tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-325891922024-02-06T20:50:16.520-08:00LOS ANGELES CITY HISTORYLouis (Video Louis) Elovitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12377649637197382819noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32589192.post-1155336011982894542010-06-12T00:00:00.000-07:002010-06-12T02:49:24.716-07:00OLD SCHOOL L.A. • photos & films<span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Los Angeles 1984 Premiere</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">St Patrick's Day</span> Parade</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBTx1UKjQeQLJeHW06Qqoc5HhW530z6sRvakHfd-yQ8qZt4aKF13o6_iPcJwYZS3epEINA1TxCJ0JbVkn9E5xgp0uuAyzhL7LM2Ud3Au5JZGIFzc3fqqRARRpCkYPI0RWlKXIvg/s1600-h/stpatdance.JPEG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuBTx1UKjQeQLJeHW06Qqoc5HhW530z6sRvakHfd-yQ8qZt4aKF13o6_iPcJwYZS3epEINA1TxCJ0JbVkn9E5xgp0uuAyzhL7LM2Ud3Au5JZGIFzc3fqqRARRpCkYPI0RWlKXIvg/s400/stpatdance.JPEG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5311843125831101410" border="0" /></a><br />I Filmed The Premiere St Patrick's Day Parade in DownTown L.A. March 17, 1984<br /><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="viddler_fcfb1cce" height="269" width="437"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/fcfb1cce/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/fcfb1cce/" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" name="viddler_fcfb1cce" wmode="transparent" height="269" width="437"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Our Lady Queen of the Angels</span><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/LAmap99.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 356px; height: 320px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/LAmap99.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">Sunland Tujunga and North Hollywood</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">are the </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">City of Los Angeles</span>. I grew up<br />in North Hollywood and lived for years<br />in Sunland Tujunga. The 1939 L.A. map<br />shows these distinct cities that are L.A.<br /><br /><br />________________________________<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Tujunga Car Lot 1920</span><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIzNCL2h51kVLN5LUZ6B21tqhz8SlpB7wdfHAHoUcF5DNrf1aI8wpOmtlLHh4MhKMVABSyw5WczpxTHlvjTyvhxHJUMi7B2U6Ti5oKZm0zmPEnT7ei5_WTZaNMFy8qgTUsgcw/s1600-h/SFVhist8.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLIzNCL2h51kVLN5LUZ6B21tqhz8SlpB7wdfHAHoUcF5DNrf1aI8wpOmtlLHh4MhKMVABSyw5WczpxTHlvjTyvhxHJUMi7B2U6Ti5oKZm0zmPEnT7ei5_WTZaNMFy8qgTUsgcw/s320/SFVhist8.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5095868581905847938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-family:verdana;">car lot in Tujunga of 1920<br />near Foothill & Commerce</span></span><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">PAN PACIFIC AUDITORIUM</span> <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br />AUTO SHOW 1939</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DTMQ14pGuIXltRoaBop_ztkfNo6GZfv_C4QCk_zTHoF5rInDUWUyI2iN_dfq9nyIJYBODVqSWJjJcKHBj7hXRXHGsgX4nFek3RecJY_ju-2LWwB-Y03cMF5AL_uYmAj1w6FD/s1600-h/Pan-Pacific1939.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DTMQ14pGuIXltRoaBop_ztkfNo6GZfv_C4QCk_zTHoF5rInDUWUyI2iN_dfq9nyIJYBODVqSWJjJcKHBj7hXRXHGsgX4nFek3RecJY_ju-2LWwB-Y03cMF5AL_uYmAj1w6FD/s320/Pan-Pacific1939.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067322837130279298" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:Arial;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" ><clic2enlarge><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><br /><br /></clic2enlarge></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" ><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnlcV-l6UbTLgMlGEer1s05RPy4isDf6IVTMWg3U-bPjXvs8pd9m5ES7nyVyDZMxyFg8dXaalUu7TjFihKXj1WKJDsz5qhsboZvDLldQqAoLmyjLXkk7ZWW9zzJK-T-WX73tl/s1600-h/panpac.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 130px; height: 111px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAnlcV-l6UbTLgMlGEer1s05RPy4isDf6IVTMWg3U-bPjXvs8pd9m5ES7nyVyDZMxyFg8dXaalUu7TjFihKXj1WKJDsz5qhsboZvDLldQqAoLmyjLXkk7ZWW9zzJK-T-WX73tl/s320/panpac.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067324744095758738" border="0" /></a>The Pan Pacific Auditorium stood on the Gilmore<br />Oil Land occupied also by the CBS Fairfax Studios<br />and the Grove. Gilmore Stadium was part of this<br />vast area with AA baseball and midget car races.<br />The main element was the<br />Auditorium with its<br />art deco spans rising<br />in the front of its center.<br />Tragically ended in a fire</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> in 1989.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">It is now a park.