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Disappointed Noir fans, need not despair. This could have been where someone who looked like Bogey showed up without an appointment for cosmetic surgery. :koko: Dark Passage. (Forget that it was set in SF, some of it was shot on the Warner Lot in Burbank.) http://www.thingsinmovies.com/wp-con...age-bogart.jpghttp://filmsnoir.net/wp-content/uplo..._plastsurg.jpg |
Here are a couple of items that caught my eye on a drive down Whittier Boulevard the other day, almost immediately as one exits the 605: way, way back, there was some discussion about Scrivners Drive Ins and Simons restaurants that were in L.A., with their distinctive towers... so to me, this little building looks too much like a Scrivners to be coincidence..then at the end of the block on the corner, here's a throwback gas station if there ever was one! Just food for thought...
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With the discussion a few days back regarding street clocks ('Oh no! Not again!"), I don't recall anyone mentioning the one located at the intersection of Pico and Hoover, just west of downtown, a little north of USC. I don't know that much about it's historical background or whether it is truly vintage, but it's the only one I know of in the heart of the city. If it was mentioned, my apologies for the repeat!
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:previous: Clocks, the more the merrier. Looks fairly new to my untrained eyes.
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Not familiar with the source, but this one is a personal fav. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/1928/rec/33 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ger&DMROTATE=0 |
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MH was founded in 1947 by two anesthesiologists, Dr. Leon Tiber and Dr. David Alpert. They chose the name because it was half-way (more or less) between Downtown and the ocean. At the time, it was impossible for Jewish physicians to join the medical staff of any hospital except the Jewish ones: Cedars of Lebanon, and Mt. Sinai, and getting on those was highly competitive. Drs. Tiber and Alpert decided open a 28-bed hospital which was to be open to any qualified physician to join the medical staff. The hospital expanded over the years and went through a series of owners. It is currently operated by Alecto Healthcare LLC. If you drive by it, you will see that the original main entrance was meant to be off San Vicente. But when the hospital was renamed "Olympia," the marketing people wanted the entrance to be on Olympic Boulevard even though the view from Olympic was not exactly glamorous. The Shalhevet (="flame" in Hebrew) School is an orthodox Jewish co-ed high school opened in 1992 at the former Westside Hospital (910 S. Fairfax, WEbster 8-3431). Westside Hospital was interesting for two reasons: Marilyn Monroe was hospitalized there for "exhaustion" during the filming of "The Misfits"; and it was the first example of a laboratory/services company acquiring hospitals and running them as if they were franchise restaurants. This was done by "American Laboratories Inc" at the direction of its owner, who rejoiced in the name Uranus J. Appel. His first two hospitals were Westside, and Westlake Hospital (644 S. Alvarado, now a Yoshinoya Beef Bowl). |
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*nods* Yep, the Phillips Block is one of my vanished-L.A. obsessions. What a grand, ornate old building! I'm glad you reminded me of that pic on the USC site. I haven't had a look at it since they introduced that zoom/magnify feature awhile back. Worth another gander now, definitely! Thanks! |
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Can you confirm whether Westside H. occupied the Green Spray building? (As well as WH building additional structures to the North?) Not being familiar with Westside's inner-workings, was it equipped for performing major surgeries and trauma cases, or did it cater mostly toward a different type of care? The Marilyn connection is an interesting footnote. Was this common knowledge at the time so that other "troubled" celebrities sought sanctuary there (as opposed to other facilities)? Another view of the same Olympic-Fairfax-San Vicente intersection. 1936 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/1408/rec/2 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0 Answering my own question regarding what appeared to be small structures at the very top of pic. behind the garages. Looks like a white picket fence in front of which are different shaped shrubs. Is there a story behind how Green Spray got its name? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...pic&DMROTATE=0 |
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Godzilla, I went back to the first aerial view you posted yesterday to get a different perspective. Judging by the shadows, I think we're just looking at short sections of picket fencing interspersed with neatly trimmed bushes. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...icFairfax2.jpg Detail of picture at USC Digital Library A little more on 910 S Fairfax - in the 1956 CD, before it became Westside Hospital, it's listed as Wilshire Sanitarium. A quick search didn't turn up any additional information. Following on from Lorendoc's post, I found a site called cursumperficio.net which claims that this is Marilyn Monroe's invoice. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...lynInvoice.jpg www.cursumperficio.net |
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Those kind of prices might make some consider the unthinkable. 1952 - 3835 W 8th Street (Unsuccessful attempt to fly from third floor) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../43438/rec/337 |
Not all rides have a happy ending?
Roller Coaster Fatality 1956 - The Pike (Long Beach) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 Nite Owls. (Hush-hush. Off the record. . . ?) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 EEE Gads! http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../83707/rec/326 |
For lack of a stitch? Who packed my parachute?
Acrobatic tragedy at Santa Monica's Deauville Club! 1958 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../71989/rec/291 "And you say before the performance he had just announced having solved the Blue Dahlia mystery?" http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 |
Too late for a tetanus shot?
1932 Auto Wrecking Yard (Unknown location) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../49377/rec/273 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../49377/rec/273 Ambulance and Big Bear Ice Cream. http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 The earing should be easy to spot! http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 |
Unexplained acceleration syndrome? Texting while driving? Temporarily blinded by incredible laquer paint job?
July '56 Motorists loses control in front of Henshey's (Santa Monica) "That bus bench appeared out of no where?" http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../66455/rec/229 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../66455/rec/229 |
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A little more detail on the jump from a 2010 post: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1563 |
:previous: GW: If my search skills don't improve, I may consider the impossible or change my name to Beaudry!:shuffle:
Panorama City Welcomes Dick Nixon! (Some images may be from Santa Monica and other nearby stops per source. More here: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../70441/rec/240) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../70441/rec/240 Sure looks like Spade Cooley! (Yes, a previous NLA topic) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 The late James Garner supported Adlai Stevenson.:cool: http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../70441/rec/240 The legal voting age was ? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 |
The brutal side of Noir? Someone is going to be plenty sore tomorrow.
1951 - "Girl Beaten" (Forget immediate treatment, instead who did this to you?) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../87031/rec/166 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 |
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Around the proverbial corner at 636 North Western was Dr. Scott's Dog and Cat Hospital. Quick Sign Service too! (Or maybe this was a branch office. See Below.) 1925 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co.../68356/rec/150 1925 (Beverly Hills) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...d/4608/rec/128 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 Part of the Gravy Train? http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...nce&DMROTATE=0 |
With the recent posts of Hamburger restaurants, my recurring thought appears -- am I the only one that has never found the appeal of dining in an automobile?
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