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Water and Power Associates. Historical Notes. The Carthay Circle Theatre was one of the most famous movie palaces of Hollywood's Golden Age. It opened in 1. 92. J. Harvey Mc. Carthy's most successful monument, a stroke of shrewd thinking that made a famous name of the newly developed Carthay residential district in the Mid- City West district of Los Angeles.*^ Historical Notes. The theatre hosted the official premieres of some of the more notable films of the 1. The Life of Emile Zola (1.
Romeo and Juliet (1. Walt Disney's first animated feature length film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1.
Gone with the Wind (1. For Disney's Fantasia (1. Fantasound, a pioneering stereophonic process, was installed at this theatre.*^Historical Notes Initially developed by Fox, it was called the Fox Carthay Circle Theater. The theater became better known than the development in which it was located, and this has led to confusion in the name of the area. Historical Notes.
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Also known as the Daniel O. Mc. Carthy Pioneer Fountain, or the Miner's Statue, this work, located in Carthay Circle across from the Carthay Theatre, honors the memory of the California Pioneers of '4. The plaque reads, . Mc. Carthy, patriot, miner, leader, was an outstanding example.
He was born Raleigh, N. C., August 2. 4, 1. Died Los Angeles, August 1. Through his newspaper The American Flag, San Francisco, he helped preserve California to the Union. This long useful life is a heritage of which the Golden State is justly proud.” Dedicated by Ramona Parlor 1.
NSGW. Mc. Carthy's development was called Carthay—an anglicized version of his last name. The theater was called the Circle Theater for its unique floor plan.*^Historical Notes. All This, and Heaven Too is a 1. Warner Bros.- First National Pictures. The theater was demolished in 1.
In July 1. 99. 4, a smaller- scale pastiche of the facade of the theatre (primarily the octagonal tower) was opened as the . In June 2. 01. 2, a fanciful larger- scale replica of the theater building was opened in the Buena Vista Street section of Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. Although this replica is larger than the Orlando version, it is still slightly smaller than the 1. Academy Theatre. Historical Notes.
Opened on November 7, 1. S. Charles Lee, the Academy Theater, a classic Art Moderne style structure, was originally designed to house the Academy Awards. Sadly, however, the Academy Theater never did host the . Charles Lee was an early proponent of Art Deco and Moderne style theaters. The Bruin Theater (1. Academy Theatre (1.
The latter, located in Inglewood, California, is a prime example of Lee's successful response to the automobile. After World War II, Lee recognized that the grand theater building had become a thing of the past, and began to focus on new technologies in industrial architecture. Charles Lee is credited with designing over 4. California and Mexico. It continued to show movies until 1.
Carpenter's Drive- in. Historical Notes. Carpenter’s Sandwiches drive- in was located at 6. Sunset Boulevard between Vine Street and Argyle in Hollywood. For 3. 0 cents you could enjoy a hamburger and wash it down with a cup of beer while sitting behind the wheel of your car (5 cents more for the premium beer). Historical Notes.
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Harry B. Shortly thereafter, Carpenter’s was reincarnated across the street on the southeast corner of Sunset and Vine (6. Sunset Blvd). Historical Notes. This Carpenter's Drive- in replaced the one located near the northeast corner of Sunset and Vine (6. Sunset Blvd), which was torn down in 1. NBC Radio City building.
Historical Notes. Harry B. Carpenter opened three Carpenter's Cafes. A transitional project Carpenter's Village (6. E. Colorado) combined a Rite Spot Cafe and Carpenter's drive- in.
Next he opened the Rite Spot Cafe in Pasadena, located at 1. West Colorado Street (now considered Eagle Rock) and the Santa Anitan Cafe at Huntington and Colorado.*Mc. Donnell's Drive- in. Historical Notes. His restaurants, designed by the revered architect Wayne Mc. Allister, were fabulously kitsch and garish and customers could spot their huge neon signs from miles away.++^ Historical Notes.
Mc. Donnell employed a local artist to sketch whimsical interpretations of the car- hops or waiters that served cokes, hamburgers and fries to customers for its menus.++^ Historical Notes. Mc. Donnell's . Hill Street); Mc. Donnell's Figueroa (4. S. Figueroa Street); Mc. Donnell's Adams and Figueroa (2. S. Figueroa Street); and Mc.
Donnell's Pico Street (Pico and Hope streets).* Historical Notes. The restaurant served some of the best fried chicken in the state, raising its own chickens on a 2.
