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Discovered century-old building in my neighborhood!
Out for a walk yesterday, I happened on this small industrial or commercial structure on the west side of Motor Avenue, a few doors south of National Boulevard. County property records give 1912 as the construction date, and while it could use a wash and a coat of paint or two, the details are marvelous. In this shot, note the transoms to the left and right; presumably the one over the middle window had to be replaced at some point. From the style featuring louvered panes I think it must have been around the middle of the last century.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/7...a57fbe27_c.jpg Here's a detail of the door, whose structure also appears to be original pre-WWI vintage construction. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8437/7...e3d218f5_c.jpg I only had my phone camera with me at the time, but when I have the opportunity I'll be sure to get more photos with the good camera, including a better general view of the whole building. I have no idea who the architect was, but from the look of it I believe there was an architect, possibly a big name in the field at the time. What I like most about this building is how the visible variations in pattern and texture on the facade seem to originate in the basic pattern of masonry work, rather than being pasted-on Revivalist features. ETA 2016-10-18: I recently posted about this on one of the L.A.-themed FB groups, and thanks to one John Bengtson, author of a Harold Lloyd autobiography, Silent Visions, we now know what the building's original purpose was; it was the Palms Bank. With that important piece of information, I was able to find this LAT item on a 1922 robbery there. To read the entire article you'll need a Times subscription, or access via a library account, but here are the headline and first few inches of type. The "boy" referred to in the lead sentence was twenty years old! https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5709/...a65717_b_d.jpg (Article accessed through my ProQuest account.) |
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I'm not sure exactly where it is at this point but it shouldn't be too hard to find it. Oxnard/Ventura area? Something like that. PM me. ETA Nope It's closer to Santa Maria - Guadalupe, CA. Maybe a 1-1/2 hour drive from the city center...at most. I wonder if it's a protected area. "Look but don't touch". Seems unlikely by the photos but.... |
Market Street
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Market Street in Los Angeles has been mentioned numerous times in this thread, most notably with reference to the Paris Inn, the United States Hotel, and the Amestoy Building. Map: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=3115 Market began at the old diagonal alignment of Spring Street, one block south of Temple Square. The photo below shows the NE corner of Spring and Market. Here, Spring is to the left, Market is the short street to the right. https://otters.net/img/lanoir/CHS-1987.jpg U.S.C. Digital Library On the north side of Market was the south portion of the Temple Block; on the south side was the original market building erected in 1859 by John Temple, which later became Los Angeles County's first Court House. Here is a view of Market Street looking west from the cupola of the United States Hotel in 1889, soon after the construction of the new Court House on Pound Cake Hill (background). The old market and Court House can be seen at left. https://otters.net/img/lanoir/DW-A11-43-11-ISLA.jpg U.S.C. Digital Library That short western section of Market ended at Main Street, then it continued easterly from a point 1/2 block further to the north on Main. This shows Market looking east from Main. On the left is the Amestoy Building; on the right, the U.S. Hotel. https://otters.net/img/lanoir/DW-86-76-19-ISLA.jpg U.S.C. Digital Library An overhead view of the east section of Market Street. On some maps, Market is shown as extending eastward to Alameda Street, but the section of the road continuing from Los Angeles St. eastward was also sometimes known as Requeña Street. https://otters.net/img/lanoir/CHS-12633.jpg U.S.C. Digital Library Here is a roughly contemporaneous view from earlier in this thread that shows Market Street looking west from Los Angeles Street. In the background, the Temple Block has been replaced by City Hall. https://otters.net/img/lanoir/image28.jpg Skyscraperpage.com user SilentLocations. -Scott |
Thanks for both of your responses, fhammon.
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And speaking of Union Station, what's not to like about this beautiful shot?
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union station, 1939 A woman speaks with a porter outside the baggage waiting room at Union Station, 1939 USCdigital archives/Dick Whittington collection Or this one... http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8306/7...b8559eb0_o.jpg An old man sitting with a young girl in a doorway which leads to many residences in Chinatown, 1936 USCdigital archive/Dick Whittington collection EDIT: on viewing this last image again and on a better monitor I'm somewhat uneasy with it. It seems a bit too good to be 'true'. It feels a bit staged. The sidewalk behind the old man and little girl seems wrong, too well finished, the people in the background a bit too dressed up. I'm not confident with the year. And yet the name Dick Whittington is nearly beyond reproach so I guess I'll leave it with these comments. |
Thanks for pointing that out. I do recall all three (esp. pages and pages on the PI), but I must have mis-remembered :rolleyes: the street name. Maybe I missed that day in class......Can I schedule a make-up? lol
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below: I found this the other day. It looks like the name was changed back to the Miyako Hotel after the war. http://imageshack.us/a/img18/1270/aa...ellittleto.jpg The caption says the New Ginza Theater is next door to the Miyako, but to me it looks like it's in the same building. Is it possible (well, of course it's possible) to add a theater to an already existing hotel? It seems to me that you would have to gut a good portion of the structure. ___ ThoseWhoSquirm: I look forward to seeing more photos of that building you discovered during your walk. MichaelRyerson: You've been posting some beautiful photographs...keep'em coming :) ___ |
Lingerie Show at the Biltmore Hotel, 1953.
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An amazing view of world famous SARDI'S on Hollywood Boulevard.