<br /><br /><br /></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-family:times new roman;font-size:180%;" ><span>HOLLYWOOD & VINE<br />CHRISTMAS 1959</span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeepJgGPlFa7ylVvvYYrEMyhcv6y5FiDjdOlQ6CZHhChUs1xMbXWWB-9_UtgLM04APfZOxpVlYgUoPl42wYonSvoZm3RsgonQ_rD7sS7MhbwKvZG5N2FfJgSAlPeZ43cuvcnyC/s1600-h/hollywoodparade1959.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 374px; height: 423px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeepJgGPlFa7ylVvvYYrEMyhcv6y5FiDjdOlQ6CZHhChUs1xMbXWWB-9_UtgLM04APfZOxpVlYgUoPl42wYonSvoZm3RsgonQ_rD7sS7MhbwKvZG5N2FfJgSAlPeZ43cuvcnyC/s320/hollywoodparade1959.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5051714891227893618" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);font-family:verdana;" ><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:verdana;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />With the supposed END of the Hollywood Christmas Parade<br /><br />here in the future L.A., let's look back at the boulevard in<br /><br />1959 with the marching bands, the Broadway Department<br /><br />store on the corner, the Pantages Theater down a block<br /><br />and those FAMOUS Metal Xmas Trees that adorned every<br /><br />light pole on the Street of the Stars.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >Los Angeles "1933"</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvI4a7gXOicW1YruVIwXdZ0rhn9cUR1LgHAiOmebJdjpdYjW2XgRSmO_7TljgLHqLjgFVp5FNLcyQ_D3qu1UVhwLli73Zjf6uB_ipB_-iBDBZ2nrWE-Pq5x75k_-b5mGw5GZl/s1600-h/L.A."><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHvI4a7gXOicW1YruVIwXdZ0rhn9cUR1LgHAiOmebJdjpdYjW2XgRSmO_7TljgLHqLjgFVp5FNLcyQ_D3qu1UVhwLli73Zjf6uB_ipB_-iBDBZ2nrWE-Pq5x75k_-b5mGw5GZl/s320/L.A." alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5043197651212405458" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="http://franklinavenue.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;"></span></a><br />" <span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:85%;" >Imagine, had this 1933 proposal for the<br />Civic Center been implemented, what a<br />difference the area would be today.<br /><br />A Civic Center with tons of green space,<br />a gathering circle, and a lot more.<br />It's just one of several L.A. plans that never<br />made it past the development stage.<br />Pic found inside the Los Angeles Public Library collection. <span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">TRAINS 40's & NOW</span><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9D1TCpqXM__d8TwCpLSnUtrZ0oH7OHYX5Al354V8GMNnbRz1dO_vTTcynaAMx_QvA9xp18INesTecfLbGjGKNdavYjEeSNME1AMYWcMK1LYrIyWboSIdazh42kVlYdYjW_W_cQ/s1600-h/lockheedTRAIN.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH9D1TCpqXM__d8TwCpLSnUtrZ0oH7OHYX5Al354V8GMNnbRz1dO_vTTcynaAMx_QvA9xp18INesTecfLbGjGKNdavYjEeSNME1AMYWcMK1LYrIyWboSIdazh42kVlYdYjW_W_cQ/s320/lockheedTRAIN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5047886498110257506" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lockheed Airport</span> in the 1940's Rail Line with the<br />now <span style="font-weight: bold;">Bob Hope Airport</span> in the background. The train<br />route parallels Vanowen St. here in Burbank just east<br />of NoHo. A great steam train goes west and below we<br />see the same right of way with a MetroLink Train 2007.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeHaJyIBvfdHhnsJIk31chLaluPDh1sr8XY68iPkRFv2D0EeoEkYDSaqZ7LdM20wrwOKFFzpYNZQ0IZfFrPNMt2GiQpv2Qy5cmyhwfYIGeUjAOJAeydjnlTjU0fB6HrMVCnkE/s1600-h/TRAINlockheed2.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeeHaJyIBvfdHhnsJIk31chLaluPDh1sr8XY68iPkRFv2D0EeoEkYDSaqZ7LdM20wrwOKFFzpYNZQ0IZfFrPNMt2GiQpv2Qy5cmyhwfYIGeUjAOJAeydjnlTjU0fB6HrMVCnkE/s320/TRAINlockheed2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026820357351681234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">L.A. City Hall 1940's</span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuyMC2r-PHn9XYGA4IaqFWC6RC0vsmiXNa0sG7Oczua6zS4SET7HZayGLJ1DGv0A2pflOuhKx7K0Tjn4RLHnHlI_nhfLcKeQH2G2O_-hfPo_rNE9VJOC7-151OcWGjtyvEIPP/s1600-h/LAcityHALL.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhuyMC2r-PHn9XYGA4IaqFWC6RC0vsmiXNa0sG7Oczua6zS4SET7HZayGLJ1DGv0A2pflOuhKx7K0Tjn4RLHnHlI_nhfLcKeQH2G2O_-hfPo_rNE9VJOC7-151OcWGjtyvEIPP/s320/LAcityHALL.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5029646765477895842" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Van De Camps Bakery</span><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3VZSaNCbEfQYBnScEP1SgZDTSzjTQWR-b6WD7Ks9NGbEVn3VLZ8MA3YvICqseYHNPq1CJeTrhH4OoNL_dPiqjDsbOJCH5zh65E1pQJiDusb9J0ySg6jjg50hY26yGWapyJE_/s1600-h/vandekampsVONS.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3VZSaNCbEfQYBnScEP1SgZDTSzjTQWR-b6WD7Ks9NGbEVn3VLZ8MA3YvICqseYHNPq1CJeTrhH4OoNL_dPiqjDsbOJCH5zh65E1pQJiDusb9J0ySg6jjg50hY26yGWapyJE_/s320/vandekampsVONS.