<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" > <channel> <title> Comments on: Color photo of the Ralph’s supermarket at Crenshaw Blvd and Manchester Ave, Inglewood, Los Angeles, 1956 </title> <atom:link href="https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:52:37 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title> By: Dave </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-409378</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dave]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 07 Dec 2024 23:52:37 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-409378</guid> <description><![CDATA[I lived about 1.5 miles from this store and graduated from Inglewood Morningside High School. Both the Big Lots store that replaced this Ralph's and 72 y/o Morningside High are slated for closure, along with Worthington, Woodworth, Kelso, Highland, Crozier, and Centinela Schools. Lane and Freeman were recently closed as well- as overpriced townhouses and multi billion $ sports venues bring brutal traffic, congestion and toxic smog to Inglewood. Don't you love "progress?"]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I lived about 1.5 miles from this store and graduated from Inglewood Morningside High School. Both the Big Lots store that replaced this Ralph’s and 72 y/o Morningside High are slated for closure, along with Worthington, Woodworth, Kelso, Highland, Crozier, and Centinela Schools. Lane and Freeman were recently closed as well- as overpriced townhouses and multi billion $ sports venues bring brutal traffic, congestion and toxic smog to Inglewood. Don’t you love “progress?”</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Martin Turnbull </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-405782</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Turnbull]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:41:33 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-405782</guid> <description><![CDATA[In reply to <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-405781">Anne LA Rose</a>. Thanks Anne. I wasn't aware that it was a theater chain.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-405781">Anne LA Rose</a>.</p> <p>Thanks Anne. I wasn’t aware that it was a theater chain.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Anne LA Rose </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-405781</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne LA Rose]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2024 19:28:54 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-405781</guid> <description><![CDATA[Academy was a small, local Los Angeles movie chain. All the theaters were called "Academy " with the city's name behind it. To my knowledge there are only two remaining: the Academy (now a church) in Inglewood and a budget priced theater on Colorado in Pasadena. Folks must have assumed by the name of the chain that it was connected to the Academy of Motion Pictures when the chain started in 1939 .]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Academy was a small, local Los Angeles movie chain. All the theaters were called “Academy ” with the city’s name behind it. To my knowledge there are only two remaining: the Academy (now a church) in Inglewood and a budget priced theater on Colorado in Pasadena.<br /> Folks must have assumed by the name of the chain that it was connected to the Academy of Motion Pictures when the chain started in 1939<br /> .</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Bob Meza </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-402298</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Meza]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2022 01:18:41 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-402298</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ralphs was located on the North East Corner of Manchester and Crenshaw. The photo was taken from the corner of Crenshaw Blvd and W 85th st looking south so Ralphs faced Crenshaw Blvd. Look just to the right side of the tall Ralphs sign you will see a big billboard and liquor store sign that are still there on Manchester today in 2022. A Biglots store that replaced Ralphs has an entrance that faces Manchester blvd.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ralphs was located on the North East Corner of Manchester and Crenshaw. The photo was taken from the corner of Crenshaw Blvd and W 85th st looking south so Ralphs faced Crenshaw Blvd. Look just to the right side of the tall Ralphs sign you will see a big billboard and liquor store sign that are still there on Manchester today in 2022. A Biglots store that replaced Ralphs has an entrance that faces Manchester blvd.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: Keith Baird </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-402295</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Keith Baird]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 17:07:44 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-402295</guid> <description><![CDATA[The red "Liquor" sign visible in the photo is still there today at 3006 West Manchester, so that would put Ralph's on the northeast corner.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The red “Liquor” sign visible in the photo is still there today at 3006 West Manchester, so that would put Ralph’s on the northeast corner.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: DAVID R GINSBURG </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-402294</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[DAVID R GINSBURG]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:55:04 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-402294</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Ralphs at 3003 West Manchester Blvd. in Inglewood was demolished around 1969, and the present structure (today used as a Big Lots store) opened in 1970.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Ralphs at 3003 West Manchester Blvd. in Inglewood was demolished around 1969, and the present structure (today used as a Big Lots store) opened in 1970.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: DAVID R GINSBURG </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-402293</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[DAVID R GINSBURG]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:52:21 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-402293</guid> <description><![CDATA[The story that the Academy Theater was built to house the Oscar ceremonies is almost certainly apocryphal. "It's in an unlikely location, has no stage facilities, and was never used for that purpose. The theatre did host a few premieres and was a major suburban venue for its operator, Fox West Coast Theatres."]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The story that the Academy Theater was built to house the Oscar ceremonies is almost certainly apocryphal. “It’s in an unlikely location, has no stage facilities, and was never used for that purpose. The theatre did host a few premieres and was a major suburban venue for its operator, Fox West Coast Theatres.”</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: pdq </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-402292</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[pdq]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 16:41:01 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-402292</guid> <description><![CDATA[When I lived in Inglewood, there was a Ralph's on the northeast corner. It's now a Big Lots. The Academy Theater probably came about because it was a stone's throw from Hollywood Park, which was beautiful and popular with celebrities. https://la.curbed.com/2018/9/20/17691686/hollywood-park-inglewood-race-track-history]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When I lived in Inglewood, there was a Ralph’s on the northeast corner. It’s now a Big Lots.</p> <p>The Academy Theater probably came about because it was a stone’s throw from Hollywood Park, which was beautiful and popular with celebrities.<br /> <a href="https://la.curbed.com/2018/9/20/17691686/hollywood-park-inglewood-race-track-history" rel="nofollow ugc">https://la.curbed.com/2018/9/20/17691686/hollywood-park-inglewood-race-track-history</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title> By: William Bergmann </title> <link>https://martinturnbull.com/2022/12/17/color-photo-of-the-ralphs-supermarket-at-crenshaw-blvd-and-manchester-ave-inglewood-los-angeles-1956-2/#comment-402291</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[William Bergmann]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2022 15:50:39 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://martinturnbull.com/?p=26000#comment-402291</guid> <description><![CDATA[I went to both places a lot in the 50s. I lived at Imperial and Vermont. I always check the photos for my 53 Studebaker.]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to both places a lot in the 50s. I lived at Imperial and Vermont.<br /> I always check the photos for my 53 Studebaker.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>