Category Archives: Architecture

Bridging the Bay

Posted on June 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 28, 1921: Our favorite Times artist, Charles Owens, sketches a proposed bridge across San Francisco Bay from Hunter's Point to Alameda.

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The Family That Likes to Fight

Posted on June 28, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 28, 1899: Cooking with a gasoline stove. Meet the battling Colan boys!

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Man Builds Model of 1881 Los Angeles

Posted on June 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Nov. 8, 1931: For its 50th anniversary, The Times re-creates Los Angeles as it was in 1881. Above, Robert H. Sexton Jr. displays an elaborate model of the city in 1881, measuring about 8 feet by 5 feet. The model … Continue reading →

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Women Gets Divorce From Missing Husband

Posted on June 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 26, 1889: Reynolds Bros. Architects. Josephine Abel gets a divorce from her husband, Abel.

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Found on EBay — First Methodist Episcopal Church

Posted on June 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Aug. 20, 1899: The cornerstone is laid for First M.E. Church This postcard showing First M.E. Church has been listed on EBay. The church was designed by Austin and Skilling and built on the northeast corner of  6th and Hill … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock, June 22, 1969

Posted on June 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Note: At the moment I'm unable to provide Matt Weinstock's June 22, 1959, column. Instead, here's his June 22, 1969 column.

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Found on EBay — Veterans’ Chapel

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard of the chapel at the National Soldiers' Home near Sawtelle has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at 99 cents. In 1917, The Times reported that widows usually remarried within two weeks of moving to Sawtelle because of … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo: Wilmington

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch

 

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Nuestro Pueblo: Benedict Canyon

Posted on June 19, 2009 by lmharnisch

 

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Nuestro Pueblo: Wilmington

Posted on June 16, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Found on EBay — Hollywood Hills

Posted on June 14, 2009 by lmharnisch

This 1908 postcard showing Hollywood in its rural days has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $6.

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Nuestro Pueblo: Weller Street

Posted on June 12, 2009 by lmharnisch

Today, we know Weller Street as Little Tokyo's Onizuka Street, named for the astronaut who was killed in the explosion of the Challenger space shuttle in 1986.

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The Fabulous Forum

Posted on June 10, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Nov. 21, 1968: Chick Hearn in a Forum luxury box. Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times Dec. 31, 1967: Usherette Patricia Sanderling wears a "mini toga" at the new Forum. The Times ran a long … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Oriental Cafe

Posted on June 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard showing the interior of the Oriental Cafe, 445-447 S. Main St., has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $9.99, a little steep for my blood.  Look what else you could get at 447 S. Main in 1903! … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Security Savings Bank

Posted on June 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard of the boardroom at Security Savings Bank has been listed on EBay. This is a bit of Victorian opulence — take a look at the marble fireplace. Bidding starts at $3.25.

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Found on EBay — Philharmonic Auditorium

Posted on June 3, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard of Philharmonic Auditorium, at Olive and 5th streets in downtown Los Angeles, has been listed on EBay. The auditorium was eventually given a modernized facade and finally torn down by a developer, leaving a vacant lot. Bidding starts … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo: Pumpkin Church

Posted on May 26, 2009 by lmharnisch

Below, Strangler Lewis vs. Toots Mondt at the Philharmonic, Aug. 14, 1924. Notice the byline: Braven Dyer, who retired from The Times in 1964 and died in 1983 at the age of 83.

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Sam Maloof, Woodworker

Posted on May 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

June 14, 1959: "For me, it is not enough to be a designer only. I want to be able to work a piece of wood into an object that contributes something beautiful and useful to our everyday living." Home magazine: … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo: L.A.’s Fountains

Posted on May 24, 2009 by lmharnisch

Declared a slum in 1939, the old Central Station on 1st Street between Broadway and Hill wasn't demolished until August 1955, below. The Central Station figured in the Carl Warr bombing case of 1912 and William  Hickman's kidnapping and murder … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Batchelder Tile

Posted on May 23, 2009 by lmharnisch

This eight-page brochure of Batchelder tile has been listed on EBay. Bidding starts at $36.

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