I wasn't aware Steve Hodel had a second 'Avenger' book out. I actually thought he had some interesting ideas in his 1st book....like the fertilizer & cement bags found at the murder site matching bags found at Hodel's Franklin Avenue home used during a renovation.
Also the fact that his father was an abortion doctor that had an office downtown not far from the Biltmore Hotel.


Recently I've come across a few Elizabeth Short photographs that I hadn't seen before.

The first two are snapshots from the summer of 1946...the first shows Ms. Short posing in the forecourt at Grauman's Chinese Theater.

http://imageshack.us/a/img857/3685/a...aesgctbdih.jpg
http://www.theblackdahliainhollywood.com/


...in the second she is posing with an unidentified man (notice she has the same outfit on so it's probably from the same day). It doesn't take a sleuth to realize that this unidentified man probably took the first photograph and a stranger took the photograph below.

http://imageshack.us/a/img812/277/aa...esrobertro.jpg
http://www.theblackdahliainhollywood.com/

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And then there's this photo of a young women who strongly resembles Elizabeth Short at a cast party (location unknown).

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/614/dah...lmurderdot.jpg
http://www.dialmurder.com/author/kenton-ridgeway/

She really creeps me out. Too many pictures of her on the slab, I guess..

This has nothing to do with Elizabeth Short but it's interesting nevertheless.


http://imageshack.us/a/img809/471/19...vetowardro.jpg
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/



below: The same view today. A vast amount of foliage now covers the hillside.

http://imageshack.us/a/img98/8161/1928glendaleavet2.jpg
google street view



I 'google street viewed' my way up the hillside and found several of the homes that appear in the 1928 photograph.*

http://imageshack.us/a/img171/5537/1928glendalea2h.jpg
google street view

http://imageshack.us/a/img845/471/19...vetowardro.jpg

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*postscript: I've had this post ready for quite some time. After posting it today, I thought it might also be fun to find that bright white 'crenellated' building that appears down the street in the 1928 photograph. Long story short....I can't find the same intersection again and I'm beginning to think I might have gotten this it all wrong. Is it possible I have the wrong intersection and those aren't the same houses in the 1928 photo?

This has been bugging me all afternoon.

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:previous:

I did a little looking and that is the intersection of Glendale and Fletcher (and Silver Ridge). I think the white building you were wondering about is at 2621 Glendale Blvd., though the dense foliage prevents seeing it in Google Street View. :)

Thx moxie...so I was correct..somehow.


Today on google maps it show Glendale Blvd. turning into Rowena Avenue up near Lakewood Ave. (red dot). Maybe when I first
researched the old photo (several months ago) google maps had Glendale Blvd. morphing into Rowena Ave. down at Fletcher.
It's a bit of a stretch I know.

http://imageshack.us/a/img32/9805/aaacorrecta1.jpg
google maps


..and you're right, 2621 does indeed look like the crenellated building seen in the 1928 photo.

http://imageshack.us/a/img51/1337/aaaccren.jpg


http://imageshack.us/a/img191/471/19...vetowardro.jpg
this photograph originally found on http://www.skyscrapercity.com/

You've helped to restore my sanity moxie.

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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-g...2520PM.bmp.jpg

Here is the crenellated building on Glendale Blvd--it's a 2-bedroom, 1-bath house-- and the three houses on Ivan Hill....

You're welcome. Google often has things mislabeled, so I wouldn't worry about it. It's a great resource, but does have its flaws.

A kodachrome slide from the 1950s of a small boy with his grandmother (nanny?) in downtown Los Angeles.

http://imageshack.us/a/img843/1920/aaslide1950sk2.jpg
ebay


I had never heard of Gude's so I did a little research and found out it was located on w. 7th street.


http://imageshack.us/a/img804/3133/suscb.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/search...hit-m2196.html


http://imageshack.us/a/img252/6707/spcs.jpg
postcard


http://imageshack.us/a/img27/1207/48121845.jpg
ad

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I had no idea they were all so close together. That 1928 photo is deceiving.

Here's another ebay find.


pan right---->

http://imageshack.us/a/img140/7564/a...ywoodvieww.jpg

I've been trying to figure out the photographer's vantage point in this photo....initially I thought the wide street was Sunset Boulevard
but Griffith Observatory (upper left hand corner) appears to be fairly close so maybe the wide street is Los Feliz Blvd.

