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4419 Fulton Terrace

July 26, 2012July 27, 2012Posted in ArchitectureTagged "4419 Fulton", "LA Conservancy", "Maynard Parker", 1963, Architecture, CA, historic, Huntington Collection, MODCOM, photograph, Studio CityLeave a comment

Huntington Archives

I have often passed this apartment at 4419 Fulton, north of Moorpark, and noticed its unique and graphic address sign. While searching through the archives of photographer Maynard Parker (1900-1976) housed at the Huntington, I came across photos he made in 1963.

Masculine and modern, the squat and flattened lettering, ingeniously aligned with the low slung horizontality of the building, is as much architecture as the architecture itself. Almost cartoonish and leading into pop-art, it leaves behind the decorative scrolling that marked 1950s apartments whose builders slapped their daughter’s names on building fronts (“Debby Ann”, “Stacy Lynn”) or borrowed from faraway places (Tahiti, Hawaii or Fiji). The indoor entrance, private and serene, concrete slabs floating across water, marries Japan to Southern California.

If this building is not on a historic preservation list- it should be.

Title:Fulton Terrace Apartments. Exterior. Los Angeles, CA

Architects: Burlew and Liszt.

Creator/Contributor:

Parker, Maynard L., 1901-1976.

1963 May

Contributing Institution:Huntington Library, Photo Archive

Handicap Parking Abuse.

July 9, 2012July 9, 2012Posted in CrimeTagged Abuse, CA, DMV, fine, Handicap, illegal, Lululemon, Parking, Studio CityLeave a comment

Lululemon

One of the more egregious and self-centered driving behaviors in LA involves the abuse of the handicapped parking placard. It is especially prevalent in the richer sections of the city, such as Beverly Hills, Encino and Studio City. It is almost predictable that if a brand new BMW or Mercedes with a blue sign is parked in a disabled zone, it will be a con.

Such was the case today in front of Lululemon, a sports clothing store selling $98 spandex clam diggers and the $58 Yoga Halter top. A 40-year-old woman, athletically bounced out from the store, hopped into her Center BMW SUV and sped off down Ventura.

USC Digital Archives

June 12, 2012Posted in Van Nuys and the ValleyTagged CA, Historical, Links, pepper tree, photograph, San Fernando Valley, Victory/LankershimLeave a comment

USC Digital Archives

“Photograph of a huge pepper tree, Lankershim Boulevard and Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys, July 1928. A man in a suit stands at right looking up at the short, wide tree. The tree reaches over the dusty, weed-spotted yard at center where a pile of wood sits at left and a covered automobile sits parked at right. Several buildings stand along the street that extends down the far left into the background. Houses stand under electrical poles and trees in the right background.”- USC Digital Archives

Title:

Huge pepper tree, Lankershim Boulevard and Victory Boulevard, Van Nuys, July 1928

Source: USC Digital Archives

Crime Story: Van Nuys, CA 1959

May 19, 2012May 19, 2012Posted in Van Nuys and the ValleyTagged 1959, Crime, LAPL, Van Nuys and the Valley, WeddingLeave a comment

Crime Story: Van Nuys, CA 1959

Photograph caption dated November 18, 1959 reads, “Thief Stole Their Wedding Gifts — Mrs. Mary Jim Tuttle, 17, and her husband, Army Pvt. Willard Tuttle, 18, look at shattered window which thief smashed before stealing all their wedding gifts from locked, parked car in Van Nuys. Wed three months, they were on their way to assignment in Ft. Lewis, Wash.”

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