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This building was designed by Alvan Edward Norstrom, a partner in the architectural firm "Norstrom & Anderson". More information on "Norstrom & Anderson" here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=15412 |
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http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...rch&DMROTATE=0 More on Burdette can be found at: http://www.ulwaf.com/LA-1900s/03.07.html Now to the photo posted from ebay. The caption associated with it is apparently incorrect. The house in the photo was constructed by one Col. Baker and his wife Clara on Sunny Crest in Pasadena. Col. Baker passed away before the house was finished and his widow Clara married widower Burdette, the couple resided in the house until his death in 1914. Clara occupied the home until she sold it in 1919 to one Thomas Nettle who had the home razed in 1926. More info on the Burdette house, including some great interior photos, can be found on "The looking back at Vintage Los Angeles" site at: http://oldhomesoflosangeles.blogspot...-s-orange.html |
A few new pictures of BERKELEY SQUARE have surfaced via the LAPL. Dated April 1, 1962, they were
taken with the south side of the Square already demolished for the Santa Monica Freeway.... http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/8061/z0ak.jpgLAPL/BSLA 18 Berkeley Square: The 1908 McReynolds house by Robert Farquhar, not long for this world. Full story: http://www.berkeleysquarelosangeles....lds-house.html http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/452/xea1.jpgLAPL/BSLA 4 Berkeley Square: Hunt & Burns's 1913 design for Lee Allen Phillips would be the last Square house standing, all the way to 1973. In 1962 the house was still owned by the heirs of Sweet Daddy Grace, who died in 1960--we've seen him here before: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ce#post4824909. (Lee Phillips also built the house that became Pickfair.) Full story on #4: http://www.berkeleysquarelosangeles....ips-house.html http://img826.imageshack.us/img826/7057/bfq6.jpgLAPL/BSLA A fantastic view slightly northeast through the south Gramercy Place pedestrian gate. Seen between the gateposts and across the path of the coming freeway is the tower of the Armenian Gethsemene Congregational Church, which that year was purchased by the Church of Christian Fellowship, still at 2085 South Hobart Boulevard. Full story: http://www.berkeleysquarelosangeles....e-arrived.html |
I don't think we've seen this intersection before - it's West 49th Place and South Figueroa Street in 1929.
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...hFigueroa1.jpg USC Digital Library The building on the corner and the house to its left both appear to be survivors, albeit with a few modifications to the storefront. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...hFigueroa2.jpg GSV |
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Chandler Museum I never knew of this 1902 Episcopal church at 846 Each Park Avenue--architect, Arthur B. Benton--which for some reason was replaced by the Diocese with this in the late '80s or '90s: http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/8501/f273.jpgGSV It looks like there was some vague attempt to echo (this being Echo Park) the Benton building, if not too successfully. Anyway, it turns out that St. Athanasius--the old church--replaced the congregation's old stomping ground familiar to us through prior posts of ER, Prophet, and FW: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12565 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12567 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12573 http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=12711 |
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(I cheated...just looked her up on Wikipedia. She was advertising Comet cleanser, not Ajax). |
A potential traffic stopper! Truth in advertising? World's Largest Cheese Loaf! Made exclusively for this store. (A time when consumers did not discriminate between styles and types of cheese - rather than size?) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...51160/rec/2073 1933 - 1569 West Sunset Boulevard. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 |
1929 - Melrose and Highland (Lee Drugs, before it became Emilio's!)
