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He designed the new Art Center College of Design - Pasadena, CA A sample of his lasting impression on Los Angeles. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psqgl3ymyq.jpg |
HossC and tovangar2 posted images of the Bank of Italy logo-medallion used in the first half of the 20th Century on buildings that later became Bank of America.
I took photos of bronze panels with the logo on them that I bought from demolition crew of the old B of A building in Riverside, CA which was torn down in the late 70s or early 80s. This photobucket URL should get the images: http://s1380.photobucket.com |
For today's Julius Shulman photoset we're off to the Bank of Encino in Sherman Oaks. This is "Job 2359: Leon Edgar, Bank of Encino (Los Angeles, Calif.), 1957".
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original Here's a better view of the sign. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original I like this unusual exposed staircase at the back. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original And now some interior shots. The first is looking out through the front windows. Note the pointed structure on the right - I'll be returning to it below. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original Looking towards the rear - the external staircase can just be seen at the back. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...5.jpg~original A wider shot of the scene above. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...6.jpg~original The building must've been brand new as there's no furniture behind the counters. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...7.jpg~original Here's the pointed structure from the earlier picture. It was a "Day and Night Deposit" box. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...8.jpg~original All from Getty Research Institute No address was provided in the description, and the pictures only identify it as 14708. The building below at 14708 Ventura Boulevard was the first one I checked out. The property websites give a build date of 1956, but I wasn't convinced ... http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...9.jpg~original GSV ... until I went back to the October 2011 GSV image. Although the building was empty, I was amazed that the original design had survived virtually intact until just a few years ago. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...0.jpg~original GSV The new design has also changed the front third of the side of the building, but the back is pretty much unchanged. This shot's a little blurry because it's at maximum zoom with the Googlemobile parked on Dickens Street. The corner staircase is clearly visible. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original GSV |
Los 5 puntos
By the way(s), in spanish, the name of the shop on the left means "The five points" of this complicated intersection.
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Looks like they're going to do quite a number on that intersection. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...903/KhqGNZ.jpg theeastsiderla ...but I didn't find a reference to the vent-thingy. |
L.A. County Lifeguards [c.1920s]
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http://i1312.photobucket.com/albums/...pscgt9zbzr.jpguscdl This shot is dated in my files as 1908. The teeth along the roofline look right, but the porch seems a bit off, not to mention the distance of the house from Temple Street at foreground. Seems like, in order for it to make sense, it would have to have been moved back at some point, and possibly altered? |
While I was snooping around in the vicinity of Evergreen Cemetery I came across this interesting place. At first glance I thought it was a run-down mansion.
Then I noticed the wide front steps and uniform windows & thought it also had some characteristics of a school. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/blYEOE.png gsv Well it turns out, the building used to be the "Forsyth Memorial School for Girls" "The institution was established in 1914 by the local Presbyterian Church, as a facility to "Americanize" Latinas." -say what!? At the time it was described as "a boarding school for 75 Mexican Girls". rare early lantern slide of the Forsyth School http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...903/dx2ElO.jpg http://boyleheightshistoryblog.blogs...&max-results=9 The 1914 Mission Revival structure was designed by architect Henry M. Patterson, who worked on many regional Presbyterian churches. The Forsyth School for Girls closed it's doors in 1934, a victim of the depression. __ ....and the interesting history doesn't stop there: With the conclusion of the second world war came a new, temporary use for the former Forsyth School for Girls. Reconstituted as the "Evergreen Hostel," the site was utilized for the resettlement of Japanese-Americans sent away to internment camps during the war. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...903/dn0JTa.jpg http://boyleheightshistoryblog.blogs...&max-results=9 :previous: Jun Oyama and two unidentified boys at the Evergreen Hostel, Boyle Heights. The initial capacity of 60-75 was enlarged to over a 100 with furniture used in the internment camps transferred to the facility. It operated for roughly two years. To see additional photos and info. on the Japanese-Americans at the Evergreen Hostel go here: https://atomikaztex.wordpress.com/20...stel-postcard/ More recently, the facility has been known as the Fellowship House of Los Angeles / Union Church of Los Angeles. here's a recent side view. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/MCs7SO.jpg gsv .......and an aerial. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/P6xNk4.jpg google_earth I was surprised by this aerial: I wasn't expecting an interior courtyard. that said, the "courtyard" was probably part of the backyard before that ram-shackled addition was built. I wonder if the "Union Church" owns that empty lot? Special thanks to boyleheightshistoryblog. http://boyleheightshistoryblog.blogs...chool-for.html __ |
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CBD, I think they're referring to the 1928 City Hall.
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-G...1%252520PM.jpg uscdl (detail) full image previously posted by HossC Baist, 1910 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9...8%252520PM.jpg historic mapworks Note the Baist map above shows the commercial building on the Gillette home's east side seemingly further away than in the 1890s photo below (I can't explain that): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q...4%252520PM.jpg uscdl (detail) SE corner Temple and Hill, November 2014 Hall of Records (1961) Richard Neutra and Robert Alexander: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-F...6%252520PM.jpg gsv https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-w...7%252520AM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-0...1%252520AM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A...1%252520AM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-L...5%252520AM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--...1%252520AM.jpg ladbs |
re: "Mae West's Apartments"
Earlier this evening I happened across this exceptional postcard on eBay. At first I thought this was the back side of the Ravenswood Apartments as viewed from Arden Boulevard. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...908/fZ53ja.jpg But after checking google_earth, I realized it's actually a side view taken from Clinton Street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...903/7Bzoud.jpg Believe it or not, back in the day, the lighted Ravenswood sign and the giant revolving "R" (now gone) were visible from Hollywood and Vine. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...911/ZOu0eO.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/21393/rec/1 In case you have bad eyes like me, here's a close-up with some pointers. ;) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...911/vD6jmt.jpg detail I don't know what that lighted area is above "Ravenswood" (it almost looks like a bat) __ |
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Another nice one. Thank you FW. All gone now: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-C...4%252520PM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-T...7%252520PM.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-x...0%252520PM.jpg ladbs Baist, 1921: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O...0%252520AM.jpg historic mapworks ......................................................................... Quote:
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In 1985 I designed an addition to a Long Beach house....the city building officer himself was kind enough to sign-off on my design. I had studied architecture for almost 4 years so I know how to draw plans. 11330 Dona Lisa, Studio City ..[.the cheesy facade was designed by a movie studio set designer...not myself.] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psoanlxipw.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psrdpwfrm5.jpg google sv |
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