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I came across the following two photograph while searching for additional images of the BofA with it's original brick pylon. The photo below show three of the buildings HossC spoke of in his earlier post....The Thrifty....the Panorama Market (now a Food Giant)....and the Bank of America and KKK members. :( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...540/R9iGQv.jpg http://digital-library.csun.edu/cdm/.../id/2531/rec/5 Here are the complete photographs. (both are dated Sept. 15, 1966) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/A3CTSg.jpg http://digital-library.csun.edu/cdm/.../id/2531/rec/5 http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...910/7zb0C2.jpg http://digital-library.csun.edu/cdm/.../id/2531/rec/5 :previous: note the business man throwing some sort of liquid at the racists in the bed of the pickup truck. _____ detail / Panorama Market (with the huge pylon under construction)....or perhaps being refitted into the less graceful Food Giant sign/pylon (see below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...911/pyniys.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=30534 ...and as a Food Giant Supermarket. (viewed from the opposite direction) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/0kvp8P.jpg eBay HossC's earlier post is here: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=30534 __ |
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For anyone who missed the recent viral video, you can see it here. Ironically, the YouTube viewing code for this video contains three Ks together! |
:previous: I didn't know what you meant until I watched the video.
What a perfect response to their rally! -the incidental music made them look like lumbering idiots. __ |
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I knew Johnny or "Unca John" as he told me to call him. Its funny how so many of the LA musicians were connected in some way or another. One of my best childhood memories is riding my bike and hearing a neighbor from down the street saying "Charles you better get home,your dad is lookin for you" ..so i rush home, and we had a slight slope to our drive and i would skid in around the corner..well this time i skidded in and almost hit these two 1954 Mercedes Benz! I was thinking to my 12 year old self who the hell would park these old cars in my way...Well i go upstairs and sitting in our living room is Etta James and James Ingram..Etta acted like she knew me (she had known my dad since the 50s) and i got a big wet kiss from her, James was my dad piano player and he was over all the time so it wasnt a big to do..but the reason why my dad was looking for me was to show me the cars..both had been restored and Etta and James were just comparing each car...I got to sit in them both. But i never forgave them for almost making me scratch their cars! |
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The others you list are interesting candidates. |
Since HossC's post on the Panorama City BofA on Van Nuys I've been driving the google-mobile around in area. I was just about to give up (on finding anything interesting)
when I came across this building a block south of the BofA, also on Van Nuys Blvd. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...661/SmLRD6.jpg gsv http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/IuJgao.jpg gsv side view / facing Titus street http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/LLcgvY.jpg gsv I've been trying to picture it painted mid-century white. ;) It would look sooo much better. ____ Using the street address I found out the building was designed by architect W.A. Sarmiento in an 'Organic Modern' style to house the Great Western Savings bank. It was completed in 1957, to provide banking services to the Kaiser Community Homes' postwar Panorama City development. "Sarmiento's design for the Panorama bank reflects his belief that art and architecture should be intertwined, looking as much like sculpture as a building. Two gently arching beams criss-cross the top of the dome shaped building and return to anchor it to earth with low piers of scored concrete." "Narrow vertical elements divide the large windows of one façade into columns of glass, while the other main façade (facing Van Nuys Blvd) is fully glazed. An amazing stainless steel staircase curves through the building's interior, with floating steps cantilevered from a single main beam." :previous: Note to self: find photograph of the interior. https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/panorama-bank __ After numerous google searches, I finally found a vintage photograph of the building in 1957. (although the sign says Van Nuys Savings instead of Great Western Savings) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...538/r6cC6W.jpg http://www.charlesphoenix.com/ :previous: Note the fantastical front entrance/awning and supports. They are missing now :( __ When I first came across Mr. Sarmiento's bank building my google-street-view was accidentally set on 2011. Much to my dismay, in the more recent (2014) street view the building has been repainted with garish circus colors. aargh! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/lqAzx2.jpg gsv http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/0T9VsV.jpg gsv here's the back. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...540/OvLtZJ.jpg gsv And finally, an aerial showing the criss-crossed beams. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...912/XF94X0.jpg google_earth __ |
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The old bank was painted in the more pleasing white color scheme in 2002, as can be seen in this screengrab I found from a movie called Stealing Harvard. I've never seen the movie, so I don't know if the interior was featured. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ingHarvard.jpg filming.90210locations.info |
A fabulous bit of mid-century modern architecture. Thanks. You never know what treasures are lying around the next corner.
