noirish Los Angeles

[Flyingwedge]

That's a fun photo, but it shows Long Beach. It looks like the south side of E. Ocean Blvd., opposite the end of Molino Avenue,
looking west. The building under construction in the background is now the "1900 Ocean Apartments."

[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Here's one more 'mystery' slide before I call it a night.
"Original 35mm Slide - Man with Movie Camera, Santa Monica, Southern California 1964"
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Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

That's a fun photo, but it shows Long Beach. It looks like the south side of E. Ocean Blvd., opposite the end of Molino Avenue,
looking west. The building under construction in the background is now the "1900 Ocean Apartments."
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I was just wondering......when these eBay photos being sold are discovered on NLA to have wrong information, or...someone on NLA discovers the locations on photos that aren't identified...does anyone contact the eBay sellers and provide them with the accurate information?

[ethereal_reality]

Flyingwedge, thanks for figuring out the location of the 1964 slide.

That gap you see just past the movie making man.....


EBAY



turns out to be an old gun battery from WWII.


google_earth

ARCS IF ILLUMINATION

militarymuseum

note the 'Santa Monica' beach to the right if the #2 battery. (this is probably why the seller described the slide as Santa Monica)

[CityBoyDoug]

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[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by Flyingwedge

Seven blocks to the west, on the NE corner of Burton and Almont, we have a twin to the building at Burton and Willaman: [...] 330 S. Almont Drive.
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Thanks for the data on this location Flyingwedge and Noir Noir. Two or three blocks south of here on Almont at Wilshire is the AMPAS location and if I feel like walking to a screening at the Goldwyn Theatre there, I always go down Almont Dr. and next time I do I have some historical information to ponder at this location, which I do recall. (When Almont hits Burton Way, there is a median you can't cross by car, but you can easily "jay"walk across it if you want to.)

[Martin Pal]

Originally Posted by Mstimc

Interesting, Martin. The AHC show said the crime was never solved, but this one names the perp (or so it claims). Both described the discriminatory atmosphere, bit the AHC version, given the nature of the channel, put a little more emphasis on geography and history--showing you where things happened.

Oddly enough, my old man was a sailor in L.A. in WW II. But he has an alibi. He married my mother on Valentine's Day 1942 and was basking in an all-expenses paid cruise of the Solomon Islands during the murder and riots, courtesy of the U.S. Navy and Japanese Fleet. Good thing, too. My mother had no tolerance for racial prejudice and would have smacked the crap out of him if he joined in.
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Thanks, MstimC, I hope to see that episode somehow, especially with the "emphasis on geography and [...] showing where things happened."

I like your story, too. Are there any photos or stories of your Dad in L.A. in WWII? Did he visit any attractions or the Hollywood Canteen or anything? Did he marry your Mom in L.A.? I'm not sure you meant he was stationed or visited here or lived in L.A. and enlisted. Solomon Islands! I was just this weekend watching an episode of Black Sheep Squadron that took place there, specifically Rabaul.

[HossC]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

Flyingwedge, thanks for figuring out the location of the 1964 slide.

That gap you see just past the movie making man.....


EBAY

turns out to be an old gun battery from WWII.


google_earth

Sorry to contradict you, e_r, but FW's identified location is a few blocks east. I've arrowed the photographer's viewpoint. The zig-zag paths at the gun battery were only added around 2014. Before that there was just a flat piece of land at the top and a slope to the beach, with no paths. The curving extension of Junipero Avenue below E Ocean Boulevard (on the right of the photo above) was built sometime between 1963 and 1972.


Google Maps

[ethereal_reality]

Originally Posted by HossC

Sorry to contradict you, e_r.

That's OK Hoss.

I don't mind being corrected.


ME after reading Hoss' Post

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

I've been through that tunnel many times.....its almost perfectly level . It goes under the street and then there are stairs on the north side.

Thanks for the explanation CBD. I was trying to visualized it.


Bixby Tunnel scene from BODY DOUBLE [c.1984]


ITSFILMEDHERE

Was that little building with the tree painted on it a restroom or something else? I ask because there's some sort of archaic electrical infrastructure (for lack of a better word) on the roof.



Recent Pic: The tunnel appears to be closed off now. (and the little building lost it's tree )



*there's something else majorly different. Can you spot it?

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[Martin Pal]

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This week we had a notice on our gate, which is required by law, from 20th Century Fox informing us that they would be filming in the neighborhood, and they gave the address on Westbourne Dr. I just assumed it would be at one of the apartment buildings along the street as it's all residential there. (They never say "what" they're filming, it just said "scenes from a television project" and that they'd be filming with both interior and exterior scenes.)

Well, I was wrong about it being an apartment building. I was at the computer and looked up the filming address that was given which turns out to be a building of somewhat historical note to the city and is right near Santa Monica Blvd.

