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Having grown up about two miles from Dana Point, I can safely assure you that there were neither golden nor blue lanterns to my recollection except as street names. Kind of a bummer, I know.
Wonder if I have any photos of the area from my time there? Will have to rummage around sometime. |
:previous: Start rummaging Matt. :)
__ I just now came across this excellent photograph/postcard on ebay. 'mystery' church, "recently erected" Los Angeles, 1913. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/909/Z37aD2.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOS-ANGELES-...item1ea48fa671 Do you think the school next door was a public school or parochial? reverse http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...901/hzIxW8.jpg |
Here's another interesting photograph; this time a rare amateur snapshot...
but I can't make out the 2nd word (the one after A) "A ______ at M.G.M. Studio Playing cards to pass time in 1939." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/mhGg3k.jpg eBay If I remember correctly, the seller thought the women were movie extras. __ I found a Addie Harden in the 1940 Los Angeles census. She lived at 1601 East Santa Barbara Street, and was 25 yrs. old in 1939. She was born in Alabama. http://www.ancestry.com/1940-census/...-Harden_2jg9x9 |
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Cheers, Earl |
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So many amazing, never-before-seen photos of Los Angeles in this collection. It's a real pity the image sizes are so small. |
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The Rossiter was just sufficiently upscale to have one of those small, old-fashioned elevators like the one in the Bradbury Building, only a little bigger. And it completely terrified me. Fast-forward 20 years, and I'd mostly outgrown the phobia, only to spend an evening watching the movie Hotel at the Garfield Theater in Alhambra. For those unfamiliar with the the film's setting, it's a vintage hostelry in New Orleans. And, of course, the climactic scene is the dropping of one of their elevators (from the same era as the Rossiter's). I actually liked the movie overall, but that scene bought me another couple of decades of funny tummy every time I boarded an elevator in a tallish building - which I did frequently. Of greater interest here might be the Rossiter itself, which I believe was torn down ca.1960. My somewhat cursory searches for photos or other documentation have come up empty, but I imagine that it'd be a fairly interesting example of the L.A. apartment-hotel genre that we've enjoyed viewing here every so often. That address currently is occupied by the San Luis Apartments complex: http://www.gslsanlucas.com/ By the way, CBD, I spent many an enjoyable Saturday afternoon rummaging through Acres of Books. I'm just happy that the Newport-Inglewood fault remained inactive all those times, or I might've been buried in the resultant avalanche. Then again, what a way to go! :) |
Long Beach: L'Opera and Ocean Center Building
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Coincidentally, I Am Not A Stalker had a new post today on L'Opera. It's here. The restaurant has been open 25 years. The Ocean Center Building is another by Raymond Kennedy of Meyer and Holler. Kennedy also did the Chinese Theater and the International Mart/ Mode O'Day Building. The Ocean Center Building was included in a post here. Originally built on the shoreline, the building is now quite a way inland. It's to be rehabbed into a boutique hotel and condos. Maybe the rehabbers will replace the lantern: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-a...0%252520PM.jpg lb heritage |
Hey folks, quick update on my recent LA trip photo pool.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/maxwel...57658288236559 will get you to the whole shebang. I'm pretty bad at labelling things, by the by, but most of what's there now is in the Jewelry District and along Broadway/Hill. Some Marina Del Rey and Culver City as well. More will come in as time allows. In the meantime, enjoy the dawn light on the Eastern Columbia Building on 9/12/15 https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5830/...492d5d39_c.jpgL1270581x.JPG by Matt Maxwell, on Flickr |
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Is this what you remember Casey?
Foucault Pendulum video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey12aoF4JOc _ |
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That's it!! Looks by the date of the vid, it was just recently. Casey |
Griffith Observatory Foucault Pendulum
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I think the photos must have been taken during the short time the Foucault Pendulum was removed to upgrade the mechanics. One couldn't have gotten that straight-up, overhead view of the murals when the pendulum was in place Don't worry, it's there now. Griffith Observatory Foucault Pendulum More info here The Observatory was my favorite school field trip. We were taken there two or three times over the years, maybe more. My kids love the place. |
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Again, here it is on N. Lake on the 1950 Sanborn: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...d.jpg~original LAPL It was originally at 622 to 624-1/2 S. Alvarado, and it had a twin, 626 to 628-1/2 S. Alvarado: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...n.jpg~original 1906 Sanborn @ LAPL The permit to move 622 to 624-1/2 S. Alvarado to 446 to 448-1/2 N. Lake is dated September 4, 1924: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...l.jpg~original LADBS 626 to 628-1/2 S. Alvarado was not so fortunate. It was moved to 262-264-1/2 S. Lake in early 1925, near St. Vincent's Hospital. The building was apparently a victim of hospital expansion. Its demo permit is dated December 7, 1950: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...7.jpg~original Googlemap * Well, it was there when I posted, but shortly after that all the images in er's original post disappeared, on my screen at least. Sorry about that. |
:previous: Really!? I had no idea FW!
I am amazed that it once had a twin when it was on Alvardo. Thanks for letting me know. _ |
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Other News: ! ALERT ! - After 9/25/15 9:00PM EST HistoricAerials Map Images will be offline due to upgrades. Thank you for your patience and we be back online soon They're in the process of adding new cities, etc. |
1926 map of Los Angeles
I found this one on - of all unlikely places! - HistoryNYC.com
http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...os-Angeles.jpg |
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USMC Naval Reserve Center
We have discussed the Reserve Center in the past.
Found an album on Flickr, scenes from that fateful day in 1980, in which FF Frank Hotchkin lost his life, when he fell through the roof. Yesterday, September 27th, was the 35th anniversary of the fire. The Fire Department has named this the Frank Hotchkin Memorial Training Center. But, informally, they call it "Frank's Place". https://www.flickr.com/photos/lafdhs...57656909181923 Also, a few articles about the incident from the papers here. Scroll down to FF Hotchkin http://lafire.com/lastalarm_file/last_alarm-index.htm RIP FF Hotchkin. |
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