Monday, April 28, 2008 – Neon and Stone

The neon and stone of old Hollywood, starting with the old neon at the Warner Pacific Theater (1926, G. Albert Lansburgh), 6423 Hollywood Boulevard – closed in 1994 –

No neon at the La Leyenda Apartments (1926), 1737 North Whitley Avenue, Hollywood, just stone faces –

The Mayfair, 1760 North Wilcox, Hollywood

1925, William Allen - Romanesque/Renaissance Revival

Los Angeles Historical-Cultural Monument 867

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Technical Note:

Photographs after March 3, 2008, were taken with a Nikon D200 – or a Nikon D70 when noted. All previous photographs were taken with the D70. The lenses used are (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300 mm telephoto, or (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. Photography here is modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0.  The earliest photography in the archives was done with a Sony Mavica digital still camera (MVC-FD-88) with built-in digital zoom.

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