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European service - a waiter that insults you in French?
Nice photo, ER. Those suites were very nice and the residents often stayed for years. Some mobsters used them for monthly meetings. I believe that the hotel went into receivership, so somebody probably didn't pay his bill. |
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:previous: Welcome NoirNous, but please, there are Europeans on this thread. I have an EU passport myself in my collection.
I assume "European Service" means the same as European Plan, in which one is charged the room rate only, meals being separate. The American Plan includes meals. But, in this case, I think it just means they will treat you well. |
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Good news! I finally found a photograph of the front side of the building with the Alligator Farm sign on top, and it's quite extravagant looking. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/UVFK49.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Postcard-RPP...item339ef8403f It appears to have a soaring portico with Ionic columns. Pretty nifty for a Alligator Farm wouldn't you say? ___ |
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Krell58, if I might follow your example, I'll climb out on a different limb and guess that we're looking north across Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles between the 20th Century lot and Westwood Blvd. My source for L.A. street lighting options didn't make mention of the fixtures shown in the photo, but the railway right-of-way and ground contour look familiar. I'll now await someone with a pruning saw... |
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The second point is the dash sign on the front of the car, which reads simply "24". PE didn't use route numbers, and LARy's only went as high as "10". The dash signs of both companies featured destinations (and sometimes in PE's case, major stops en route). So IMO, Los Angeles is one of the few places in the U.S. where the photo almost certainly wasn't taken. Of course, that's not much help in terms of discovering the actual location. I need to look at more photos to see if I can come up with a match for a Line 24 designated in that style of lettering. A lot of systems used these cars, so it'll be hard to narrow our focus that way. Hope this helps, however little. |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original eBay ------------- Thanks to tovangar2 and CityBoyDoug for the follow-ups on the "SW" logo. Now we know! |
OK, I need help again pls. I'm batching uscdl photos for corrections/additions and am doing the old Hall of Records ATM.
In this one, is that the tiered landscaping at the County Law Library in the foreground? I'm mystified. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-B...91645%2BAM.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/2737/rec/8 In the photo below, what is the Beelman-looking building on the SW corner of 1st & Broadway? The new federal courthouse is going up there now. https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-z...91400%2BAM.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/2739/rec/6 Thx noirishers :-) |
In this photograph of the Crocker Bank Tower construction, I've been trying to figure out what building is being demolished in the foreground.
As you can see there was a Lincoln Savings next door. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/SdhByB.png http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/9c4z6D.png http://imageshack.com/i/e4constructionabcj It looks like it was a fairly interesting building with arched windows. __ |
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Here's a color picture of the shiny new building in 1960. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eOfCABldg1.jpg Huntington Digital Library And here's a 1967 aerial shot which shows its full size in the lower right corner. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eOfCABldg2.jpg Detail of picture in USC Digital Library I thought I'd add these screengrabs from 'CHiPs'. The first is from the pilot episode, and comes just after Jon and Ponch lose the stolen car they're chasing in DTLA. The State of California Building is on the right. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eOfCABldg3.jpg MGM TV/Rosner TV In the second episode there's another chase through the Civic Center (even though they leave the freeway at the Fairfax Avenue exit). Here's the parking garage of the State of California Building as seen from the entrance of the 2nd Street tunnel. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...eOfCABldg4.jpg MGM TV/Rosner TV The chase ends when they pull over the drunk driver on 2nd Street between Figueroa and the Harbor Freeway. Just for fun I thought I'd include this shot looking south-west from 2nd. The view was completely clear to the far side of 4th Street. It's likely that this episode was filmed in early 1977, so the Westin Bonaventure Hotel on the left would have only been about a year old at the time. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...s2ndStreet.jpg MGM TV/Rosner TV |
Fwiw...
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https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8687/...8ab78db7_o.pngBEL AIR SANDS HOTEL OPENING CHARLES COBURN & WEIBEL WINE eBay |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sityClub10.jpg Huntington Digital Library |
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So this building was the annex to my lamented State of California Building diagonally across the street. I've always been a little annoyed that the current State of California Building is named after Reagan, but considering the former annex's name, I should count my blessings, something I sometimes forget to do. |
I originally planned to post these pictures as a follow-up to my first post on the University Club. For some reason I never uploaded them. It was only when e_r posted the demolition picture earlier that I remembered them. The titles and dates are as they appear at HDL.
University Club. 10/15/65. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rsityClub7.jpg Huntington Digital Library University Club, soon to go. 8/1/67. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rsityClub9.jpg Huntington Digital Library University Club about to go. 9/1/67. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original Huntington Digital Library University Club coming down. 10/1/67. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sityClub10.jpg Huntington Digital Library Wilshire Boulevard and Hope Street. Sept 70 http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sityClub11.jpg Huntington Digital Library And finally, to bring things up-to-date, a Google Streetview image of the same corner. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...sityClub12.jpg GSV |
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Cement is powder, when mixed with water it glues aggregates {sand, rock of various sizes] into a material suitable for all that stuff concrete is good for. If it were just cement and water it would be a. expensive b. not necessarily strong cuz it would shrink and crack, see a. |
The Great Hollywood Hangover - 1960s
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While not LA Noir, have a look at this website - about The Sunset Strip, Hollywood and environs, music and club scene, and people, from the '60s. Fascinating, from the folks who were there, and interesting pictures. Stuff about the Whisky, Pandora's Box, The Trip, Sea Witch, Body Shop, Largo, Classic Cat, Gazzari's, London Fog, etc., and musicians and music industry types, girlfriends, groupies, hangers-on, go-go dancers, strippers, and wannabees. And where-are-they now stuff. You'll recognize lots of names. Great first-hand LA history. http://www.hollywoodhangover.com |
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Thx, I couldn't get around to posting the recipe for concrete, so I'm glad you did. My contractor grandfather couldn't stand people referring to concrete as "cement". I gotta admit though, people do use the terms interchangeably. As long as they're not making the stuff, no harm done. |
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Great slides of the University Club of Los Angeles HossC. I always get it confused with the Athletic Club (of course that one is still standing). _________ below: This 1931 photograph is currently on sale at eBay. I feel I should know this building, but I can't place it at the moment. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/G14Kxc.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOS-ANGELES-...item2345f55a9d reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/c1QsJT.jpg |
I walked past this building practically every day when I lived in West Hollywood & had idea of its colorful past.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...909/fOf9MD.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/uu9G9C.jpg http://lantern.mediahist.org/?f%5Bco...nge_start=1911 Eugene Stark's Bohemian Café 8533 Santa Monica Blvd. here's the building today http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...909/5CNm1t.jpg GSV http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/7nHPy2.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/RcDWpE.jpg http://lantern.mediahist.org/?f%5Bco...nge_start=1911 and lastly. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/hk5hP0.jpg http://lantern.mediahist.org/?f%5Bco...nge_start=1911 for search purposes: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle |
Los Angeles high schools rockabilly....
ER....The Bohemian Cafe looks like it was a cool place.
Back in 1959 Rockabilly singer Tommy Facenda recorded a series of popular songs about local high schools nationwide. Here's his Los Angeles version... to play, click You Tube link: https://youtu.be/aIaGA6k6E5Q http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psvbvkb6kl.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psigi4bhfa.jpg waybackattack |
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