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Wig-Wag Mar 26, 2015 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6966077)
Thanks Wig-Wag!


Is this the building you mentioned Jack? I think it's a pretty good match, except for the missing second floor.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/W1sdxY.jpg
GSV

(the street and crosswalks reminds me of the British Flag)


Here is the original photograph again
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/RGTEo6.jpg
eBay
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Yes ER, that is the building I was referring to and yes again, as it can now be seen courtesy of the Water and Power Museum website in its original glory as the Pasadena National Bank

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl..._Pasadena.html

Text and captions for the photos below from the Museum site.

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psiig2t9lc.jpg

(ca. 1894)** - View of Pasadena National Bank, located in the Masonic Temple building on the southeast corner of Raymond Avenue and Colorado Street.

Historical Notes

When the Pasadena National Bank first opened its doors in 1886, local residents made $25,000 worth of deposits on the first day alone. The bank's original location was a room on Raymond Avenue, but in 1894 it moved to the Masonic Temple, shown here on the southeast corner of Raymond Avenue and Colorado Street. The bank's new offices had the most burglarproof vaults available, featuring 5-foot-thick walls laced with steel horseshoes.**

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...pslyfgngb6.jpg

(1908)#* - Street view of the corner of Raymond and Fair Oaks looking south on Fair Oaks toward the Green Hotel. The Pasadena National Bank stands on the southeast corner. A rider on a horse shares the street with horse-drawn carriages, a cyclist, and pedestrians.

Historical Notes

Harry Ridgway designed the imposing Masonic Temple block at the southeast corner of Raymond and Colorado in Romanesque Revival style in 1894. He was also the architect/designer for the First National Bank building, built in 1886 on the n/w corner of Colorado and Fair Oaks.*#*#

The float is heading north on Raymond and turning westbound on to Colorado Boulevard. Note that in the 1915 photo a second set of parallel rails now graces Colorado Boulevard.


Cheers,
Jack

CityBoyDoug Mar 26, 2015 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wig-Wag (Post 6966592)
Yes ER, that is the building I was referring to and yes again, as it can now be seen courtesy of the Water and Power Museum website in its original glory as the Pasadena National Bank

http://waterandpower.org/museum/Earl..._Pasadena.html

Text and captions for the photos below from the Museum site.

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...psiig2t9lc.jpg

(ca. 1894)** - View of Pasadena National Bank, located in the Masonic Temple building on the southeast corner of Raymond Avenue and Colorado Street.

Historical Notes

When the Pasadena National Bank first opened its doors in 1886, local residents made $25,000 worth of deposits on the first day alone. The bank's original location was a room on Raymond Avenue, but in 1894 it moved to the Masonic Temple, shown here on the southeast corner of Raymond Avenue and Colorado Street. The bank's new offices had the most burglarproof vaults available, featuring 5-foot-thick walls laced with steel horseshoes.**

http://i1315.photobucket.com/albums/...pslyfgngb6.jpg

(1908)#* - Street view of the corner of Raymond and Fair Oaks looking south on Fair Oaks toward the Green Hotel. The Pasadena National Bank stands on the southeast corner. A rider on a horse shares the street with horse-drawn carriages, a cyclist, and pedestrians.

Historical Notes

Harry Ridgway designed the imposing Masonic Temple block at the southeast corner of Raymond and Colorado in Romanesque Revival style in 1894. He was also the architect/designer for the First National Bank building, built in 1886 on the n/w corner of Colorado and Fair Oaks.*#*#

The float is heading north on Raymond and turning westbound on to Colorado Boulevard. Note that in the 1915 photo a second set of parallel rails now graces Colorado Boulevard.


Cheers,
Jack

I don't think they are the same building. The newer building that ER posted is a much smaller scale structure. The people in the old building are tiny compared to the new building.
The new building is somewhat reminiscent of the old one.....but different.

