Certificate of Incorporation for the Sunset Motion Picture Company, 1912.
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/12...924/1p3EMo.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/12...924/Jcv4ZO.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/12...922/DBA9Ux.jpg heritage capital corporation I only found the company in one city directory (1913) shown below. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/XsIJB1.jpg lapl __ |
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ETA: Here's a picture I took near the "caves", I'm thinking the location of the tennis court might have been more down in the canyon, but the angle and distance to the sign seems about right. https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1673/...c860df27_c.jpg_1120026 by BillinGlendaleCA, on Flickr |
:previous: I think you're pretty close BGC.
An ad from Screamer Magazine, 1916 I don't recall seeing the King George Roof Garden on nla. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...924/IE7Yas.jpg internet archive ___ update: I just found some additional information. Los Angeles Herald, Number 17, 21 November 1916 http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...924/1ZMtjB.jpg cdnc.ucr.edu _ [for search purposes] King George Roof Garden Cafe, Venice / Ocean Park - Jim Morley, Barney Oldfield, Jim Jeffries, Frank Chance, Bill Pickens, Al Brown. |
Here are two nuclear escape tunnels.
And the bridge to nowhere, I believe you follow Azusa road to the San Gabriel mountains to find the trailhead. |
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Barney doesn't show up until a good ways along . . . |
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Mabel in Barney Oldfield's Race for Life It would be interesting to know what railroad depot was used in the filming. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/NTkoJH.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...924/S8Adv9.jpg opposite side of tracks http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...923/JBt2n6.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/a14iYd.jpg Does it look familiar to any of you railroad fans? __________________ Oh..I almost forgot...here's Barney Oldfield & Mabel Normand looking for the party at King George Roof Garden. http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/80...922/ZUMAw7.jpg M: "I think we're lost Barney." B: "mrrrffle mhmfjmhr" Thanks for the link to Barney Oldfield's Race for Life odinthor. :) |
and we can't forget one of the other guests.... famous Boxer Jim Jeffries.
http://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...924/1ZMtjB.jpghttp://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/64...922/piRuih.jpg He owned his own night spot in Los Angeles...Jim Jeffries' Gentlemen's Club at 326 Spring Street. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...923/V0yS9B.jpg ebay / seen in the early days of NLA You can find more photographs and info HERE (including pics of his old training barn that still survives!) |
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