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5026134265840225538" border="0" /></a><br />This is a Southern<br />California favorite<br />that blanketed the<br />area in markets, as<br />here in a Von's, and<br />they had their own<br />restaurants "under<br />the windmill". The<br />company still sells<br />in stores.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >ANGEL'S FLIGHT 1901</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq5K__jzwYESxrYk2WysYXzTUioq4T9r3K8no-Yb-f1tlIdMtzdFRKsUFHdgF262NTHAsq60TDEmLaE6c0fsivYDErXtr5FyDuI5lkn3MoRf0TOg3wNowhz8qoIR0q8vg-uql/s1600-h/angels1902.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq5K__jzwYESxrYk2WysYXzTUioq4T9r3K8no-Yb-f1tlIdMtzdFRKsUFHdgF262NTHAsq60TDEmLaE6c0fsivYDErXtr5FyDuI5lkn3MoRf0TOg3wNowhz8qoIR0q8vg-uql/s320/angels1902.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5012741282398570834" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7NUPowW2Fe6r57mCgZaMaliiQJYseUUXNBJ0EUNiVhAu_w5saM_nIYBh10n-Gct4-xl8mwjEDPihaS-04SYNuR1iLMTN3eU2hLeH9wW2n32JpJP-gZqrDjyPgyea_33Dzzc2/s1600-h/angelsflightcardfront.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7NUPowW2Fe6r57mCgZaMaliiQJYseUUXNBJ0EUNiVhAu_w5saM_nIYBh10n-Gct4-xl8mwjEDPihaS-04SYNuR1iLMTN3eU2hLeH9wW2n32JpJP-gZqrDjyPgyea_33Dzzc2/s320/angelsflightcardfront.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013108583706757474" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">1901</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />Colonel <b><br />J.W. Eddy</b><br />was the<br />builder of<br /><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_Flight" title="Angels Flight">Angels Flight</a><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funicular" title="Funicular">Funicular</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railroad" title="Railroad">Railroad</a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">2007</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_Flight"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 103px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV3s4f03YAcR4ph-NwU0aymrycIV7YbI0GeNch0naiZ4nPiGYkNFgkLfrsLfm2V753Ls7YGFSCghLiJd91e74nzM-FcyBlFe5U_2c0ZDE7avPTcnNd3QX2dXIYUV9UQO6rNmY3/s320/Angels_Flight.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5013318862175958738" border="0" /></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_Flight"><br /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><span style="line-height: 19px;">Los Angeles rapid transit in 1901.<br />This ran up the 3rd St. Hill </span></b><span style="line-height: 19px;">right<br />next to the tunnel that still exists.<br />Perfect service until one hundred years<br />later when it was relocated<br />and 'renovated' and now in limbo<br />after a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels_Flight">tragic accident</a> </span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 19px;">about six years<br />ago</span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> in 2001</span></span></span><span class="text"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="line-height: 19px;"> just after they re-opened it.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >S.S. CATALINA</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.savethecatalina.org/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJyOw4HMoNbBw1sxQ7zR42xB3pPRUYS-qGdg_oiHO50ytl8b7ZmwZXuG1KWE_NJEP1GXnsSH2VlPOTslvF36t8mfIAr9EqVKZ7hU0mJrCUb4nWq-gm7_ZXy34pFmzxrPz2xeXRkA/s320/sscatalina3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5005302929934032194" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.savethecatalina.org/"><br /></a><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><a href="http://www.savethecatalina.org/"><br /><br /><br /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBG8iy5PgyRCbpHmXeu8czaV96emjs7i7acChGFGrkHwiWcdXd0107ZCeEjjlvL0qYndhs9qLpwnE5YdHzz_S6OcpHk597JuY7DCFczTa2EwgFE9vJnmBN5eU2rltf6PC7CO6tQ/s1600-h/inthebay.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtBG8iy5PgyRCbpHmXeu8czaV96emjs7i7acChGFGrkHwiWcdXd0107ZCeEjjlvL0qYndhs9qLpwnE5YdHzz_S6OcpHk597JuY7DCFczTa2EwgFE9vJnmBN5eU2rltf6PC7CO6tQ/s320/inthebay.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020970123234637970" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.savethecatalina.org/"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span style="font-size:100%;">Twenty-Six miles across the Sea. ∆ clic info ∆</span></span></span></span></span></span></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">RED CAR NoHo 1950's</span><br /></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">NOHO RAILROAD ST</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" ><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/lankdepot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 133px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/lankdepot.