Yes, that crosswalk is like the British Union Jack flag.


ethereal_reality Mar 26, 2015 11:50 PM

I just came across this 1951 slide on eBay (1 hour left on bidding. starting bid $150.00!)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PE-Pacific-E...item43d97c8d5a

"Bus running down Sunset Blvd. on a Hollywood High School tripper."
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/BAoWIE.jpg
http://www.ebay.com/itm/PE-Pacific-E...item43d97c8d5a

The seller says the slide is rare; here's why:

"The bus in the photo started out as Los Angeles Motorcoach Company, transferred to Pacific Electric in 1949 when LAMC folded.
The bus is still wearing it's old sign as PE buses never displayed line number readings, thus adding to it's rarity!"

Is this statement correct rail-fans?

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tovangar2 Mar 27, 2015 12:33 AM

Incredible post on the First Interstate fire Martin Pal. Gripping account.

A quote caught my eye in one of the LAT reports of the Wilshire Terrace fire I reread earlier today,

"This made the First Interstate look like a dumpster fire," said Firefighter Larry Horner, referring to last year's inferno in what was, at the time, downtown's tallest skyscraper. - LAT

A bit of bravado I think.

We, of course, saw nothing of the Wilshire Terrace fire from our POV, except entirely mystifying embers falling thickly from the night sky, softly clinking against windows and skylight, waking us..

BifRayRock Mar 27, 2015 1:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 6966189)
On the maps, I think the "aviation fields" marked on the "Sherman" map are the numbers "3" and "1" marked on the "Lost & Forgotten airfields" map. Number 1 is marked as "Rogers" which was at Fairfax and Wilshire, and so directly north of that would be #3, listed as Lincoln Airlines. The road to the right of them, not named on the Sherman map, would be Fairfax (it was originally called Crescent and I don't know when the name changed). I don't know why the area is called "Lincoln Airlines" on the map, but the photos below have the area designated as "Mercury Aviation Field" which is not listed on the map. (Perhaps Lincoln Airlines flew out of Mercury Aviation Field.)

http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...tion_Field.jpgDWP - LA Public Library Image Archive

(1920's) - View of the original Mercury Aviation Field located on the southwest corner of Fairfax Avenue and Melrose Avenue, across the street from where Fairfax High School stands today.

http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...re_Fairfax.jpgUSC Digital Library

(1920s) - Aerial view of the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue looking north during an aviation fair. Automobiles are parked off the roads at the fringes of the open fields that skirt them. Oil fields are visible along with mountains in the background, while at center, people crowd around a collection of airplanes that are situated next to small vendor booths. In a field in the left background, a building shows a sign which reads "Mercury Aviation Company".

Historical Notes

Cecil B. DeMille founded the Mercury Aviation Company (aka Mercury Air Lines ) in 1919. Mercury was the first American airlines to carry air freight and passengers commercially on regularly scheduled runs. It scheduled service to Santa Catalina Island and San Diego, later San Francisco, with Junker-Larsen JL-6 monoplanes. Inaugurated five months before KLM began operations in Europe. (Aerofiles - US Aviation Firsts)

http://waterandpower.org/Historical_...igh_School.jpgLA Public Library Image Archive

(1927) - Aerial view looking southeast of Fairfax High School located on the southeast corner of Fairfax and Melrose Avenues. Mercury Aviation Airfield occupied the land in the lower-right of photo in the early 1920s. (see above photo).







Thank you Martin.


