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Born in 43 at Queen of Angels, lived in Silverlake and Sunset area till going in the Navy. Got out and eventually married and moved to Glendale then La Crescenta. Now in Ojai. I remember street cars to downtown and Hollywood (Red Cars) occasionally rode a yellow car or two. Bike riding to P.O.P. and theaters in Hollywood. Loved the old buildings downtown that are no longer there. Give me old L.A. any day.....
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? It was Temple Community Hospital, it closed in 2014. I've seen a couple of posts about it here. It's slated to be torn down and they're planning on building apartments on the site. |
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I remember the "noirish L.A." as a kid and it didn't seem noirish at the time. All colors & everything, like today. Just more smog and more old cars running around and new cars with big tail fins and more big propeller planes in the sky and ladies with pony tails and black and white shoes and Ike ran things when he wasn't golfing. Now more men wear pony tails than women. |
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Yeah, I saw it many times. It stood until I was 17. The oil derrick spire spelled out "Richfield", lit up. There was a lit globe at the top. I don't remember a geyser of oil or anything animated. It was nice. The building was dark brown or black with gold. Black gold, oil. It all worked. I'm sorry you never saw it, but you do have a picture of it by your name. But that means you are younger than me, so that is good. Please post a pic of the spire at night so people know what they are missing. |
Born at Huntington Memorial in 1960, third generation Pasadenan, lived there until 1990. Travelled a lot but have always called So Cal home. It's in my bones! And nothing as dramatic CBD's harrowing tale! Everything noirish stayed behind the curtains in my world.
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Born in Santa Monica at St. John's in 1982. Grew up in the Pico and Fairfax area, and moved to South Pasadena during college, and now living in Hermosa Beach. I'd move back to the west la in a heart beat!
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Too-pointed criticisms of changes to Los Angeles over the past fifty years tend to generate controversy in these pages, so I will avoid them. But I can't help expressing sadness at the current drive to turn every city center in the county into another Manhattan. That includes Pasadena, where there is an ongoing campaign to disrupt the flow of traffic. This represents to me a wilful destruction of our area's distinctive low-density, decentralized, mobile character. Yes, change is inevitable. But in this county, it has become senselessly pursued as a civic virtue. That, it is not. Change should be evolutionary, not compulsory. |
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And here's the Richfield Tower at night... https://i.imgur.com/HRtVtNy.jpgLINK Note the aviation beacon - the highest in the city! Even higher than City Hall! https://i.imgur.com/eqpViFi.jpgLINK https://i.imgur.com/EWrrgfc.jpgLINK https://i.imgur.com/uuNvzwh.jpgeBay https://i.imgur.com/rP68D6j.jpgLINK https://i.imgur.com/Tq0Mpbq.jpgLINK https://i.imgur.com/8XVZObk.pngLINK |
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Anyone know anything about this? Someone posted this comment on a short blog entry about the Richfield Building: "Didn't the color of the tower beacon light indicate the weather forecast?" No one answered it. :shrug: _________________ https://i2.wp.com/martinturnbull.com...rary-1950s.jpg |
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An absolutely er...fantastic story. I'm a tad confused though. Is the house in the picture in Los Angeles or San Gabriel? You say it's still standing--where? I'd like to GSV it. And what happened to your sister? Or is she "Gleam"? Here's your post from July 7, 2014: Quote:
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Needed to start my life over--went up to Berkeley for 6 years, which were great, but--though it was like pulling teeth because I really liked the Bay Area--I came back to LA in 1958, simply because this was where the jobs were. Got a gig in the movie business and worked in it for forty-five years or so. Retired ten years ago, but I still keep my hand in. I've read all the posted criticisms of present-day LA, and there's plenty of truth in them. We 've lived in Santa Monica for the last forty years or so, and we only go downtown on weekends, when the traffic allows (to, among other places, La Azteca on East Caesar Chavez for the outstanding chili rellieno burritos). Still, adding it all up, plus and minus, I love LA. Always have. And I love this site. |
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Walter Reed & NHHS were excellent schools. Still rank academically at the top in L.A. area. Do you remember Mr. Wolf the history teacher at NHHS? A character & humorist& excellent teacher. Later he retired to Vermont & set up a bed & breakfast inn with his wife like that Bob Newhart TV show. He passed a few years ago. Was Mr. Corbin the physics teacher still there? Probably not, he was probably over 55 when I went there. Also a good teacher. |
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Scott Charles, thanks for the collection of Richfield building photos. What an architectural gem it was. Truly an irreplaceable loss.
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I have never heard that. But of course until just a few years ago I didn't know about the Lindberg Beacon either. Would like to know if this is correct. |
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