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As to CaliNative's follow-up, yes, the original tenants have long vacated the downtown Arco twin-towers. But I believe KMPG has taken significant space in the North tower, and Gensler has a huge office, having re-done the small bank building in the middle, and has 2-3 floors of the North tower as well. |
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The Ruschamobile in action, reflected in the glass of 1424 Santa Monica Bl., Santa Monica.....1974. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds Also '74, again on S.M. Blvd., I think in the Virgil/Hoover area.....evidently this woman was inquiring as to the nature of the project....I believe that's Ed on the left and his longtime friend/art school classmate Jerry McMillan on the right. https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds https://hosting.photobucket.com/imag...080&fit=bounds |
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:previous: Such sweet pictures. :) Ruscha is still alive. I wonder if he remembers this encounter. I haven't found a Wm R Morgan painting contractors on Sunset Blvd. but I found this one on Santa Monica Blvd. (1941 directory)...I'm going by "pntg contrs" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...923/eUgbME.jpg lapl That might be Wm. R's home address on Edinburgh Ave. (married to Florence) - -unless, of course, that's a different William R. hmmm, but who is this mysterious Mona White? I know the Sunset Blvd. address is out there and I plan to find it. ...*takes puff on pipe* oops...I just reread riichkay's post and see that the three photographs were taken on Santa Monica Blvd. :duh . |
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mystery aerial This negative is currently on eBay. "Aerial view of Los Angeles Streets & Shops, c.1950" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/8...922/zqlwrr.jpg I've looked at this for waaay too long. I'm hoping someone will recognize the area. Here's a positive of the negative. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/aLVPVF.jpg eBay. Let's take a closer look at the. . .umm. . .apartment complex(?) with a hidden interior courtyard. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/fvd7pk.jpg detail And here's a closer look at the buildings on the north side of the street. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/v3mCjf.jpg detail The whitish one has the unmistakable shape of a movie theater. . |
. ...and a look back down the street, in psychedelic color... ...first in 1963. The video title says Sunset Strip 1964. The Whisky opened in January, 1964, but at 0:24 in that location, seen below, "The Party" comes into view................................................................................................................................................. ...followed by The Unicorn, The Golden Violin, Cavalier and Hamburger Hamlet............................................................................................................................................... (The video continues on down to Sunset and Doheny Rd., almost colliding with a light blue...I don't know, Chevy, maybe?).............................................................................................................................................. Notice the cranes (like antennae) on the left. The 9000 building is under construction. (Looks like about three floors.).............................................................................................................................................. Two views from the other direction............................................................................................................................................... Not dated:.....https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-d2RyR3t1Q...let%2B60s.jpegEllenBloom.............................................................................................................................................. An eleven second twilight look at the location............................................................................................................................................... Lastly, a 1968 view--on the left the Richfield is now a Union 76 and 9000 building is completed. Scroll right for the entire photo view...!!!.............................................................................................................................................. https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...ed&oe=6032CEF3 |
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That pickup with the camera on it must have looked as strange back then, as the hybrids with the camera on them look now! |
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To the middle right, I suspect that could be a library building fronted by a park. Many times smaller cities will have civic facilities grouped like this. So perhaps it's one of the smaller municipalities in the LA area, or not near LA at all! But I do agree about the white building likely being a movie theater. |
A photographer named Matt Oswalt has just published a coffee-table book devoted to photos of Los Angeles liquor stores. Some are in black and white. Here's his (noirish) criteria for choosing that mode:
I ask myself five questions before I shoot a liquor store in black and white. 1. Could Ed Wood purchase a bottle of Four Roses Bourbon while wearing an Angora sweater and not raise any suspicion? 2. Are the parking lot acoustics perfect for Quint from Jaws to sing a sea shanty? 3. Has this liquor store inspired Warren Zevon to write a song about it? 4. Is there an autographed photo of Wally George on the wall? 5. Is this where Easy Andy from Taxi Driver goes to restock on merch? More here: https://www.thedailybeast.com/meet-m...re-photography (may be paywalled) Cheers, Earl |
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Just a wild guess...Manual Arts High School? My mom went there in the 1930s. Or perhaps L.A. City College on Vermont? |
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^^^ Newly constructed Sierra Tower residential building in the backround. In the 1960s the tallest residential building in the west. 31 stories, 398 feet. |
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At the time of his death in 1982, Jack Webb lived there in a two story penthouse apartment that he designed. How cool is that? |
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Very cool! "This is the city...it is raining in Los Angeles...and I can see most of the city from my high perch in Sierra Tower...especially keeping tabs on those reefer smoking hippie punks on the Strip through my camera equiped telescope". |
The Man Looking Out at "The City" from his Pad
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A demolition permit for this 1909 Craftsman at 1815 West Adams Boulevard, seemingly well-cared for, was issued last August. Perhaps if anyone in LA is covid-bored, lives nearby and/or needs to get out of the house, he or she might want to check to see if this has happened yet. It will probably be replaced by the type of multi-unit building for which houses like this one are rapidly being bulldozed. It sold for $820,000 in July 2019. More pictures here https://www.redfin.com/CA/Los-Angele...8/home/6897982 |
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mystery location https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/6...922/BhGXoX.jpg The following images are from a short newsreel dated 12 / 25 / 1929. (go to shermangrindberg and type in "horseshoes") Does anyone know where, in Hollywood, this horseshoe park was located? https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/qHO7zs.jpg shermangrindberg As you'll see there are numerous signs for clues. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/QYvg8W.jpg shermangrindberg Note the two gentleman enjoying a game of chess. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/GdWNNa.jpg shermangrindberg The ad with the all seeing eye and horseshoe looks like something out of the occult. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/Vn9G9M.jpg shermangrindberg I believe I've shown you all sides of the park. Now go find it sleuths! :whip: . |
Regarding Clark and Hilldale...
I can't believe no one remembered the old Love/Arthur Lee song from 1967... Between Clark and Hilldale
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