Much has been written about the history and location of various LA landing strips, some of it is well documented and some not-so-well documented (pre-1920s). Our usual sources are, for the most part, very good, but there have been instances of mislabeled dates and locations, even when some of that info is obvious by looking at the image. And despite efforts to make maps accurate, they are not always error free and reliable. I mentioned De Mille (aka Mercury) operated three fields. One source interjects a possible fourth, at Wilshire and La Cienega. Since that same article omits the Wilshire Fairfax location, it is likely that La Cienega has been confused with Fairfax.
"Mercury did have regular flights and even their own airfields, one at the corner of Wilshire and La Cienega, another at Melrose and Fairfax and a third up in Pasadena. Ironically, had De Mille and his investors held on to their landing fields just a few more years, they would have stood to have made a fortune, not necessarily in air travel, but in the land upon which the fields sat." https://paradiseleased.wordpress.com...rivate-planes/
In the case of the '24 Auto club map, I see the box under Sherman presumably demarcating an airfield as being on the west side of what is now Fairfax and Melrose. Per one source (see below) this Melrose "field" was short lived and gone by 1918 and moved to the NW corner of Fairfax and Wilshire for perhaps three more years. I can't locate it at the moment, but I recall reading an early flier's description of an airstrip opposite the Gilmore property - i.e., west of Fairfax (formerly Crescent). This seems to agree with the Auto Club map. If the Melrose strip terminated in 1918, the Auto Club Map was out of date or contains wishful thinking.

Pictures abound with Mercury-labeled buildings and aircraft. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8683 and in light of most of the documentation, I tend to believe the majority are from the Wilshire-Fairfax location. However, it would have been easy for an aircraft to land and take off from any convenient strip, whether by intention, with or without permission, or mistake. As best I can tell, these so-called airports were mostly unimproved pasture land. Early directories understandably list few, if any of air strips. It's not even clear that most fields were electrified or that they had phones or control towers until the late '20s. Considering the local lore of Fairfax, much of the area was dairy land, which was more likely to have a telephone listing than a fledgling industry that was undoubtedly hampered by imperfect mechanicals, iffy navigation, unpredictable weather and a dearth of brave and monied customers.


I wish there was more information regarding the ('28 or later) airports map since without addresses or coordinates, it is unclear who it was targeted toward. (Is there any indication of the Ince or Venice airstrip since we have seen NLA pictures of those locations? :no:) One source (below) has the Lincoln Airlines as closer to number "43" rather than "3" - which was further east of Fairfax. Crenshaw? Western? Sperl Angeles Mesa Dr.? Another source indicates "Lincoln Airport" was presumably located at or near "Angeles Mesa" in 1931. (Mines Field) This would have been many years after Rogers (at Fairfax and Wilshire) disappeared. It is uncertain whether the "Lincoln" airport or airlines refers to the air service started by Ford-Lincoln dealer, Jack Maddux. Anecdotally, Lincoln was probably his baby. We do know that Maddux's service started in '27 and as sources mention him using Rogers field, it is fair to say they mean the Rogers' location at or near Mines field and not long-gone Wilshire and Fairfax. As pictured here, http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=23765 Maddux's airline employed "Ford" Tri-motors.


Here is Maddux's Tri-Motors fleet parked at Mines Field in '29.
http://waterandpower.org/Historical%...Mines_1929.jpg

Maddux eventually moved his operation from the Rogers/Mines location to Glendale. http://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...postcount=8684


Maddux Lincoln Beverly Hills Dealership 9280 Wilshire Blvd.
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Previously relied upon airport documentation:
"Lincoln Airlines Los Angeles [-?-] (pre-1931-19??) = Angeles Mesa Dr. Between PAT and Sperl." http://www.aerofiles.com/airports-CA.html