Either way it's a great photograph!

Does anyone have the software to get rid of the 'watermark'? I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask. :)

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My weak attempt at Photoshop:
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7137/6...e7bc37e0_b.jpg

Here is an example of new and old side by side:
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-43463?v=hr USC Digital Library

Photograph of Standard Service station being remodeled, showing both old and new, 1971. In the center foreground, a multi-lane paved road is pictured, behind which a dirt lot is undergoing construction. At left, a framework for a building is visible, with a truck and front-end loader visible in front. At right, a complete station is pictured, a sign on it reading "Standard". A sign out front displays the gasoline prices "29.9" and "33.9". The top ridge of palm trees and mountains can be seen in the background.

I really liked the gas prices!

I don't think I've seen this view before:
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-31362?v=hr USC Digital Library

Photograph of an exterior view of the old Los Angeles County Hall of Records as seen from the west portico of City Hall, October 1, 1972. The Hall of Records is at center and is a large, light-colored building that splits into two sections halfway up to the top. Large rectangular windows line the perimeter of the building, and decorative molding can be seen near the top of the structure. A large building with hundreds of small windows can be seen at left. In the foreground, the tiled ceiling of the portico can be seen, along with several supporting columns.

Odd:
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...2-82-1999?v=hr USC Digital Library

Photograph of a palm tree on the roof of a building, Los Angeles, ca.1999. A two or three story building stands behind a chain link fence that is topped with three rows of barbed wire. On top of the building a palm tree appears to be growing on the roof. There are several power lines nearby.

Neat looking building on right.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-44002?v=hr USC Digital Library

Photograph of buildings covered in grafitti on Sunset Boulevard, 1981. In the right foreground, a boarded-up brick building is covered in grafitti, some of which reads "13" and "Shorty". To the left, buildings that look like tract housing are also covered with writing. In the left distance, a skyscraper is under construction on Bunker Hill, while the County Health Department building is visible.

Another neat shot of the Hall of Records:
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/assets...CHS-31361?v=hr USC Digital Records

Photograph of a birdseye view of the old Los Angeles Hall of Records, looking south along Broadway, October 1, 1972. The Hall of Records is in the foreground at left. It is an old Gothic building with rows of rectangular windows and small columns on its walls. A dark, pointed roof can be seen on top of the tower. Broadway can be seen at right and is bustling with automotive traffic. In the background, several large buildings can be seen, including two skyscrapers in the distance at right.

I think that photograph was taken near the Hollywood Bowl looking east to capture the path of the went to be built Hollywood Freeway at the Highland and Cahuenga intersection. The curved street is Cahuenga running down to Hollywood on the right and the slight forked road at the far left is Cahuenga Terrace.

Are you kidding? That looks GREAT rcarlton! Thanks so much.

I think you're correct TMSteele. I just didn't expect Cahuenga to look so domineering in relation to everything else in it's vicinity.
That's quite a swath (of course nowhere near the swath of the soon to be built Hollywood Freeway).

I was hoping these building survived, especially the brick building on the right.
I 'street-viewed' my way to Sunset Blvd. and lined up the buildings in the distance to match the 1981 photograph.
Alas they're both gone replaced by a CVS and it's parking lot.

http://imageshack.us/a/img577/6560/aaagone.jpg
google street view

Travelers passing through and camping by the side of Cahuenga Pass in 1892.

http://imageshack.us/a/img822/8518/a...gapass1892.jpg
http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...g2_itemId=8050

Subject: 1900s Melon patch.
Caption: "This casaba melon patch was the original site of the Sunset Strip." (strange wording)

http://imageshack.us/a/img855/637/aa...sunsetstri.jpg
http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...g2_itemId=7120

A Queen-Anne style house on the corner of Prospect Avenue (now Hollywood Boulevard) and Wilcox.

http://imageshack.us/a/img137/6949/aaaqueenannel2.jpg
http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...g2_itemId=8044



Also seen is a Pacific Electric 'Red Car' and an early two-seat electric car. There is also a nice barn behind the house.

http://imageshack.us/a/img7/7056/aaa...nhollywood.jpg
http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...g2_itemId=8044

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I couldn't resist including a close-up of this marvelous Queen-Anne House. Notice the highly unusual porte cochere on the left side of the house.
I don't think I've ever seen an open-air 'room' built atop a porte cochere before.