Daggett, California. Both were designed by architect Wayne Mc. Allister.^## Historical Notes. At one time Simon's Drive- Ins dominated the Southern California drive- in restaurant craze. Across the street is the old May Company department store building which is now a part of LACMA/the Hollywood Museum.
Going back further to the early 1. Chaplin Airfield was once located (Click HERE to see more in Aviation in Early L. A.). May Company (Wilshire)Historical Notes.
Albert C. Marx designed the 1. Streamline Moderne style May Company department store, located at 6.
Wilshire Boulevard.*Martin also designed the Million Dollar Theatre and Los Angeles City Hall. Historical Notes. When it opened, the gleaming May Company building was instantly heralded as the western gateway to the Miracle Mile, beckoning to motorists with an enormous gold- tiled cylinder at the corner of Fairfax Avenue. Historical Notes. May Company California was established in 1. May acquired A. Hamburger & Sons Co.(founded in 1.
Asher Hamburger). The company operated exclusively in Southern California until 1.
May Department Stores had dissolved Goldwater's, based in Scottsdale, Arizona and transferred its Las Vegas, Nevada store to May Company California.*^Historical Notes. The Los Angeles Conservancy calls the May Co. It is especially noted for its gold- tiled cylindrical section that faces the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard at Fairfax Avenue, of which it occupies the northeast corner.*^In 1. LA Historic- Cultural Monument No. Click HERE to see complete listing).
Historical Notes. This striking building marks the western end of the 'Miracle Mile' in Los Angeles, a brand new concept in city planning for the 1. Historical Notes.
On the other side of Fairfax, in the bottom left corner of the photo, we can see the popular Simon's Drive- in restaurant which was later replaced by Johnie’s Coffee Shop which originally opened in 1. Romeo’s Times Square and was recently declared a historical landmark. It sometimes also refers to the surrounding neighborhoods (including Park La Brea). Ross saw potential for the area and developed Wilshire as a commercial district to rival downtown Los Angeles. Ross's insight was that the form and scale of his Wilshire strip should attract and serve automobile traffic rather than pedestrian shoppers. He applied this design both to the street itself and to the buildings lining it.
Ross gave Wilshire various . Major retailers such as Desmonds, Silverwood's, May Co., Coulter's, Mullen & Bluett, Myer Siegel, and Seibu eventually spread across Wilshire Boulevard from Fairfax to La Brea. Ross ordered that all building facades along Wilshire be engineered so as to be best seen through a windshield. This meant larger, bolder, simpler signage; longer buildings in a larger scale, oriented toward the boulevard; and architectural ornament and massing perceptible at 3. MPH instead of at walking speed. These simplified building forms were driven by practical requirements but contributed to the stylistic language of Art Deco and Streamline Moderne.
A sculptural bust of Ross stands at 5. Wilshire, with the inscription, . Ross, founder and developer of the Miracle Mile. Vision to see, wisdom to know, courage to do. It was originally the Sontag Drug Store, one of the largest drug stores in America at the time. In 1. 95. 1 El Coyote moved to its present location on Beverly Blvd.*^Historical Notes.
Autographed photographs of Hollywood stars line one wall just inside the entrance. John Wayne, Loretta Young and Ricardo Montalban ate there. A young Drew Barrymore spent many an evening tearing around the restaurant while family members dined. And one day even royalty came calling when Princess Grace and Prince Rainier of Monaco walked in unannounced.^#^* Historical Notes. In the notoriety category, Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger and Wojciech Frykowski ate their last meal at the El Coyote, the night they were later murdered by the Manson Family.*^Clifton's Cafeteria.
Historical Notes. In 1. 93. 1, Clifford Clinton leased a . Patrons were obliged to pay only what they felt was fair, according to a neon sign that flashed . This approach to business reflected the owner's Christian ethos—he never turned anyone away hungry and maintained a precedent set by the first restaurant on Olive Street, known as . In 1. 93. 9, Cafeteria of the Golden Rule was transformed into the Pacific Seas and redecorated in the Polynesian motif shown above. The exterior was decorated with waterfalls, geysers and tropical foliage.
Brightly illuminated in the evening, it became a mecca for tourists and Angelenos alike, often being referred to in the same category as other prominent landmarks of downtown Los Angeles, such as Angels Flight, Olvera Street, and Pershing Square.*^Historical Notes. In 1. 96. 0, although the three- story structure with its cascading waterfall facade had become a landmark over the preceding 2. Clifton's Pacific Seas was closed, the building was razed, and the location turned into a parking lot, which it has remained since then.*^Historical Notes. Clifford Clinton, founder of the Clifton's chain, opened a second cafeteria in 1. Boos Brothers at 6.