Thanks for indulging me, Scott.
I'm going to guess that this expertly drawn scene with added embellishments, was originally based on this vue card photo that you posted.

http://i699.photobucket.com/albums/v...00013999-1.jpg
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
http://losangelespast.blogspot.com/2...ker-block.html

I was wondering about something the other day, and I figure that Noirish L.A. is probably the best place to ask my question. Does anyone on here know of or have any pictures of any buildings that were cancelled due to the Great Depression? Thanks.

Well into my deep reading of anything in L A Times archives relating to Bunker Hill there were at least five major hotels that were never built- Specifically : one adjoining Court Flight - another at top of stairs at west portal of 3rd street tunnel - also a big one planned for 2nd and Hill beside that tunnel's east end and I believe another along 2nd @ Grand- s/e corner lot-Possibly one was in the works near Temple and Grand as well-- All told these were the remaining unbuilt properties up til the Depression hit- Artwork was featured for most of these plans-- I did not retain copies as these would simply have been not parts of the puzzle I was intent on piecing together

I just joined this forum to, first, say thank you to the contributors to the Noirish Los Angeles thread. I'm only about 1/6 of the way through (so many pictures, so little time!) and many questions about old "Lost" Angeles have been answered.

This thread even solved a great mystery that I never could figure out -- just exactly why the old Hall of Records was positioned on an odd angle to the rest of the Civic Center (old street alignment -- I never knew!).

One of my favorite old LA restaurants is of course Philippe's. I knew the restaurant had moved to it's present location on Ord Street due to the freeway expansion in the 40's/50's.
According to Wikipedia, there were a number of locations before the move to Ord:

300 N. Alameda (Philippe's 1908)
156 N. Spring (New Poodle Dog French restaurant 1911)
617 N. Alameda (1913)
246 Aliso St. (1918)
364 Aliso St. (1925)

The article also referred to this area as the "Frenchtown Neighborhood", which was razed for City Hall and freeway expansion.
Since I've only gone about 1/6 of the way through this thread, did any of you uncover pictures containing the early Philippe's locations and/or Frenchtown?
If not, can any pictures be unearthed? I've always wondered about the first Philippe's.

TIA. :)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7135/7...59375629_o.jpg
Weston Studio, Tropico, ca_ 1920, (In Focus), 140)_

Edward Weston Studio, Brand Blvd. (nw corner w/Los Feliz), Tropico (Glendale), ca. 1920. J. Paul Getty Museum, Collection Center for Creative Photography. Arizona Board of Regents.

You're absolutely correct Chuckaluck!! I am amazed you were able to locate this apartment building from my original b/w snap. :)

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Here is an excellent photograph of Charlie Chaplin and friends in downtown Los Angeles.

http://imageshack.us/a/img607/1838/a...w6thstreet.jpg
found on ebay



below: The photographer was located on west 6th Street.

http://imageshack.us/a/img831/3581/a...6thstreet1.jpg
ebay


Can anyone pinpoint the exact location of this photograph? I've googled 'grand hotel' so many times I want to cry.

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The steep slope evident in that photo (plus the name of the hotel) makes me think that might be Grand north from 5th, but that's purely a guess.

-S

Our town
 

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7111/7...21f7dcdc_o.jpg
Los_Angeles___36_000_ft_above_by_perry314181

photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=605428


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8432/7...ba5634f3_o.jpg
Metropolis_by_perry314181

photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=605428

Fifty years gone (August 5, 1962), but a legend forever....

http://imageshack.us/a/img834/7871/marilynr.jpg
Look Magazine

~Jon Paul

http://www.thisismarilyn.com/artwork...J-original.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8461

It seems like yesterday.
 

I've gotten so old that things like this surprise me with how many years have passed and how clearly I remember them.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7136/7...eb769a14_o.jpg
norma jean doherty, ca, 1947
julienslive.com

There was a time when she was just another pretty girl, prettier perhaps than most but still with little to signal what was to come.

This Chaplin image looks to be sited upon a fairly level stretch of sidewalk - And the location of 416 So.Grand was ultra steep - even frequently utilized for auto endurance stunts-- Also , no such "Bar" ever existed in that block-just a series of hotels and several rickety remaining homes. Must be from some other part of town--

I think you are confusing the Movie "Grand Hotel" made in 1932 for an actual hotel. If you look closely at the sign it looks like it's saying "Grand Hotel" then under that "starring" then under that what looks to be "Greta Garbo", the star.

http://www2.palomar.edu/users/scrout...Hotel22x28.jpg

palomar.edu

You'd do better to look for a street with a movie theater around the year 1932, when Grand Hotel came out and a year after City Lights, one of the Little Tramps most famous films premiered.

:previous: Whoa, I believe you may have solved the mystery for us KevinW.
But now I am wondering about the brick street...which I hadn't noticed before.

I am also curious about the bar that appears to be an open-air venue (open to the street).
This makes me think of Long Beach...or perhaps Venice.

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:previous: hmm..I didn't think of prohibition. Good point BifRayRock.

"The interior of an all-male saloon in Los Angeles with a latrine." ( pan right----> ) The lighting fixtures are amazing!


http://imageshack.us/a/img826/7240/s...ineinfloor.jpg
found on ebay






below: Detail of the 'latrine'.

http://imageshack.us/a/img827/1638/s...inecloseup.jpg
ebay

For the life of me, I have never heard of a saloon where you could whip it out and take a p*ss whilst standing at the bar.

Is this really a latrine or did the seller mislabel the photograph?

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