Sardi's was designed by world-renowned architect Rudolph Schindler in the International style with metal and glass. http://imageshack.us/a/img843/1654/ssnap0412.jpg ebay (I think) I had no idea Tom Breneman's radio program was broadcast from Sardi's before he established his own enormously popular restaurant/radio program on Vine Street. (we've covered his Vine Street location numerous times on the thread...perhaps it's worth a re-visit) __ |
Lockheed at Burbank, seemingly a thousand miles away from downtown LA?
All photos courtesy of Lapl Circa '40 http://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085751.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085753.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00085/00085713.jpg __________________________ Circa '37 Union Air Terminal located at 2627 North Hollywood Way in Burbank. Please, proper attire required! And leave your clubs in the car! http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097259.jpg Patio dining near the action at the Control tower. Ask for the Sole when it's in season! http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097255.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097262.jpg http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097252.jpg After the crowd has dispersed. http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097261.jpg |
Here's another of Lockheed Burbank, BifRayRock...
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Maybe they are both in this picture... http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7247/7...22a02f03_o.jpg lockheed_1940s_hollywood_way wesclark.com Looks like maybe the day shift is getting off and the swing shift is coming in... |
Burbank/Lockheed in camouflage trim (difficult -if not impossible- to locate on MRyerson's Map? :shrug: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...postcount=8551) http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8022/7...1c487799_o.jpg
http://wesclark.com/burbank/lockheed..._with_p38s.jpghttp://wesclark.com/burbank/lockheed..._with_p38s.jpg http://www.shorpy.com/files/images/!...orkstation.jpghttp://www.shorpy.com/files/images/!...orkstation.jpgshorpy ________________________ Inside the Lockheed beehive, Circa '45 The C-69 Constellation http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054980.jpglapl P-38 makes friends with C-69 http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054981.jpglapl http://wesclark.com/burbank/p38_assembly_line.jpgwesclark.com http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054983.jpglapl http://jpg2.lapl.org/pics40/00054982.jpglapl Burbank, Jan 9, '43 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...NAN15Feb43.jpgwiki Over Burb ank, '50s http://wesclark.com/burbank/super_co...arly_1950s.jpgwesclark.com |
Don't you just love the camoflage shots? Really cool (for all the wrong reasons).
I worked at Lockheed for a year or so after high school. I worked in Building 310, at that time (and maybe still) the largest open, unsupported interior in the world. In the thirties, (the story goes) they filmed an episode of 'Tailspin Tommy' at '310' and by opening the huge rolling doors at both ends of the building, were able to fly an airplane through the building! Very cool. I've never seen the film but I have seen this...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIZzkq5Y8q0 Oh and, no, neither Lockheed nor Burbank Airport show up on my 'near-pristine, 1942 Shell map of Los Angeles' (which I don't let anybody touch). But they are back in my 1945 Renie Atlas of Los Angeles City and County. (which I do sometimes let people touch) |
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Lockheed produced the Model 14 which evolved into the Hudson B14-bomber. However, I think the aircraft in the picture is actually a Boeing 247. (They look similar, but Lockheed had the twin rudder versus Boeing's single rudder.)
"United Airlines" Boeing 247 (?)civilian trim, circa '37. When weight and space came at a premium. ;) http://jpg1.lapl.org/00097/00097258.jpg lapl Lockheed Model 14 http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...8_edited-2.jpgwiki http://wesclark.com/burbank/hudson_bombers.jpghttp://wesclark.com/burbank/hudson_bombers.jpg For more: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRWQYuymGZ8 MR, you may find this doc. particularly interesting! :) Lockheed Aircraft Company in 1940 - Aircraft & Aviation Documentary featuring the Hudson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vhqo...eature=related |
I stand corrected. The single stabilizer was the tip-off...
as other than that, the two planes are very similar. What was a Boeing 247 doing at Lockheed?
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Okay here's something we can all agree on...
is this a great looking fire station or what?
Los Angeles Fire Station no. 1, 2230 Pasadena Avenue http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7134/7...4882657d_o.jpg truck co 1, engine co 1, los angeles, Los Angeles Fire Station No. 1 Streamline Moderne architecture built by the WPA in 1940. Photo Credit: Don Barre, 2011 livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8308/7...cd85cc16_o.jpg los angeles fire station no 1, detail Photo Credit: Don Barre, 2011 livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8446/7...54f43706_o.jpg los angeles fire station no 1, wpa plaque 1940 Photo Credit: Don Barre, 2011 livingnewdeal.berkeley.edu |
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__________________________ http://wesclark.com/burbank/old_unio...l_postcard.jpghttp://wesclark.com/burbank/old_unio...l_postcard.jpg http://wesclark.com/burbank/union_ai...l_postcard.jpghttp://wesclark.com/burbank/union_ai...l_postcard.jpg http://wesclark.com/burbank/union_ai..._matchbook.jpghttp://wesclark.com/burbank/union_ai..._matchbook.jpg On a more serious note, Boeing Airport & Transport, which was evidently a holding company for what later became "United Airlines," had a physical presence at the "Burbank" location. It was evidently not a coincidence that the airport was once named the "United Airport" (1930-34) because of the United Airlines connection. Lockheed did not obtain its foothold until the late '30s.http://www.godickson.com/burterm1.htm Quote:
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