Category Archives: Preservation

Los Angeles Theatre — Business and Preservation

Posted on May 29, 2013 by

In passing the Los Angeles Theatre last night, I saw a notice of June 6 hearing on several business being proposed for the structure. The big question is what exactly would be done to the interior and how much the … Continue reading →

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L.A. Conservancy Announces Last Remaining Seats for 2013

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

The L.A. Conservancy has posted its lineup for the Last Remaining Seats – which is one of my favorite downtown L.A. events – and I have to say I’m underwhelmed. June 1: “To Catch a Thief” at the Orpheum. June … Continue reading →

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Thursdays @ The Globe

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

We had a nice turnout yesterday for the Thursdays at the Globe discussion of the downtown renaissance and vintage crime. Several guests were longtime Angelenos and shared their recollections of the city’s history, including the architecture, the streetcars and the … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – On Viewing ‘Napoleon’

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Photo: Albert Dieudonné in “Napoleon.” Credit: San Francisco Silent Film Festival. Oakland and the East Bay area were the places to be the weekend of Saturday, March 31 and Sunday, April 1.  The silent film JOAN OF ARC played in … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Batchelder Fireplace

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

A (mostly) complete Batchelder fireplace that was salvaged – if that’s the right term – from a Catholic school in Wisconsin has been listed on EBay. The vendor says: “There were a few ornate carved animal 4″x4″ tiles that i … Continue reading →

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The Black Dahlia and Downtown L.A. at Night, 1946

Posted on March 29, 2012 by

Photo: Man with a slate in footage shot for “Down to Earth.” My friends over at the 1947project have found some process footage that was filmed about April 1946 for the Columbia feature “Down to Earth.” It’s unfortunate that they … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – Beverly Hills Waterworks

Posted on February 20, 2012 by

Southern California and Los Angeles have grown by leaps and bounds over the last 150 years, and the most urgent requirement during that time has been water.  Unable to provide enough water for its residents in 1910, Los Angeles acquired … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – United Artists Theatre

Posted on January 23, 2012 by

Los Angeles and Hollywood have been the Mecca and Medina of movies, where their acolytes came to worship, work and learn in the teens and 1920s.  After making movies, reverent places of worship were required to view them in style. … Continue reading →

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L.A. Christmas Card, 1911

Posted on December 18, 2011 by

Photo: Olive and 5th via Google’s Street View. Notice the vacant lot where Philharmonic Auditorium used to be. Demolition is forever. This truly awesome 1911 Christmas card, showing Philharmonic Auditorium and part of what is now Pershing Square, has been listed … Continue reading →

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Scientists to Build Computer From 1830s Drawings

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

Photo: The lobby of La Concha Motel, designed by Paul Revere Williams. Credit: The Neon Museum The first in a planned series of monthly lectures in the newly reopened Globe Lobby is sold out. The next lecture is Dec. 8, … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay – Ambassador Hotel

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

This postcard of the Ambassador Hotel has been listed on EBay. Wouldn’t it be neat to go there? Oh wait – we let L.A. Unified tear it down. Bidding starts at $5.

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Found on EBay – Clifton’s Pacific Seas

Posted on November 3, 2011 by

Photo: 618 S. Olive via Google’s Street View. This postcard of Clifton’s Pacific Seas (d. 1960), postmarked 1947, has been listed on EBay. The Pacific Seas was at 618 S. Olive and was torn down to make – a parking … Continue reading →

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Searching for Baseball History – and USC’s Bovard Field

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

Photo:  Tom Phelps scores for USC in a 1946 game against UCLA at Bovard Field. Credit: El Rodeo, 1946 Jane Leavy of the New York Times examines the search for historic baseball diamonds, including USC’s Bovard Field, where Mickey Mantle … Continue reading →

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Suspect in After-Hours Sex at Museum: ‘I Get Around’

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

Image: The Charleston Museum, where Michael L. Miller was arrested on charge of having sex at 3 a.m. Neale Gulley of Reuters reports that the Buffalo Transportation Pierce Arrow Museum in Buffalo, N.Y., is building Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1927 design … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – ‘The Loves of Pharaoh’

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Photo: Dagny Servaes in “The Loves of Pharaoh.” Credit: American Cinematheque. To celebrate the 89th anniversary of the opening of Hollywood’s Egyptian Theatre, American Cinematheque screened the 1922 restored Ernst Lubitsch film THE LOVES OF PHARAOH Tuesday night, October 18. … Continue reading →

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Mary Mallory: Hollywood Heights – The Quest for a Movie Museum

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Image: Postcard showing a model of a proposed Hollywood museum, listed on EBay $3.99. Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Oct. 6 that the Academy plans to open a Motion … Continue reading →

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Remembering ‘Injun Summer’ – But Not in a Good Way

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

Image: Detail of “Injun Summer” (d. 1992), by John T. McCutcheon, once an annual fall tradition of the Chicago Tribune. The old man tells the boy: “Don’t be skeered — hain’t none around here now, leastways no live ones.’” An … Continue reading →

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The Wilshire Bowl, 5665 Wilshire Blvd.

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

A matchbook from the Wilshire Bowl for sale on EBay, listed as Buy It Now for $7.19. Mary Mallory was curious about the Wilshire Bowl, where the Silver Screen Revue was staged in 1941. The bowl, at 5665 Wilshire Blvd., … Continue reading →

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A Vanished Neighborhood Endures in Memory

Posted on October 10, 2011 by

Nate Schweber of the New York Times writes about a reunion of people who lived in a New York neighborhood that was obliterated during urban renewal. The demolition of the neighborhood is also the subject of a documentary, “The Tragedy … Continue reading →

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Restoration at Wilshire Boulevard Temple

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Photo: Wilshire Boulevard Temple, interior. Credit: Jim Winstead On the 140th anniversary of the Chicago fire, it’s a time to celebrate the city’s libraries. Rick Kogan explains in the Tribune’s Sidewalks blog. Jay Jones, writing for the Los Angeles Times, … Continue reading →

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