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hdr fisheye of the power station at the murphy ranch, the abandoned wwii-era nazi compound in the santa monica mountains.
Together we can end gun violence: as 2018 draws to a close, let's focus on ending gun violence in 2019. I wish all of you love and peace.
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Fascinating and disturbing Los Angeles history:
The Murphy Ranch is a ranch built in Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles in the 1930s by Winona and Norman Stephens who were sympathizers of the anti-semitic, white supremacist Silver Legion of America. Designed as a base for Nazi activities in the U.S. it was intended to be capable of being self-sustaining for long periods. The compound had a water storage tank, a fuel tank, a bomb shelter, and various outbuildings and bunkers.
On Monday, December 8, 1941, the day after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, local police occupied the compound and detained members of the 50-strong caretaker force.
As of 1990, it was abandoned and in a state of disrepair, and covered in graffiti. The site is currently owned by the city of Los Angeles. In early 2016, many of the ranch buildings were demolished, as they were deemed unsafe. A few buildings remain, including the power house, an all-concrete building that once contained the diesel generators. All entryways have been sealed.
Remains of the Josepho Barn, Rustic Canyon, Los Angeles, CA.
Anatol Josepho, a Serbian immigrant and inventor of the photobooth, owned a large property at the bottom of a Canyon called Rustic Canyon here in Los Angeles. He gifted a large portion of the property to the Boy Scouts in 1941 that is now known as Camp Josepho. The barn, pictured here, is now part of the Santa Monica Mountains and as you can see has been decorated by many visitors. This probably would look good in b/w but I thought I'd post a color version first.
Brown Creeper. I think. "Brown Creepers are tiny woodland birds with an affinity for the biggest trees they can find. Look for these little, long-tailed scraps of brown and white spiraling up stout trunks and main branches, sometimes passing downward-facing nuthatches along the way. "
A Santa Monica Canyon landmark, Patrick's Roadhouse on Entrada Dr & Pacific Coast Hwy. [#9 in album of 18]
Santa Monica Canyon, ocean-facing & with a moist, cool micro-climate of its own, is really part of Los Angeles, though it shares the Santa Monica zip code. [#1 in album of 18]
Gibbons House "Dolores Del Rio" 1929
Douglas Honnold and Cedric Gibbbons
757 Kingman Ave
An early and impressive example of te Modern, somewhat formal and monumental (Art Deco) towards the street, but almost pure doctrinaire Interational Style Modern i te two-story facade, which overlooks Santa Monica Canyon.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 5
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Austin Cedric Gibbons
Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at MGM from 1924 to 1956—a 32-year career.
In 1930, he married actress Dolores del Rio and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941, the year he married actress Hazel Brooks (b. Cape Town, South Africa, 1925–d. Los Angeles, 2002) with whom he remained for the rest of his life.
Cedric Gibbons fostered MGM's incorrect publicity claim that he was born in Dublin, Ireland and provided his birth year as 1893. Also, in responding to letters from those seeking employment as designers at MGM, he instructed his secretary Herta Verkuitz to respond by claiming that a degree in "architectural engineering" was required, thus, suggesting that he himself had such a degree and evidently aspiring to his father's profession. The letters further claimed that Gibbons was "the first to bring modern architecture to the screen" (a memo dated 23 March 1935, Special Collections, American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, MGM Art Department/Publicity, folder 44).
Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversaw the design of the Academy Awards Oscar statuette in 1929, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11—second only to Walt Disney, who won 26.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Gibbons
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Dolores Del Rio
Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 – April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood, becoming an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. She was generally thought to be one of the most beautiful actresses of her generation. Dolores del Río was the first Latin American movie star with international appeal, and she made an extraordinary career in 1920s and 1930s Hollywood.
Was considered the female version of Rudolph Valentino in her silent films ages. With the arrival of the talkies she was considered one of the principal Art-Decó symbols of beauty.
In the early 40's she began a polemic romance with Orson Welles and that was the key reason why she decided to return to Mexico.
Dolores was the principal star of Mexican films from the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was one of the the greatest examples of Latin American cinema, with a huge industry comparable to the Hollywood of those years. She was frequently referred as the "Princess of México".