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...11839/rec/2074 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 Magnificently barren in '29! Highland looking south from Melrose. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 Currently an "EZ Lube on SE Corner. 76 on NE Corner. Many a nasty accident has occurred here. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://d2uaszwku8m8xd.cloudfront.net...1654043324.pnghttp://d2uaszwku8m8xd.cloudfront.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Highland-Avenue-e1371654043324.png http://d2uaszwku8m8xd.cloudfront.net...oogle-Maps.png http://www.trbimg.com/img-5213c6d9/t...20/600/600x387http://www.trbimg.com/img-5213c6d9/t...20/600/600x387 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 6602 Melrose http://pics3.city-data.com/businesse.../3/7884083.JPGhttp://pics3.city-data.com/businesse.../3/7884083.JPG http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 Melrose looking west. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 But . . . careless with men's? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 |
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As far as castle-inspired buildings go, I've always been partial toward the Pacific Coast Club (PCC) in Long Beach. I know we've seen it here before, but I searched and only found one post with a couple photos that have the PCC in the distance: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=438 So here's a closer view from 1926, when it was completed, looking southwest: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps8b769607.jpg USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/32299/rec/31 April 2011; the Pacific Coast Club is gone but, remarkably, the 1904-built house just to the east at 852 E. Ocean Blvd. is still there, though altered in '54: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2ef99784.jpg GSV I took the next five photos in, I think it was 1988, when I was working in downtown Long Beach and heard that the PCC would be torn down: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4a981042.jpg Looking across Ocean Blvd at the north side; the cornerstone is behind the big NO TRESPASSING sign. http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps3435e69c.jpg Vnless my thinking is favlty, any elvcidation here wovld be vndve. http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2933972e.jpg This poorly framed photo shows the east and north sides, the top of the Villa Riviera next door to the west, and part of the house immediately to the east of the PCC. http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psf0566c25.jpg This is the west side. http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...ps90cadf2c.jpg The west and south sides. |
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http://img850.imageshack.us/img850/4162/9p6g.jpgUSCDL via Godzilla's 17751 above
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When did the beginning :wiseman: . . . get going? :shuffle: Avalon, circa '05. Hotels, Grand View and Metropole. Reserve very early! http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...26063/rec/2017 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...oda&DMROTATE=0 Circa 1919 http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...nce_ca1919.jpghttp://waterandpower.org/Historical_...nce_ca1919.jpg |
Lee Drugs :previous: One stop shopping!
Los Angeles Fireworks. Beware of imitators! http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 Willson's. Sane. Nonexplosive. Can no bang = fun? What happened to the First, second and third series? :shrug: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...XT=&DMROTATE=0 |
Saw this is my facebook feed,a great story and project.
http://www.kcet.org/arts/artbound/co...la.html?utm=fb |
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From this article "How the Town of Sherman Became WeHo": [The town of] Sherman may have valued its independence, but it was less attached to its name. As motion picture stars moved into the adjacent Hollywood Hills and Beverly Hills communities, some Sherman residents sought to soften the rough edges of its image by changing the community's name and stressing its association with its affluent neighbors. Others, however, preferred to keep the town's original name out of respect for Moses Sherman, still alive at the time. The August 23, 1925 Los Angeles Times reported on the controversy: "Like a healthy, outdoor child, Sherman has suddenly burst all her old dresses and thinks while she is getting a wardrobe, suitable for a fully grown girl, she might as well discard plain 'Mary' and become up-to-date 'Marie.'" "Mary" eventually lost out to "Marie." Residents mooted several alternatives, including Beverly Park, East Beverly, and Magnetic Springs, but in 1925 the town renamed itself West Hollywood, a moniker pioneered earlier in the decade by the West Hollywood Realty Board. linked here: http://www.kcet.org/socal_focus/history.html Magnetic Springs? |
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The reason this hits so close to home is that my mother-in-law has lived in the Hollywood Plaza for about 20 years -- the building is now apartments for seniors. I've always been fascinated by the building, yet somehow never knew that one of my all-time favorite Hollywood stars had once opened a restaurant there. One thing that the photos posted by ER and Martin Pal do not show is where on the street level the cafe was located: The building has two large retail spaces bracketing the main entrance (only one of which has been very occasionally occupied in the years I've been visiting). A quick Google search turned up a historic photo showing the "IT" Cafe taking up the entire south retail space: http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...-clara-bow.jpg martinturnbull.com That space is currently occupied by a coffeehouse called Ten Forward (well done, guys). See Google Street View image below: https://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/534/7332.jpg Google Street View Here's a closer view: https://imageshack.us/scaled/medium/43/lz2i.jpg Google Street View Before Ten Forward it was a Korean-owned patisserie, and before that it was vacant for as long as I'm aware. What's interesting to me is that the original building details were obviously not destroyed by the deco frontage of the "IT" Cafe. In other words, I believe the present-day 2nd floor windows (seen above) to be original, and not the product of any modern-day restoration. |
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Before the It http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/7644/nwdx.jpgLAPL This appears to be a shot close to the time of completion, before what seem to be many façade alterations. http://jpg1.lapl.org/spnb01/00007187.jpgLAPL The LAPL photo caption reads that the Cinnabar was open from 1924 (although it seems the hotel's didn't open until October 1925) to 1937 (it seems the It opened in October 1937). Which makes the 1936 article below confusing... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-1...2520AM.bmp.jpgLAT Dec 17, 1936 It seems what may have actually opened in the space in 1925 was Klemtner's (address: 1633 N Vine)... https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0...2520AM.bmp.jpgLAT Oct 15, 1925 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R...odplazalat.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-g...2520AM.bmp.jpgLAT Sept 20, 1925 There were a number of articles about the difficulties the builder had with the excavation and foundation--reminds me of the issues arising now with the Millenium project up the street. |
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