Category Archives: Downtown

Craby Joe’s update

Posted on January 15, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Here’s another picture I got on my recent outing to Main Street. It was truly a beautiful day. And by the way, Jeremy Hansen tells Ed Fuentes at View From a … Continue reading →

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Craby Joe’s RIP

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

All is not well in Bukowski Square at Main and 7th. As noted all over the Internet, Craby Joe’s closed on Christmas Eve, a passing that was mourned by many, though not the Daily Mirror, who was at midnight Mass. … Continue reading →

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Drunk farm

Posted on January 13, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 13, 1958 Los AngelesIf you’ve read Jack Webb’s "The Badge," (Page 236-240) you’ll recall a section on the LAPD’s farm for rehabilitating alcoholics. According to Webb, who unfortunately is not a terribly reliable source, the project began because there … Continue reading →

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Location sleuth

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

    Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I set out for Bukowski Square to check on Craby Joe’s (more about that later) and discovered Main Street was blocked for filming. Coming to a theater near you will … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on January 12, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times   This is a detail of the slabs being installed on the new Los Angeles Police Department headquarters on Spring Street. I hope, I’m wrong but the idea of a big … Continue reading →

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Matt Weinstock

Posted on January 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

Jan. 11, 1958 This is to report that progress has whacked away another footnote in the American credo, this time the Tom Sawyer-Huck Finn division. Ralph Hopkins, who spends his weekends fixing up his desert hideaway, tried to buy some … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on January 11, 2008 by lmharnisch

   Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I saw the drab concrete facade being installed on the LAPD’s new headquarters yesterday and thought: "East Germany, 1962." This promises to be an interesting contrast to what Nathan Marsak calls … Continue reading →

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Jan. 9, 1908

Posted on January 9, 2008 by lmharnisch

Daniel Meskil is convicted of fatally shooting Officer Patrick Lyons, the second LAPD officer ever killed in the line of duty. Notice that The Times used an illustration for breaking news instead of a photograph… Searching for moonstones on Redondo … Continue reading →

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Main Street

Posted on January 7, 2008 by lmharnisch

Trolling EBay, I found this 1908 postcard showing the Jonathan Club when it was on the roof of what is now the Pacific Electric Lofts, 610 S. Main.   Here’s a detail shot from the former Jonathan Club, taken on … Continue reading →

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Dirty streets

Posted on January 5, 2008 by lmharnisch

The question arose as to the cleanliness of streets in 1908. As I noted, a half-ton animal can make a fairly large mess. Interestingly enough, The Times complained that the newer paved avenues were more of a problem than the … Continue reading →

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LAPD HQ

Posted on January 4, 2008 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Police Department headquarters under construction, 1st Street and Spring, Jan. 3, 2008.

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City Hall

Posted on January 2, 2008 by lmharnisch

Speaking of City Hall, here’s a frame grab from "Chinatown," with the fabulous cinematography of John Alonzo. I was quite fortunate to hear him discuss the making of "Chinatown" at a presentation many years ago. If you live in Los … Continue reading →

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Company town III

Posted on December 30, 2007 by lmharnisch

Robert Birchard writes:     Saw your blog on Francis Boggs and early filmmaking in Los Angeles.       Perhaps one of the reasons you’ve never found the laundry except in the earlier fire reference is that it is … Continue reading →

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Vaudeville days

Posted on December 29, 2007 by lmharnisch

I stumbled across this story while looking for something else. Notice that it mentions the Main Street Gym and the Hippodrome. As published in The Times, Oct. 2, 1983.    

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LAPD HQ

Posted on December 28, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Police Department headquarters under construction, Dec. 27, 2007.

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LAPD HQ

Posted on December 17, 2007 by lmharnisch

Photograph by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times Los Angeles Police Department headquarters under construction, Dec. 15, 2007.

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Dearden’s

Posted on December 16, 2007 by lmharnisch

Chris asks: Was the Dearden’s building the same one used for the filming or was it built later?  This site says it was built in 1904: http://www.you-are-here.com/downtown/dearden.html. Were there any 100th birthday events at the site this year? Let’s take … Continue reading →

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Company town II

Posted on December 15, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photographs by Larry Harnisch / Los Angeles Times I ended up making two trips to 7th and Main to see if I could photograph the 50-year-old plaque commemorating the birth of the film industry in Los Angeles. Although I … Continue reading →

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Downtown rebirth

Posted on December 14, 2007 by lmharnisch

Dec. 14, 1957 Los Angeles   I rarely read old editorials except for amusement. Here’s why. In the middle of the San Fernando/San Gabriel Valley housing boom, The Times says the outlying tract home is dead and that more people … Continue reading →

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Company town

Posted on December 13, 2007 by lmharnisch

  Photograph by the Los Angeles Times Actress Taina Elg and Mayor Norris Poulson at Main and 7th streets in a photo published Dec. 13, 1957. HOLLYWOOD'S GOLDEN JUBILEE 1907-1957   MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FILMING INLOS ANGELES BEGAN AT THIS … Continue reading →

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