#LostLA continues with the Art Deco Richfield Tower
The Richfield Tower, Los Angeles, at night (Los Angeles Public Library) In 1929, the Richfield Oil Company of California moved into its new LA downtown headquarters, a black terracotta and gold-leaf tower designed by the famous architect Stiles O. Clements. An Art Deco masterpiece, meant to resemble an oil derrick, the tower became a Los Angeles landmark. By 1966, Richfield — by then merged with…
Next in our #LostLA photo series: Marion Davies Beach House
The Marion Davies Beach House, Los Angeles Built in the 1920s by publisher William Randolph Hearst for his true love, movie star Marion Davies, this Georgian Revival mansion was for several years Hollywood’s unofficial summer club. The party moved to Malibu in the 1940s, causing Davies to sell the estate. It was a hotel for a few years before it was demolished in 1955.
Next in our #LostLA series: The Ambassador Hotel and its famous Cocoanut Grove
The Ambassador Hotel’s jungle-themed nightclub, the Cocoanut Grove (Los Angeles Public Library) From its opening in 1921, the enormous Ambassador Hotel — it had 1,200 rooms, 37 shops, a threat, golf course and a bowling alley — played a central role in Los Angeles high society. Its most famous attraction: the Cocoanut Grove, a jungle-themed nightclub that hosted well-known entertainers through…
Introducing a new photo series, #LostLA, starting with the Hollywood Hotel
The Hollywood Hotel, Los Angeles, at night (Los Angeles Public Library) Built at the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in 1902, the Hollywood Hotel hosted many of the film industry’s pioneers, including Louis B. Mayer, Mae Murray, Norma Shearer, Irving Thalberg and Rudolph Valentino. Its Thursday night dances became legendary. The hotel fell into decay in the 1940s and was…
Siberia is still one of those vast, mostly unknown territories. So seeing these beautiful vintage photos of it’s tribal people at the Yenisei province from the early 1900’s. Read more about these photos in the original post by Vintage Everyday.
#LostNewYork: A Doge’s Palace in Manhattan?
The National Academy of Design in New York in 1894 (American Architect and Building News) New York used to have something like its own Doge’s Palace. The headquarters of what was then the National Academy of Design, now called the National Academy Museum and School, was housed in 1865 in a Venetian Gothic-style building designed by Peter Bonnett Wight. The lavish building had cost around…
Berlin is illuminated at midnight in honor of Adolf Hitler’s 50th birthday, April 20, 1939 Photograph by Hugo Jaeger, Adolf Hitler’s personal photographer. Click here for color photos of Munich under Nazi rule.
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