http://imageshack.us/a/img98/4283/aa...2portcoche.jpg

This building was removed, brick by brick in the late 90s to make room for a baseball field at the new Belmont Highschool / Vista Hermosa / Roybal Learning Center

This has to be a reverse print. When looking out the west portico of City Hall, the Hall of Records would be point to the right, not the left, and the new Criminal Courts building is also to the right of the old Hall of Records. I was just there Monday and took a picture out the west Portico as well. Here's another link to my collection: https://plus.google.com/photos/10587...57782495364385

Here is a quick link to just the photo of the west portico of City Hall: https://plus.google.com/photos/10587...850?banner=pwahttps://plus.google.com/photos/10587...850?banner=pwa

Does this look better? The bus is on the right side of the road now too.

http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/9751/flopby.jpg
USC Digital Library

I checked out your photographs and they're wonderful alanlutz!

Have you tried posting them directly to the thread? More often than not visitors to the thread don't bother with links.
If you have any questions let me know...I'm more than willing to help.

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Where did the bricks end up westcork? Were they reassembled somewhere?

Right. A window to the future.
One day the Sunset Strip might well become a casaba melon patch.
Man...I didn't see that one coming. Who'd have thought?

Hollywood market at night (1938):
http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3 Remapping-LA

Young movie hopefuls posing in front of the Hollywood Studio Club in 1934.

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=2 Remapping-LA

1936, Egyptian Theater

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3Remapping-LA

1936, Sardi's Movie Filming
The filming of "Hollywood Boulevard" in front of Sardi's in 1936.

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3Remapping-LA

Photo size is a little crazy, but the details are worth it.

1936, Sunset Tower Hotel

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3
Remapping-LA

http://sunsettowerhotel.com/wp-conte...allery/092.jpg

http://sunsettowerhotel.com/wp-conte...allery/053.jpg

http://sunsettowerhotel.com/wp-conte...allery/051.jpg

http://sunsettowerhotel.com/wp-conte...allery/045.jpg

http://sunsettowerhotel.com/wp-conte...allery/077.jpg

http://sunsettowerhotel.com/wp-conte...allery/079.jpgSunset Tower Photo Gallery

1945, Blossom Girl Cometic Co.
Frank S. Hata, owner and manager of the Blossom Girl Cosmetic Co., opened his new establishment at 547 S. Fairfax Avenue, in the fashionable Wilshire District of Los Angeles, after returning from Manzanar.

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3Remapping-LA

1947, Hollywood Blvd. and Vine
Hollywood Blvd. and Vine.

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3Remapping-LA

1947, Tom Breneman's (revisiting a topic from 2009)

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3Remapping-LA

Thomas Breneman Smith (June 18, 1901 – April 28, 1948) was a popular 1940s American radio personality known to his listeners as Tom Breneman.

Born in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, Breneman was host of the show Breakfast in Hollywood which aired on the Blue Network, ABC, NBC and Mutual at various times from 1941 to 1948.[1]

Breneman's program went through numerous title changes but was best known as Breakfast in Hollywood (1948-49). By the mid-1940s, Breneman had ten million listeners. The popularity of the radio program was such that he created his own magazine, and in 1945 he opened his own establishment, Tom Breneman's Restaurant, located on Vine Street off Sunset Boulevard.[1]

He died in Encino, California in 1948. Breneman has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3Wikipedia

Facade of former Tom Breneman's Hollywood Restaurant

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_XRrU8-3Nmi...ood+facade.JPG
Dear Old Hollywood

1949, Cinegrill, Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (we last saw this photo in 2009)

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=3 Remapping-LA

http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Converter?i...25&w=553&h=800 (Pomona Public Library)

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2324/2...5e343673_b.jpgflickr

http://imgzoom.cdlib.org/Converter?i...0&w=1200&h=800 (Pomona Public Library) Cinegrill Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Hollywood California
Date:1946

Historical Marker From 1953

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=2

Remapping-LA

Broadway Hollywood Ad

http://la.remap.ucla.edu/remappingla...serialNumber=2Remap-LA

This location was approximately 1150 S Temple Street. By the late 1990s the location between 1st and Tempe, and Beaudry and Boylston was about 50% vacant lots. The whole area was pretty well run down. I guess the Temple Urban Renewal project stalled but property owners were apprehensive about maintaining their properties. When the city finally started activity on the high school, the buildings in this area started to get demolished one by one. But it wasn't like a bulldozer came in to clear the land. Some of the buildings were 'disassembled', and the wood and bricks stacked up on trucks for reuse. I.e. reclaimed lumber and reclaimed bricks. There was at least one building on Mignonette where a car was found buried in the backyard.

