Originally Posted by MichaelRyerson (Post 6455848)

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/1...d65d6146_o.jpg
The lost foundations of 431 South Grand Avenue, ca.1910

A man test driving the Lansden Electric truck on Grand Avenue in Los Angeles. The electric truck is interesting enough in its own right but here he's passing the abandoned foundation work at 431 S. Grand Avenue which, by this time, had been at this spot for nearly twenty years drawing the ire of the neighbors. Not to worry, the Sherwood is about to go up on this site and these apparently lovely stonework foundations will be reduced to dust. Also of note, still more paving bricks. Peeking up in the background the top of the Engstrum.

Southern California Edison Photographs and Negatives, Huntington Digital Archive

Originally Posted by BifRayRock (Post 5703364)

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 5189585)

Another image of the Rexall on the SE corner of Beverly Blvd. and LA Cienega.

http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5...ybeverlyce.jpg
unknown/possibly ebay


below: Here is the main entrance to the building.
I can't remember if these were Rexall executive offices.......or perhaps medical practices (Cedars-Sinai Hospital is a block west).


http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/5...24rexall1a.jpg




below: The entrance to the Rexall Drug Store was at the rounded nw corner of the bldg.

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/5189/la0524rexall1.jpg

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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 6455756)

I checked through the thread but I didn't find any closer photos of the Zelda, on the SW corner of 4th and Grand, or the Granada, two doors to the south.

First, two pre-Zelda photos of 4th and Grand from March 1890. It looks to me like the same people wearing the same clothes are in both photos, although the angle of the roof on that little building (house?) certainly looks different. The first photo looks south, and the other sort of northwest:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original
Huntington Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/14808/rec/2

Across the street is the top of the Brunson Mansion at the NW corner of 4th and Grand:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...e.jpg~original
Huntington Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/2895/rec/3

The Brunson Mansion, c. 1880-96:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original
USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...d/2443/rec/113

Here's the 1921 Baist map of the area (the Engstrum was originally the Westonia?). There appears to be a 12-foot-wide alley, or at least right-of-way, between Grand and Hope, north of 5th for most of the block:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original
HistoricMapWorks -- http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19413/Plate+007/

Here is a 1930 view of the roughly the same area as the Baist map. The Edison building is being built on the right edge of the photo; we see the side and rear of the Granada and the Zelda to the left of the steel framework. Just above the framework on the SE corner of 4th and Grand is the L. J. Rose Mansion. The Rubaiyat on Hope Street is a bit unusual with its many large windows and shutters. Note the garage on Hope (3rd building up from the corner); it looks a little low, although I guess there's an entrance there but maybe the alley in back was used also:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...5.jpg~original
USC Digital Library -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/71421/rec/1

That garage was replaced by the Edison Annex, seen here in April 1931:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...9.jpg~original
Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/27111/rec/2

And now, without further ado, here's Zelda!
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original
Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single...id/12564/rec/3

The Granada (both Zelda and Granada photos taken April 19, 1912):
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...4.jpg~original
Huntington Digital Library -- http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/single.../12566/rec/139

gsjansen posted a different photo of the Brunson, a photo of the Rose, and photos of other mansions nearby, here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=1619

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire (Post 6456561)

:previous:

http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics19/00019003.jpgLAPL

Originally Posted by alanlutz (Post 6447971)

We are nearly at 1000 pages!!! In honor of that and all the fantastic work that has gone into this NLA Forum, I propose a meetup in L.A. for any who can make it. I plan to be downtown on Feb 23 and I know the LA Central Library is now open 1-5 on Sundays. Anyone know the digital archivist there and maybe we can plan something fun with viewing some sources or just chat and share. There is a small restaurant with a back room that also might be a great place for a meetup. I do realize that many of the greatest fans of this site are spread all over the U.S. (World) but if any are local, it might be quite the treat to match some faces with monikers. So as to save the chatter on this forum for discussing the photos de jour, email me if you're interested. If this is too short notice maybe suggest another date. alutz51@hotmail.com. but also please feel free to respond here if appropriate. Alan

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 6454275)

I found these two interesting, but somewhat confusing construction postcards a while back.

1911
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/811/7x3f.jpgebay

detail/Margaret Illington?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/268/avbb.jpg

I googled a bit and found out there is a Brownstein Building at 722 S. Los Angeles Street built 1911 and a Louis Stores Building next door
at 724 S. Los Angeles Street built 1912. (both were designed by Arthur Angel)

Are these the buildings in the postcards, or did Brownstein-Louis Co. have a factory down in Vernon or some other locale?

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/850/njb8.jpg
http://www.you-are-here.com/downtown/brownstein.html
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Originally Posted by Chuckaluck (Post 6456896)

Originally Posted by Chuckaluck (Post 6456896)

Bunker Hill holdout on Fremont Ave
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...58L39NM8XA.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...58L39NM8XA.jpg

Originally Posted by alanlutz (Post 6457198)

I did finally get one reply from Rick M to meet up at LA Central Library Sunday Feb 23. We're planning to meet at 1:30 at the top of the main escalators. Please send reply to above email if any others would like to join in. Congrats E_R to the great forum you have built and continued to monitor.

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge (Post 6457210)

I think Brownstein-Louis just had 716-22 S. Los Angeles. This portion of the 1914 Baist Map (west is at the top) shows the block bounded by 8th and 7th Streets on the left and right, and Los Angeles and Maple on the top and bottom, with Santee dead-ending just north of 8th. You can see the same relationship of the two B-L buildings -- parcels D and K -- shown in the postcard above:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...8.jpg~original
HistoricMapworks: -- http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/19056/Plate+001/