"DeMille Field #1 aka Mercury Aviation Field Los Angeles [34-05-00 118-21-42] (1917-1918) 1917 = (C) Established on SW corner Melrose Ave & Crescent Ave (now Fairfax Ave). Film director Cecil B DeMille learned to fly during WW1 at a pasture airport that would later become Clover Field, and was awaiting induction into the Air Service when the Armistice came. His interest in aviation led him to establish this airport in 1917, on what is now the Miracle Mile, as well as others and to found his Mercury Aviation Co. Flight training, passenger service to SF. 1918 = DeMille holdings moved to DeMille #2.
DeMille Field #2 Los Angeles [34-03-49 118-21-44] (1918-1921) 1918 = (C) NW of corner Wilshire Blvd & Crescent Ave (now Fairfax Ave); elev: 250; 1800'x500' dirt field. 1921 = Property and holdings sold, renamed Rogers #1.
DeMille Field #3 Altadena [-?-] (1919-1921) Present site of Altadena Country Club. Used by DeMille as base for fire patrol of local mountains, as well as a seldom-utilized station for his Mercury Air Lines. Mention found of DeMille planning "his third field" in Glendale, W of Central Ave at W Mountain St ([34-10-00 118-15-26]), but no info about anything so developed."http://www.aerofiles.com/airports-CA.html


"Rogers #1 Los Angeles [34-03-49 118-21-44] (1921-1923) 1921 = Was DeMille Field #2, NW of corner Wilshire Blvd & Crescent Ave (now Fairfax Ave). Emory Rogers bought DeMille's holdings in March 1921 and renamed the field. Rogers was killed in crash Nov 1921, but his wife continued operations. 4/12/1923 = Sold for real estate development.
Rogers #2 Los Angeles [34-58 118-10] (1922-1926) 1922 = Was Pacific Aero Corp, (C) 127th St & Western Ave. Merged with Emory Rogers operations. 1923: (C) 6 mi W(?) of Los Angeles, S of oil derricks; elev: 250; 1800'x500' dirt and gravel field with W 1000' compacted rwy.
Rogers #3 Los Angeles [-?-] (1927-1936) 1927 = (C) 39th St & Angeles Mesa Dr (SE of #2). "Emery [sic] Rogers holdings moves from Western Ave." S of American.
Rogers Field [-?-], Pomona (1928-19??). 7/x/28: Dedication ceremonies. 3000'x800' sod field. Calbraith P Rogers, pioneer aviator. INFO NEEDED.
Rogers Western Ave Airport Los Angeles [-?-] (19??-19??) 19?? = (C) Western Ave & El Segundo Blvd. " http://www.aerofiles.com/airports-CA.html

Nearby Fairfax High's beginning in '24 would have likely been a fairly good indicator that airports, although exciting, were probably not welcome in the immediate area. Same logic would seem to apply because of anticipated growth of the Miracle Mile and its skyscrapers. A photo of the Fairfax-Wilshire intersection in 1929 makes it clear that dairy cows and airplanes were on their way out or already out. Note the advertising for "high class income property" It is also interesting to note that the structures at the intersection in 1929 were obviously short-lived as within ten years they were replaced by Simons and the May Co.


1929 - Wilshire looking east from Fairfax (Yes a repost) http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/5684/rec/99
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1938 (Pre-MayCo.)
http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/2...ledeckbusi.jpg


See: http://mail.hostomega.com/showpost.p...&postcount=561 and here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...170279&page=11







tovangar2 Mar 27, 2015 2:23 AM

Thomas Ince / B.H. DeLay
 
1914's Ince Field, the West Coast's first official airport has come up before. It was on a triangle of land between Venice, Abbott Kinney and Washington Way, although some accounts say it extended south to Mildred. Film-maker Thomas Ince founded it to further his movie-making activities in partnership with Abbott Kinney who used the stunt pilots to attract crowds for his Venice subdivision:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-h...70703%2BPM.jpg
goinwith.com

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-k...73448%2BPM.jpg
google maps

The airport was renamed DeLay Field in 1920 after the airport manager who bought it. Lack of empty land made expansion impossible. It closed in 1923.

The owner, B.H. Delay, also died in 1923 while performing for thousands of people. It was said that a rival had sabotaged his plane:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-c...64132%2BPM.jpg
wikipedia

I love our early airfields and am really enjoying all the knowledgeable posts. I'm trying to soak up more technical info, rather than just concentrating on the personalities, as I'm obviously wont to do.

