Category Archives: Downtown

Mass transit

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Bruce H. Cox / Los Angeles Times I went down into the archives last night and pulled the original photo of Ralph P. Merritt, head of the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and our 1958 rapid transit plan. The map … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 19, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 19, 1938Los Angeles Antisemitism in Austria … Earle Kynette is indicted in the Harry Raymond bombing … Unrest in the Mideast … On the jump, two men are executed at San Quentin in a double hanging.   Email me

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 18, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 18, 1938Los Angeles Talk about a big news day … The grand jury, infuriated when most of the subpoenaed police officers refuse to testify in the Harry Raymond case, seizes intelligence files and discovers the unit was spying on … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 17, 1938Los Angeles Los Angeles County, founded Feb. 18, 1850, prepares to celebrate its 88th anniversary … Irving Berlin’s daughter is out of the hospital … The City Council prepares to give the Navy 4 1/2 acres in Chavez … Continue reading →

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Feb. 17, 1908

Posted on February 17, 2008 by lmharnisch

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 16, 1938Los Angeles    

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Random shot

Posted on February 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I went by Philippe trying to get a good angle on the MTA building. Email me

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I Love L.A.!

Posted on February 14, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I’ve been waiting a year to get this shot of the MTA headquarters. Happy Valentine’s Day! Email me

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LAPD HQ

Posted on February 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times The new Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, Feb. 11, 2008. Note that more of the facade has been installed and there are two trailers full of ductwork parked at the base. … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 10, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 10, 1938Los Angeles Los Angeles officials, led by Mayor Shaw, say they have nothing to hide from an Assembly  vice inquiry and are perfectly willing to turn over their income tax records.  The mayor’s brother, Frank, however, is unavailable … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 8, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 8, 1938Los Angeles Above, Lutheran minister Martin Niemoeller protests a secret trial by the Nazis on charges of treason. Niemoeller, who survived the war, was one of hundreds of dissident German ministers who were arrested by the Nazis in … Continue reading →

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Craby Joe’s RIP

Posted on February 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Craby Joe’s is gone but the sign lives on. Jeremy Hansen writes: The Museum of Neon Art is hoping to have the sign up and running by Feb. 14, the next downtown LA Artwalk.  The new location of the museum … Continue reading →

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Raymond bombing

Posted on February 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

  A "bodacious riot of hillbilly hotcha"–with Humphrey Bogart? And who else is in the cast? Ronald Reagan? Coming up next year, Bogart as a cowboy (with Jimmy Cagney) in "The Oklahoma Kid." The Carnegie Foundation warns that colleges risk … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on February 6, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 6, 1958 It isn’t customary for a fireman to play policeman but William L. Smith of Rescue Co. 3 decided recently that something had to be done about whoever pulled 30 fire alarm boxes in the Bunker Hill area … Continue reading →

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Feb. 6, 1908

Posted on February 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

  As I keep saying, the carnage on the streets of early 20th century Los Angeles is not to be believed. A detailed story on a fatal car accident … A brave teamster struggles to control a runaway team of … Continue reading →

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Harry Raymond bombing

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

Feb. 3, 1938Los Angeles  Paul Wright collapses on the witness stand … A car plays "Nearer, My God, to Thee" when it reaches 60 mph … A member of the LAPD Intelligence Unit surrenders in the investigation of the Harry … Continue reading →

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Feb. 3, 1908

Posted on February 3, 2008 by lmharnisch

 

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LAPD HQ

Posted on February 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photographs by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times OK, I wandered around to the other side of the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters under construction in downtown Los Angeles. Forget what I said about "East Germany, 1962."  Here’s a … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on February 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photographs by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I may have to rethink my comment about "East Germany, 1962." Here’s a detail of the facade. Glass is being installed on the south side of the building. I’ll try to … Continue reading →

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Feb. 1, 1938

Posted on February 1, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Harry Raymond undergoes surgery to remove more bomb fragments … Times columnist E.V. Durling, an institution of the 1930s, urges restraint in deciding whether the LAPD was involved in the Raymond case   … Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz poses for … Continue reading →

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