Geez Mazooma, I remember Spec Saunders, Ralphie Valaderas, Big John Hall, no wonder I can't remember anything new these day, my brain is full of too much useless data, not enough bandwith... can we get a flash drive for our brains???
The Chateau Marmont Hotel overlooks the Sunset Strip, built in 1927 it has been a secluded hide away for movie recording and people since the beginning. There are also bungalows which are really small houses on the side street where a star could over dose very easily.
What's with the 50 ft. tall 1/2 ketchup bottle behind the billboard? Looks like a construction elevator?
the Sunset Strip has traditionally had huge, electrified billboards. It's kind of like Times Square, L.A. style, I guess. They are really big and mostly "one-off" ads feauring celebrities and equally nauseating stuff. The big Marlboro-man billboard, which was a fixture for many years is now gone. There's still alot of people who can't get enough of "Hollywood" and it's glitz even though none of it is of any real importance in real life.
Down the street from the Chateau Marmont, at the beginning of the Sunset Strip stands the statue of that duo that we all know and love, yes you are right, ROCKY and BULLWINKLE
I was home on leave in mid-town Sacramento in 1990 when this train--or the restored train that looks like this one--chugged into Sacramento. Its wonderful, romantic-sounding whistle could be heard across town and the powerful sound of the engine was awesome. WHOOM-WHOOM-WHOOM! The tracks are about three blocks north of my late mom's house and it was a wonderful sound.
Since this thread is about the history of Los Angeles, I thought I should post the ACTUAL name of the place. Not too many residents, let alone other people know this fact... In 1781, a group of 44 settlers founded a town named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula," ("The Town of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of the River Porciúncula"). We now know it simply as Los Angeles.
The Disney Theater complex opened a few years ago with the vast majority of funding coming from Lillian Disney....I thought it to be odd at first, but now I like it...L.A. may be alot of things, both good and not so good, but it's never boring...this building changes colors all say long while them shadows crawl over the angled walls....
Regarding the Disney Concert Hall...The exterior is magnificent, and the interior is so well designed that rehearsals sound exactly like a performance. Every seat is situated and padded so that the acoustics are identical whether or not someone is seated in it. That way, the orchestra can achieve a constant sound. They spent (I think) as much, if not more on the acoustics, than the construction of the entire building. The stainless steel exterior panels are brush-finished in some areas to keep from offending neighboring business' with reflective glare.
Paul Pink, Pink's hot dogs, 1946 and today...not uncommon to see Hollywood douchebags here looking for attention and "Tail 'o the Pup"
the "Music Center", Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and Mark Taper Forum complex still looks good for some "aging" structures...I used to enjoy going there until they insisted that you wear a shirt...
Damn you Doug! I've been Jones'n for a hot dog the last few days....Now you have me droolin' for one!
Wow, is this off of Sunset between Kinglsey/Normandie??? i have a friend who lives in apartments that have this EXACT setup!! has to be it!
The original Pacific Electric "subway" was just less than a mile long and went from Beverly and Lucas to the "Subway Building" downtown. After it was no longer used, it was a storage facility for Civil Defense rations like crackers and water. For a short time it was used to grow mushrooms, or at least that was the plan. I went down there about 30 years ago and it was just old shopping carts and gawd knows what in there. In the second photo, you can see he neighborhood kids using it as a soccer field. That photo was taken from the top of the tunnel looking out towards Beverly Blvd. the building on the left was one of the many power stations positioned around the L.A. area for the trolley system. Today the whole area is a park and the entrance to the tunnel is sealed.
here's a clip of the last Pacific Electric Red Car in service in Los Angeles which is still running for tourists today in San Pedro.. There are a few in Riverside County at the Orange Empire Railway Museum. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxV_Y52s2-k&feature=related
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