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A remarkable group of photographs, of old Bunker Hill, 1962, is online. The images were shot by George Mann (1905-1977) an entertainer, vaudevillian and photographer.

The neighborhood, flattened in the 1960s for redevelopment, replaced by corporate skyscrapers, was elegant 100 years ago, then went into a long, bohemian, rooming-house decline. Its eccentric Victorian architecture and oddball residents were no match for the governmental and business power brokers who were determined to obliterate it.

A note: I rented a DVD with the 1961 documentary “The Exiles”, about Native Americans in Los Angeles, and it had a fantastic 1956 USC film about Bunker Hill.


3 responses to “George Mann’s Bunker Hill, 1962”

  1. Phill Avatar
    Phill

    Wow, what an unbelievable loss. Thanks for bringing this to attention.

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  2. Art Jacobs Avatar
    Art Jacobs

    Great piece on George Mann.

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    1. Here in Van Nuys Avatar
      Here in Van Nuys

      Thanks Art.

      Andy

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