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In the Historic Preservation zone of Miracle Mile North, two blocks east of Pan-Pacific Park, Los Angeles. [3 of 12]
Just wanted to make something different...
This pic reminds of the Movie "The Italian Job",
which was one of my favorite.. =]
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CameraCanon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure1/6400 sec
Aperturef/1.8
Focal Length85 mm
ISO Speed100
recently processed film. mamiya 6MF 50mm f/4 + kodak portra 160. lab: the icon, los angeles, ca. scan: epson V750. exif tags: filmtagger.
Swingers Coffee Shop
Googie architecture developed in post–World War II Southern California. The name Googie itself comes from a now-demolished coffee shop in West Hollywood, which opened in 1949. Through the '50s and '60s—the space age—Americans watched their country put men into orbit and onto the moon, which inspired the futuristic style. A strong car culture developed around the same time, meaning that it was in a business’s best interest to be visible from a moving a vehicle. Googie buildings have large, bright, and bold signs to draw in potential patrons, and roofs angle up like wings or flying saucers. If built, many of the buildings in The Jetsons would be considered Googie. While the style is light and fun, attracting customers in its heyday, many fine examples have been demolished. Source: Architectural Digest
5 of the Best Googie Buildings in L.A. www.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/googie-buildings-la
At Pan-Pacific Park Recreation Center, Beverly Blvd, site of the long-gone Pan-Pacific Auditorium, an L.A. landmark for many years.
The "Original Tommy's" opened in 1946 at the corner of Rampart & Beverly, this historic Los Angeles burger stand known to native Angeleno's as the "Shack" was the first restaurant that Tom Koulax opened with his now famous chili burgers and hot dogs. Today there are 33 different locations and thirty of them are in the greater Los Angeles area. In 2008 Tommy's expanded to Nevada and there are three locations in that state now
the original spanish kitchen on beverly blvd., which sat abandoned, closed and frozen in time for decades. it was supposedly haunted. now gone. throwback thursday from the archives, originally posted to flickr in 2005. light-leaky holga 120S + kodak ektachrome EPP 100. lab: A&I color hollywood, ca.
At Pan-Pacific Park on Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, site of the old Gilmore Field, before Dodger Stadium. [11 of 12]
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, on Gracie Allen Drive. Sculpture is Aruru, by Guy Dill. [#4 in album of 13]
Saw this 599 GTO sitting all by itself on Beverly Dr.
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At the Temple St. / Beverly Blvd intersection is this large recently refurbished urban art piece by the infamous Space Invader!
In the Historic Preservation zone of Miracle Mile North, two blocks east of Pan-Pacific Park, Los Angeles. [4 of 12]
Metro retired its last diesel bus from the regular fleet in January, 2011.
Pictured here is one of the first diesel buses delivered to Los Angeles in 1940-1941, part of an order of 72 coaches, the largest single order by a transit agency in history at the time.
Coincidentally, Los Angeles has its first reports and photographs of smog in in 1943, also the same year General Motors purchased the Yellow Coach Company.
This article from a 1940 issue of Two Bells, the Los Angeles Railways employee newsmagazine, discusses the first diesel fleet: Advance-Type Coaches To Arrive Shortly
This Metro Library Primary Resources Blog post discusses the first diesel buses and the 1943 birth of Los Angeles smog: Los Angeles’ First Diesel Buses: A Look Back At The Fleet & The 1943 Birth Of Smog
The cool lighting and facade for Swingers on Beverly Blvd.
An old coffee shop/diner that is connected to the Beverly Laurel Motor Hotel (built in 1963) Swingers has a newer retro googie style design & look to the restaurant and is open till 4am so it's a good spot to land for a late night snack........... you gotta love a place whose motto is "Ass, cash or grass, nobody eats for free"
Update 2015: the great neon and googie facade has been taken down and now this building is as bland as it could get