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Which location was this? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v281/deannab/misc5/71729_445909245487764_31324322_n_zps902ae048.jpg Wow! That picture is awesome. I have never seen a photo of this location and that Devil/pitchfork sign is wild. Arizona State University has Sparky The Sun Devil as their m...

Hard to believe this is a 60 year old house. Jones was brilliant and this place really shows it.

I love it! The decor is a bit weird, but it looks like quality materials.
That master bedroom is massive.

That is a very cool coffee shop. It reminds me a bit of some of the old Biff's restaurants.
I have been watching a lot of old Adam-12 episodes lately and they have some great views of late 60s/early 70s Los Angeles County. They show Biff's in a few episodes.

Those vaulted ceilings remind me of the Saul Bass house.

There used to be a Carnation Ice Creamland store in Garden Grove near the intersection of Chapman and Euclid. It was very cool. It had the classic red & white striped decor with those white wrought iron chairs with the heart shape. My friends and I used to hang out there and play pinball in the ...

Oh man, that is a bummer to see, but it's true, you can't stop mother nature.

XLNT!
I have some pics on my site from when the place was closed from a few years ago. I thought this place was a goner. Great to see it's reuse. I need to get over there and take pics of the place now.

http://65.254.59.194/~vstapf/skr/index.htm

I had a feeling this was going to happen. Tagging has become such a scourge for so many of our country's great cities. It is especially bad here in Los Angeles. It seems like every time something new is built here for our community, these idiot kids can't wait to destroy it.

Here is a nice old postcard that I recently acquired of the famed La Concha Motel.

Man, I get depressed too often after visiting this site. I was so into this house when it went on the market. I watched for months as it sat, wondering why someone with an appreciation for this gem had not snatched it up and gave it the loving restoration it deserved. Maybe one day I will be able to...

Man that sucks. I was looking forward to a tour after the rennovations were finished. I hope this changes.

Thanks Chris. It could have been much better. I just did it quickly. I have been working in Photoshop professionally for over 15 years, so I guess it just comes naturally at this point.

OK I quickly made some modifications and removed Joe, so that I could post this image.

Damn! That last picture was depressing. This is one of my favorite MCM office buildings. I see it from the 110 fwy whenever I head downtown. Bummer.

Thanks for the info.
I manage the color department at a commercial printing company.

We are doing a job at work that has us scanning a bunch of old images of the musician Joe Walsh. One of them has him on the steps of an old bowling alley called La Cienega Lanes. The picture was taken in the 70s and the bowling alley appears to be boarded up in the photo, so I imagine it was torn do...

I recently became acquanted with a great new website called Silicon Valley Modern that was put together by a woman named Heather, who happened upon my blog and website and left a comment. The site is really nicely put together. Check it out at http://www.svmodern.com/ She started her page after seei...

That is a great old car dealership building. There are some other photos of it on my website at

http://65.254.59.194/%7Evstapf/calw/index.htm

Yep... according to Heather at Silicon Valley Modern, http://www.svmodern.com/ that's the 3rd or 4th historic building to burn down in San Jose in the past year. This IBM campus was designed by John Bolles, the same architect that designed the Paul Masson Champagne Cellars that were once in Saratoga...

I remember going into the gift shop there several years ago and there was this horrible smell of rotting meat or something in there. We suspected that it was coming from the Korean BBQ and figured if they had the ratings card system in the window like they do in LA it would not even get a "C&qu...

How sad. That was such a beautiful stained glass work.

It's a little small, but still a great bargain for the first-time MCM buyer.

The wife and I are excited to see the new BCAM tomorrow night!

I work in El Segundo near that building. It's very cool. There is actually quite a bit of great MCM commercial architecture in the area and I have been thinking about adding a section for it to the Photos Of The Forgotten website.

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He's starting the bidding at 1 buck, but so far no takers.

A semi-cool facade on an otherwise boring strip mall structure. The store itself was terrible and I am surprised that they stayed in business so long with all the Rite Aid, Walgreens and CVS stores in the area. I can't say that I would miss this one if it goes.

Great stuff Tanya. I put a plug for it on my blog.

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That's cool. I love old maps.

Greetings! Some of you might have visted my website "Photos Of The Forgotten" and seen all the great old postcard images of all the motels and hotels that once surrounded the magic kingdom. In honor of the site's 5 th anniversay this year, I have created a 94 page book of all these images....