Originally Posted by riichkay (Post 9964431)

Martin Pal, the Ruscha photos have been difficult to work with, the Getty could have done a better job in collating the images....I have been where you are, scrolling endlessly trying to get into a given neighborhood or to an address.

However, in finding the Cameo Room yesterday I tried something different, and it worked....when you go into the collection there is a search box, I simply entered "5061" (street number for The Cameo), that's all....I did not add the street name.....that search got me to the Sunset/Normandie corner, or just off of it...the various Ruscha years came up, I generally want the oldest images which in this case was '65, so I clicked on that one....I had to do some nominal scrolling easterly but the initial image was very close to 5061.
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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9960495)

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You're right, Martin, I do love tunnels... In fact I'm in one now.


The only tunnel I've heard about that is in the immediately area is/was between the Knickbocker Hotel and the El Capitan Theater on Vine Street.

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Find me that tunnel, plebes! :superwhip








P.S. I'm not really in a tunnel.

Originally Posted by HenryHuntington (Post 9962562)

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Can confirm, e-r. Robert C. Post's Street Railways and the Growth of Los Angeles shows a (different) photograph of this building at 22nd & Central and positively IDs it as the LA&V car barn.

Post adds some color...

"Then came the Los Angeles & Vernon Street Railway, a five-mile standard gauge horse railway running for most of its length on Central Avenue and connecting with the Santa Fe's Ballona branch at Green Meadow Road (Slauson Avenue), beyond the city's southeastern outskirts. Among this company's founders in 1887 had been the architect E.F. Kysor and John D. Bicknell, an attorney prominent in the affairs of the Pacific Railway."

Post then goes on to describe how the LA&V became one of the pieces of the street railway consolidation wars that would last into the early 20th Century.

Originally Posted by jhuxld (Post 9965373)

I worked in this building (Hollywood Playhouse, WPA Theatre, El Capitan, NBC, ABC, Hollywood Palace, Merv Griffin, The Palace, Avalon for 15 years as Production Manager and Archivist. I have been in every nook and cranny of this place. Aware of the rumour, of a tunnel connecting to The Knickerbocker, I searched all over the basement and blueprints — sorry to say — there was and is no tunnel.
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Originally Posted by jhuxld (Post 9965983)

I was (and still do for myself) archiving the of the building — who, what, and when — performances, appearances, plays, shows, ghosts, etc. Here's some tidbits: When opened originally as a legit theatre for plays and Broadway theatre, one of the original plays was RUR. A Russian sci-fi that introduced the concept of robots to the general culture. Ken Murray's Blackouts was a throwback vaudeville/music hall variety show that ran from 1942 to 1949. 7 years, 2 months, and 3 days the show ran, it played 3,844 performances, entertained 4,693,524 patrons, employed 1,456 people, and helped launch more that 100 performers to stardom. It was the longest running variety revue in the history of American theater. When ABC converted the theatre to color broadcasting in the early '60's, it was the first full color tv studio in the world. The venue in total since opening has featured nearly 5000 stars and performers from Theatre, Radio, Television, Music, Politics,and Art. Many, unknowns when they first appeared, went on to huge recognition and success

Originally Posted by Noir_Noir (Post 9966126)

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Originally Posted by jhuxld (Post 9965983)

I was (and still do for myself) archiving the of the building — who, what, and when — performances, appearances, plays, shows, ghosts, etc. Here's some tidbits: When opened originally as a legit theatre for plays and Broadway theatre, one of the original plays was RUR. A Russian sci-fi that introduced the concept of robots to the general culture. Ken Murray's Blackouts was a throwback vaudeville/music hall variety show that ran from 1942 to 1949. 7 years, 2 months, and 3 days the show ran, it played 3,844 performances, entertained 4,693,524 patrons, employed 1,456 people, and helped launch more that 100 performers to stardom. It was the longest running variety revue in the history of American theater. When ABC converted the theatre to color broadcasting in the early '60's, it was the first full color tv studio in the world. The venue in total since opening has featured nearly 5000 stars and performers from Theatre, Radio, Television, Music, Politics, and Art. Many, unknowns when they first appeared, went on to huge recognition and success

Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 8252999)

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In March of 1953, NBC aired a special 100th episode of the Colgate Comedy Hour.

Bud Abbott & Lou Costello, Eddie Cantor and Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis appeared on the telecast. They were all revolving hosts of the weekly show at the time, along with Bob Hope and Donald O'Connor who appeared from New York City. The following is some great home movie footage of the Hollywood talent, arriving for rehearsals at the El Capitan.

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9966065)

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It was originally known as the E.R. Mauzy English Village Shops.

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"Unfortunately for Mauzy, his development did not provide enough square footage for his tenants to sustain their businesses. And one look at the drive-in parking court invokes nightmares of stacked parking; waiting to drive out while the owner of the car ahead is getting a hair cut. The English Village Shops, while innovative, were ultimately a failure as both a building and business model. It did not survive a decade."


But guess what noirishers....Part of it did survive!


"Mauzy's complex, built in 1924, was named The English Village Shops and included both stores along Sunset and a grouping of apartments behind. All that remains of it today is a cluster of cottages with lushly planted walkways and courts along Harratt Street."


Here's an aerial view.

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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality (Post 9966065)

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It was originally known as the E.R. Mauzy English Village Shops.

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"Mauzy's complex, built in 1924, was named The English Village Shops and included both stores along Sunset and a grouping of apartments behind. All that remains of it today is a cluster of cottages with lushly planted walkways and courts along Harratt Street."


Here's an aerial view.

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Along Larrabee you get a glimpse of a bungalow or two.

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Originally Posted by HossC (Post 9967147)