The newly redesigned Theme Building at LAX
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M.V. Jantzen I suppose we'll get used to the new Mayan-Igloo design, the four glass-enclosed staircases, and the glass-atrium dome observation deck under the intersection of the arches, but I think the black snakelike sculptures are in questionable taste. |
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http://imageshack.us/a/img27/3376/aaims.jpg That said, the details on the two giant photos are amazing. If you change it to 21" screen you could still post details from this larger scan as well (like the hotel and other points of interests) by cropping and then posting them along with the complete photo at 1600x1200. Hope that made sense. :) |
More Monrovia
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LAPL/GoogleSV The Mosher House got me interested in Old Monrovia... I hadn't realized that Upton Sinclair (whose book The Jungle is a sure cure for nostalgia) lived in the pretty old burg, in a house similar to the Moshers' and just up the street at 464 N. Myrtle Ave. Its architect is documented as Frederick Wallis-- it seems likely that given the similarities and proximity of the two houses, he might have designed both. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6...2df1087970b-piLos Angeles Times 9-16-1923 Sinclair bought the house in 1943 and lived in it for about 25 years. |
And still more Monrovia...
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Q...2520PM.bmp.jpgCarnegie Libraries of California https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a...negiecolor.jpgCarnegie Libraries of California Sorry, I'm on a roll.... Myrtle Avenue in Monrovia appears to be a treasure trove--I wish I could say that the library above still stands, but it was replaced in 1956. I've always loved Carnegie libraries, especially after seeing the one (also demolished) in Santa Rosa in my one of my favorite movies--even if not set in L.A.--Shadow of a Doubt. I can almost smell the inside of this place. Btw, Los Angeles City had a number of Carnegies, and three still exist, including the Vermont Square library at 48th and Budlong: http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics26/00032568.jpgLAPL |
:previous: I love the Vermont Square Library. It reminds me of a Louis Sullivan design.
So what are they doing in this recent photo? At first I thought they were retrofitting, but the more I look at the photo the more the metal pipes resemble...dare I say....gutters!? Would they really place them like that...as opposed to the corners where gutters are usually placed? http://imageshack.us/a/img534/1294/a...montsquare.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ve...os_Angeles.JPG below: The detailed entrance. http://imageshack.us/a/img12/1374/aa...ontsq1jodi.jpg http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodisum...0844/lightbox/ ____ |
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I did read somewhere that the Vermont Square branch was recently renovated... perhaps it was discovered that a lack of gutters (it doesn't seem to have had any originally) contributed to deterioration of the walls, as it often does (even in Southern California, I guess, where I'd like to imagine it never rains). They do mar the building's looks to a degree... and you're right about the Sullivan look. I hadn't paid enough attention to the detailing. Thanks for pointing that out, e_r. |
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We've covered the many architecturally significant Ralphs here before... I was intrigued by the top left photo, unidentified by the library.... Where was this Ralphs, I wondered? Well, it turns out that just to the right would have been one of the chain's famous Morgan, Walls churrigueresque designs, seen top right. I knew that the lamp looked like the later Hollywood Boulevard design (taller, on the same base), but I was thinking of the store at 5711 Hollywood Blvd as being on a corner... well, piecing that and other things together, such as details of the palms and phone poles, I realize that that Ralphs was in the middle of the block, between Taft and Wilton. The Google view north on Taft doesn't reveal the height of the hills as seen in the ca. 1956 photo, which confused me, but I realize that camera perspectives are tricky. Anyway, a quick cruise up Taft, and eureka... there are those houses, still there on the west side of Taft. Apparently Ralphs took over and tore down the building closer to its Taft corner at some point to make for more for all those beautiful midfifties Chevys and Pontiacs and Buicks.... http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics44/00071527.jpg The low building to the west of Ralphs wasn't there originally, and it seems to have been demolished at some point to provide parking for the grocery store, which Pier 1 and its parking lot now occupy. I'm not sure when the Morgan, Walls building was demolished. Two pics at top, one at bottom: LAPL; others, Google SV |
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Monrovia is home, of course, to the Aztec Hotel, built in 1925, I believe, and was once on the alignment of Route 66. http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics05/00022473.jpg LAPL http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics05/00022474.jpg LAPL http://jpg3.lapl.org/pics05/00022476.jpg LAPL And the 1956 library, that replaced the earlier Carnegie? It too has been replaced, by a much larger library, in 2009. |
:previous: Great sleuthing Gaylord_Wilshire. Nice post sopas_ej (the Aztec Hotel is otherworldly).
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And another odd-shaped fast-food outlet: https://i.imgur.com/YUCQq11.jpg The Donut Hole Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Date not specified. '90s, 2000s? |
Beverly Hills Independence Hall
One elegant Deco building preserved after being threatened with destruction:
The Waterworks Building, completed in 1927. It tapped water from Beverly Hills wells and enabled the wealthy little city to separate its water supply from that of Los Angeles. As a result, the building was humorously referred to as "Beverly Hills Independence Hall." Later it became the library and archives building of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. https://i.imgur.com/P6T8La0.jpg Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Public utility buildings built today sure look utilitarian. I wonder how the city officials could justify the extra cost of such grand buildings back in the 20s, 30s and 40s? |
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So would the pyramid now be filled with the gold mined in the past 80 years? |
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Otto the Tailor, circa 1920, and the building today--6741 Hollywood Blvd. I'll trade some sidewalk stars to bring back some of the building's detail... and the car. Left: The Bruce Torrence Hollywood Photograph Collection; right: Google SV |
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M.V. Jantzen Out with the old...and in with the UGLY! |
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You guys DO realize that that photo was taken while the Theme Building was undergoing restoration, right? It now looks like it's always looked on the outside; I was just at LAX last month, incidentally. Its restoration was completed a while ago. |
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http://imageshack.us/a/img714/7088/b...ater2ladai.jpg I read somewhere the tower was built so the smell of hydrogen sulfide would be released high above the populace. http://imageshack.us/a/img29/8955/be...aterworksb.jpg http://www.lapl.org/ http://imageshack.us/a/img210/328/be...aterworksa.jpg google street view Here is a link to the Academy's Fairbanks Center for Motion Pictures Studies now located in the old Beverly Hills waterworks. http://www.oscars.org/academy/buildings/fairbanks.html |
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