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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Several months ago I asked if anyone remembered the tiny hold-out property that stood for years in front of the Pacific Design Center.
While going through some really old files of mine last night I found a photograph of it.
I remembered it as a house, but it turns out it was nothing more than a "shanty with a tar-paper roof".
Hugo's Plating, 8661 Melrose Avenue.
no doubt that's Hugo out front.
old file / possibly flickr
In this vertical photo you can see the blue glass of the Pacific Design Center behind the trees at the top.
I believe this layout from Interiors Magazine (1987) shows the location of Hugo's Plating (I placed a red arrow just below the notch in the property line)
Interiors http://socalarchhistory.blogspot.com...1_archive.html
excerpt from 1997 LATimes article
http://articles.latimes.com/1997-06-...-design-center
1998 LATimes. Bought for $450,000
http://articles.latimes.com/1998/jan/31/local/me-14008
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That does not look like Hugo, When I was in my early 20's in the early 90's I worked in a store along Melrose Bl and Hugo was a regular customer. He was quite a character, always had fun stuff to talk about. He drove a beat up mid-80's burgundy 4 cyl Ford Mustang. He was very well spoken and courteous.
This is exactly how I remember seeing Hugo, never visited him at his Superfund toxic shack though
http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/...hoto/567416515