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;" >ATION</span><br /></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><b><br /><br /><br /></b>This view of historical Lankershim Train Depot<br />in North Hollywood, California, is a very old pic.<br />Built in 1896 <span style="font-size:100%;">by <a href="http://www.geocities.com/espee9164/jacks_2.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Southern Pacific Railroad </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">at the corner of </span><b style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Lankershim</b><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Boulevard </span></a><br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/espee9164/jacks_2.html"><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">and Chandler </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Street.</span></a></span> There is a restoration<br />project starting in conjunction<br />with the Metro Transit.<br /><a href="http://www.geocities.com/espee9164/jacks_2.html">∆more info clic here∆</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://st-noho.blogspot.com/2006/11/speed-racer-no-home-depot-fowl-lake-76.html"><span style="font-size:78%;"></span></a></span></span></span></span></span>Cars 5120 and 1299<br />hang out at NoHo<br />Red Car Station<br />and railyard.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/1600/180558/redcar1952noho1%20.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/320/954590/redcar1952noho1%20.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/1600/51992/redcar1952noho2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/320/158437/redcar1952noho2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/1600/589303/redcarnoho3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/320/474316/redcarnoho3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The Pacific Electric Red Car service to the<br />San Fernando Valley. This Car 5170 is<br />traveling over the Tujunga Wash which<br />is now the 170 FWY @ Chandler in NoHo.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >THRIFTIMART NoHo</span><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" >LANKERSHIM & OXNARD</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" ><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLf1vji8BztOXjCEve-4BYkQc1JRQOYyR9rtBCEfgjLDBCi3NIjNYxsAEV0wuuvO0F3tq_TNigSkpgtJUNGfVpIsdt8V-14SUM2iDYLo_ViagCiJJ-OU34N2bUQ2DlW-n2wM_bQ/s1600-h/Thriftimartxx.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkLf1vji8BztOXjCEve-4BYkQc1JRQOYyR9rtBCEfgjLDBCi3NIjNYxsAEV0wuuvO0F3tq_TNigSkpgtJUNGfVpIsdt8V-14SUM2iDYLo_ViagCiJJ-OU34N2bUQ2DlW-n2wM_bQ/s320/Thriftimartxx.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5020964286374082690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-ancient Polaroid by Richard Sapiro -looking NORTH<br /><br /><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Above Thriftmart, " Open 24 Hours"<br />across from Bekin's Moving and Storage<br />which now is a Leed's Mattress store<br />and in the same shopping center as a<br />Baskin Robbins Ice Cream store, one of the<br />first stores for that then Glendale company.<br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZIKzSiDURJy9yysha-YpMrUSJluGv-UXlhSL90vlqxhNYI2KJt0r3qE7x4mDDbhiYP7NZaEqQmjjB_8AY95KKsI1KwKvIW-vLrMKjn-rL2zFLjrPuQfrF6i3hIF09zzmjwU6/s1600-h/baskins1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 82px; height: 83px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixZIKzSiDURJy9yysha-YpMrUSJluGv-UXlhSL90vlqxhNYI2KJt0r3qE7x4mDDbhiYP7NZaEqQmjjB_8AY95KKsI1KwKvIW-vLrMKjn-rL2zFLjrPuQfrF6i3hIF09zzmjwU6/s320/baskins1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5005543753045286258" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:courier new;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I went to NHHS with<br />Steve Baskin who's<br />family were part owners<br />of this unique<br />SoCal ice cream store.</span><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">A long gone supermarket chain of the 1950's<br />to 60's absorbed by Smart & Final.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">There was one near Oxnard on<br />Lankershim</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">in North Hollywood<br />with it's tall " T " icon. </span><br />There was another in the Valley Plaza that<br />was a small shopping center with small shops<br />on one side of the market and also a shoe repair<br />and Chef's chicken bbq.</span></span></span></span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/thritymart1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/thritymart1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">EVERY DAYS A SPECIAL DAY AT THRIFTIMART</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">EVERY DAYS A SPECIAL DAY FOR YOU</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">WHAT EVER YOU PUT IN YOUR SHOPPING CART</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">YOU'LL SAVE AND SAVE AT THRIFTIMART...