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Originally Posted by unihikid

my dad use to tell me that when he was younger in the 40s this was where they would take the yellow car to pay the phone bill . . .

I only wish I had paid more attention to the stories I heard from the folks that lived the stories we talk about now.

In the '80s I knew people using the 3636 Beverly Blvd. edifice for long term storage. I had occasion to explore the building with one of the site managers. At the time, most of the building had been swept clean and remodeled to accommodate storage. There clearly was/is enough room for the building to have had many functions, from phone book storage to receiving payments. The walk-in vault could have easily been from any serious commercial bank, and the painted doors were a work of art. The building was obviously very substantial and built to last, and the location and height offered commanding views, then and now.

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Occasionally, the building gets passing mention in articles such as this, but rarely offer anything other than rumor.http://la.curbed.com/archives/2006/0...s_bumbl_29.php I have seen printed material confirming PacBell's use of the location in the '50s and '60s. Lest there be any doubt, take note of the following ad (bottom of page) from a '65 directory. (I am sorry that the link does not appear here, but I will try posting to an album elsewhere. It is a full page ad!) Maybe this link will work and someone with more know-how can post it.http://rescarta.lapl.org:8080/ResCar...vd&submit=Find