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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/bNXWix.jpg google_earth One thing I hadn't noticed earlier was that the north side of the run-down building actually has some paint on it (white), and if you look closely there's an old 'abutment' with writing on it. (circled in red below) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/uvNVgk.jpg gsv It says ARCADIA TERRACE http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/FAXIag.jpg detail /gsv :previous: Pretty cool discovery huh! ;) This led me to the address of the building behind the paintless (except for one side) building on Appian Way. It's 26 Arcadia Terrace....built in 1915! http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/qXnJIB.jpg I believe this is the first floor. (can you imagine losing this view) That chain-link fence you see is at the vacant lot. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/CqkY7j.jpg https://hotpads.com/26-arcadia-ter-s...401-u4xc9z/pad this is the 2nd floor I think (heartbreaking) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...923/2Zlqhv.jpg https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2...20484705_zpid/ I'm not sure if the view from the top floor will be blocked as well. It's definitely going to be close. Last but not least, there's this.... http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/C5XzqZ.jpg :previous: At the bottom is the empty lot I mentioned earlier (with foundation fragments and some long lost steps) Watch the vimeo video here: https://vimeo.com/127221794 update: I just found out #26 Arcadia Terrace's neighbor, #24 Arcadia Terrace is even older, built in 1910! (I haven't had time to look for a picture of it) So where were these buildings in relation to the old Arcadia Hotel; Arcadia Terrace is no doubt named for the hotel, right? *In the map below, Arcadia Terrace is marked in BROWN. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/SplT5m.jpg zillow __ |
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Here's the tower today with two large tanks that weren't there in the 1960s pic. (note the long line of police cars along Sheriff Road) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/K0ASYl.jpg google earth http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/ltDXOx.jpg ebay Just for fun, here's a a side view of the 'tower' (from the 60s era photo), and a very cool looking guard tower. (this view is from Sheriff Road) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/bHHci1.jpggsv Thanks again Casey! __ |
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The empty lot between 26 Arcadia Terrace and the soon-to-be-torn-down building is actually a separate property, #24: "Rare opportunity to purchase prime ocean view ready to build Beach area lot, steps from the sand. Located on Santa Monica's ONLY gated private walk street; a hidden gem surrounded by an urban paradise. Zoned R3 (3 story multi-family zoning) to allow for single family, condos, or apts. Stunning views would inc ocean, surf, beach, & pier views along the 90 ft of frontage. This parcel was used as a garden to the house next door for over 100 years & has never been developed." It sold for $2.35M in 2014: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a1...Q=w806-h518-no zillow There's a rundown on all the Arcadia Terrace properties here |
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The recent tricycle posts made me think of this photograph I had stashed away in an old file.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/MWG7s3.jpg old file The good looking young man is silent film actor Richard Walling. Here's he is with Janet Gaynor in 'The Midnight Kiss' [c.1926] http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/UtjuWz.jpg One last look. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/OvYJSa.jpg http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0909227/m...r/rm3214278912 He quit acting in 1929 to become a portrait photographer for First National Studios. __ |
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The hotel was built in 1887 and torn down in 1909. Do you think that marker and stairs could be from the days of the hotel? |
I believe this rather remarkable photograph is new to NLA.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/SoYJXd.jpg https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2015/0...comments-block "Long Beach, showing the primary parking lot for 'The Pike'. The white building with red roof is the Ocean Center Building at Pine and Ocean and the one to its right is the old Jergins Trust Building (now gone). "Parking lots were a lot dirtier back then…….no expansion tanks meant lots of coolant boil-overs……mix in some oil leaks, and you’ve got a real mess." -Ray "In the foreground, lower left, is the backside of a carbon arc searchlight and the generator power unit." -68Cougar Today's view. (it's as close to the same angle as I could get) using the google-mobile) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/yklVSC.jpg gsv comments from https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2015/0...comments-block |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/FAXIag.jpggsv Perhaps this was a special entrance that led directly to the terrace. (otherwise, it should say Arcadia Hotel, obviously) Also, the style of lettering seems to fit that time period. (as do the vertical niches at the top) Time for more sleuthing, wouldn't you say. :) __ |
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I couldn't resist. Anyhoo, that concession stand is really nice. The ones I remember in Illinois and Indiana were plain rectangles built with cinder blocks. Like this. :( http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...922/7pdpyO.jpg defunct_drive_in Of course it was much nicer when it was open. ;) Okay, back to the Rubidoux Drive In. The play area http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/r6xiC4.jpg is just a U-Haul truck now. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/Jt6kmu.jpg https://www.pinterest.com/pin/231372499581408305/ :previous: It's really too bad that the architecturally significant pylon-'buttresses' were sawed off to accommodate a wider screen. (scroll back to play area pic to compare) below: I'm curious, is that Rubidoux Mountain in the distance on the right? (it would be fitting....if it were) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/28NMMy.jpgdetail Originally post by HossC Summit of Rubidoux Mountain, 1913. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=18695 |
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LA Times via ProQuest via CSULB Library Not sure what we see in the pic could be called a "massive concrete pillar"; but maybe what we see is a subsidiary element based on said pillars... |
:previous:Thank you odinthor!! So this is the last of the four? They should be recreated (and the remaining one repaired).
