Please call the Cecil Hotel ....thanks.
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http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Rev...a.html#REVIEWS “HORRIBLE MESS” ""1 of 5 stars Reviewed November 10, 2012 This motel is a night-mare... they should close it down... the health department need to come in and look how they have people living. Not all homeless people are on drugs... things happen in their life to were they just don't have any where to go. There are drugs being dealt in the lobby(in front of or for management), transvestite prostitutes outside and inside... always looking to turn tricks. Then what is the sad the poor down and out families w/children are forced to try and live in this mess."" I think I'll pass. The noirish Cecil Hotel downtown sounds better.:slob::D |
Thanks "Retired" and E_R. It's been awhile since I've posted anything and I have to get the hang of it again. A lot of my old posts were erased by accident and I will start reposting them for all the Bert Rovere and Joe Musso fans out there.
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originally posted by sopas_ej, Tam O'Shanter Inn on los Felix Blvd., circa 1920s.
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I just found a couple more images of the Tam O'Shanter. -sepia postcard from 1938. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...90/59/k7gs.jpg ebay ..and this fantastic image from the 1950s/60s that I found earlier tonight on ebay. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/198/fo08.jpg They were still using that stylized lightning bolt on this 1950s era sign. (compare to the 1934 sign) __ |
Another vintage photograph that shows litter and weeds, not unlike the Bixel Street photo I posted earlier in the week.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/600/9kyf.jpgebay I need some help in figuring out the location of this photo. The seller had no information other than Los Angeles. __ |
Rainbow Pier in the 1940s...
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But for the proximity of the hills, the scene reminds me of a northern view of Larchmont and Melrose. (See below) However, because of the hills, I would not be surprised if the intersection was connected with either Franklin or Yucca Streets, before the Hollywood Freeway. Other possibilities include Franklin in the Los Feliz area. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=2046 http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5284/...50b819d3_b.jpg |
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http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...anticleer1.jpg Ebay I found this bit of history on the Friends of Atwater Village site: http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...anticleer2.jpg friendsofatwatervillage.org (PDF file) |
Here's another shot I just came across. This is the house where Clark Gable lived with Carole Lombard at 4543 Tara Drive in Encino (although when they moved in, the official address was 4525 Petit Drive. I didn't realize house addresses were ever changed that drastically.) They bought it in 1939 just before they got married, and the tabloids quickly labeled it “The House of Two Gables” which I thought was kind of clever. I also think it looks rather homey and welcoming, especially for a pair of actors as famous as these two were at the time
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Although the Hacienda Arms building is not visible in the picture below, the view of the mountains is very similar to the one above. It was taken on Croft Avenue looking north toward Santa Monica Boulevard in 1927. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Boulevard1.jpg USC Digital Library Here's part of a 1931 aerial looking northeast over Santa Monica Boulevard. The Hacienda Arms is near the top left, and the Bekins Storage building from the picture above is just right of center. Going by the angle of the mountains in the previous picture, my guess is that the shoe store and cleaners were a little east of the Bekins building on Santa Monica Boulevard. http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Boulevard2.jpg USC Digital Library |
The caption says: Old retaining walls and stairs that used to lead up to the Moorcliff apartment building, 121 South Hill Street, on Bunker Hill.
https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/10...0/822/rchx.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/6281/rec/24 Have we seen the Moorcliff Apartments before? I don't recall. Consider this: Noirish Los Angeles is up to 941 pages. I have counted the photos on a number of pages and I feel that an average of 20 photos per page is a fairly conservative estimate. That means that we are closing in on an astounding 19,000 photos on the entire thread! So, take it easy on me next time I post a photo we've seen before :bash: |
You can see the retaining walls and stairs for the Moorcliff Apartments in the first 50 seconds
of this LA Noire gameplay video I made. :D |
Thanks Krell58 - That was fast!
Nice color photo of Angels Flight Pharmacy: https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/996x517q90/5/igqx.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...id/6288/rec/25 ER - They have a roof sign! |
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You say the photo is from 1927. To my eye, that vacant lot space across Santa Monica Blvd. is where Barney's Beanery should be/will be. From wikipedia: Barney's Beanery […] was originally founded in 1920 in Berkeley, California, by John "Barney" Anthony, who in 1927 moved it to U.S. Route 66, now Santa Monica Boulevard, (State Route 2) in West Hollywood. Also, in the above photo, check the street to the left of the car on Santa Monica and you can see how steep the road is. (The street is Olive Dr.) In the aerial below, that street and the roads leading up to Sunset don't look that steep at all. Just wondering why that is and if all aerial photos tend to do that? http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...Boulevard2.jpg USC Digital Library SIDEBAR: At the top of Olive Dr. at Sunset is the location of the future Ciro's (1940) and presently is The Comedy Store. |
1963 - The old Elk's Lodge, now the Royal Hotel (in blue!)
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1957 - Grand Central Hotel on Main Street ready to be torn down:
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First, the identification of the now Piazza del Sol up on Sunset (which is blocked by a higher structure on the south side of Sunset today) can be confirmed by looking at the following pair: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800x600q90/9/bu2m.jpg and http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/853/tysd.jpg Since the cars look like they're from about 1940, I looked at the 1942 LA city directory in search of cleaners. There were pages and pages of them. I found Joseph Markowitz cleaning clothes at 8407 Santa Monica Boulevard. Referring to the following Sanborn excerpt (from 10 years later - the shoe/clothing store seems to have gone out of business), we can see how Orlando dead-ends onto Santa Monica, referencing the street numbers on the north side of Santa Monica Boulevard: http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/194/a9rf.jpg The shoe/clothing store is now shown as a "furnishing" store (or "furniture" store). One of the best things about this thread is how people with different strengths and interests collaborate to solve these little mysteries that e_r strews around. |
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