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June 2011

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Friday, June 24, 2011 – Going Way Back

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Station 10 in Hollywood – on Hawthorn just east of Highland – a WPA project from mid-thirties, the middle of the depression –

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Station 10 in Hollywood - on Hawthorn just east of Highland - a WPA project from mid-thirties
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Station 10 in Hollywood - on Hawthorn just east of Highland - a WPA project from mid-thirties
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Station 10 in Hollywood - on Hawthorn just east of Highland - a WPA project from mid-thirties
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Station 10 in Hollywood - on Hawthorn just east of Highland - a WPA project from mid-thirties

Hollywood First National Bank – 6777 Hollywood Boulevard, at Highland – the building went up in 1927 – Meyer and Holler, the architects, also designed the Chinese Theater one block west.

Hollywood First National Bank, 6777 Hollywood Boulevard, at Highland, 1927, Meyer and Holler
Hollywood First National Bank, 6777 Hollywood Boulevard, at Highland, 1927, Meyer and Holler
Hollywood First National Bank, 6777 Hollywood Boulevard, at Highland, 1927, Meyer and Holler
Hollywood First National Bank, 6777 Hollywood Boulevard, at Highland, 1927, Meyer and Holler
Hollywood First National Bank, 6777 Hollywood Boulevard, at Highland, 1927, Meyer and Holler

And the usual random Churrigueresque Spanish Colonial nonsense from the late twenties –

Churrigueresque Spanish Colonial frieze, Hollywood Boulevard
Churrigueresque Spanish Colonial frieze, Hollywood Boulevard

In the haze, the El Capitan Theater, 6838 Hollywood Boulevard – opened in 1926 as "Hollywood's First Home of Spoken Drama" – the exterior was designed by the Stiles O. Clements of the architectural firm of Morgan, Walls and Clements. His owl lost a wing.

The El Capitan Theater, 6838 Hollywood Boulevard

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Technical Note:

These photographs were taken with a Nikon D200 – the lenses used were AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto. The high-resolution photography here was modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0 software.

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