There's certainly no mystery about today's Julius Shulman location. This is Gilmore Field in 1949. It's "Job 511: Matcham and Heitschmidt, Gilmore Field (Los Angeles, Calif.),1949".

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Both from Getty Research Institute

An unknown massive building
 

I don't remember this massive building (with pillars) on the left on Main Street.

And finally, gone by August 1955. This one gives a clear view through to the Amestoy.

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Huntington Digital Library[/QUOTE]

On the second photo it is cleared too.

I got invited by some friends, so I went to the Night on Broadway event last night! (8th Annual.) I got to see some of the interiors of theatres like the Los Angeles Theatre, The Orpheum and the Tower Theatre. If I weren't so versed from NLA about the Rosslyn Hotel it probably wouldn't have registered when we walked by it as I was telling the group all about it's past. (I wanted to go in, but...) We also visited The Last Bookstore. Anyone heard about that place? (453 South Spring St.)

Before all of those festivities we had an early dinner at Clifton's! It was packed.

A very unexpected evening.

Thanks for this new photo of snow covered Hollywood, BifRayRock!

Have we definitively discovered when Crescent Ave. was renamed Fairfax Ave.?


I thought it was in the 20's, but if these are dated 1918, well circa 1918, that's not correct.

Here's their website. It has a virtual tour and photos. The photos are worth it because they use old books for various design elements within the store.

http://lastbookstorela.com/

The date has been corrected to 1924-25. FWIW, Burdell is listed in the '18 CD as an electrical contractor residing on Wilcox and per the '23CD, a salesman residing at 1619 N. La Brea.





Here is another page from the same magazine featuring the [Thief of] Bagdad (1924) set at the UA studio (Formosa and Santa Monica). Also a curious image of Fritz Lang und Ernst Lubitsch pictured at a pool in November.



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Here are some more untimely '29-'34 distractions. ;)


Looking for Joseph's Cafe. 5637 Wilshire (From 4-9-32 Filmography) Currently a Ralphs grocery store. Formerly Alpha-Beta. East of Hauser and the former Western Auto Store.
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August 3, 1929. Good time to sell - before the crash. (Dramatically different foliage today.)
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August 3, 1929 - Wm "Uncle Charlie" Demerest, endorses clothing. Who knew? (Related to Bob Duvall?)
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Club Airport Gardens, "Look for directiOn sign." Plane's glide angle mighty steep?
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Will goat gland implant eliminate need for this?
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Sam Kress, 6556 Hollywood Blvd. (Yes, the same Kress as in the deco Kress building, also on Hollywood Blvd. https://books.google.com/books?id=fh...lywood&f=false )
Always good to have friends in the construction business.
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Originally Posted by Martin Pal (Post 7069696) http://static.flickr.com/37/78711109_59df5e9740_o.jpg1947 Project The Kress Department Store is at 6608 Hollywood Blvd.

You mean this building, right Alvaro?

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It's visible at far left in this photograph dated 1935. It appears to have had a rooftop sign at one point.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/128...923/0ft8AV.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/6064/rec/1

I believe it was a branch of Bank of America.




below: But what's that Viciour's sign to it's right? I couldn't find it in any of the directories.

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Beaten to it by e_r :). This is the best shot I've found so far. It's dated 6/1/55.

Bank of America gives way to Temple Street extension.

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Huntington Digital Library

Here are a couple of earlier appearances in the back of much wider images.

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Detail from image in USC Digital Library

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Detail from image in USC Digital Library

It was Victor's French restaurant for a teeny blip in time, opening at 208 N. Main around July 1934. I don't think it was there long enough to make it into the directories, but funny that it was captured in a photo.

http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...ors%201934.jpg lat

I don't think I'd seen it from inside the field before.

Gilmore Field opening May 2, 1939

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Derby ad LAT 5-2-39. (The Derby would take out a big ad: its owner Bob Cobb also owned the Stars. His wife Gail Patrick tossed out the first ball at the opener).

I don't believe we've seen Peck's Pavilion on NLA.

