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:previous: Great before/after procab. ;)
__ The Avila Adobe (and the substation) 1930s http://imageshack.us/a/img198/4000/aabavilaadobe.jpg postcard/ebay negative/circa 1963 http://imageshack.us/a/img834/5991/a...ignin1963c.jpg ebay detail 1963 http://imageshack.us/a/img33/1292/aa...signin1963.jpg ebay Late 1920s. Unpaved Olvera Street before improvement and also before City Hall was built. On the left is the Avila Adobe and the substation. http://imageshack.us/a/img17/5138/aabavilawp.jpg http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl..._(Page_2).html -my most out of chronological order post, sorry. __ |
Time for some more sleuthing, folks!
This building, located at 11517 Santa Monica Blvd, LA 90025, has intrigued me for years. It is old & brick, and very loooong. As you can see below, it has wide sliding doors on the alley way (two sets of them - one set is not visible in the Google street view). I image it may have been a machine shop, maybe light manufacturing, or even a garage, in its past life. Oh Great Noirists - please shed some light on this old building! http://larry.wizegallery.com/VWV/11517front.jpg http://larry.wizegallery.com/VWV/11517side.jpg http://larry.wizegallery.com/VWV/11517sat.jpg (all images - Google) Thanks in advance! :) |
I actually like this mid-century modern (international style?) AVON building in Pasadena.
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/7259/a...nanoaddres.jpg http://www.cardcow.com/search4.php?s...avon&x=30&y=20 http://imageshack.us/a/img19/5918/aabavonreverse.jpg reverse The trouble is, there's NO address. I really want to see if it has survived or how it looks today if it has survived. Can anyone help with an address? __ |
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The pair of fancy doors on the side seem really odd, especially when you compare them to the rest of the building. http://imageshack.us/a/img42/9930/aaabdoors.jpg gsv The front facade hasn't been touched in years (design wise). http://imageshack.us/a/img854/3474/aababfront.jpg gsv If the windows on the garage doors are papered over like the front....my guess would be SEX CLUB. __ |
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It's a vacant building. The side doors are heavy metal looking. Sex club? That's the best you can do? ;) |
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__ Here is a slide I found earlier today of the Biltmore Hotel and Pershing Square, circa 1950s. http://imageshack.us/a/img267/1756/a...dpershings.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/1950s-Commer...item337fb2a548 I wonder what brings that thin elderly man downtown? I finally found an image of the Rendezvouz Club located within the Biltmore Hotel. I've been looking for quite some time. http://imageshack.us/a/img13/8089/aa...rondezvous.jpg http://www.cardcow.com/ I've often wondered if this was where Elizabeth Short was going that afternoon before she disappeared. If I remember correctly she was observed using a pay phone. Were they located near the Rendezvouz Club? http://imageshack.us/a/img534/4804/aabbiltronde2.jpg billed as "the night club in the afternoon". (as in, before you go home to your spouse) __ below: A Biltmore Hotel key tag from an earlier era. http://imageshack.us/a/img6/9880/aabbiltmorekeytag.jpg ebay http://imageshack.us/a/img221/63/aabbiltmorekeytag1.jpg reverse I should have bought this. It's beautiful. __ |
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__ Thank you so_cal_bear for locating the AVON building. It seems a bit blah now.-even though not much has changed, except for the landscaping. (and the loss of the Avon lettering) __ |
A glass negative found earlier today on ebay.
http://imageshack.us/a/img341/1252/aabneg1.jpg http://imageshack.us/a/img32/1830/aabnegebay1.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Turn-of-the-...item35c3ff2e25 __ At this point, I think it's obvious my team isn't in the Super Bowl today. Is my fifth or sixth post....or seventh? :) __ |
FOR RENT: Long Skinny building
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1939 The other side of Dark Victory (7th Street looking west). :previous:
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Old Calvary Cemetery
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And yes, poor Senora Pico. That story is the best argument ever for cremation. Will people never learn about grave goods? I hope you checked the last link. The photos of the old gravestones saved from the cemetery are lovely: http://lashp.remap.ucla.edu/visual/m...lvary+Cemetery https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Z...435%2520PM.jpg http://lashp.remap.ucla.edu/visual/m...lvary+Cemetery And actually, I was a little confused about this 1880 photo of the cemetery before it fell into such disarray. Are we looking west here?: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u...039%2520PM.jpg http://lashp.remap.ucla.edu/visual/m...g2_itemId=2848 Another 1880 view: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-k...411%2520PM.jpg http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics48/00073997.jpg It's tragic and outrageous that the cemetery wasn't maintained so we could enjoy and learn from it now. |
I have been fascinated by this Warners Theater for some time now. What is the current state of repair? I know the jewelry markets have taken over but are there ever hopes of taking the building back to its original theater function?
Is the inside 'bombed out' or do original details remain? I would love to check it out one day. |
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