Beelman or Clements (has anyone got an answer to that?) streamlined the Auditorium building in 1938.

Thx, that's a nice shot of the Willoughby / A.L. Bath building. The 'embarrassing', old buildings on the east side of the park were so often not included in photos of Pershing Square.

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I agree with you. The best incarnation of Central Park/Pershing Square was the one in place before World War I. My wife and I were just in that area this morning and we walked right by Pershing Square and did not go in. It's a very unfriendly-looking place.

The statue was originally at the southwest corner of 5th and Hill.

Mar Vista today (notice the difference along the roof line)
http://imageshack.us/a/img19/7394/aabmarvista.jpg
google street view



no roof top hotel sign that is seen in the vintage postcard :(
http://imageshack.us/a/img707/1391/aabmarvista2.jpg
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The version of Pershing Square that everyone seems to like was the work of John Parkinson in 1910. It had the nice balusters at each corner and a three-tier fountain sculpted by Johan Caspar Lachne Gruenfeld, braced by four life-size concrete cherubs supporting a vase of cascading water at the center (I wonder what happened to that?)*. The lawns were not to be walked on; benches lined the paths blocking access. The lawns were a cool, green place to rest one's eyes, not oneself.

Gruenfeld fountain
http://imageshack.us/a/img827/7593/aabfountainusc1.jpg
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...id/4586/rec/60

It probably ended up in some millionaire's backyard. (perhaps we'll discover it someday using google earth) :)
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Originally posted by ethereal_reality
http://imageshack.us/a/img716/7389/a...rk1899copy.jpg
Echo Park Boat House in 1899 and today.
http://imageshack.us/a/img822/3546/a...kboathouse.jpg
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Look closely at the uppermost photo and you can make out the Packard Building. Also known as The Earle C. Anthony Bldg and former broadcast studios for KFI radio. (The building with twin radio masts.)

http://jpg1.lapl.org/pics30/00034853.jpglapl





1927-8 - Construction of Earle C Anthony Building - 1000 S. Hope

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1
http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...R29E8XK7YC.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...R29E8XK7YC.jpg




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http://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TG86H78253.jpghttp://catalog.library.ca.gov/exlibr...TG86H78253.jpg




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Parkinson and Gruehfeld (1872-1954) collaborated at least twice more. He did the sculptures for John & Donald Parkinson's Bovard Administration Building at USC in 1919-21:

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-p...33710%2BPM.jpg
http://www.publicartinla.com/USCArt/Bovard/wesley.html

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-b...34444%2BPM.jpg
http://www.you-are-here.com/building/bovard.html

Gruenfeld also did the foliate carvings for City Hall:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-C...34913%2BPM.jpg
http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5359

(Interesting editorial on civic corruption at that last link)

Any information on "The Crippen?" 1028 South Hope :previous:


Early Earle C. Anthony Photo - Early but specific date unknown
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ony&DMROTATE=0http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/utils/...ony&DMROTATE=0

'32 Packard Eight Deluxe in front of FoX Wilshire Theater.
http://jpg2.lapl.org/theater1/00014425.jpg Lapl

Does anyone recognize this building? Our clues are the street number 205 and a sign pointing in the direction of 6th Street.
I am so hoping it still stands.

Max Yavno 1979
http://imageshack.us/a/img441/9734/a...197980smit.jpg
http://americanart.si.edu/images/199....38.113_1a.jpg
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Bill Owens 1980
http://imageshack.us/a/img51/5973/aa...llowens198.jpg
http://americanart.si.edu/images/1990/1990.38.78_1a.jpg
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Mar Vista's decorative rooftop elements were nice additions. The last photo appears to include framework that might have supported the sign. But it could also have been part of a rooftop enclosure.

Maybe it's the color of the brickwork or its footprint, but for some hard-to-explain reason, the Mar Vista conjures thoughts of the Mary Andrews Clark Residence (Third Street and Loma) and the possibilities . . . Probably a very unfair comparison, especially considering the Clark's landscaping and imaginative roofline - and without knowing anything about the MVista's construction budget.

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2336/2...ebc7c600_b.jpghttp://farm3.staticflickr.com/2336/2...ebc7c600_b.jpg

More Clark residence here > http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...&postcount=688

Is this the missing 1950 photograph ChuckaLuck?

http://imageshack.us/a/img11/5531/co...atre1950a4.jpg

Notice The Troubadour next door. Is this an early address of Doug Weston's Troubadour located at 9081 Santa Monica Boulevard?

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For a split second I thought I found the Greunfeld fountain in the lobby of the Roosevelt Hotel. ;)

http://imageshack.us/a/img94/3518/aa...lamamorblo.jpg
http://www.glamamor.com/2011/05/2011...-festival.html
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Well, according to Google Street-View, the same appearing bldg. at 205 W. 6th St. Los Angeles, CA 90013, is still there, at the corner of 6th and Spring St. Mostly vacant, it appears, but looking better and cleaner than that old photo. :) The facade matches perfectly. The Pawn Shop, it appears, just moved up W. 6th, a block or so.

Note, under the window at the left, below the sign Pawn Shop, it say Est. 1918; however, this photo is most likely from well into the 70's, by the appearances/style of the advertising signs? The color tone of the photo makes it appear much older. The parking meter out front, and the reference to "TV's" on the sign, are clues as to the age....as well as what appears to be an old style metal MasterCard sign, hanging above, near the right of the main door. LOL

Do you have a link to the Street View you were looking at? I'm not finding the building at 6th & Spring at all.

I noticed that the sign over the door says San Pedro Loan and Jewelry Co., so I was looking on 6th down there, but the area of 205 is now taken up by the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

The building at that location also has cartouches (sp) between the columns and the 1st and 2nd floor.
Am I looking at the wrong building SoCal1954?

http://imageshack.us/a/img203/2011/aabduct.jpg
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the building in question
http://imageshack.us/a/img35/9734/aa...197980smit.jpg
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