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Originally Posted by ethereal_reality
Jon Paul, at first I thought this might be the Grauman Bungalow Court Apartments on [4424 W/] Melrose Avenue between Alexandria and Kenmore.
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Sid Grauman may have been a well known impressario, a showman and a seeker of gold, but an oil man?
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Courtyard view of the Spanish style Grauman Court bungalow apartments in Hollywood. Built in 1922, the thirteen-unit residential court financed by oilman Sid Grauman is located on Melrose between Alexandria and Kenmore Avenues. This complex also includes a group of seven stores on the corner of Kenmore and Melrose. At the entrance of the courtyard, there is a completely furnished doctor's apartment (in background), provided with waiting areas and medical offices located on the second level. The gardens, full of popular California shrubs, flowers and tress, were designed by Beverly Hills Nursery Company. The statue, seen in the center of the image, is insured by Mr. Grauman for $15,000 as it took first prize at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
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Returning to the subject 1921-22-Grauman Court Apartments (4424 W. Melrose Ave.), one 1921 construction permit lists an unfamiliar (to me) name, "Kate" Grauman. Others refer to Sid and Sam.
A cursory permit search does not reveal any demolition; however, it appears that several structures were relocated throughout SoCal in 1948. For example, one structure was evidently moved to 2772 Rowena, near Glendale Blvd. and West Silverlake Dr. Another, was reportedly dispatched to 18515 Bassett St. in Reseda. Another, to 10025 Pinewood in Tujunga.
It is unclear exactly what happened to the 1923, three-story
Grauman Hotel, once located at
675 N. Kenmore Ave. The building was clearly in use through 1949 given various occupancy certificates from that date. However, given its close proximity to what later became the Hollywood Fwy, it was a likely victim of transit "progress."
One imagines that in 1934, looking south on Kenmore provided a nice view of the Ambassador.
1934 - Ambassador Hotel from 5th and Kenmore Av.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/61896
1934 - View north on Kenmore. Presumably the three-story Grauman Hotel is on the left, shrouded by palm fronds.
http://digitallibrary.usc.edu/cdm/co...ll170/id/61896