</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >HODY'S RESTAURANT NoHo</span><br /></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">LANKERSHIM & OXNARD</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-_Dz1OdMHjRQpgLr-2d2tSemJbvxojnUZ0dXK-GcvD_mP-_pXxDo1pkVobvTmdcxE59q5QyzD69VY-Ny7PLaYLf7uIvDmOdMShzyoAnMOJ97pNn4IN6NQTb3MM48UctgPtWW/s1600-h/LA-00269-C~Hody-s-noho.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 483px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-_Dz1OdMHjRQpgLr-2d2tSemJbvxojnUZ0dXK-GcvD_mP-_pXxDo1pkVobvTmdcxE59q5QyzD69VY-Ny7PLaYLf7uIvDmOdMShzyoAnMOJ97pNn4IN6NQTb3MM48UctgPtWW/s320/LA-00269-C~Hody-s-noho.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5018366509764835234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/1600/335756/HODYs1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger2/5599/3684/320/658696/HODYs1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />-ancient Polaroid by Richard Sapiro -looking SOUTH<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oxnard & Lankershim </span>in North Hollywood<br />during the late 50's. A major L.A. restaurant<br />chain called Hody's. There was one at Hollywood<br />& Vine, and two at La Brea & Rodeo. They had a<br />clown mask menu for kids. There was a coffee<br />shop and dining room including a bakery.<br />There was a major fire and it was never rebuilt.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">PHOTO by Richard Sapiro</span><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.geocities.com/espee9164/jacks_2.html"></a><br /><br /><br /><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >O.g.-OBSERVATORY</span><br /></span></span></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/obsopen.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/dome33.png" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/obsopen.html"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://english.glendale.cc.ca.us/obsopen.html"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">"The steel skeleton frame of the Griffith </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Observatory's main dome takes shape </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">in this December 1933 photo. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">The building opened 17 months later."</span></a><b><br /><br /><br /><br /></b><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >BOLTON HALL TUJUNGA</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 323px; height: 194px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/obolton.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html">THIS ROCK STRUCTURE WAS BUILT IN<br />1913. THIS AREA WAS CALLED </a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html">"Little Lands (Los Terrenitos]".</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><tt>George Harris Built this early </tt></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><tt>area monument with the ROCKS from </tt></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><tt>this area, we call, "THE ROCK". </tt></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><tt>Bolton Hall is full of this area's </tt></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html"><span style="font-size:100%;"><b><tt>'pioneer' & Indian SPIRIT & </tt></b></span></a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></div><p style="text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave2.html">ARTIFACTS.</a></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><br /><br /><br />PHIL'S DINER NOHO</span></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/philsExt.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/philsExt.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />From a 1920's design by Charles Amend<br />Phil's Diner served the railroad business<br />area of 1900's North Hollywood. Located<br />on Chandler just off Lankershim many<br />blue collars workers came to this modest<br />diner.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />LOS ANGELES<br />ABOUT 1902<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/los_a902.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/400/los_a902.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This small section of L.A. shows some<br />familiar locations as well as maybe not<br />so remembered. Clic to enlarge to see<br />the Tujunga wash going Se to Nw whre<br />the 170 fwy is now. also is Toluca sans<br />'lake'. Edgemont and Ivanhoe then cities<br />now streets as memory. Or, how about<br />Calgrove just south of Hollywood.<br />Things change in L.A. and always<br />remain the same.