More from e_r, BRR & Godzilla:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ld#post5920098
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8563
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ld#post5920221

Beaudry Mar 27, 2015 3:50 AM

Colleagues, confederates, and comrades—

This Sunday, from 2-4pm, there's a free event I believe may pique some interest among the fold. Am delivering a lecture on the built environment of Victorian LA, with an eye toward, but not limited to, Romanesque revival.

You have to sign up for it; for all the info click here.

Should I have no idea what I'm talking about, a) there will be lots of pretty pictures, and b) it's in a bar so the cocktails and comestibles will be plentiful, so how bad could it be?

To give you an idea of the forthcoming what-have-you, assorted screengrabs from the Powerpoint:

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8726/...f49e37e759.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8737/...082180d3fd.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7610/...0b2fd103fe.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8738/...fb4a249213.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8724/...153fb1528d.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7641/...588528a5de.jpg https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7282/...f09405b8d1.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8695/...d6b9ab104e.jpg https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8748/...a262ee2753.jpg

C. King Mar 27, 2015 6:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6966413)

So now my question is:
Do any of you rail-fans know about this derailment? Is this why it was decided to put the rail-line below grade?

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If the question has not been answered, the tracks were lowered when the MTA built the Gold Line from Union Station to East Pasadena. It opened in 2003.

Hope that helps,

Casey

HossC Mar 27, 2015 10:16 AM

The recent posts on lost airfields and building fires have been very interesting. Thanks to all the contributors.


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The Royal Viking Motel at 220 S Alvarado Street (west entrance).

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yalViking1.jpg
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yalViking2.jpg
eBay

The signage has changed, and there's a lot of extra fencing, but the building underneath seems relatively unaltered.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...yalViking3.jpg
GSV

As a reminder, 3940dxer posted the picture below last September as part of an excellent collection of photographs of motels with surviving neon signs. It shows the south entrance of the Royal Viking Motel. You can see the full post here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by 3940dxer (Post 6736103)

Royal Viking Motel, 2025 3rd St. (near Alvarado), L.A.

http://wwww.dkse.net/david/Motels/royal_viking.JPG


ethereal_reality Mar 27, 2015 1:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Beaudry (Post 6966873)

This Sunday, from 2-4pm, there's a free event I believe may pique some interest among the fold. Am delivering a lecture on the built environment of Victorian LA,
with an eye toward, but not limited to, Romanesque revival.

You have to sign up for it; for all the info click here.

Good luck with your event Beaudry! If I were in town I'd certainly be there.
Alas, I'll only be there in spirit.

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ethereal_reality Mar 27, 2015 2:47 PM

'mystery' location.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/lsFpoa.jpg

I recently found this in one of my old files. Does anyone know where this is?
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I'm off to Illinois for the weekend. Have fun everyone!

so-cal-bear Mar 27, 2015 3:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6967192)
'mystery' location.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...903/lsFpoa.jpg

I recently found this in one of my old files. Does anyone know where this is?
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I'm off to Illinois for the weekend. Have fun everyone!

Pico Blue line station during construction before it opened in 1990! I lived there during those times. Pico and Flower. Note the Vogue Tires business that has been discussed about here on the South side of Pico on the right.

bighen Mar 27, 2015 3:16 PM

Mystery location
 
So-cal-bear beat me to it; looking south on Flower Street at Pico Blvd with the Expo line tracks near the Staples center.

Wig-Wag Mar 27, 2015 3:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug (Post 6966606)
I don't think they are the same building. The newer building that ER posted is a much smaller scale structure. The people in the old building are tiny compared to the new building.
The new building is somewhat reminiscent of the old one.....but different.

Yes, that crosswalk is like the British Union Jack flag.


CBD, your comment on scale is well taken. However, it makes one wonder why the builders of an all new building would incorporate so many elements of the old one.

I did some research on the original structure in an attempt to discover when and why it was replaced but was unable to turn up anything of importance other than a fire on the third floor a few years after it was built. Damage was limited to $100.00, so that was not the cause.