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Sarmiento Great Western Savings, Panorama City
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LATblogs Check out that porch awning. I wonder if it was actually built? |
:previous: Which porch awning are you referring to t2?
Do you mean the area I've circled in red? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...540/MYOcPF.jpg If so, it was built......but eventually discarded :( (I thought you might have overlooked in the earlier post) __ |
Greetings y'all—
Have we ever seen a proper photo of the Tanner Gray Line at Third and Boylston? I seem to remember one but I've searched and searched to no avail. Specifically, I want to know what that neon says. It can be seen in the distance when Seymour and Leonora are at the benches in Little Shop of Horrors; it's seen again when Ben and Liz are at the benches in Angel's Flight: the top part of the neon is static, the bottom line of script blinks on and off. I'm thinking the first two words are "sightseeing" and "limousines" but who knows. You know, this one: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/579/2...386f0fc7_o.pngfrom those 1955 blimp aerials at usc https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5781/...e9046d4a_o.pngyoutube |
This is a complete shot in the dark Beaudry, but could it be advertising their popular "Los Angeles Nite Club Tour"?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/dRA7nk.jpg eBay http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/r5TEnB.jpg usc / detail :previous: Off topic: Note the roof-top 'Huntley' sign. (u know I have a fetish for roof-top signs ;)) ___ |
Or could the flashing neon be spelling out something more vague, like "Seeing Los Angeles"?
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...538/AxjKmK.jpg eBay "Seeing Los Angeles" pamphlet http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/910/eydJjW.jpg eBay I love this graphic.(so of course I had to see it humongous) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...537/qv0HTn.jpg OK, I need to go re-watch "Little Shop Of Horrors" now :), and leave y'all alone. __ |
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I spent so much time looking at the whiteness of the building....I just now noticed all those handicapped parking spots. I guess it has something to do with the "Homespital".;) __ |
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Julie Newmar was indeed a minor starlet at MGM in 1954 when she made "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," although I wouldn't know what kind of contract she had with the studio. (She also danced in "The Bandwagon" at MGM in 1953). I'm just saying she would have been around the lot at the time the group photo was taken and looks similar - in my opinion - to "No. 12." While the actors of "Deep in My Heart" somewhat dominate the photo, there are plenty of actors shown who were not in that movie and were making other pictures at the time. - Jeff Richards, Van Johnson, George Raft, Elizabeth Taylor, Esther Williams etc. |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/l2trdU.jpg Julie Newmar-Kodachrome slide 1950s? or 60? / old file of mine __ |
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Seymour's mother lived in the Rochester at 1012 West Temple Street. It was previously identified by rick m in a follow-up to westcork's pictures of the Rochester in post #10401. NB. I had to merge two grabs to get this image. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original RSS Pictures Most of the external shots of store fronts were filmed on the 200 block of East 5th Street. Here's a quick montage. From the City Directories, these are some of the businesses that are visible. 211½ Doane Hotel 213 Natl Security Loan 237 Plantation Club 239 Earl Roy Hotel 243 Pioneer Cafe 243½ Good News Mission 257½ Double A Cafe http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original RSS Pictures The top station of Angel's Flight makes a brief appearance. For comparison, e_r posted a 1960 picture of the station in post 1327. Post 1326 by GW has a link to a site which has collected appearances of Angel's Flight in movies, including a color still of the scene below. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original RSS Pictures Near the end of the movie, we see this higher view from a little further along East 5th Street. On the left is the Hotel Panama at 403 East 5th Street. You can read more about that in post 10224 by GW. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original RSS Pictures |
:previous: Excellent screen-grabs Hoss! Thanks for posting them.
-what building is the 'Skid Row Seminary' sign painted on? I drove the google-mobile down 5th and couldn't located it. I guess the building is gone. __ |
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