tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post5335313692433204335..comments2024-03-28T05:45:51.239-07:00Comments on GORILLAS DON'T BLOG: Wilshire Boulevard, Los AngelesMajor Pepperidgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-28161526066466350832013-06-17T14:52:02.430-07:002013-06-17T14:52:02.430-07:00Thanks so much for this photo - I grew up in Carth...Thanks so much for this photo - I grew up in Carthay Circle from '62 - '70 that Thrifty's photo is the holy grail!! Thanks again!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-66187254362294276022013-06-06T11:59:24.121-07:002013-06-06T11:59:24.121-07:00I wish the city would repave Wilshire. It's li...I wish the city would repave Wilshire. It's like driving through Kabul. So glad Mayor Dumbtonio Villa is on his way out. Worst mayor in the history of LAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-20740393449596691762013-06-04T15:00:28.007-07:002013-06-04T15:00:28.007-07:00@Nanook, thanks for the architecture info. I appr...@Nanook, thanks for the architecture info. I appreciate that. I knew the building was by a big name firm, but A.C. Martin is one of the biggest in LA (local at least).<br /><br />I loved this building and the general neighborhood. My Dad would sometimes drive us over this way on the way home from Disneyland. When he was a young man working in LA, he sold fruit and vegetables(or maybe bought them) at the Farmers' Market (opened 1929) at 3rd and Fairfax, just down the block. So this was his beat, at least for awhile in the mid to late 30's. I'm sure he overlapped this building since he always commented on it when we passed.<br /><br />Thank you Major. <br /><br />JGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-28743557207456312542013-06-01T23:09:43.758-07:002013-06-01T23:09:43.758-07:00Major-
From what I can tell, the "famous&quo...Major-<br /><br />From what I can tell, the "famous" gold corner is to remain. The new design of the building would be done in such a way: <i>"...that would satisfy the city Office of Historic Resources (since the building is a historic-cultural monument)"</i>. <br /><br /><i>"The design fully restores the Wilshire and Fairfax street-front facades of the 1938 Streamline Moderne building, and includes a spherical glass addition at the back of the original building..."</i> Actually the rear of the building was added on in 1946, so technically, it's not 'original'. The changes do sound intriguing.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-49558299683057866352013-06-01T14:25:06.744-07:002013-06-01T14:25:06.744-07:00Nanook, I love the old May Co. building as well; I...Nanook, I love the old May Co. building as well; I am going to be very bummed if they remove that golden cylinder (for the proposed David Geffen Theater). I wish I had experienced the Seibu Department Store, just the idea sounds cool. Thanks for the info about the May Company!<br /><br />K. Martinez, I always think of my grandma when I am in this area, since she loved to go to Bullock's Wilshire, and loved the L.A. County Museum of Art. And I still have to try Pinks!!<br /><br />Melissa, cool sunglasses AND a babushka.Major Pepperidgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09843598326995116014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-11052786783922732492013-06-01T11:28:53.409-07:002013-06-01T11:28:53.409-07:00I feel like I need a pair of cool sunglasses just ...I feel like I need a pair of cool sunglasses just to look at these pictures!Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-85052814186314533292013-06-01T09:20:59.008-07:002013-06-01T09:20:59.008-07:00These are great. They bring back lots of memories...These are great. They bring back lots of memories of when I used to take long walks in this area back in the day.<br /><br />On summer visits I stayed at my sister's house on N. Fuller and Melrose. I'd have a Pinks hot dog for lunch then start walking from La Brea and Melrose over to Fairfax then down to Wilshire and then along the area in today's pics. Not sure if I could do that walk today but it was fun back then. Thanks for posting these. I love 'em.<br /><br />Nanook - Thanks for sharing the info on the May Co. Wilshire. I always loved that building.K. Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03960970051790617367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25922463.post-2621151032240118732013-06-01T01:17:28.216-07:002013-06-01T01:17:28.216-07:00We love Wilshire & Fairfax. Besides accompany...We love Wilshire & Fairfax. Besides accompanying my mom to the May Company more times than I can count, I shopped many a time at the Thrifty Drug Store, whose sign is obscuring the sign on the then Seibu Department Store, with its "exotic" Japanese-brand escalators. <br /><br />The May Company Wilshire is designed by Albert C. Martin, Sr. Among his other designs, are: (one of three) architects to design the LA CIty Hall; St. Vincent's Catholic Church; Santa Monica Catholic Church; the Million Dollar Theatre Tower and The Ventura County Courthouse, among others, totaling some 1,500 buildings.<br /><br />The May Co. Wilshire has some wonderful examples of Streamline Moderne scattered throughout the store - my favorite of which was the interiors of the elevator cabs.<br /><br />Thanks, Major.Nanookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07255357829181568172noreply@blogger.com