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />OUR TOWN<br />L.A. 1853<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/LA1853.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/LA1853.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Not too many cameras in the world around then,<br />here an artist's rendering of the early Los Angeles<br /><br /><br /><br />CALIFORNIA<br />1895</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/ca_1895.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/ca_1895.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 0);font-family:arial;font-size:180%;" ><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:100%;" >California map 1895</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">clic to see larger view<br />to see our Los Angeles areas.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:100%;" >ELEMENTARY SCHOOL<br />WILD WILD WEST 1950's</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/gradeschool%20fun%20copy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/gradeschool%20fun%20copy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/MontyMontana.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/MontyMontana.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Above we see the Wild West<br />visiting Victory Boulevard<br />Elementary with a special show<br />by Montie Montana<br />who rode his horse<br />and performed rope tricks,<br />he also rode in many<br />parades for years<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">L.A. 'OIL CARTEL'</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">1890</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/oil1890.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/oil1890.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Los Angeles was only a few decades old as part<br />of the United States. Oil's discovery on the<br />East coast spread to our West like the Gold Rush.<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">LOS ANGELES, CA.<br />1929</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://oldla.blogspot.com/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/L.A.1929.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://oldla.blogspot.com/"><br /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1929 Los Angeles, no freeways and the tallest<br />building is the L.A. City Hall the pointed<br />edifice in the upper right, built in 1927.<br /><br /><br 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class="post-title"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> SEPTEMBER 11, 2001</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></h3><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/wtcmem2005.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/wtcmem2005.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />WTC Memorial at Los Angeles<br />Fire Department Academy<br />Chavez Ravine.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />NOHO<br />IN 1898<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/lankershimranch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/lankershimranch.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />San Fernando Valley Farming<br />this is what started North Hollywood<br />Lankershim Ranch fields being plowed and sowed.<br /><br /><br /><br 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onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/rai.jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/rai.jpg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Forget the Aqua, Blue, Orange, Green ETCETERA<br />rail lines we now have in L.A. In the old days we<br />had the RED CARS and the STREETCARS.<br />The Trollies ran the City streets from Downtown<br />to Hollywood and East L.A. Streetcars were the<br />earliest public transport starting just after electricity<br />came to the area about the 1880's. Anywhere<br />someone was funding a track of land, the rails<br />would follow. Temple St. and the Temple Rail Line<br />ran from Downtown north to the area Mr. Temple<br />had to sell lots for homes. As things progressed<br />by the early 1900's the increasing population<br />needs made for places like Long Beach with its<br />port to grow and a new greater rail train affair<br />came about the Pacific Electric Red Cars running<br />from L.A. now to the new Long Beach. Alike,<br />the San Fernando Valley grew and the Red Car<br />came through the Cahuenga Pass to North Hollywood,<br />where now the Orange Line starts, and continued<br />out to Canoga Park. Yes, folks the future already<br />happened and ended in the 1950's,<br />you know that story BEEP BEEP.<br /><br /><br /><br />LABOR IN LOS ANGELES 1904<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/LA5%26Brdwy1904.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/LA5%26Brdwy1904.