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Category Archives: Downtown
Blessed Buildings – The Little Church at the Base of Pound Cake Hill
This week’s “Blessed Building,” is one of the very first churches ever built in Los Angeles – the old St. Athanasius Protestant Episcopal Church at the corner of Temple and New High Streets at the base of Pound Cake Hill. … Continue reading
Posted in Blessed Buildings, Downtown
Tagged 2808 Altura Street, 523 South Olive Street, 615 South Figueroa Street, Arthur B. Benton, Bishop William I. Kip, Church of the Epiphany, Courthouse Hill, Curlett Cuthbertson & Eisen, Downey Block, Ernest Coxhead, Gordon B. Kaufmann, Johnson Kaufmann & Coate, Judson Studios, Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles Civic Center, Los Angeles Daily Journal, Los Angeles High School, Pershing Square, Pound Cake Hill, President Woodrow Wilson, Reginald D. Johnson, Rev. Elias Birdsall, Roland E. Coate, St. Athanasius Protestant Episcopal Church, St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Tiffany Studios
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Charlie Chaplin Slept Here. No, Really.
If you’ve ever tried to rent a vintage apartment in Hollywood chances are you have been told that Charlie Chaplin, Valentino and/or Marilyn Monroe built it/used to live there/now haunt it and/or that Gable & Lombard used it as a “love … Continue reading
Jack Dempsey on Western Avenue
When Jack Dempsey captivated the world by taking the heavyweight title in 1919, it was natural that Hollywood would come calling. Although his film career was fairly brief, the Dempsey films were nonetheless popular fare capitalizing on the Manassa Mauler’s renown. … Continue reading
Posted in Downtown, West Adams
Tagged Grand View Heights, Jack Dempsey, Mission Style, West Adams, Western Avenue
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