Category Archives: Architecture

Home of the week

Posted on May 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, the home at Presidio Drive and Lorado Way in 1938 and in Google’s Street View, below. According to Property Shark, this neighborhood in View Park is 72.3% African American, 22.6% Hispanic, 14.1% Asian and 8.4% white (note that the … Continue reading →

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Building of the Week

Posted on May 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 10, 1908 A century later, the church is still standing, as shown in Google’s street view feature. The building was designed by Franklin P. Burnham. The article notes that a speaker can be easily heard anywhere in the auditorium … Continue reading →

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May 5, 1908

Posted on May 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Above, an update in the Brownsville incident … Below, arson destroys a "spite house" next to 1712 W. Adams … Ministers of the First Christian Church help raise money toward a legal test case on the Bible in public … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on May 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 3, 1908 Look what I found! Another 100-year-old home, as shown on Google maps street view: View Larger Map According to The Times, the Los Angeles Investment Co. developed a portion of what was known as the College Tract. … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on May 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

May 1, 1938   Above, here we are in 1938 in Leimert Park. Below, a current street view, courtesy of Google. Why am I showing a home from Leimert Park? Because this neighborhood is in what is all too often … Continue reading →

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April 27, 1958

Posted on April 27, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Home of the week

Posted on April 26, 2008 by lmharnisch

Miracle of miracles, this house at 1233 S. Bonnie Brae is still standing. View Larger Map Here’s an image from Google’s street view. Someone in the last century has tinkered with the porch and we have a non-period satellite dish, … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on April 20, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 20, 1958 Here’s an interesting sales pitch: Move to Anaheim for the kids. Only 26.5 miles to downtown L.A. Note that the map says "Houston Freeway," which took its name from Houston Avenue and was renamed the Riverside Freeway. … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on April 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 19, 1908 Above, new apartments on Olympic near Albany within walking distance of the "business district." Surprisingly enough, this building is still standing. The structure lost the details of its roof line, presumably in one of the earthquakes over … Continue reading →

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Home of the week

Posted on April 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

April 17, 1938 Here’s a model home at 2270 Brentford Road in San Marino. Zillow says the house is still there and is valued at $975,000. I’ll try to swing by there today and get a picture of it. Email … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 24, 2007Eagle Rock The Eagle Rock Bank, with aluminum windows and stucco, and braced with threaded rods. Here’s to you, Samuel Tilden Norton….

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 24, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 24, 1907Eagle Rock Architect Samuel Tilden Norton has designed a bank building for Townsend Avenue and Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock, The Times says. Just to make research interesting, The Times misspelled his name as S. Tilton Norton. According … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 18, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 2007Los Angeles The buildings featured in The Times for this week have been torn down, but in glancing through the listings, I found the sale by the Althouse brothers of a lot at 3006 S. La Salle. 3006 … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 10, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1907Los Angeles The Times features a hillside home “near the ostrich farm” in Pasadena. Presumably that was the Cawston farm in South Pasadena. (What, South Pasadena, again?) Unfortunately, many of the homes photographed for The Times in 1907 … Continue reading →

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Incendiary Ramblings

Posted on February 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 5, 2007Los Angeles Here’s an architectural drawing of the O.T. Johnson Building, which burned in yesterday’s fire. Looking north on Broadway at 4th Street. The burned structures are at the right. And here are some snaps of the damaged … Continue reading →

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Centennial Ramblings

Posted on February 5, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 5, 2007Sierra Madre Because it’s celebrating its centennial this month, I paid a visit to Sierra Madre and while savoring a cinnamon dolce latte at the local Starbucks, watched the sun set on a historic Union 76 ball. A … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on February 4, 2007 by lmharnisch

Feb. 4, 2007South Pasadena The Times publishes three architectural drawings of “artistic bungalows” prepared by the firm of Wilson and Barnes. One is being built by W.E. Fox on Columbia near Sunset Boulevard, the second by Dr. T.H. Lowers on … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on January 20, 2007 by lmharnisch

Los AngelesJan. 20, 2007 What we do know about H.J. Brainerd is that he built a fair number of “portable homes.” What we don’t know, except in one case, is exactly where he put them. Brainerd was active from 1906 … Continue reading →

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Architectural Ramblings

Posted on January 6, 2007 by lmharnisch

A Trip to Oxford Avenue Here’s an interesting contrast: Oxford Avenue between Washington Boulevard and the Santa Monica Freeway and Oxford Avenue north of Washington. South of Washington, Oxford seems a bit wider and the land between the curb and … Continue reading →

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The City Grows

Posted on December 29, 2006 by lmharnisch

Dec. 29, 1907Los AngelesThe Times real estate pages feature homes under construction around Washington Boulevard west of Hobart Boulevard. “This section is just being built up with a splendid class of dwelling houses,” The Times says. “There are several car … Continue reading →

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