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />The L.A.P.D. riding down Broadway between<br />4th and 5th Streets in 1904. These are<br />REAL OFFICERS, not the Mack Sennet<br />movie 'kops' as seen below with trollies<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />HOLLYWOOD's kEYSTONE kOPS<br />and LOS ANGELES TROLLIES<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/kops.jpg.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/kops.jpg.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Mack Sennet's Keystone Kops fake officers of the<br />Silent Movie Era in Hollywood. As you ALWAYS<br />SEE in movies and advertising L.A. streets and<br />facilities were used as they still are in various<br />productions. This photo was taken in some<br />neighborhood probably near Downtown.<br /><br /><br /><br />MAY CO Wilshire Fairfax<br />(now an art museum)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/maycoFAIRFAX.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/maycoFAIRFAX.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1940's<br /><br /><br />MAY CO Lakewood 1950's<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/MAYCOlakewood.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/MAYCOlakewood.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />May Co started here in Southern California in<br />Los Angeles with stores in Downtown and the<br />Miracle Mile shown above and one of their<br />expansions to the new malls in the suburbs<br />like Lakewood.<br /><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >HOLLYWOOD FWY or RAILWAY ?</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/PE_at_Barham_Station.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/PE_at_Barham_Station.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Take a good look, if you ever drove from Hollywood<br />to the San Fernando Valley, Universal Studios,<br />North Hollywood, you first have to climb over the<br />Cahuenga Pass. Here we see the Barham Bridge<br />which is at the top of the grade and this is what see<br />here in this old pic when the middle portion was<br />given to the Red Car system which was started<br />in the cearly 1900's and ended in the 1950's and<br />eventually filled with freeway lanes which were<br />originally just a highway on the outside of the railway,<br />see way to the right. This view is looking towards<br />North Hollywood N.W. You can see the LOCKHEED<br />AIRCRAFT billbord on the right.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">ALIEN VISITORS TO ST-NOHO ???</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/meatrocket.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/meatrocket.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />1955 by Charles Phoenix<br />The LUER FRANKS company sent this rocket advertisement<br />out to various market openings. Children could go inside and<br />sit in the spaceship and watch a commercial laden cartoon.<br />Here it is in Sunland and I saw it myself as a child in the<br /><a href="http://st-noho.blogspot.com/2006/08/yes-call-it-saint-noho-my-views-of-my_09.html">Valley Plaza Shopping Center at Alexanders Market</a><br /><br /><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 119px; height: 92px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/rrwantabe2.jpg" alt="" border="0" />The same rocket in<br />'mothballs' somewhere<br />in Arizona.<br /><br /><a href="http://oldla.blogspot.com/"><br /><br /><br /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">ART DECO TUJUNGA THEATER</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/Tujunga01.0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/Tujunga01.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />S. Charles Lee built this 878 seat theater in 1938<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 118px; height: 84px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/320/theater4b.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave.html">read our effort to<br />Save The Theater </a><a href="http://www.positiveenergy.com/STsave.html"><br />from 1998 to 2002<br />when it failed</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);">FUTURISTIC L.A. (1912 VERSION)</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/1600/LAfuture.1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2899/1414/400/LAfuture.0.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />"Advanced Plan for Relief of Overcrowded Streets"<br /><br />In 1912 L.A. had mass traffic tie-ups<br />the drawing shows pedestrian ways,<br />cars going through buildings and<br />monorail type transit...<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://st-noho.blogspot.com/">PLEASE NOTE:</a><br />click:enlarge<br /><a href="http://st-noho.blogspot.com/">NEW Old L.A. 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