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http://imageshack.com/a/img923/5750/QpYazY.gif re: "the cluster of structures" Quote:
Do we know which of these buildings actually made up the art 'school'? Was it something like this? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...921/2sMCT9.jpg 1936 detail / originally posted by HossC at http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=23532 or this http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/wbOUei.jpg 1936 detail / originally posted by HossC Not to sound too terribly slow, but which home exactly was Evelyn Nesbit's this one? http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...924/y43W7u.jpg And is that her art studio attached to the back of the house--- (if that's the case...maybe the art school was on the north side of the alley instead of where I thought it was) Quote:
(the second Nesbit photo was taken in Long Beach at an art fair so that doesn't count) I have a feeling there is a lot more information waiting to be found / We just haven't found it yet. Keep sleuthing my friends. ;) __ |
I forgot to add this.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...924/haRlM1.jpg detail / 1950 Full photograph here: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...ef656032bd.jpg |
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Not sure which building might have been Evelyn's.... But I did just remember something about her L.A. connections... son Russell--whose father was apparently not Harry, who at the apparent time of conception was incarcerated in the Matteawan [NY] State Hospital for the Criminally Insane after he shot Stanford White-- married the very proper Katherine Roberts in 1936. Her father was Wesley Roberts, a major Los Angeles developer, who built and lived at 21 Berkeley Square; he was living at 505 S Irving in Windsor Square during Katherine's brief marriage. Russell turned out to be about as charming as his nominal father... https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/UJ...366-h768-rw-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Z4...366-h768-rw-no LAT 12-13-1939 |
Thank you HossC for demystifying the Polyanna Club.
............................................................................ http://imageshack.com/a/img923/5750/QpYazY.gif I can do that too e_r :-) Tourmaline recently brought up the Tomb of Mausolus, a subject which fascinates me. We only have hints of its actual form from brief written descriptions. These gave rise to many (maybe fanciful) ideas about its actual appearance, which, in turn, have had a long run as inspiration to later architects. As the informative wikipedia page relates, the Tomb of Mausolus, counted as one of the wonders of the ancient world, is why we call above-ground tombs "mausoleums". The actual tomb is now commonly known as the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (guessing calling it the Mausoleum of Mausolos would be a bit silly, akin to "The La Brea Tar Pits"). The design is now used for some sites of remembrance and also civic buildings (the latter application would seem to be just asking for it). More buildings inspired by the tomb are listed on the wiki page: Civil Courts Building in St. Louis National Newark Building in Newark, New Jersey Grant's Tomb NYC 26 Broadway in New York City Los Angeles City Hall Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, Australia The spire of St. George's Church, Bloomsbury in London Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis Chase Tower, Indianapolis Masonic House of the Temple in Washington D.C. Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh The list misses: Miami-Dade Courthouse (originally designed for Atlanta by architect Ten Eyck Brown, but rejected by that municipality) Central Library Nebraska State Capitol National Diet Building in Tokyo all included in your post. Of course no list is complete. If one gathered all the buildings that share the inspiration, one would have a good-sized, if rather confusing, town. A favorite of mine, only insofar as it looks like a future echo of City Hall, is the Shrine of Remembrance (AKA "the Tomb of Gloom") in Melbourne: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Tl...nm0=w1366-h768 wiki This is the actual tomb these days, destroyed by earthquakes and engulfed in an upscale suburban neighborhood in Bodrum, Turkey (any decorative bits got hauled away to the British Museum. The bulk of the stone went to fortify the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem's nearby castle): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gu...4sQ=w1366-h768 wiki Anyway, this too shall pass: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/95...ARU=w1366-h768 glamamor Some late additions (thx everyone) 14 Wall, NYC Straus Tower / Metropolitan Tower / Beehive Building, Chicago Elizabeth Tower, London Campanile di San Marco, Venice |
RIP Evelyn (Holy Cross Cemetery)
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dM...366-h768-rw-no :previous: There is also 14 Wall here in NY (Bankers Trust Co Bldg) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fi...366-h768-rw-no |
And there's the 1924 Straus Tower in Chicago
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...922/mDrSar.jpg https://chicagology.com/skyscrapers/skyscrapers042/ It has a giant 'beehive' lantern on top that glows blue at night. (I forget the significance ) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...924/4fPqEC.jpg http://www.chicagonow.com Now back to Los Angeles! :) __ |
