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According to Rhys Thomas in his Los Angeles Times article, "all the ruby slippers are between Size 5 and 6, varying between B and D widths." [9] The four surviving pairs were made from white silk pumps from the Innes Shoe Company in Los Angeles. Many movie studios used plain white silk shoes at the time because they were inexpensive and easy to ...
This is a list of department stores and some other major retailers in the four major corridors of Downtown Los Angeles: Spring Street between Temple and Second ("heyday" from c.1884–1910); Broadway between 1st and 4th (c.1895-1915) and from 4th to 11th (c.1896-1950s); and Seventh Street between Broadway and Figueroa/Francisco, plus a block of Flower St. (c.1915 and after).
The building was created to house the then-separate Eastern (furniture and homeware) and Columbia (apparel) department stores both owned and managed by Adolph Sieroty, who had founded his Los Angeles retail concern as a clock shop at 556 S. Spring St. in 1892. [18] [3] At opening in 1930, the building had 275,650 sq. ft. of floor space.
The Grand Olympic Auditorium is a former sports venue in southern Downtown Los Angeles, California. The venue was built in 1924 at 1801 South Grand Avenue, now just south of the Santa Monica Freeway. The grand opening of the Olympic Auditorium was on August 5, 1925, and was a major media event, attended by such celebrities as Jack Dempsey and ...
The Salt Box. August 6, 1962. 339 S. Bunker Hill Ave. 34°3′38.34″N 118°14′43.4″W. / 34.0606500°N 118.245389°W / 34.0606500; -118.245389 ( 5. The Salt Box) Bunker Hill. Saltbox home that was moved to Heritage Square and then destroyed by fire; delisted January 1, 1969 . 6.
Clifton's Cafeteria, once part of a chain of eight Clifton's restaurants, was the oldest surviving cafeteria -style eatery in Los Angeles [ 1] and the largest public cafeteria in the world [ 2] when it closed in 2018. Founded in 1931 by Clifford Clinton, [ 3][ 4] the design of the restaurants included exotic decor and facades that were "kitschy ...
Added to NRHP. April 4, 1985. Hollywood Boulevard is a major east–west street in Los Angeles, California. It runs through the Hollywood, East Hollywood, Little Armenia, Thai Town, and Los Feliz districts. Its western terminus is at Sunset Plaza Drive in the Hollywood Hills and its eastern terminus is at Sunset Boulevard in Los Feliz.
The Bradbury Building is an architectural landmark in downtown Los Angeles, California, United States. Built in 1893, [ 1] the five-story office building is best known for its extraordinary skylit atrium of access walkways, stairs and elevators, and their ornate ironwork. The building was commissioned by Los Angeles gold-mining millionaire ...