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"Though originally built next to the shoreline, a number of geological and engineering changes have made it so today there is a long walk to seawater from the Ocean Center Building. When the Long Beach Harbor and breakwater were developed, and the Los Angeles River straightened and levied by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Pacific Ocean no longer swept the alluvial granite sand away and the deposits of sandy beach continued to widen. By the 1950s the sand of the beach had grown so wide that the space between the shoreline and the Ocean Center Building was paved as a parking lot and is now Seaside Way. Coastal landfill continued, the beach filled in, then Shoreline Drive and Shoreline Village were built upon the fill." https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/lZ...g=w645-h492-no google maps .............................................................. If you happen to have cable, the original of "A Star is Born", "What Price Hollywood?" (1932), directed by Cukor, produced by Selsnick, airs Thursday, March 2 at 10:30PM on TCM Constance Bennett (1904-1965) plays a wise-cracking Brown Derby waitress before she hits the big time: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/GN...A=w654-h508-no lookback Also stars Lowell Sherman (1888-1934) as the drunken director, a part the actor/director unfortunately also played in real life. He helmed "She Done Him Wrong" the year after he played in "What Price Hollywood?" and then died the year after that. He was just 46. A real loss. Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (1905-1977) makes a very memorable, but uncredited, screen debut and Louise Beavers (1902-1962) is on hand too. Features a premiere at Grauman's Chinese, a society wedding at Hollywood United Methodist right there at Highland and Franklin and the honest-to-gosh Brown Derby exterior (the interior is a set) before it was bumped across the street for the Chapman Park Hotel. Good fun. Based on a story (supposedly inspired by the marriage of Colleen Moore and John McCormick) by Adele Rogers St John TCM has three short clips too. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hN...g=w398-h599-no siren |
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Arcadia Terrace, 1922
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http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...b.jpg~original 487592 @ Huntington Digital Library This gives a better view of the top entrance: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...s.jpg~original 487590 @ Huntington Digital Library |
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Thank you FW for the photo. It looks all so raw and new. It looks like there were four of those pillars at the lower entrance, w/ benches spanning them (?) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Vd...A=w686-h503-no FW (detail) |
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You can see the posts at the top and bottom of the walkway. We can also see the concrete retaining wall at the left. Several of the buildings in this old photo are still standing. Thanks so much for posting.! Here's a more overall view from 1922. Near the right side we see the old dilapidated building that has now been condemned. The old Arcadia posts are just the the left of that building. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psdzdveovj.jpg huntington DL |
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Good view T2. |
The City of Santa Monica takes Arcadia Terrace's right-of-way so seriously that they've painted a crosswalk for it on the bike path:
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arounnd that little plaza. Interesting that all the 1922 buildings are still there, with the possible exception of the No. 25, directly across from No. 26 (No. 25 still seemed to be original in 1979): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/8Z...A=w862-h585-no google maps Before & After: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Wf...w=w537-h491-no https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/B8...A=w458-h495-no gsv Not quite the grand entrance it once was. Thx again e_r, odinthor and FW for the walk back through time. P.S. Inside gated Arcadia Terrace. e_r, this is the 1910 building you were looking for (the bay windows were added at some point): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OJ...=w1097-h611-no hotel california |
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