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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...BankLaBrea.jpg California State Library I wondered what became of this lovely building, so I took the Googlemobile to La Brea Avenue. The address of the building below is listed on the company's website as "169-A North La Brea Avenue", but the building just visible on the left is clearly marked "169" (visible in GSV, not in this picture). I then overlaid this image onto the first of Godzilla's pictures and it seemed to match proportionally. Even the small square holes halfway down the top of the fascia lined up perfectly. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAAdesso1.jpg GSV Google's Streetview also lets you have an extensive walk around the interior of Adesso Eclectic Imports. Here's a view of the upper floor looking towards the front. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z.../LAAdesso2.jpg GSV While I was Googling the address, I came across a review on www.citysearch.com for a now closed local restaurant called Campanile (it was at 624 S La Brea Avenue). User "gerryjim" said: "We especially enjoyed the fountain in the courtyard made in the late 20's by a tile company whose headquarters was just up the street at 173 N. La Brea. The tilery was called Hispano Moresque." I managed to find this picture of the fountain. I wonder if the tile shop and bank were this color? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...leFountain.jpg www.scpr.org I was going to ask if anyone had been to Campanile's replacement, République, to see if the fountain is still there, but I see they've moved it outside next to the sidewalk. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...epublique2.jpg GSV |
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I, too, would appreciate seeing the Hispano Moresque facade in all of its garish glory. Your Calpet Station image evoked a similar interest. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ireTexaco1.jpg http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ireTexaco1.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17969 http://imageshack.us/a/img222/8192/a...ilshirenew.jpghttp://skyscraperpage.com/forum/show...ostcount=18048 "Moorish" or "Moirish"? The nod toward Moorish architecture and/or Spanish Colonial design provided immeasurable charm to the neighborhood. That also included the adornment of so many structures with odd/quirky bits of tile, the absence of which, makes for an unmistakable and significant loss. (The same might be said for ornamental wrought iron, examples of which appear in many of the attached photos.) The addition of tiled fountains was a nice touch too. The late lamented ModernCraft building formerly at 900 N. La Brea. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00096/00096761.jpghttp://jpg1.lapl.org/00096/00096761.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=10394 HossC: Interesting discovery regarding the Campanile fountain's connection with Hispano Moresque. Did the Hispano Moresque "studio" design and manufacture tile or merely sell it? Wonder what other noteworthy structures made use of the studio. Once the neighboring structures were completed, could that have been responsible for HM's disappearance in the early '30s? NLA has mentioned tiles manufactured locally, e.g., Catalina and Malibu. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=11522 etc. What hath wrought Iron? 1926 Fox Ritz Wilshire and Sycamore http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...psf40b95a3.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-a...2520AM.bmp.jpg http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=17459 |
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Can anyone supply information regarding the design or ornamentation directly above the sconce in the following image? It bears a strange resemblance to a Coat of Arms-Family Crest, or an open book, or the Ten Commandments? La Brea Cuneiform? An homage to Cecil B. DeMille? :no: The wrought iron encasing the window is also topped by some sort of Family crest-ornamentation. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...YLKFF2D19J.jpg Pretty Courtyard that could have done well to retain the fountain. http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9QLEXM1LE9.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...9QLEXM1LE9.jpg |
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Even though the remodel and new consruction hasn't started, AMPAS has been using the space for fundraising events and now, as you see in the photograph, they are having the Hollywood Costume Exhibition there. I attended it, in fact, yesterday afternoon. (George Lucas was there.) The entrance to it is from a common area between the May Co. and LACMA next door. It's on the northeast side of the May Co. building. There's a walkway lined with greenery and park benches. They have a red carpet area with a giant oscar for photo taking before entering. Something on that side of the building I'd never noticed before were a vertical row of windows on the northeast corner of each floor that had a small balcony area. Perhaps these were offices on each floor? In any case, I saw this photo from last June taken from Wilshire Blvd. showing the south side of the May Co. building where AMPAS was promoting something, perhaps the official agreement with LACMA or perhaps the costume exhibition. http://u1.ipernity.com/31/77/53/2246...ece.500.jpg?r2 http://ronslog.typepad.com/ronslog/2...agreement.html |
LA musician and architect here, a longtime lurker, off and on at least but have never have made a post (no idea how to put up pics) though I could add LA lore, having grown up here. Really an interesting off-beat dig into the LA's history, but, presuming to know history of a place is one thing, people another. For instance with this last post how can you presume to know the Nelsons and their family life as if you actually knew them? Maybe they were decent, the parents "good" parents, could very well be, but how would a person know for sure unless you did know them, live with them? It is also strange that you would say "most young people don't have self esteem"--gross overstatement. May be stick to the buildings??
