Category Archives: Architecture

Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on July 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Even allowing for artistic license, it’s difficult to see how Charles Owens could have City Hall looming in the background from our blacksmith shop on Garey Street. Below, a view from 1st Street and Garey via Google maps’ street … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on June 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

Union Station under construction in 1938 and as it appears in Google maps’ street view feature. We can only wonder what became of the palm trees planted by Don Mateo.

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Anti-gravity house

Posted on June 29, 2008 by lmharnisch

An anti-gravity house? You may laugh, the author says, but remember "atomic control" seemed impossible a mere 20 years ago. And no more hassles with dusting!        

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June 28, 1908

Posted on June 28, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The Christian Scientist Church at 948 W. Adams Blvd. is the second under construction in 1908. Recall that another one is being built in Pasadena.

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June 27, 1938

Posted on June 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Below, here’s the home at 6323 Arroyo Glen, via Google maps’ street view feature.  Florence Synder’s beloved sycamore is gone, but her house remains.

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June 26, 1938

Posted on June 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

  The home of the week, above, and below, via Google maps’ street view.

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June 24, 1938

Posted on June 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

uestro Pueblo is a new discovery for me, and a very happy one. The Times began the feature by writer Joe Seewerker and artist Charles Owens in June 1938, publishing installments Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. The series ended in October … Continue reading →

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June 21, 1908

Posted on June 21, 2008 by lmharnisch

  nteresting things from The Times Real Estate Section: The changing face of downtown Los Angeles (shout-out to my pals at onbunkerhill.org) and a proposed luxury hotel for Hollywood that I don't believe was built. This postcard at left gives … Continue reading →

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June 15, 1938

Posted on June 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

A detail of the arch, as shown on San Pedro High School’s website. For the full image, go here.   A cloverleaf interchange, as envisioned in 1938. Note the extensive landscaping on both sides of the freeway. A map of … Continue reading →

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June 14, 1908

Posted on June 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

Wilshire and Westmoreland via Google street view Lake and Hoover via Google street view ow if only research led in a straight line — but thankfully, it doesn't. Research corkscrews and jets off at unexpected angles. Today's project was supposed … Continue reading →

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June 11, 1908

Posted on June 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

ook, if you dare, into the mysterious disappearance of a fisherman on Santa Catalina Island named Tony the Greek, obscured not only by the details, but further muddied by the convoluted account in The Times. Toss in a private detective … Continue reading →

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June 8, 1958

Posted on June 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Visions of the future from 1958: People will live in geodesic domes (note that the floor plan on the dome displayed at the home show has no bathroom).  At left, predictions for 2000: Cars will be banned from the urban … Continue reading →

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June 7, 1938

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

New Chinatown opens, 1938. Above and at right, a special feature of New Chinatown is a dragon salvaged from the old Times Building, presumably the one built at 1st Street and Broadway after the 1910 bombing. The metal dragon was … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on June 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

June 7, 1908 Above, the home of J. de Barth Shorb (1842-1896) in San Marino, which Henry Huntington has torn down to make way for his cozy little cottage.  True confession: I have been a member of the Huntington for … Continue reading →

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May 31, 1908

Posted on May 31, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Above and at left, the "white and many-pillared mansion of commerce" opens at Broadway and 8th in Los Angeles. According to The Times, Hamburger’s Department Store was the largest building on the West Coast and had California’s first … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on May 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

690 S. Burlington, Los Angeles, Calif.   Above, still standing after more than a century, a few blocks east of MacArthur Park. This home in Pico Heights once belonged to H.R. Lacy, The Times says. According to Property Shark, the … Continue reading →

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May 23, 1908

Posted on May 23, 2008 by lmharnisch

Hollywood gets a new church, above.  (At left, Hollywood Presbyterian today.) The northwest corner of 8th Street and Broadway (at right) sells for $234,000 ($5,144, 969.35 USD 2007) … Below left, sake is banned because it’s impure … The auction … Continue reading →

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May 22, 1938

Posted on May 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Above, a plan for the Santa Anita Motor Inn at 101 W. Huntington. Apparently, the final design of the tower was a little more Art Deco (see the postcard here). At left, a miner leads detectives to the body … Continue reading →

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May 20, 1958

Posted on May 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Ed Gamer / Los Angeles Times Times columnist Jack Smith pays a farewell visit to the Amestoy Building at the northeast*   corner of  Market and Main (shown in 1945 map) across from City Hall. Built in 1887 by … Continue reading →

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Building of the week

Posted on May 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 17, 1908 Email me

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