Edit, on second thought, I am wrong about the location. It is on Sunset ... my bad. There was a building very similar to this on Temple. I am just confused because I used to live in this area and spent a lot of time walking around, and recall that facade.

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics41/00055393.jpg
LAPL

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics41/00055392.jpg
LAPL

The Garden of Allah in the 1940 census
 

Every ten years, the enumeration sheets for the U.S. Census taken 72 years earlier are released into the wild. This means that a snapshot of America in the spring of 1940 is now online for anyone to explore. Warning: this will devour your hours!

Of interest to this thread, two recent 1947project time travel blog entries on the Garden of Allah in Hollywood, and the young Elizabeth Short, not yet the Black Dahlia of unsolved murder infamy. Posted in hopes that you enjoy.

I wasn't aware of a subdivision named Rampart Heights until I recently came across this at http://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/30145?view=print


(I tried to reduce this, 'imageshack' thought otherwise)
http://imageshack.us/a/img140/6854/a...htsmaphuge.jpg


http://imageshack.us/a/img39/6854/aa...htsmaphuge.jpg


http://imageshack.us/a/img860/4784/a...acadamized.jpg
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/macadamize


below: Slicing through the tract at a slight diagonal is the 'Los Angeles Pacific Subway'.
Was this a legitimate proposal for a subway line linking downtown to the pacific or just a 'pipe dream' of the developers?
Notice the area at the bottom labeled, of all things, 'Knob Hill'. I think these developers were really reaching.

http://imageshack.us/a/img854/6854/a...htsmaphuge.jpg


below: The Rampart Heights area from a section of my 1947 map (north of Westlake Park/MacArthur Park)

http://imageshack.us/a/img687/751/aa...ghtssearch.jpg



below: Crew working near 3rd Street in Rampart Heights 1905. It looks like the surrounding area is already developed.

http://imageshack.us/a/img839/2061/a...hts3rdst19.jpg
http://remap.ucla.edu/research/cultu...8-remapping-la





http://imageshack.us/a/img513/9779/a...hts19053rd.jpg
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/9779/aa...hts19053rd.jpg
http://remap.ucla.edu/research/cultu...8-remapping-la




below: I am actually surprised by how wide Rampart Boulevard is in this google street view. I see developers took full advantage of the larger lots to build many apartment buildings.

http://imageshack.us/a/img18/6329/aa...tblvdtoday.jpg
google street view

I wonder what's going on with the two balconies covered in plywood?

That is correct! Makes perfect sense now. Great shot.

Here is a great snapshot I found on ebay a couple months ago. Does anyone have an idea where this precarious vantage point is located?
It isn't high enough to be Mulholland Drive and yet there's a lightpost (where's the light?) situated between the flimsy wooden 'guard rails'.

This looks like a Montgomery Clift type of accident waiting to happen.


http://imageshack.us/a/img822/5995/v...enofallah1.jpg
snapshot/ebay


The extremely noirish 'Garden of Allah' is located northwest of the two large apartment buildings.
I've tried to locate it in this snapshot but I haven't had any luck....perhaps I need better glasses.

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below: Silent screen legend Nazimova's 'Garden of Allah'. Is it possible this is from the same vantage point?

http://imageshack.us/a/img402/5812/aaaallaha1.jpg
http://thefrenchsampler.blogspot.com...-nazimova.html

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sunset strip '67
 

via the news articles on clark gable jr's girlfriend's demise this week:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi3-XlsHXzA

after 30 secs it's all about fashion, baby


(I would've embedded clip, but don't know how)

:previous: I love this clip so much Mark L!
Belinda's Boutique was located near Pandora's Box.

http://imageshack.us/a/img713/6121/aaapandoras.jpg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9R-rezHzn4

It's difficult to find photographs of Pandora's Box or anything else in this area of Sunset Boulevard during the so called 'Summer of Love'.
There's also a glimpse of the revolving Bullwinkle!

Definitely, as that is the left side of the RTD bus that we are seeing (no doors).