1957 - Demolition site of the 300 block North Main Street. Orange fallout shelter sign on lamppost. Military recruitment signs along sidewalk
in foreground. Hadley Building is at right background. Union Station and L.A. Gas Works at Ducommun Street and Central Street are visible in background. Last Baker Block building at 330 North Main Street, Los Angeles, awaits its demolition. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/95...90/14/nia9.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6205/rec/7 330 North Main Street building being demolished at boarded up construction site, former location of Grand Central Hotel, Los Angeles. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/94...0/850/xrde.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6201/rec/5 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/91...90/19/vtc8.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6199/rec/4 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/95...0/802/t249.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6199/rec/4 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/94...0/819/hjlb.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6199/rec/4 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/72...90/14/9pxh.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6199/rec/4 Military recruitment posters from left to right appear to be Marines, all five services, Air Force, Navy, and (ah yes) travel. Travel, I discovered, is not a problem in the military...its the destination. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/11...0/845/7r4t.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6199/rec/4 |
1957 - Building housing the Arizona Cafe and the Federal Loan and Jewelry Company at 318 North Main Street, Los Angeles, being demolished.
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1957 - View of the Sentous block with the building at 617 North Main Street being demolished. This part of the block is just north of Our Lady Queen
of Angels - La Placita church, seen in the background. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/10...90/41/71ir.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6159/rec/8 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/97...90/46/h8v7.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6159/rec/8 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/97...0/571/pr85.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c.../id/6159/rec/8 |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/102...0/716/l7mn.jpgLAPL Where is sopas when we need him? Don't know if we've seen this Pasadena Van de Kamp's before--styled like the mother ship in Atwater Village--anyone know where it was, or--wouldn't it be nice--still is? Note the interesting signpost at the corner--resembling the street signs once in downtown LA and out along Wilshire. This one appears to have a globe on top... |
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http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/713/6x6i.jpgGSV Also not sure if we've seen this before--I guess I have to admit that, given the length of the thread and the balky search feature, it's getting harder & harder to tell--but here's a pretty dealership at 297 W Colorado in Pasadena. Great vintage shot with a Pierce-Arrow and the make's distinctive fender-mounted headlamps. Per the W&P caption: "View of the Hewson Motor Company showroom at 297 West Colorado. Architect: Frederick Kenedy Jr.... The car at the curb with 1927 dealers' plates is most likely a 1927 Pierce-Arrow Model 80. In 1928 Studebaker took over Pierce-Arrow and in 1930 local Studebaker dealers Keller Brothers and Marcy Auto operated at this location. In 1935 is was called Earl Lundy Motor Company." Another hyphenated brand is now in residence. P.S. Lose the pink! |
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Just an update to an ongoing story affecting many old structures around LA:
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Best plan is to condemn all those buildings as being unsafe for occupancy before they kill someone, particularly since many of L.A.'s fault lines are now known to be potentially more hazardous than previously thought. |
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Chesters 1460 Colorado Blvd., Eaglerock
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1966 - Civic Center from the Court House roof. From left to right: new Hall of Records, District Court, old Hall of Records,
City Hall, Law Building, State Building. Law Building with Lombardi's Restaurant located at 141 North Broadway. https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/80...0/202/bvee.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...d/7676/rec/151 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/36...0/547/r0lw.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...d/7676/rec/151 https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/11...0/541/8rl8.jpg http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/c...d/7676/rec/151 |
The former Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, located at 4833 Fountain in the Hollywood/Los Feliz area. Photos dates from 1939.
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Another iteration. Aka Montgomery's Chanticleer Inn http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAzOVgxNj...S4EYc/$_57.JPGhttp://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAzOVgxNj...S4EYc/$_57.JPG |
Larchmont Blvd. and Sixth St. (Source indicates L and Third St.) (Distortions as found)
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