It is this building at 903 Westbourne Drive:

WeHo Preservation

This image was taken several years ago.

The following are two photos from a post by BifRayRock. The first is a current GSV photo of the building
on the corner of 8701 Santa Monica Blvd. at Westbourne Drive. The building in the above photo is under/behind
the tree to the right of that building.

The second photo is the 8701 Santa Monica Bldg. in the distance and you can see that the 903 Westbourne building isn't there yet.

Originally Posted by BifRayRock

8701 Santa Monica Blvd.

GooGSV



http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...id/62448/rec/1
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The following info is from the West Hollywood Historic Cultural Resources site:
Link HERE.

The building located at 903 N. Westbourne Drive is illustrative of the style known as Spanish Colonial Revival and exhibits features including red clay tile roofs, eaves and wrought iron grill work. In addition the building features decoratively carved rafter and double end tiles, and a large recessed circular arched entrance surrounded by heavy molding. This style reflected the neighborhoods surrounding the building in the 1920's and 1930's. The door is multi-paned glass with a multi-pane transom. A single wrought iron lamp is centered above the entrance.

The building was the site of a County Library from 1929 to 1941 and is one of the few remaining institutional buildings from the early period of West Hollywood.

There's a nice shot of the exterior, in a pastel pink, at this link:
www.weho.org/Home/ShowImage?id=1037

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Since mid February of 2013, the current tenant is: V Wine, aka V Wine Room.

The "Film West Hollywood" website has some information about V Wine's design theme which adhere's to the building's history:

The theme is a 1930’s library, as the space was the first library for West Hollywood from 1929 – 1941. Towering bookcases are used for wine and merchandise storage as well as a card catalog system (think the dewy decimal system for wine), which guides guests to find the appropriate wine for purchase. Laid back music and a casual quiet library setting appeals to those people looking for an alternative to a loud bar. Lite bites of food are served to compliment the wine and encourage people to linger and enjoy the space.

https://www.filmwesthollywood.com/fi...s/v-wine-room/

The current front entrance:

Time Out Magazine

YELP


The key feature in the room is a marble bar in a V shape with a live olive tree growing out of the center.

Film West Hollywood


Library theme:

YELP

There are two things I read on YELP, mentioning that the building was originally Charlie Chaplin's first actors studio until 1929 when it then became the first library in West Hollywood, inspiring the 1930's library theme. Another said it served as Charlie Chaplin's private studio. (One wrote it as Chaplain and another Chapin.) I haven't been able to find any sources for that bit of information, but that may explain the poster in the bar:



I haven't been able to locate any vintage photos of the location. And I wonder what they were filming in there?

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[ethereal_reality]

That's such a great little building Martin Pal. I'm surprised I've never heard of it before. [UNLESS I JUST FORGOT]

I found a tiny bit of information.

"West Hollywood Library began service to the area (then unincorporated ) in 1913. The library was previously located at Sherman School,
a cottage on Clark Street, a building on Westbourne Drive, and a building near the present site." [present site: 625 N. San Vicente Blvd.]

from colapublib.org.

Now I'm going to try and find a vintage photograph.

[odinthor]

Originally Posted by ethereal_reality

[...]Bixby Tunnel scene from BODY DOUBLE [c.1984]


ITSFILMEDHERE

Was that little building with the tree painted on it a restroom or something else? I ask because there's some sort of archaic electrical infrastructure (for lack of a better word) on the roof.



Recent Pic: The tunnel appears to be closed off now. (and the little building lost it's tree )



*there's something else majorly different. Can you spot it?

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--No guys running around?

--No graffiti?

--Added poles (unless that's just due to the camera's angle)?

--They sliced off a foot or so of the "archway" and stuck in a railing?

Do I win, e_r? Do I win?

[CityBoyDoug]

Beach.

[Mstimc]

Originally Posted by Martin Pal

Thanks, MstimC, I hope to see that episode somehow, especially with the "emphasis on geography and [...] showing where things happened."

I like your story, too. Are there any photos or stories of your Dad in L.A. in WWII? Did he visit any attractions or the Hollywood Canteen or anything? Did he marry your Mom in L.A.? I'm not sure you meant he was stationed or visited here or lived in L.A. and enlisted. Solomon Islands! I was just this weekend watching an episode of Black Sheep Squadron that took place there, specifically Rabaul.

Thank you! I suppose my parents' story is typical "farm boy goes west and never looks back." My dad was born in southern Missouri, the last of nine kids. He was inducted in early 1941 as part of the first peace-time drafts, and after doing boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes, bounced around a bit till he wound up in L.A. at what would become Long Beach Naval Shipyard, maybe because he was good at fixing things on the farm. I never did find out exactly how he met my mother but they were married in 1942 and stayed married till she died in 2000. He shipped out not long after they were married and only came back on leave once, early in 1943 (hence my sister born that Fall). He came home for good after being part of the occupation force at Sasebo, not far from Nagasaki.

