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Old Posted Mar 8, 2012, 3:07 AM
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The Spadena House was designed in 1921 by art director Harry Oliver.
This whimsical structure originally housed the administrative offices and dressing rooms for Willat Studios (yet another long lost studio).






below: The Spadena House at it's original location in Culver City.


http://photos.lapl.org/carlweb/jsp/D...wdate=&hidate=

above: For the life of me, I cannot figure out that buttress 'thingy' attached to the roof (it resembles a hydraulic pump).
This element is missing in contemporary photographs.





below: The odd 'buttress' can be seen in this old postcard as well.


postcard






below: sans buttress. (here's another 'where's waldo' moment....find the shark in this photo)


unkown
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