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Its really not difficult to ''know people''. A lot has been written about people over the many years. Many people have given eyewitness reports of people. What I do is read and assimilate this information. It is from that information that I make my remarks about people. Buildings are nice but I also like people. Without the people, the buildings are void of meaning and value. A good example is actress Joan Crawford. Its from writings about her that we have come to know her. Interesting film....Mommie Dearest...movie trailer: http://youtu.be/HfFS0vrB8zY |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original wellstile.com/wellstile.com http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original wellstile.com/wellstile.com Among their description were the quotes below (they refer to the last two designs). Like most sources, they say the company was in business between 1927 and 1932, although a couple extend that to 1934. Here is a Tunisian-inspired vintage tile made using the cuerda seca, or dry line method. The smooth surface has bright colorful glazes with a satiny finish. Although this company was not in business for very long, there are some very impressive installations all over the Los Angeles area. This is a lovely round or tea tile, well executed in the “California” colors of yellow, orange and green-turquoise. The Persian-influenced design is a stylized flower. A bit of Hollywood trivia: Charlie Chaplin’s office was located across the street from the Hispano Moresque showroom, and both his home and office had installations of Hispano Moresque tiles. A little more information from curiousclay.com. The company's showroom was grandiose, but it is still unclear where the tiles were produced. It's possible that Hispano-Moresque used the D. & M. factory for their production, and that would explain a lot of the similarities in the decoration of these two companies' tiles. The LA Times mentions the Campanile's fountain in a 2001 article about where to find interesting vintage tiles. It also includes another Charlie Chaplin connection. Have dinner at one of L.A.'s top restaurants, Campanile (624 S. La Brea Ave., [323] 938-1447). Charlie Chaplin started construction of this building in 1929 but, before it was done, lost it to his first wife, Lita Grey, in a divorce settlement. The building was adapted in the late 1980s by architect Josh Schweitzer, who kept the stunning tile fountain at the entrance. The tiles were manufactured by the Hispano Moresque Tile Co. (1927-32). The majority of the company's designs were yellow, orange and turquoise green with Moorish designs. Finally, artslant.com still have information on their website regarding a 2008 exhibition. It gives a good bit of background to the Hispano-Moresque Tile Company and the previously mentioned D&M Tile Company. The installation features hundreds of tiles, murals, tables, ceramics, and historic photographs from two little known Southern California tile companies, D & M Tile and Hispano-Moresque Tile. By showing the tile products of both manufacturers, side by side, the exhibition highlights the similarities and differences between the two and sheds light on some unanswered questions about the companies. D&M Tile Company was named after John Davies and John McDonald who founded the company in 1928. John ‘Jack’ Davies, a Welshman, had been apprenticed at the Doulton & Co pottery in London, England before his migration to the US in 1910. Working first on Staten Island, his westward journey took him through Kansas, Missouri, and Spokane, Washington before arriving in Los Angeles to take up a superintendent post at Pacific Clay products. Here he experimented on the glazes and designs that would form the basis of D&M Tiles. His partner John McDonald handled D&M business and sales. D&M’s bright Moorish-inspired tiles were used at The Mission Inn in Riverside, Balboa Park in San Diego and on Grace Line ocean liners of the 1930s. The company weathered the great depression but in 1939 Jack Davies died at the age of 58. Harry Hicks of Hispano-Moresque Tile then acquired D&M’s kilns, inventory and glaze formulas. Hispano-Moresque was founded in 1927 by Harry C. Hicks, an English stained-glass maker. In what was seen as a shrewd commercial move, two years later he re-located to North La Brea Avenue, next door to the popular Arts and Crafts Building. The move attracted a discerning clientele and Hispano-Moresque tile was used in many notable buildings, including Charlie Chaplin’s offices on La Brea, Villa Aurora in Pacific Palisades and Scotty’s Castle in Death Valley. |
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Wow, I guess I can't argue with someone who imagines it is possible to know the actual person who was Joan Crawford from watching-or reading-- "Mommie Dearest". I want to take this site seriously, then sometimes it veers off course. Still some great posts, such as Hoss's and some others, lots of work and thought in those, hate to see them undermined. Oh well, so long. Apologies for chiming in. |
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Grocery shopping at the Hollywood Market c.1940s
I just came across this photo of a 1940s-era gal who's obviously just been shopping at the Hollywood Market at 6561-6565 Hollywood Boulevard. I've searched this thread to see if anybody has conjured a photo of it, but nothing much comes up, either here or Googlizing various search terms.
Has anyone come across a photo of it? http://www.martinturnbull.com/wp-con...et-c.1940s.jpg |
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Anyway, I always love to see it again. I never tire of the NLA photos. Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel bellmen. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psdb9af120.jpg Hollywood Reporter |
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Here's Ethel earlier in the day (again Herman on the camera), https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8453/...a9856c78_o.jpg Ethel at Hollywood Market, Herman Schultheis, 1937 Ethel Schultheis shopping at the Hollywood Market. Here, she is seen standing next to the delicatessen area; crates of different types of beer have been placed next to the counter. Boxes, canisters, packages, and cans of goods are neatly stacked on their shelves in the background. LAPL |
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