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We may very well have seen this already, but if so, I missed it: http://cityhubla.github.io/LA_Buildi...0267/-118.2621 |
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And, I certainly do understand that, in any scenario, not everything could have been saved. Still, I look to nearby examples such as San Diego's downtown for reference - many older Victorian-era homes and commercial buildings are literally standing side by side with huge modern skyscrapers. Not to nit pick - but none of the buildings at Heritage Square are actually from Bunker Hill, though they are certainly representative of the same era in LA. |
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City Housing and non-profit assistance programs face a dilemma; if they force owners to bring the buildings up to code, they force people out and increase the rent; the displaced renters, many of whom are newly-arrived immigrants or the elderly, would literally have no place to go. So there's an unwritten agreement on all sides; the City looks the other way on occupancy limits, the non-profits help owners make minimal repairs to keep the buildings from falling (or burning) down, and the renters get to stay in their homes. It's certainly not ideal, but it beats the heck out throwing people into the street or dispersing them into housing projects all over town. |
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Crescenta Valley
A small update on the Van Deusen Estate on Castle Road, which was so prominently noted on the 1934 flood map:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...72245%2BPM.jpg LAT Mike Lawler of the Crescenta Valley Historical Society, who also writes a local history column for Crescenta Valley Weekly, "Treasures of the Valley" was kind enough to send along an undated aerial of the Van Deusen home: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-l...22416%2BPM.jpg mike lawler And a directory listing: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-2...22731%2BPM.jpg mike lawler The street number has changed, but it's still there: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...23928%2BPM.jpg google maps https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-p...21407%2BPM.jpg gsv Castle Road wasn't named after the Van Deusen home, it looks nothing like a castle. The road was named for Gould castle (1890) at the very top of the road: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-L...81938%2BPM.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-X...82113%2BPM.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-v...82231%2BPM.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a...82354%2BPM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Z...82504%2BPM.jpg The House Beautiful (undated) cut via mike lawler There's two interesting (not long, but info packed) articles on Gould Castle, its rise and its fall, here and here. Well worth the read. Stranger yet, Gould Castle wasn't the only castle built out that way. Some of them still exist. See here and here. Lawler has also did three articles on Verdugo Lodge and the little neighborhood which exists in the ruins, Mountain Oaks. He explains more about those tiny plots one could buy here. Lawler is a devotee of noir. Reading his articles, one learns a great deal about the things that would most horrify the Chamber of Commerce, the local real estate agents and others who work so hard to convince people that the Crescenta Valley is (and always was) "nice". He's co-authored a couple of books too: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N...90840%2BPM.jpg amazon https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/--...91029%2BPM.jpg amazon |
All of the Leonard Nadel pictures I've posted so far have been wide street scenes and aerials, but, after tovangar2's post about the men in suits, I had another look at the shots of more private areas. Just like the San Francisco residences described by Mstimc, I'm sure this place (listed on the envelope as 1st and Olive) wasn't up to code. There are boards falling off at the left, and the stairs don't look too safe, but the image is so evocative. I'm sure buildings like this would've been gradually replaced if they hadn't been wiped out in one go. It's just a shame that none of these old apartments and hotels exist anywhere on Bunker Hill these days.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...e.jpg~original getty.edu "Bunker Hill Renewal Project, 1951-1956" > "Slums, stores, alleys, and street conditions, 1955 October 8-1955 October 10" > "BH2-120 (negative 15)" |
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But Los Angeles politicians are notorious for having bad judgement and desiring to line their pockets with gold. I suppose the reality was that those hundreds of Bunker Hill parcels were worth a fortune by 1955. Pershing Square, the one Central Park that Los Angeles does have was eventually paved over and turned into a parking lot. It was purposely made as unfriendly to people as possible. |
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Hard to disagree with your observation of lacking foresight and missed opportunity regarding both Bunker Hill and Pershing Square. But the City Fathers of 1855 did not have a monopoly on myopic planning. Landscape architect F.L. Olmsted, who designed Central Park, had two sons that followed in their pop's footsteps. Quote:
Interesting 1948 pamphlet on the future of LA Light rail > http://libraryarchives.metro.net/DPG...ransit_now.pdf 1948 http://images.onset.freedom.com/ocre...il1dddfl.1.jpghttp://images.onset.freedom.com/ocre...il1dddfl.1.jpg Is there an available on-line version of LA's 1940 Master Plan? In looking for it I recall seeing this planning which some may find interesting> https://laplanninghistory.wordpress.com/1913-1941/ https://laplanninghistory.files.word...-1935_lapl.jpg 1950 https://i2.wp.com/www.scaruffi.com/m...950.jpg?zoom=2 |
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The Olmsted Bros Plan for LA
Thank you Godzilla for bring the Olmsted plan to my attention.
