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Tonight's episode, "Case of the 6 Missing Arched Windows".
A 'pristine' Bradbury Building, 304 N. Broadway at West 3rd Street. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...901/AJLaof.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...633/24F9nO.jpg http://www.glamamor.com/2012/01/out-...-building.html The Bradbury Building in the 1950s. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...537/IN1gaV.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...905/pSPdLt.jpg http://www.glamamor.com/2012/01/out-...-building.html Note that the six arched windows facing 3rd Street have been covered by signage. Here's a closer look: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/538/lzlhJ7.jpg http://www.glamamor.com/2012/01/out-...-building.html http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/661/SlV2sl.jpg http://www.glamamor.com/2012/01/out-...-building.html __ Today, the plethora of signs are gone...but the 6 arched windows at street level remain missing. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/6QLkop.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradbury_Building I thought the iconic Bradbury Building was pretty much unadulterated. So what happened to these six windows that so successfully mirrored the arched windows on the top floor? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...673/8EegTI.jpg gsv detail Could there be visible evidence of the missing arched windows inside the Sprint store? Flyingwedge, do you need a new phone? ;) __ |
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Have we seen this shot before? The sign at right appears to read "ARCADE"... was it behind the Arcade apartments once at 6061 Hollywood Blvd? Or outside of LA...a beach town? Santa Monica? |
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https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-S...01638%2BPM.jpg dlanc Now the Rowley/Vail is 107-years-old. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote:
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_...90416%2BPM.jpg lapl (detail) (There were also some "The Sting" scenes filmed in that maze of alleys in the block bound by Union/Colorado & DeLacey/Fair Oaks (next to the Forever 21 block) out in Pasadena) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Quote:
Nothing to see here: https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-A...12920%2BPM.jpg lapl / cc pierce (detail) |
Boyle Heights Presbyterian Church, 132 N. Chicago Street
It required only from July 16 to September 6, 1885, to construct -- if not furnish -- the first home of the Boyle Heights Presbyterian Church:
http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...z.jpg~original December 25, 1886 Los Angeles Herald @ Library of Congress -- http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lc...rRange&page=26 Here's the building on the 1894 Sanborn, on the east side of Chicago Street between East 1st Street and Michigan Avenue: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...q.jpg~original LAPL According to a December 30, 1895, Los Angeles Times article that described the opening of the new Boyle Heights Presbyterian Church the previous day, "The new church is built onto the old one, which is separated from it by sliding oaken panels, and used for a Sunday-school and class- rooms." Here's the church on the 1906 Sanborn; apparently the old church was moved back and the new church built in front. The building on the left is the church parsonage at 122 N. Chicago: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...k.jpg~original LAPL The 1895 Boyle Heights Presbyterian Church, with the shaded parsonage next door. The church's cornerstone was laid on September 2, 1895, by Mrs. Elizabeth Hollenbeck, who apparently put up a lot of the money for the church: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...m.jpg~original Beautiful Highlands of Los Angeles @ Hathitrust -- http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?i...iew=1up;seq=46 LAPL says this is an 1895 photo of the church and parsonage. The rear part of the church that we see may be the 1885 building: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...o.jpg~original LAPL -- http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics03/00011186.jpg The parsonage, for which LA County gives an 1890/95 build date, looks to be in rather bad shape: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...3.jpg~original May 2014 GSV I'm not sure when it stopped being the BHPC; some googling indicates it might not be Iglesia Bautista Unida anymore: http://i1165.photobucket.com/albums/...a.jpg~original May 2014 GSV # # # Quote:
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...aterArcade.jpg Miss Shari on Flickr --------------- Thanks for the infomation and links about the Rowley/Vail, tovangar2. When the la.curbed article said the building "features a very handsome backside", I thought I'd clicked on a link to the Athletic Model Guild :). |
I came across this photograph last night on eBay.
'mystery' location. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...661/AK4led.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/LOS-ANGELES-...item25a54b97b7 An especially large intersection. __ |
I love this gothic-revival church Flyingwedge. Thanks for the great post!
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...673/N3RsDk.jpg gsv __ |
'mystery' location #2.
The seller believes this is somewhere in Hollywood. The date is Dec. 29, 1952. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...538/Anv2IX.jpg http://www.ebay.com/itm/ORIGINAL-SLI...item43dbac4715 I found this dude's boots. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...538/Nfaapf.jpg http://circusnospin.blogspot.com/201...8_archive.html They belong to Montie Montana. :) __ |
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'mystery' location #3.
This biggest clue here is Art's Hot Dog Stand.----> far right. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...673/wDyz0i.jpg eBay __ |
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https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-G...80430%2BAM.jpg pinterest (detail) Thx P.S. Current shops at the Atwater Arcade are listed here |
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Lankershim and Chandler... North Hollywood. The picture below was taken slightly to the left of the one above, aiming more toward the right: http://www.uncanny.net/~wetzel/nohooutbound.jpg uncanny.net |
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John Maddox Roberts writes: Alan Ladd was another who refused to remove his wedding ring for a role. He had a collection of fake jewels and insignia and such to clip onto it when was in an unmarried role. Still wore it in his last role, as Nevada Smith in "The Carpetbaggers." I wasn't aware of that. I would suspect that there were others also. Hollywood has some strange fetishes. Remember that Hollywood was founded in the 1890s on the principals of clean living, sobriety and the Bible. Then came the movies and things changed....a lot. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...1.jpg~original eBay It looks like the owner of the store had another claim to fame. Whitley Van Nuys Huffaker was the first baby born in Van Nuys. This article is from the October 19, 1972 edition of Valley News from Van Nuys. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...2.jpg~original www.newspapers.com I had a look for their original house at Sylmar and Sylvan, but I couldn't find it. That may be due to new Google Maps being horrendous to use compared to the classic version in terms of speed, features and interface! I'd use Bing Maps if their StreetSide images weren't such poor quality. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...3.jpg~original www.newspapers.com The LA Times also ran an article about Whitley Van Nuys Huffaker in 1989 - it's titled The Valley Yesteryear : Whitley Van Nuys Huffaker: Van Nuys' firstborn. |
Just a thought about MacMurray's ring in Double Indemnity: Perhaps the insurance boys would wear them to discourage the women they dealt with? Though, why would they and it didn't work in this case anyway. Heh!
___ As for James M. Cain novels, does anyone have any opinion of them? I do. I've read three of them: Double Indemnity, The Postman Always Rings Twice and Mildred Pierce. Cain has a lot of good ideas, but I feel his writing leaves a lot to be desired. ALL of the films based on his books are way better than slogging through his pulp prose. |
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