Category Archives: Downtown

Los Angeles on smog alert, Braves win against Cards, September 19, 1958

Posted on September 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Los Angeles urged to drive less and reduce smog  Ozone levels in the region reach 0.53 per million, which would be a Stage 3 alert in 2008.    The "Mating Urge," in "flaming color." Imdb says this wasn’t released until … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles history–Nuestro Pueblo

Posted on September 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

The hanging tree Once described as the oldest rubber tree on the American continent, it was actually an Australian fig … maybe. Either way, it’s gone now. And the rustlers who were supposedly hanged here must have been awfully short … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles gets a new mayor, September 18, 1938

Posted on September 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Bowron: Liberal, moderate and conservative The Times’ Timothy G. Turner writes: ‘Fletcher Bowron is no longhair nor will he turn the town over to Psalm singers. He is little concerned with gambling and prostitution as such, only in their effect … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles mayor removed in recall, child killer executed, September 17, 1938

Posted on September 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Bowron defeats Shaw Superior Court judge, elected with 65% of the vote, will take office Sept. 26. He says: ‘This election, in no sense, is a personal triumph. This is not my fight. I have merely been part of a … Continue reading →

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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 votes in recall election, September 16, 1938

Posted on September 16, 2008 by lmharnisch

City voters decide on removing Mayor Shaw Judge Bowron predicts that he will win the election by 85,000 votes. In fact, he took an early lead and defeated Shaw by 100,000 votes, The Times says. Above, a political ad for … 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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Death stalks Spanish nobleman, Angels win, September 7, 1938

Posted on September 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Roy Rogers and Smiley Burnette: happy trails! Death stalks Spanish nobleman In Miami, the the former heir to the Spanish throne dies from injuries in a car crash because he carries the hereditary disease of hemophilia. His companion, a nightclub … Continue reading →

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Woman missing with family ‘fortune’; Golden Boy knocked out, September 6, 1958

Posted on September 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Art ‘Golden Boy’ Aragon on the ropes Woman vanishes with family ‘fortune’ We don’t know when Stella Collins started lying. Maybe it was in 1940, when she married Stanley. Or maybe it was later. We don’t know why she started … Continue reading →

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LA turns 157, September 5, 1938

Posted on September 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

Capt. Eugene Plummer is featured in a story about Plummer Park in West Hollywood. According to the caption, the revolver he’s holding belonged to Joaquin Murietta. At left, Mayor Frank Shaw and actor Leo Carrillo help celebrate Los Angeles’ 157th … Continue reading →

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LA history–Little Tokyo

Posted on September 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, as published in The Times, Sept. 2, 1938, and below, via Google maps’ street view.

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LAPD officers accused of beating, August 24, 1938

Posted on August 24, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, another editorial in The Times’ well-worn tradition of asking: "What’s all the fuss I hear about … recalling the corrupt mayor … a federal anti-lynching law … opening up America to the refugees of Europe? We don’t need to … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles history: Bunker Hill

Posted on August 22, 2008 by lmharnisch
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Former mayor may enter recall race, Cubs win over Pirates, August 22, 1938

Posted on August 22, 2008 by lmharnisch

Above, more proof, as if any were needed, that bad traffic is nothing new in Los Angeles. Note the traffic island in the center of the drawing, which is where people waited to board a streetcar. Voila! A 70-year-old attempt … Continue reading →

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Fugitive couple attack LAPD officer, August 17, 1958

Posted on August 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Fugitive couple from Milwaukee beat LAPD detective.
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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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Thieves take memorial plaque, Nuestro Pueblo, August 8, 1938

Posted on August 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Some things apparently do not change. Today, people steal copper wiring and manhole covers and sell them for scrap metal. In the 1930s, bronze plaques were apparently at risk.   The Fremont Gate to Elysian Park, 1549 N. Broadway, … 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 August 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Moss Photographer, 315 W. Pico St. WE stmore 2301, Los Angeles, Cal. Unfortunately, The Times’ Spring Street photo file has nothing that shows the transition at 1st Street in the critical period of the 1900s to the 1920s. Suddenly, … 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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