Newly discovered 1934 photos of Louis Rude Payne, 21. Here visiting the family home where he ax murdered his mother and younger brother because they "nagged me incessantly". He's in the custody of police and detectives and his attorney. We've discussed him before on NLA.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psoxyn72bo.jpg CDfiles Accompanied by defense attorney at trial for murder. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...psygzl4yqp.jpg ucla.edu Louis never revealed the exact motive for the killings. Link to CBD and ER posts on this topic: http://www.skyscraperpage.com/forum/...ostcount=30223 |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...923/5FDaUY.jpg http://thetartanterror.blogspot.com/...1_archive.html "He became a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft and participated in several programs.The first XB-43 took off on its maiden flight on May 17, 1946 , with test pilots Bob Brush and Russell Thaw. He flew the first prototype XF3D-1 Skyknight on its initial flight on 23 March 1948." this is a very cool pic. http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...923/1fBKqt.jpg http://thetartanterror.blogspot.com/...1_archive.html ephemera http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/640...921/l5lVf6.jpg And get this, he was also the personal pilot for the Guggenheim family! (I wonder if he flew Peggy around) __ Russell obviously made a good living, so why did Evelyn die penniless? He could have helped her out financially. (I wonder if he's in that funeral photograph I posted yesterday) He died in 1984. |
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https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZN...Yzg=w1366-h768 10587 Holman Ave LAT 6-4-1934: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-o...366-h768-rw-nohttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xl...2OQ=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Gd...hWg=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cH...9Bw=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uQ...1QQ=w1366-h768 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/1D...89Q=w1366-h768 |
Spooky
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...924/uPRyCH.jpg gsv The devil in me would love to tell the current owners what happened there. http://imageshack.com/a/img923/5346/OUKes5.gif Is that bad? |
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LOL e_r, that's probably why they bought it (& you thought you were bad) |
Thaw Men
e_r, that quote about Evelyn Nesbit's sculpture that had us confused? It was a quote from her grandson, Russell Hall Thaw, one of Russell William Shaw's three kids by his second wife. He was talking about his mother, Nesbit's daughter-in-law not giving the pieces house room.
(Lol, I've never gotten lost in a Cecilia Rasmussen article before.) Here's three generations of Thaw men: Harry Kendall Thaw in 1914, four years after the birth of RW Thaw: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9E...5_o=w1366-h768 murderpedia Russell William Thaw, buried in Holy Cross, Culver City, like his mom: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Kb...Y6E=w1366-h768 pb Russell Hall Thaw (an attorney in Van Nuys): https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6P...Tio=w1366-h768 getty (detail) I'm the last to know what's what, but you'd think if Harry wanted to plausibly deny paternity, he would have refused to participate in the conjugal visits with his wife (they were not divorced until 1916), not sent $3,650 per year in support or attempt to reconcile as late as 1926. Nesbit tried to get the Thaw family to accept Russell, but they loathed and disapproved of her and wanted no permanent connection. For her part, Nesbit said, "A working girl could not fight the Thaw millions." Evelyn gave up trying to convince the terrifying "Mother Shaw", but continued to receive support payments from Harry. Nesbit's grandchildren, however, refer to Thaw as their grandfather. Evelyn may have died "penniless", in that she had no estate, but someone was paying for her care in Santa Monica. I assume that was her son. . |
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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...pssouzdcto.jpg Many odd things about this event: Why were the bedroom doors locked? Why were the mother's pajamas stripped from her body, leaving her nude? Why did the deceased brother appear to be the victim of a mock hanging? Why were Louis's best clothes missing from the home? What happened to them? Why did Louis take the electric train to Huntington Beach? [the family car was left in the garage] Why was Louis carrying a fully loaded pistol when he surrendered? Why was Louis immaculately dressed like a male fashion model when he arrived in Huntington Beach? Finally...what was it that the mother and brother had many times said to him that set him off into a murderous rage? |
Excuse me for interrupting here but I'm staying at the Milner Hotel on Flower this weekend and wondered if there's anything on the site about this cool-looking place. The weather forecast is cloudy and rainy so it should be the perfect noire Saturday night!http://www.milnerhoteldtla.com
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I'd call it the Mt. Everest of dark penultima LA Noir. [be sure to bring your own bottled water.] |
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