Category Archives: Architecture

Los Angeles history–Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on September 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

Grateful family erects frontyard shrine The doctor said Generosa Bruno was dying and there was nothing to save her. ‘You might pray,’ he told her family. And they did. 739 Yale St. in 1938 and, below, Yale Street via Google … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles history — noir

Posted on September 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

The Los Angeles Conservancy is sponsoring a one-day tour of sites titled "L.A. NOIR-chitecture, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 9. The locations have become famous in noir fiction and film and include the Formosa Cafe (James Ellroy’s "L.A. … Continue reading →

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City attorney expects court battle to delay Dodger Stadium, September 7, 1958

Posted on September 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

City attorney sees long battle for Chavez Ravine Dodgers owner Walter O’Malley expects legal challenges to be resolved quickly and predicts stadium construction will begin in February 1959. By Keith ThursbyTimes staff writer Jeane Hoffman’s interview with Los Angeles City … Continue reading →

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LA history–Nuestro Pueblo, September 7, 1938

Posted on September 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, an unusual house in the 6500 block of Monterey Road. Below, Monterey Road as shown in Google maps’ street view. California death records list a Stanton D. Fraser (1903-1974), but it’s unclear if this is the man in the … Continue reading →

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Times’ new feature on LA history

Posted on September 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photographs from the Huntington Library Above, the Shorb home, torn down by Henry Huntington to make way for his mansion. Lost L.A. Today’s Home section introduces a new feature by Sam Watters. The first installment looks at the history of … Continue reading →

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History mystery–photo detective

Posted on August 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

  I was going through The Times’ photos of Spring Street and became rather irked that someone labeled this image in grease pencil. This is the intersection of Main, Temple and Spring before Spring was realigned.    Then I noticed … Continue reading →

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on August 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times This picture shows the later stages in the realignment of Spring Street. Demolition workers have sheared off the fronts of several buildings.   One of the most recognizable downtown landmarks–the Hall of Records … Continue reading →

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on July 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the Nadeau Hotel (sometimes called the Hotel Nadeau) at Spring and 1st streets (now the site of The Times Building), in an undated drawing. An early ad for a business in the Nadeau, 1889. Photograph by the Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on July 30, 2008 by lmharnisch

  C.C. Pierce & Co. Photographers, Los Angeles, Cal., U.S.A. An undated photograph of the Phillips Block, 1887-1912.   After looking at the old photos of Spring Street over the last few days, I wanted to learn more about the … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on July 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Below, Ducommun and Garey streets, the general area where this picture was drawn, via Google maps’ street view.   

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on July 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

  C.C. Pierce & Co. Photographers, Los Angeles, Cal. U.S.A. This picture was taken from Spring and 2nd streets about 1895, and shows the reverse angle of Spring and 1st, which we looked at yesterday.   One of the most … Continue reading →

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on July 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

  C. C. Pierce Photographer, 1572 W. Pico, Los Angeles This photograph of Spring Street, looking south from Temple, is slightly later than the one in the previous entry and was taken about 1896.    Notice that our single-track, horse-drawn … Continue reading →

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Spring Street revisited

Posted on July 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Los Angeles Times file photo When this photo was taken, about 1883, Spring Street took an oblique angle at 1st. We're looking north, possibly from the Nadeau Hotel at what is now the site of The Times Building. The … Continue reading →

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July 26, 1908

Posted on July 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Above, developer Samuel A. Selover buys a home at Bonnie Brae and Miramar streets. Selover, whose projects included Belmont Shore in Long Beach, died in 1939. Below, Bonnie Brae and Miramar via Google maps’ street view. Email me

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on July 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

ow this was truly a happy discovery: Someone turned two streetcars into a house. Alas, it’s not there anymore. I would love to know the story behind the home, I’m sure it’s an interesting one. At left, an update on … Continue reading →

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And commuting was born

Posted on July 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Sounds familiar, doesn’t it? Except this was published in The Times on July 1, 1901. Today, we shake our heads when we read about someone who works in Santa Monica or downtown Los Angeles and lives in the … Continue reading →

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July 19, 1908

Posted on July 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, details of the Gilbert B. Perkins home on Hillcrest in Pasadena. his was a fun little mystery, complicated by The Times using the wrong middle initial for Gilbert Perkins in the caption. Perkins sold the home in 1914 to … Continue reading →

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July 13 1938

Posted on July 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

North Main Street, below, via Google maps’ street view. Where would you rather go for a walk, Main Street 1938 or Main Street 2008? he upcoming election on whether to recall Mayor Frank Shaw is one of the key moments … Continue reading →

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Architectural rambling

Posted on July 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

t’s difficult to be certain, but I believe the house shown in Google maps’ street view is the one designed by Clara Content Alden. Fortunately, Riverside County has posted its historic maps online, so I was able to find the … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on July 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Below, the 900 block of Yale Street via Google maps’ street view feature. Do you think they know there were oil wells there 70 years ago?

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