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eBay

No doubt this pavilion has something to do with George H. Peck, San Pedro real estate developer. Does anyone know where in San Pedro it was located?
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Some time back, HossC discovered a huge G. H. Peck sign on a hillside in San Pedro.
You can see it here:
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...ostcount=16673

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:previous: Thanks NCD.
One reason I thought it was Viciour's (duh, I should have known better) is because that's how it's labeled in the description at USC archive.

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si.../id/6064/rec/1
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:previous: :)




Formosa Apartments and Cottages, Hollywood.

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eBay

This looks like a large complex with some notable architecture, but my mind is drawing a blank.
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My wife and I have already decided to go next year. I walked by Clifton's yesterday morning but it wasn't open yet. Tried to get a peek inside without much luck..:(

other views of this block back on post #23973 and the Stake Out bar at 170 N. Main

this one 1958 http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...estoy_1958.jpg nla

a unnamed bar at 170 N. Main robbed in 1944. http://i281.photobucket.com/albums/k...mainrobbed.jpg 9-11-44 lat

Riviera Country Club 1928.
 

As a fan of Laurel and Hardy I came across the movie 'Sould married man go home?'. In the movie they are playing golf with some oil fields in the background. At firlst I thought this was filmed in a random place, but after some research it seems to be the famous Riviera Country Club. Not sure if posted before, but here are some images from that movie from 1928.

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http://s21.postimg.org/yq9q1gp2v/sho...home_icon4.jpg

http://s21.postimg.org/6z3773yev/sho...home_icon5.jpg

http://s21.postimg.org/egcembnxz/sho...eter_mikke.jpg

I also found the location of 'Hats Off' - 1927. It's filmed on 3811 Bagley Ave, Culver City .

http://s12.postimg.org/b068a797h/Hats_Off19271.jpg http://s12.postimg.org/am0awuzq5/hatsoff.jpg

Same for 'Liberty' - 1929. Location: S Broadway / West Olimpic, Downtown and another one is at the Chamber of Commerce in Culver City. This place changed drastically also with the highway just behind it.

http://s28.postimg.org/sgo3v4sal/liberty2.jpg http://s28.postimg.org/c4e25edz1/liberty.jpg
Notice the Werstern Pacific Building on the right side.

http://s8.postimg.org/fxvpdgbdx/1108...liberty_13.jpg http://s8.postimg.org/got0wz351/Capture.jpg

As well as a couple of similar postcards, I also found this reference to the Formosa Apartments in a book called 'The Valentino Mystique: The Death and Afterlife of the Silent Film Idol' by Allan R. Ellenberger. It names the address as 7139 Hollywood Boulevard.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...rmosaApts1.jpg
books.google.com

The view below is from 1948. Assuming that this is the Formosa Apartments, they were gone by 1964, and the current apartments were in place by 1972. Hollywood Boulevard runs across the bottom of this aerial.

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Historic Aerials

A look through the building records for 7139 Hollywood Boulevard shows several new construction permits for three and four room structures dated 21/10/12, and one for a 50 room tenement house dated 10 days later. There are three demolition permits for the site dated 1961 and 1962. I was hoping that the Formosa Apartments and Cottages would show up on an angled aerial view, but I haven't found one yet.

Here's how the building originally looked when it was the Bank of Italy. This photo is dated 1930. The City Directories of the late 1920s name it as 220 N Main, and describe it as the "International Branch". The Bank of Italy became the Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association near the end of 1930.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...ItalyMain1.jpg
California State Library

Despite photographic proof that the building became a branch of Bank of America, and survived until 1955, I can't find it in any of the later CDs. Here's the building permit from February 1, 1926. It shows that the Bank of Italy cost $170,000.

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Online Building Records

The remodel permit is dated December 1, 1937. Sadly, the plans mentioned in the description aren't inculded in the online records.

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Online Building Records

Finally, here's the demolition permit from January 20, 1955.

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Online Building Records

The following are all from a book called 'San Pedro' by Joe McKinzie.
NB. I've reduced the size of the captions in comparison to the pictures.

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By 1924, Peck's Pavilion had a whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling!

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The book contains many pictures of the Sunken City mentioned in this caption. The area is at the top of this image.

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Peck's Pavilion apparently lasted until 1925.

http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/z...4.jpg~original

All from books.google.com

Here's the area today, looking east as in the 3rd image.

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Bing Maps