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Crenshaw Theater, Los Angeles, 1941
The “lighting is everything” creed wasn’t lost on the guys who built the theaters that showed movies. This is the Crenshaw Theater in 1941 – and I love the freeform neon lighting on the ceiling of the foyer. The two … Continue reading
Herald-Express Building, Georgia St, downtown Los Angeles, November 1937
It’s hard to imagine a contemporary newspaper taking the trouble to construct a building a beautiful as this. This is the (California Mediterranean style with Churrigueresque detailing) Herald-Express Building that used to stand on Georgia St, in downtown Los Angeles, … Continue reading
The old Los Angeles County Courthouse, with City Hall in the background, downtown Los Angeles, late 1920s
Here we have a great photo taken in downtown Los Angeles in the late 1920s. In the foreground is the majestic old Los Angeles County Courthouse, which we lost in 1936 after it was seriously damaged in the Long Beach … Continue reading
National Automotive School, 4006 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, mid-1920s
I think it’s rather ironic that this shot of the National Automotive School at 4006 South Figueroa St (near the LA Coliseum) shows it sat at a busy intersection where there are no traffic lights. I know there weren’t nearly … Continue reading
Hotel Figueroa, Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles, circa 1936
It’s not often we can look at a photo of Los Angeles circa 1936 and see a couple of buildings that are still around, especially in downtown L.A. Here we are looking north up Figueroa St with the Figueroa Hotel … Continue reading
Corner of Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave, Los Angeles, 1927
These days, the corner of Wilshire Blvd and Western Ave, is always so packed with vehicles and pedestrians coming in and out of the Metro subway station, or heading for the Wiltern Theater that it’s hard to imagine it as … Continue reading
Los Angeles Orphan Asylum in Boyle Heights, circa early 1890s
Believe it or not, this imposing building was the Los Angeles Orphan Asylum. It was built in 1890 by the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul in Boyle Heights on what is now known as Whittier Blvd. where … Continue reading
The Umbrella Service Station, General Petroleum Gas on La Brea Ave, circa 1930
In a city which has a realty office shaped like the Sphinx and an ice cream store shaped like an ice cream, why wouldn’t you have a gas station shaped like an umbrella? This eye-catcher stood on La Brea Ave, … Continue reading
Cadillac V8 2-Door Convertible Coupe in front of Bullocks Wilshire department store, Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, 1938
If I were able to get my hands on one of those elusive time machines, I’d go back to the late 1930s, buy one of these 1938 Cadillacs (with 2016 money it’d be a cinch) and go to the Bullocks … Continue reading
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Joni James greet crowds at Ciro’s, Sunset Strip, 1953
This isn’t a view of the Sunset Strip we normally see: from the rooftop of Ciro’s (now The Comedy Store.) This was taken in 1953, when the Strip wasn’t nearly quite so built up as it is now. That’s singer … Continue reading