There's an excellent LAT article on it and the 2000 book ("Eden by Design: The 1930 Olmsted-Bartholomew Plan for the Los Angeles Region" by Hise and Deverell) about it here The City Project page on it (with map links) is here Quote: "Implementing the Olmsted vision would have made Los Angeles one of the most beautiful and livable regions in the world. Civic leaders killed the Report because of politics, bureaucracy, and greed in a triumph of private power over public space and social democracy". The book itself may be previewed here https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-E...31524%2BPM.jpg amazon Quote: “This fate [the lack of implementation of the plan] was not due to some intrinsic flaw in the plan, nor was it due to a lack of public will, and it certainly was not happenstance. No, what happened in this case was more deliberate, more planned. The Chamber of Commerce and its allies effectively limited circulation of the report and discouraged public discourse.” |
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I ran across this and tracked the address to Wall Street--it's no longer there, but I came up with a little history: Andrew J. Roberts was a Virginia-born expressman living at 1331 Prospect Street, according to the 1888-90 voter rolls; he was still there as late as 1899--and beyond. It appears that Prospect became Wall Street by 1900; records from that year indicate the family's address as 1331 Wall Street. A news item tells of son Fred, 21, listed at 1331 Wall, having his bike stolen in Feb 1901; curious is that the Robertses appear to have built a new house on the lot in 1904--per the Times, July 24, 1904: "A. J. Roberts has let to C. Weisner the contract to erect a five-room frame cottage at No. 1331 Wall street. The house is to be modern, to be finished about September 24, and to be occupied by Mr. Robertsas a home." (In an Oct 16 item, the completion date has changed to Dec 1.) This appears to be the 1904 house. More here |
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Mrs AJ Roberts, nee Ellen Hemings (pictured with her husband above), was the daughter of Madison Hemings, one of the six (or 14, depending on who's counting) children Thomas Jefferson had by slaves. Madison and his five full siblings, being 7/8th White, were legally White at birth, according to the law at that time. He was the only one of Sally Hemings' children who chose to live in the Black community. AJ and Ellen's son, Frederick Madison Roberts, 1879-1952, (who had his bike stolen as you note) went to USC and Colorado College. After graduation he joined, and later took over, his father's business, bought The New Age weekly newspaper in 1912, which he edited until 1948 (except for about a year in 1915-1916) and was elected to the California State Assembly, an historic first, for the 62nd District in 1918, where he remained for 16 years. BTW, the New Age offices were at 829 S San Pedro St. The building was replaced in 1971. Frederick Madison Roberts: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-J...01800%2BPM.jpg monticello.org |
Lincoln Heights revisited. Close to Abe Lincoln High and Gates Street Elementary School. Wonder if any notable Lincoln High alums (Robert Young, Robert Preston and John Huston) were familiar with the neighborhood depicted below. :hmmm:
Sidewalks and curbs seem long standing, but road pavement seems neglected or nonexistent. 1931 - Where Eastlake and Manitou Avenues intersect. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../19389/rec/324 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 1931 - Eastlake and Manitou http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/newr...reply&t=170279 |
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Sunkist Building, aka California Fruitgrowers Exchange had humble beginnings before its 1935 construction at Fifth and Hope. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../42616/rec/319 1934 - Sunkist Building Site. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 La Tosca Hotel http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...age&DMROTATE=0 (1935 - Figueroa. La Tosca is at the far right) https://urbandiachrony.files.wordpre...ueroa5thn4.jpg https://urbandiachrony.files.wordpre...ueroa5thn4.jpg Yes, there was even "Sunkist" silverware. https://queenofsienna.files.wordpres...2degrees-2.jpghttps://queenofsienna.files.wordpres...2degrees-2.jpg https://queenofsienna.files.wordpres...2014/04/16.jpghttps://queenofsienna.files.wordpres...2014/04/16.jpg |
Esther's Beauty Salon and Baths. 1769 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
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Sears at Western and Santa Monica Blvd. Cemetery and Sears "adjacent" is The Green Court Hotel.
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