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_del_R%c3%ado
Ocean-facing Santa Monica Canyon is really part of Los Angeles, though it shares the Santa Monica zip code. [#2 in album of 18]
Gibbons House "Dolores Del Rio" 1929
Douglas Honnold and Cedric Gibbbons
757 Kingman Ave
An early and impressive example of te Modern, somewhat formal and monumental (Art Deco) towards the street, but almost pure doctrinaire Interational Style Modern i te two-story facade, which overlooks Santa Monica Canyon.
Architecture in Los Angeles: A Compleat Guide
David Gebhard and Robert Winters
Pacific Palisades, South, No. 5
__________
Austin Cedric Gibbons
Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis B. Mayer at MGM from 1924 to 1956—a 32-year career.
In 1930, he married actress Dolores del Rio and co-designed their house in Santa Monica, an intricate Art Deco residence influenced by Rudolf Schindler. They divorced in 1941, the year he married actress Hazel Brooks (b. Cape Town, South Africa, 1925–d. Los Angeles, 2002) with whom he remained for the rest of his life.
Cedric Gibbons fostered MGM's incorrect publicity claim that he was born in Dublin, Ireland and provided his birth year as 1893. Also, in responding to letters from those seeking employment as designers at MGM, he instructed his secretary Herta Verkuitz to respond by claiming that a degree in "architectural engineering" was required, thus, suggesting that he himself had such a degree and evidently aspiring to his father's profession. The letters further claimed that Gibbons was "the first to bring modern architecture to the screen" (a memo dated 23 March 1935, Special Collections, American Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, MGM Art Department/Publicity, folder 44).
Gibbons was one of the original 36 founding members of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and oversaw the design of the Academy Awards Oscar statuette in 1929, a trophy for which he himself would be nominated 39 times, winning 11—second only to Walt Disney, who won 26.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedric_Gibbons
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Dolores Del Rio
Dolores del Río (August 3, 1905 – April 11, 1983) was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood, becoming an important actress in Mexican films later in her life. She was generally thought to be one of the most beautiful actresses of her generation. Dolores del Río was the first Latin American movie star with international appeal, and she made an extraordinary career in 1920s and 1930s Hollywood.
Was considered the female version of Rudolph Valentino in her silent films ages. With the arrival of the talkies she was considered one of the principal Art-Decó symbols of beauty.
In the early 40's she began a polemic romance with Orson Welles and that was the key reason why she decided to return to Mexico.
Dolores was the principal star of Mexican films from the Golden age of Mexican cinema in the 1940s and 1950s. She was one of the the greatest examples of Latin American cinema, with a huge industry comparable to the Hollywood of those years. She was frequently referred as the "Princess of México".
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_del_R%c3%ado
Santa Monica Canyon's The Hungry Cat--Seafood & Raw Bar--W. Channel Rd at Pacific Coast Hwy. [#10 in album of 18]
Up in the Santa Monica Mountains, along a fire road, a dilapidated gate opens up to nowhere, probably an abandoned building on the flanks of Rustic Canyon.
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California
Baily House - Case Study House No. 20A
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Baily House, 1949
Richard J Neutra (with later additions by Neutra)
219 Chautaugua Blvd
Esther McCoy has noted the similarity of this house to Neutra's Nesbitt House of 1942, where e "made a virtue of redwood -- even brick." The property is partly enclosed by a serpentine brick wall Case Study House.
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Case Study Houses
The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by John Entenza's (later David Travers') Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and build inexpensive and efficient model homes for the United States residential housing boom caused by the end of World War II and the return of millions of soldiers.
The program ran intermittently from 1945 until 1966. The first six houses were built by 1948 and attracted more than 350,000 visitors. While not all 36 designs were built, most of those that were constructed were built in Los Angeles; a few are in the San Francisco Bay Area, and one was built in Phoenix, Arizona. A number of them appeared in the magazine in iconic black and white photographs by architectural photographer Julius Shulman.
Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case_study_houses
One of the creepiest places I've ever been to in Los Angeles -- the abandoned Nazi compound in Pacific Palisades, adjacent to Will Rogers State Historic Park.
This was the first thing we spotted from the trail -- one of the water towers. I didn't trust the ladder and climb down into it -- but I was able to stick my camera into a little opening where it was pitch black, balance it on a rock, and use the remote to take a long exposure to see what was inside.
It took me a couple of tries to get the framing and exposure right, but it was literally pretty eye-opening to see what was in there.
Urb Ex indeed.
The story of the place is fascinating and creepy in its own right.
Here's a link to google where you can find plenty of articles on it.