Category Archives: Downtown

Bradley Leads Yorty, Pro Sports in Orange County, May 9, 1969

Posted on May 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

Creative financing by L.A. Unified: Balance the budget and avoid cutbacks by overestimating the amount of money it will receive from the state. Hipshot Percussion sends a bad hombre to meet his maker in Stan Lynde's "Rick O'Shay." It's fun … Continue reading →

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Family Evicted From Chavez Ravine, May 9, 1959

Posted on May 9, 2009 by lmharnisch

The Times' coverage of the Chavez Ravine evictions isn't easy reading and clearly not the paper at its best. The construction of Dodger Stadium was something the paper campaigned for and those who opposed the plan were either ignored or … Continue reading →

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Game Honors Roy Campanella, May 8, 1959

Posted on May 8, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo May 7, 1959: Between the fifth and six innings of the benefit game for Roy Campanella, the lights at the Coliseum were extinguished and spectators struck matches and lit cigarette lighters as a tribute to … Continue reading →

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Memories of Union Station

Posted on May 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Dec. 12, 1939: Waiting area, Union Station. Union Station has always been one of my favorite L.A. spots. The old place reminds me of family. My dad and grandfather spent their careers with the Santa Fe … Continue reading →

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Cinco de Mayo, LAPD Seeks New Chief, May 6, 1939

Posted on May 6, 2009 by lmharnisch

For Cinco de Mayo, The Times features — children in Scandinavian costumes celebrating Hans Christian Andersen. Above, selection of the next LAPD chief is going to prove interesting. At left, Cinco de Mayo art, plus a photo of three women … Continue reading →

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Random Shot

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I snapped this photo of placards left over from the May 1 marches while waiting for the light at Broadway and 1st Street. var gaJsHost = (("https:" == document.location.protocol) ? "https://ssl." : … Continue reading →

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Churchill Visits Ike, Dodgers Beat Braves, May 5, 1959

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

   Above, efforts fail to heal a rift between President Eisenhower and former President Truman, who declined an invitation to the White House to dine with former British  Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Assemblyman William B. Rumford (D- Berkeley) calls upon … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on May 5, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Found on EBay — Spring Street

Posted on May 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

This postcard showing Spring Street before it was straightened out has been listed on EBay. Bidding for the lot (which also includes a postcard of Westlake Park) starts at $4.50.

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Union Station Opens, May 4, 1939

Posted on May 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo June 13, 1915: Before Union Station, there was the Southern Pacific depot on Central between 4th and 5th Streets, which replaced an even earlier depot called the Arcade Station.   Los Angeles Times file photo … Continue reading →

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Parade Opens Union Station, May 4, 1939

Posted on May 4, 2009 by lmharnisch

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Union Station Turns 70

Posted on May 2, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times From left, Chester Gan, Chinese district leader; Arthur Kennedy of the city Planning Commission; Vic MacKenzie, American Legion national convention director; George R. Reilly, San Francisco County supervisor; Bruce Iliff, federal liaison officer; Drew … Continue reading →

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Union Station Turns 70

Posted on May 1, 2009 by lmharnisch

May 1, 1939: The Times publishes a cutaway drawing of the new terminal.

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Israel Raids Egypt, Celtics Beat Lakers, April 30, 1969

Posted on April 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

The 1960s were surely the hair decade. Ask your mom if she ever had a hairdo like this model in a Broadway ad.  President Nixon urges "backbone" against student unrest. Israel strikes Egypt. Nixon plays "Happy Birthday" for Duke Ellington. … Continue reading →

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Union Station Turns 70

Posted on April 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 1935: City Hall casts a long shadow over downtown Los Angeles in this photograph showing where Union Station will be built. Notice the large storage tanks of the gasworks in the upper … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Prepares for Opening of Union Station, April 30, 1939

Posted on April 30, 2009 by lmharnisch

The city made a special effort to examine and celebrate its past during the opening of Union Station. Officials mounted a much more elaborate "parade of progress" than I suspect we would see today. Primitive semi-humans called the Lingoo in … Continue reading →

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Found on EBay — Angels Flight

Posted on April 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

This 1908 postcard of Angels Flight has been listed on EBay. Notice that it was originally next to the 3rd Street tunnel. Also notice the lookout tower at the top of Bunker Hill. Bidding starts at $3.99.

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Union Station Turns 70

Posted on April 29, 2009 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles Times file photo Los Angeles' Union Station formally opened May 3-5, 1939, with a three-day festival that included parades and displays of historic locomotives and streetcars. The Daily Mirror will be posting photos of the station's construction and … Continue reading →

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Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on April 27, 2009 by lmharnisch
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A Jewish Pioneer Who Helped Build L.A.

Posted on April 22, 2009 by lmharnisch

Frances Dinkelspiel Frances Dinkelspiel, whose biography of her great-great-grandfather Isaias Hellman has received good notices, is one of the many writers who will be at The Times Festival of Books. For those not venturing to UCLA on Sunday, she will … Continue reading →

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