If I should find myself in Pasadena in the future I will explore the new building to see if there are any traces of the old left.

Cheers,
Jack

Tourmaline Mar 27, 2015 4:12 PM

The convenience of tall ceilings and no wall sockets.




1925 - "Miss Nimmer. [she's plugging an extension cord for her flat-iron into the overhead light.]."

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A trap for the wary.
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CityBoyDoug Mar 27, 2015 4:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wig-Wag (Post 6967310)
CBD, your comment on scale is well taken. However, it makes one wonder why the builders of an all new building would incorporate so many elements of the old one.

I did some research on the original structure in an attempt to discover when and why it was replaced but was unable to turn up anything of importance other than a fire on the third floor a few years after it was built. Damage was limited to $100.00, so that was not the cause.

If I should find myself in Pasadena in the future I will explore the new building to see if there are any traces of the old left.

Cheers,
Jack

Hi Jack:

I guess the new architect was requested to design into it some elements of the old. Its a similar to the Disney tradition. Its all there except its smaller. I know the feeling.

tovangar2 Mar 27, 2015 5:05 PM

Lovely Hoosier cupboard there and a glorious sink Tourmaline, but why two cookers?

P.S. Oh wait, I get it, this is a demonstration kitchen for Edison's famous classes for homemakers

Tourmaline Mar 27, 2015 5:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 5015778)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_zXN_GwdMYMo/TL.../s576/6001.jpgOtis College of Art and Design

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_zXN_GwdMYMo/TL...8/s640/574.jpgOtis College of Art and Design
The end of The Bivouac. A number of different signs were on the lawn over the years,
reflecting the graphics of successive times. It's always interesting to me to be
reminded of what's behind stucco--the Mission Revival here is revealed as stage set.


http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics39/00069415.jpgLAPL


Harrison Gray Otis's house at 2401 Wilshire (which, according to the militaristic world he made for himself, he referred to as "The Bivouac") was given to Los Angeles County "to be used for the advancement of the arts." The County started the Otis Art Institute in 1918. The adjacent E.T. Earl house was acquired by the school at some point; the Otis and Earl houses were two of the three earliest on Wilshire Boulevard, and both were demolished ca. 1957 in order to build a bigger school. As for the folly--I found a footnote in my copy of Privileged Son: Otis Chandler and The Rise and Fall of the L.A. Times Dynasty by Dennis McDougal (an excellent read) which says that the replica of the bombed Times building "had been made from its rubble and stood on the grounds of the General's former home for nearly 40 years" before being broken up, the pieces given to Otis students.

For more in depth coverage, see http://wilshireboulevardhouses.blogs...e-see-our.html



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1898 - The Bivouac is complete.
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1904 - Wilshire at Park View. Nice neighborhood. Quiet with occasional dust.
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"November 28, 1916 - View of The Peristyle, entrance to the Bivouac Art Galleries at Otis Art Institute"
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The good 'ol days (undated)
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Front exterior undated Foliage to keep many gardeners busy.
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Undated serpentine driveway
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Bivouac from the side, undated
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April 1954 - Prior to Bivouac's demolition, a 22 year old time capsule is exhumed. Looking on are Dorothy Jeakins, Los Angeles County Supervisor John Anson Ford, Tyrus Wong and film actress Lucy Marlow.
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Tourmaline Mar 27, 2015 5:47 PM



Off the beaten path.

Sunset Blvd. '50s Probably did not take long for actress Lucy Marlow to hustle a ride.
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It all happened at 5849 Sunset Blvd. ?


Iris Sweets
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1928 - Hotel Iris
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1930 Hotel Eldorado
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A long way from Switzerland

1979 - 5849 Sunset Blvd. - St Moritz Hotel/Apts. (Formerly Hotel Eldorado)
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GaylordWilshire Mar 27, 2015 6:25 PM

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