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Re: HossC's great series of that gorgeous MG TC touring various drive-establishments:
Does one get special dispensation to drive the wrong way at one's cleaning establishment and bank when one is in one's right-hand drive automobile? Cheers, Earl |
Welcome to 'noirish' Los Angeles re:LAX!
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'mystery' location
"Streetcar 286 on U route at an unknown location." http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/2iS1Ns.jpg old file / I'm especially curious about the bluish building hidden behind the streetcar (note it's undulating 'wave-like' roof-line that extends down the street) __ |
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I don't believe we've seen this intriguing view on NLA. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/ilsXMl.jpg old file / possibly found on eBay lots of street construction going on. Can anyone tell what they're doing? I thought the taller white building in the upper left corner might be the old Elks Building (next to MacArthur Park), but now I'm not so sure. __ |
5196 Borland Road, City Terrace, Los Angeles CA [1926]
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...922/Emstop.jpg http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/31163/rec/2 ....and today. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/6pTVqw.jpg gsv :previous:-not sure how the 4 windows in the middle became only 2 windows. they added some length to the garage on the right, and as you would expect, it looks like sh*t. the archway on the left might be missing, but I'm not sure. note the house behind, facing in the opposite direction toward the hillside. (I'm impressed at how strong that back wall looks) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/GcTmVc.jpg |
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I'm hoping Mr. Shulman shot another building that sounds intriguing: the J.A. Eisele Lincoln-Mercury dealership at 11750 Wilshire. It opened May 8, 1953 and took up a whole block. Per the Times it had "a swimming pool for the use of customers, a new type translucent plastic roof for outdoor displays, a huge daylighted showroom crowned by a crystal chandelier from New Orleans, and more than a mile and half of fluorescent tube lights..." A pool, really? http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...lle/5-8-53.jpg lat 1953 |
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I work a couple of blocks away and often have lunch across the street at a little Thai place. Tasty green curry. :tup: |
I love how the window alarm tape looks like a stylish deign. I remember my dad's machine shop used the same tape, same pattern.
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5th and Figueroa
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of 5th and Figueroa Streets. Behind the blueish building is the Streicher Apartments at 454 S. Figueroa, seen below c. 1916 with the old Woolen Mill across the street, south of the Walgrove. In your photo, the white building behind the Streicher is the Rubiyat at 427 S. Hope. In your photo 5th Street has been put through whereas in the photo below that has not yet occurred, and I don't know when that happened: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original USCDL -- http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/re...coll65/id/1348 P.S. D'oh! HH beat me to it. |
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As I only see gravel but no replacement rail or crossties, it looks like the construction work is for reballasting at most or repaving at least. |
D'oh! HH beat me to it.
Barely. And you not only nailed the location but provided that most interesting photo of the Stretcher Apartments and the adjacent neighborhood. Great job, Flyingwedge! |
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https://flashbackdallas.files.wordpr...dmn_082739.jpg https://flashbackdallas.files.wordpr...pg?w=750&h=389 (from Packard Museum Library) This beautiful Art Deco building was only occupied by the Eisele dealership for about two years. At the beginning of WWII they sold it to become a training facility for war industry workers. |
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Looks like he always went for styleish buildings, Retired in Texas. |
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http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...le/7-25-51.jpg lat 7-25-1951 |
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http://www.culture-biker.com/wp-cont...ullman-Bar.png Clearly, whoever placed this image has good reason to believe that this is the bar we're talking about, but, again, the address makes no sense whatsoever. Does anyone have any further information? Thoughts, even? |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...c.jpg~original GSV |
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By the early '20s 417 South Spring was a tailor's. In 1927 a parking garage was built on the site, Metropolitan Garage. Title Insurance Co. next door bought it in 1952 and made it into their annex. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...le/12-7-52.jpg lat 12-7-52 |
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While looking for pictures of Zinke's yesterday, I found this 1927 shot of the Royal Credit Jewelers at 708 South Hill Street (Zinke's is on the far right).
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original USC Digital Library To put it in context, here's a 1928 detail shot I posted when we were discussing the Cutts Building/Sun Building. By then, the jewelers had acquired a large clock. Quote:
http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original USC Digital Library The neon is long gone, but 708 S Hill is still a jewelry store. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original GSV |
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