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E_R, the second photo above makes me think this location is where the Clover Club was on Sunset Blvd. The first below looking down to Sunset looks like the "Officer's Club" photo. Quote:
And this souvenir photo cover looks like the streamline building's design. https://petermoruzzi.files.wordpress...pg?w=640&h=498VintageLV I don't recall reading anything about it being an offcier's club, though. ____________________________________ In some further research, J.H. Graham's website has all the ins & outs of this address with it's gambling raids, trouble with the law, going in and out of business and name changes and such. The last line of the article says, "On October 27, 1950, it was announced that it would become the new home of the Army & Navy Officer’s Club, which still occupied the building when it burned down, January 28, 1952." So the scrapbook photos were taken less than a year before the place burned down. L.A. Times, January, 1952. https://jhgrahambooks.files.wordpres...pg?w=615&h=588J.H. Graham https://jhgrahambooks.files.wordpres...nset-strip.jpgJ.H. Graham |
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I wonder if the complex could have been a little more south, or a part of it was, or relocated down highland. I've always been curious about 2000 N. Highland, it's set farther back from the street, and while it's normally hard to see due to overgrown ficus trees, when they are trimmed you can see tile roofs and even a tower, although more reminiscent of an Italian village than merry old England. Anyone know what the story is of this property? Can't figure out how to post the streetview (?) but here's a link to the subject property: Google Streetview And here's a better view from the rear, Las Palmas is a bit higher, and in breaks through the shrubs you can see the tower: Google Streetview (Las Palmas) |
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Here's the Las Palmas view Arch2000 is talking about. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/jEHQqd.jpg Google Streetview (Las Palmas) I remember that whimsical tower! I'd forgotten all about it. We discussed the property years ago but now I can't remember what we found out. Equally intriguing, as Arch2000 pointed out, is the front view on Highland Ave. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/i7bzgV.jpg Google Streetview That wall is begging for a cat burgler. Here's the location of the whimsical tower property. (red rectangle below) https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/hE7C4v.jpg I guess it's possible it was once located on the French Village property but it does seem too far south on Highland Ave. Back to the French Village. (for the people who don't click on links) Here's a rather bucolic view. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...924/n02Qgd.jpg link at bottom. Charming, isn't it. Oh, what the heck. Here's one more. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...922/DYn4NW.jpg All that's missing is seven little dwarves milling about. One more! https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/VqVYa7.jpg So there were two Tower Houses?...What did the second Tower House look like? :shrug: Thanks to vintage_everyday....via....Paradise Leased . |
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Oh, wait. We can't overlook Minnie Muchmore's Monkey House. https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/P4Dhj9.jpg I imagine there's an interesting story behind this house. ..:) . |
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While not an american , nore do i live in the states (yet) , i am a huge vintage americana lover. Here's an interesting RPC from 1920s https://i.imgur.com/8rKaLOp.jpg |
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:previous: Welcome to NLA Mister Vintage! That's a terrific postcard of the "House of Davis" apartment building. We saw it once before years ago & HossC located the building & it's still standing! Quote:
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mystery location I just happened upon the following two slides. "1969 kodachrome photo slide King's Auto dealer Los Angeles Hollywood CA #1" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/tGHwGx.jpg Link Okay, you car hounds. Name those cars! The location of this second slide is especially interesting. I'm intrigued by the ramp. "1969 photo slide King's Auto dealer Los Angeles Hollywood CA #2 classic cars" https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/1...923/pgwSva.jpg Link I searched old directories for "King's Auto" but the result was "No Results". Then I tried just "King's", and Holey Moley, there are hundreds of King's this and hundred's of King's that . .from artifical limbs to plumbing! I just noticed a very good clue in the second slide. I'll see if anyone catches it. :) . |
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Oh man those cars........at those prices I'll take the whole lot! |
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I think the silver car on the right is a TVR Griffith 200. https://i.imgur.com/tGNAfpe.jpg?1 |
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I wanted one of those so badly. Griffith had a 289 engine in them. there was also a Vixen with a six cylinder engine.
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Stately Home- only a memory now
Here is a long-gone home, probably considered middle-class for its time but today (if in good shape) would be worth million(s). 1244 Fourth Avenue, in the Country Club park area north of Pico:
http://pastvu.com/_p/a/9/p/y/9pyrv9vr96yj74wha3.jpeg Pastvu.com Taken in 1928, as noted on the picture. The site is currently the 'Concord House' apartment building, a pretty crummy looking mid-century apartment complex, although there appears to be older, nicer multi-family building 'Delphene Manor' to the north, and the building to the south, 1250 4th street, may be a survivor (although since converted to apartments). |
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The blue car at the front is very reminiscent of a Bugatti Type 35, especially the grille and the color, but the wheels and lights look more "hot rod", so maybe a replica. The red car next to it (for $3000) is a 1954/55 Ferrari 250 Europa GT. $3000 in 1969 is around $22,000 in 2021, but good ones now sell for well into seven figures. The light-colored car behind them is a circa 1960 Mercedes-Benz 220 with an attractive 2-tone paint job. Not such a good investment as the Ferrari, but probably still worth at least 10 times the asking price in real terms. Like a couple of the cars in the other photo, the car on the far left appears to have a British black & silver license plate. My guess would be a Bentley. |
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Here's the aerial from UCSB: https://i.postimg.cc/153yt1Rn/Screen...-24-193431.jpg |
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