As for photos, I only have a couple. One is my dad and another sailor sitting on a bench in Westlake Park (aka MacArthur) no doubt watching girls go by, (hopefully before he met my mother to be). The other is of my mother on her wedding day. She was an L.A. girl (moved here from Chicago at 3). The photo is on the steps of old St. Joseph's church on Los Angeles Street. You can see shadows of other people in the background. My parents said they were doing assembly-line weddings because it was Valentines' Day and so many servicemen were shipping out. I asked my dad why he wasn't in the picture and he said "Who do you think took it?"

They eventually moved to a little burg in the sticks called Anaheim and I came along in 1960.

[Mstimc]

Originally Posted by CityBoyDoug

"ER asked....was that little building a restroom?"

No. I don't recall what it was...some sort of utility building.

If its near an old gun emplacement, the building could be related, like for housing electrical equipment to power the gun mounts or sighting gear. It kind of looks like a couple I saw on the trail around Cabrillo Lighthouse in San Diego, before they closed it off for security reasons (it overlooks the sub base). Could just be used for storage now.

[odinthor]

Originally Posted by Mstimc

Thank you! I suppose my parents' story is typical "farm boy goes west and never looks back." My dad was born in southern Missouri, the last of nine kids. He was inducted in early 1941 as part of the first peace-time drafts, and after doing boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes, bounced around a bit till he wound up in L.A. at what would become Long Beach Naval Shipyard, maybe because he was good at fixing things on the farm. I never did find out exactly how he met my mother but they were married in 1942 and stayed married till she died in 2000. He shipped out not long after they were married and only came back on leave once, early in 1943 (hence my sister born that Fall). He came home for good after being part of the occupation force at Sasebo, not far from Nagasaki.
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Hey, I bet your dad heard my dad! My dad was in the Army Radio Corps or whatever they called it, broadcasting and moving along with the fighting in the South Pacific (Bougainville, etc.), then into Japan. Here he is:


odinthor collection

That's actor-to-be Jack Kruschen in back, working with him.

And my dad was born in (St. Jo) Missouri, too!

[ScottyB]

My apologies if this has been posted before, but for fans of early fifties signage (and cars), this has a lot going for it.


HDL

Closer



Hmm...a drink at the Firefly or the Five Thirty? Looks like a couple of wise guys heading into the Firefly....think I'll do the Five Thirty, and check my coif in the mirror at the entry.
The camera shop down the block (Mooney and something?) seems to be advertising a Jerry Lewis camera.

I'd so very much like to see these signs lit up in color!

[BillinGlendaleCA]

Originally Posted by Mstimc

My dad was born in southern Missouri, the last of nine kids. He was inducted in early 1941 as part of the first peace-time drafts, and after doing boot camp at Naval Station Great Lakes, bounced around a bit till he wound up in L.A. at what would become Long Beach Naval Shipyard, maybe because he was good at fixing things on the farm.

They eventually moved to a little burg in the sticks called Anaheim and I came along in 1960.

My dad was also from southern Missouri, but he was a city slicker(Springfield). He enlisted in the Navy in 1937 and did his boot camp in San Diego. He hated CA, never wanted to come back but spent the last 23 years of his life here. Like you I also arrived in 1960.

[Earl Boebert]

Man, we could hold the Missouri equivalent of an Iowa Picnic (with or without the spats) My paternal grandmother was born a Lamm in Boonville.

Cheers,

Earl

[Lomara]

Originally Posted by Earl Boebert

Man, we could hold the Missouri equivalent of an Iowa Picnic (with or without the spats) My paternal grandmother was born a Lamm in Boonville.

Cheers,

Earl

My paternal grandparents were from Pike County, Missouri (from towns around Bowling Green).

After they were married (1922), they took Grandpa's Model A and drove it alllll the way to Long Beach, California. They drove 200 miles each day. Grandma kept a travel diary in little notebooks and scraps of paper. My cousin has it, along with Grandma's treadle sewing machine.


Grandpa's Model A by Kimberly, on Flickr

[Martin Pal]

Wow! I'd like to thank all the Missourians (who knew?) for their comments and stories!

Originally Posted by odinthor

Hey, I bet your dad heard my dad! My dad was in the Army Radio Corps or whatever they called it, broadcasting and moving along with the fighting in the South Pacific (Bougainville, etc.), then into Japan. Here he is:


odinthor collection

That's actor-to-be Jack Kruschen in back, working with him.

And my dad was born in (St. Jo) Missouri, too!
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That's fascinating; your Dad working with Jack Kruschen! I remember him well from one of my favorite films, The Apartment, from 1960 when Mstimc and BillinGlendaleCA arrived! He was nominated for Supporting Actor for that role. I also remember Jack Kruschen as Zelda the Great's assistant on Batman.