noirish Los Angeles

[Those Who Squirm!]

Egad. Not to mention gadzooks and zounds!! Do I or do I not spy a Bell system sign for a public telephone, over on the left?

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Below: Looking north at Spring St. & Main, 1906.
This photo is a bit odd...to me it looks much earlier than 1906.
Also, I hope to god that girl is not choking a puppy.



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[GaylordWilshire]

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Squirm... I think what you might be seeing on that round sign is the Anheuser "A" also seen on the building... and on the bridle and harness parts of the horses hauling suds in the picture above. Sad to say that Bob Yeakel's Wilshire Oldsmobile has been replaced by the blank side wall of a Ralphs.

[ethereal_reality]

A marble subway (i.e. tunnel) between the two Rosslyn Hotel buildings?
VERY intriguing!

[ethereal_reality]

I just found this slight reference to the mystery tunnel.


http://bgfa.blogspot.com/2007/09/his...f-rosslyn.html

[Fab Fifties Fan]

I found these two photos of early Hollywood residences on e-Bay. I am curious as to whether I can garner some more information on them from my fellow sleuths on this thread.

I would estimate that these were taken in the 20's or maybe very early thirties.

Can anyone read the signs? I don't have that good of a monitor or eyesight.

I really love these bungalows and hope they still exist!

Can anyone pinpoint this area?

e-Bay images

~Jon Paul

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by Fab Fifties Fan

Jon Paul, at first I thought this might be the Grauman Bungalow Court Apartments on Melrose Avenue between Alexandria and Kenmore.


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.....small differences and the sidewalks don't match

[ethereal_reality]

Many people are unaware that Sid Grauman built this bungalow court in 1922.

Here is another photograph.


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Further information from LAPL


http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=73941

I need to research those 7 shops at the corner of Melrose and Kenmore. I had no idea they even existed.

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[ethereal_reality]

...back to Restaurant Row for a bit.

Does anyone remember this mid-century building on La Cienega just south of 3rd Street.


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below: It was used in 1978 for the disco movie 'Thank God It's Friday'. Notice the iconic slanted pillars.


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below: Today, the site is a Loehmann's Store. The Beverly Center can be seen in the right background.


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[GaylordWilshire]

and I love the juxtaposition of the bug-eyed Sprite and the '61 Coupe de Ville...

[ethereal_reality]

At one time, the restaurant next to the 'Gay 90s' was the 'Roaring 20s'.



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below: Interior of 'The Roaring 20s'. Shown is singer Sheri Steiger fronting a dixieland band.


http://www.synthetrix.com/huddle/20sc.htm






above: Cutie Chuties!?! Who wrote this stuff?




A shooting gallery would mean something entirely different today. Kinda sad


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Before becoming 'The Roaring 20s', the restaurant was briefly 'The Sports Page', a short lived restaurant/nightclub for sports writers and professional athletes. The photograph below is from 1959.


http://www.synthetrix.com/huddle/SP.htm

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[westcork]

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/chr...gs/restaurant/


The Captain's Table, La Cienega at Third, Los Angeles, Calif. by zilf, on Flickr

[FredH]

Since we are on restaurants:


Lileks.com

The guide is here:

http://lileks.com/misc/key62/index.html

(scroll to the bottom of each page and click next)

[3940dxer]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

...back to Restaurant Row for a bit.

Does anyone remember this mid-century building on La Cienega just south of 3rd Street.


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Yes! In the 70's and 80's it was a big, popular multi-room disco called Osko's. 333 South La Cienega.

[SHERIFFPAUL]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Many people are unaware that Sid Grauman built this bungalow court in 1922.

Here is another photograph.


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Further information from LAPL


http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/F...olNumber=73941

I need to research those 7 shops at the corner of Melrose and Kenmore. I had no idea they even existed.

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Very Cool

[3940dxer]

Originally Posted by GaylordWilshire

Ebay

Vintage postcard drawings often exaggerate, and these of the Rosslyn are no exception. Usually I shy away from postcards here; I posted these because I think the colors are great. But my real quarry for this post was a pic of the connecting marble subway--no luck. Dinner on me at any of the Restaurant Row joints we've seen to first person who can produce a shot--3940? You seem brave, having visited the Castle of Enchantment--perhaps you can find your way into the subway. Is the passage even still open? The "Auto Drive-In Lobby" is also intriguing....

That's a dicey neighborhood at times. I can imagine the headline...



Actually, I happened to walk past the Rosslyn just last night when I was at Art Walk L.A. with some friends. I hadn't seen your post and wasn't snooping around for hidden tunnels, but it sounds like a worthwhile mission and I'll give it a shot.

Dinner on restaurant row? Hmm, give me a week or two, and I'll let you know what I find!

[nostalgie]

Originally Posted by 3940dxer

Yes! In the 70's and 80's it was a big, popular multi-room disco called Osko's. 333 South La Cienega.

Ah, but BEFORE that...the building was known as the Millionaire's Club in the mid-to-late '60s, one of those butter-and-egg man on an expense account joints. As far as I can remember, no local would be caught dead in the place.

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by 3940dxer

That is so great. For a half second I believed it....I even gasped.

[GaylordWilshire]

IMDB

Here is 333 S La Cienega as "Zoo" in Thank God It's Friday. I thought its incarnation as the "Millionaire's Club" might explain what I saw as "Board Room" to the left of the spider, but on closer inspection it appears to be "Scand Room".... Is this a hint of its original incarnation?


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[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

An astonishing photo of the Los Altos Apartment garage located at 626 S. Bronson Avenue, circa 1978.



marlene laskey collection

A treasure trove of abandoned automobiles. Are these remnants of long dead residents?



below: The garage is still there.


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Earlier in the thread I posted the above photos of the garage for the Los Altos Apartments.

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I recently came across photographs of the Bryson Apartments garage. I don't know if they're new to the LAPL archive or if I simply missed them the first time around.

below: In this aerial you can see the Bryson garage directly to to the right (north) of its namesake apartment building.
The park you see is Lafayette Park.


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The following three color photographs were taken in 1978 by Marlene Laskey and her daughter Anne.



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They even had their own gas pumps.


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below: The garage site is now The Tides Apartments (on the right).



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That rather beautiful entrance is a side entrance to The Bryson Apartment Bldg.



below: Just to refresh memories...I'll repost this vintage photo of the 'The Bryson'.


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below: The Bryson still stands in all its glory.


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[ethereal_reality]

The large apartment building on the right has survived as well.


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The Rampart Arms at 603 Rampart & 6th Street.


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below: Sadly, there is some cheesiness going on along 6th Street....


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.....and on Rampart as well. The main entrance is on the left.


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