The real mystery for me was: What does Monkey Island look like? Photographs are so rare. I've only seen a photograph of the entrance (I think there are two from that same day?) and the 1948 aerial. All of the other images of Monkey Island are illustrations. I find this very unusual for a tourist attraction. I'm surprised by the lack of photographs/videos taken by visitors or photographs of celebrities visiting. The design may have changed from the rendering, as I look at the entrance photograph, but I do hope it looked very close to that rendering. I love that design. Maybe someone can use a directory to see what restaurants located there and how long they remained?
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Clune's Auditorium
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Last remnant of railway
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Cyclorama
I wonder what happened to the paintings.
Panorama Rotunda at Third and Main Streets in Los Angeles, late 1880s - seen from the rear. http://www.panoramaonview.org/panhis...unda_photo.jpg This photo is from this site which provides more info on the cyclorama. http://www.panoramaonview.org/panora...geofparis.html http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/6...eetfrom3rd.jpg usc digital archive |
Bella Union / Carlisle gunfight
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Carlisle interrupted a wedding party for Solomon Lazard and Joseph Newmark's daughter. Carlisle was killed by future civic leaders and buried at the City Cemetery on top of Fort Moore. Grave robbers stole the two diamonds he had in his front teeth. His grave was later moved to Rose Hills. |
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Vignes Winery, early site for Brew 102 and home of sacred Gabrielino council Tree
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Pound Cake Hill
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http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics45/00042205.jpg I believe there was an earlier, American, city hall located at to the left of this hanging site. This image is the hanging of Michael Lachenais on December 17, 1870. It is looking West from near Spring and Temple towards Fort Hill which ran all the way down to Spring. I believe building on the left housed the first stage services in the city and also the first American city council. Can someone confirm or deny? This is from Harris Newmark, Sixty Years in Southern California, ch. 4, p.36. http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/...albk023%29%29: "The administrative officials of both the City and the County had their headquarters in the one-story adobe building at the northwest corner of Franklin Alley (later called Jail Street* ) and Spring Street. In addition to those mentioned, there was a Justice of the Peace, a Zanjero, and a Jailer. António Franco Coronel had but recently succeeded Nichols as Mayor; A. S. Beard was Marshal and Tax Collector; Judge William G. Dryden was Clerk; C. E. Carr was Attorney; Ygnácio Coronel was Assessor; and S. Arbuckle was Treasurer. [Note : In April, 1872, officially named Franklin Street.] António Franco Coronel, after whom Coronel Street is named, had just entered upon the duties of Mayor, and was busy enough with the disposal of donation lots when I first commenced to observe Los Angeles' government. He came from Mexico to California with his father, Don Ygnácio F. Coronel; and by 1850 he was the first County Assessor. He lived at what is now Alameda and Seventh streets, and had a brother, Manuel, who was City Assessor in 1858." |
:previous: Excellent information GatoVerde! Welcome to the thread. :)
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Monkey Island....
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As for the restaurant, I'll skip that as ER says and meet you for a sandwich at Musso & Frank's. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ps14072185.jpg |
Here is another photo of Monkey Island with an angle I hadn't seen before:
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Yesterday, Martin Pal posted a link to a 1938 edition of Pacific Electric Magazine with a picture of Monkey Island. On the following page there's an article about the proposed Aliso Street viaduct. It gives many of the measurements and the amount of railroad traffic on the lines it had to cross:
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...soStPlans1.jpg libraryarchives.metro.net (PDF file) I found this drawing, dated 1937, on the LAPL site. The description says: "This drawing published in February 1939 shows the plan for the two-million-dollar Aliso Street grade separation and viaduct over the Los Angeles River to get underway shortly. The State Highway Commission and Councilman Stephen Cunningham reported that the state is ready to contribute $220,000 provided the city and county contribute a like amount. The railroads had already pledged $450,000 as their share. Councilman Cunningham declared the Public Works Administration probably would appropriate $906,000. The plan, approved by city engineer Lloyd Aldlrich, is dated May 21, 1937. The Macy Street bridge is seen in the background." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...soStPlans2.jpg lapl.org The diagrams are slightly vague, but both make it look as if the original plan was for all road traffic to enter/leave the east side of the viaduct at Mission Road. The USC Library has a couple of photos of Aliso Street crossing the Los Angeles River shortly before the construction on the viaduct began. "View of site of Aliso Street viaduct prior to construction of new bridge, looking west from point about 300 feet east of Mission Road, Los Angeles, 1940." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...StViaduct1.jpg USC Digital Library "View along Los Angeles River from Macy Street bridge, Los Angeles, 1940." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...StViaduct2.jpg USC Digital Library This image from the LAPL archive is dated 1942, despite what the caption says! "The Aliso Street Bridge is being built over the Los Angeles River on March 28, 1947 [sic], with train tracks in the foreground." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...StViaduct3.jpg lapl.org This aerial shot clearly shows the finished roadway extending east of Mission Road. The caption implies that the cost of the viaduct had doubled by its completion. "The new Aliso Street Bridge completed on July 24, 1944. An impressive program was scheduled for the opening of the $4,000,000 bridge." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...StViaduct4.jpg lapl.org Both diagrams, and the PE Magazine article, suggest that the original plans included a tunnel on Mission Road that went under Aliso Street. The picture below shows that the tunnel was never built. The white building on the left is still there, although it's now painted orange. "View of the Mission Road span of the Aliso Street viaduct on December 20, 1944, looking north from 150 feet south of Aliso Street." http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...StViaduct5.jpg lapl.org |
Arcade Station
See corrected post below.
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No. 1384 is still in almost factory new condition, the easily damaged brass coverings on her cylinders and steam chests are still shiny and un-dented. She was the third of twenty rugged 4-4-0’s (4 wheels under the cylinders and 4 driving wheels) built for the SP of California by the Rogers Locomotive Works of Patterson, New Jersey in October of 1888. In the photo she is still a coal burner, but will be converted to oil fuel at Sacramento in July of 1907 when Southern California oil production reaches it’s full stride. Initially an LA based locomotive, she will end her days in the Pacific Nortrhwest, be vacated from the SP roster on January 31, 1925 and cut up for scrap at Portland, Oregon on October 30, 1926. |
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And coincidentally enough, it turns out that the DP behind my second favorite movie, Scarface, is the same guy! Similar visual style and all but I had no idea of this until well after I fell in love with either of them. Guess I really like this John Alonzo guy, and I know for a fact that I love chiaroscuro! |
Hidden Downtown Courtyard Revealed
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I think this might be the adobe to the left (South) of the courtyard showing the hanging of Lachenais.
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Damien Marchessault
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