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Originally Posted by sopas ej

520 North Rossmore, 1936:

USC Archive

520 North Rossmore, Monday, Feb. 21, 2011:

Photo by me

This building has a plaque in front of it, calling the building The Mauretania--"Original moderne-art deco. Built in 1934 by Milton J. Black, architect for Jack Haley - the Tin Man in the Wizard of Oz. Los Angeles residence of President John F. Kennedy. Home to many of L.A.'s illustrious stars and families. Owned at one time by the Ahmanson Family. Part of the preservation of Rossmore Avenue and the Larchmont area."

Apart from the landscaping and the addition of that (unnecessary) fountain and the letter "M"'s, the building looks just like in the old photo, basically. I'm not sure if that's its original color, though. I wish the guy wasn't there playing with his dog, but I wasn't gonna tell him to get out of the shot.

The above discussed photos of 520 N Rossmore have long since disappeared, but they were not forgotten.

1936

http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/si...oll44/id/91496


In July 1960, then campaigning, Senator Kennedy, obviously may have stayed at the Mauretania. But as a residence, it seems it would have been temporary.



July 1960
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/faa8ec39c11b5643_large


JFK, after dark. July 1960
http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/3be96113e8ac41f7_large


Hmmmmm. Is WigWag's idea about putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade, feasible? How does he know these things?


http://www.gstatic.com/hostedimg/8bb23fd4591d8c1b_large


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