tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36147735826113708052024-03-05T17:24:13.665-08:00Koo Koo California from A to ZA Guide to Cool and Crazy places, spaces, & points of interest throughout California.
Get your kicks with little-known attractions, seldom-seen distractions and the odd abstraction.
These far-out, groovy locales are zero cool and guaranteed to blow your mind!
Anderson to ZwingeKen Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-19125678732867280402023-05-08T06:47:00.001-07:002023-05-08T06:47:56.395-07:00WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3zbXfENIMREVfPYq6KFc8jJCsJgjyyWwG4ExCHcqbWYQZh3h-Ft-PQeeTQ4dw2TM8b-oAQwxlhSBx59pHOSH5KwkQvR7_fq7pRHqUazu0zTRmba2RwM1lE7yRzXeOBIdtCiJfZ2S9GvQ409pOl-SAYhH9BFvklKmgIrOB6QI2VxsqaNeqeBiib2W/s1613/Pussycat-Theater-Santa-Monica-Blvd-West-Hollywood.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="1210" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd3zbXfENIMREVfPYq6KFc8jJCsJgjyyWwG4ExCHcqbWYQZh3h-Ft-PQeeTQ4dw2TM8b-oAQwxlhSBx59pHOSH5KwkQvR7_fq7pRHqUazu0zTRmba2RwM1lE7yRzXeOBIdtCiJfZ2S9GvQ409pOl-SAYhH9BFvklKmgIrOB6QI2VxsqaNeqeBiib2W/w300-h400/Pussycat-Theater-Santa-Monica-Blvd-West-Hollywood.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">This theater marquee that has seen better days represents the last gasps of what started in 1940 as the Monica Theater at 7734 Santa Monica Blvd in West Hollywood (before it became West Hollywood, of course). A neighborhood theater showing 2nd run major motion pictures, it was briefly an arthouse, showing foreign films before, in 1968, it changed its name to the Left Bank Theater and went into the nudies game.</div><div style="text-align: left;">In 1970 it became the flagship theater of the adult film Pussycat Theater chain and remained so until the '90s when it became a gay adult theater and changed its name (appropriately enough) to the Tom Kat. 2006 saw Mr. Tom Kat make way for STUDS, and after that, it just seemed a slow but inexorable slide to obsolescence. The above photo, post-COVID, reflects the theater's 2022 fate.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Whatever lies in store for the empty space now, I hope someone holds on to the "celebrity" footprints of the deceased legends of the "porno chic" '70s that grace the front courtyard. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmpW35Xs7mITJoLj8u42MP2Kjcibd-7Y9QYHlcRBfrYVk_BlMR-ooP7hOsnqTO-aeE168Q1jPFP60oClMINBFCLPGP0bKnnb1D-SG6ffZ7iiF9uMd1B9gApFGHKjA91JHWUESdUvSJQ0pLY8j5ZS3jzYO7dizKaVhc3QMEdCQr2_cclIgjnpeY48y/s1613/John-Holmes-Pussycat-Theater-Santa-Monica-Blvd-West-Hollywood%20(1).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="1210" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmpW35Xs7mITJoLj8u42MP2Kjcibd-7Y9QYHlcRBfrYVk_BlMR-ooP7hOsnqTO-aeE168Q1jPFP60oClMINBFCLPGP0bKnnb1D-SG6ffZ7iiF9uMd1B9gApFGHKjA91JHWUESdUvSJQ0pLY8j5ZS3jzYO7dizKaVhc3QMEdCQr2_cclIgjnpeY48y/w300-h400/John-Holmes-Pussycat-Theater-Santa-Monica-Blvd-West-Hollywood%20(1).JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>John Holmes / nee John Curtis Estes (1944 -1988)</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPRE6I65Frq7NC8VHlYXsjIkSReBt6yxXTG-7mBDkOzd6KnDMNQZjD-IN1kIdkvbSWfFHipsg88EuY0THOaFpyJ-dn4bbifMcJEs4iaZhgVKLCcPMj0jkQM9PGXrsv3Muddilbbhq88_hLBqWAzBTS_y78j0afrx8vCBpKPdT0dPbf_ET8Bd7I1ht/s1613/Marilyn-Chambers-Pussycat-Theater-Santa-Monica-Blvd-West-Hollywood.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1613" data-original-width="1210" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirPRE6I65Frq7NC8VHlYXsjIkSReBt6yxXTG-7mBDkOzd6KnDMNQZjD-IN1kIdkvbSWfFHipsg88EuY0THOaFpyJ-dn4bbifMcJEs4iaZhgVKLCcPMj0jkQM9PGXrsv3Muddilbbhq88_hLBqWAzBTS_y78j0afrx8vCBpKPdT0dPbf_ET8Bd7I1ht/w300-h400/Marilyn-Chambers-Pussycat-Theater-Santa-Monica-Blvd-West-Hollywood.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Marilyn Chambers / nee Marilyn Ann Taylor (1952 - 2009)</b></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-25315714354189446882023-04-13T08:00:00.002-07:002023-04-13T08:00:27.677-07:00STEP BACK IN TIME<p style="text-align: center;"><b>A FEW OF MY FAVORITE FOOTPRINTS IN THE FORECOURT OF<br />GRAUMAN'S CHINESE THEATER IN HOLLYWOOD</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEHj6o8OQbBUxgyANxPsLHvyvFlkItHtFIyM5FKe17EF9-B4d5xJIAEnXjCnzlPUQgAHuyorsE3_TGtRaTCOH1moaen7X1gTBo_o3lLMFoOO17zgQLx0kfs9cKIasMIYVwkxo3DIS4y2rYimNPT9TPsYS8ZQtF109iXx67NVRtLZpTtiqzdRsAXQM/s1953/Eleanor-Powell-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-December-23-1937.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1953" data-original-width="1377" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEHj6o8OQbBUxgyANxPsLHvyvFlkItHtFIyM5FKe17EF9-B4d5xJIAEnXjCnzlPUQgAHuyorsE3_TGtRaTCOH1moaen7X1gTBo_o3lLMFoOO17zgQLx0kfs9cKIasMIYVwkxo3DIS4y2rYimNPT9TPsYS8ZQtF109iXx67NVRtLZpTtiqzdRsAXQM/w283-h400/Eleanor-Powell-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-December-23-1937.JPG" width="283" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>ELEANOR POWELL</b></td></tr></tbody></table>Tap dancing great Eleanor Powell placed her hand and footprints in cement as well as copper casts of her tap shoes when she was honored on December 23, 1937. The occasion was the premiere of the musical "Rosalie" in which she co-starred with Nelson Eddy <br /><b><br /></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-fKol0EKz6rd6i4n7WSYvR5uyNfJga9GC1xtXge161qfcsZ-FBrtdfxo5jllEM0JIEmgPAKugyo-CbdW7gGg2AikcH0e5ZLkZdkH0O8aRRoduebxwEF0_THXT1ObAY2OVlt_70aOU8QB9LJOqeUNjrQOBmZPPtNxFbo2A-8JlML1l4u_AWFdiHul/s1815/Jean-Harlow-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-Sept-29-1933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="1361" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-fKol0EKz6rd6i4n7WSYvR5uyNfJga9GC1xtXge161qfcsZ-FBrtdfxo5jllEM0JIEmgPAKugyo-CbdW7gGg2AikcH0e5ZLkZdkH0O8aRRoduebxwEF0_THXT1ObAY2OVlt_70aOU8QB9LJOqeUNjrQOBmZPPtNxFbo2A-8JlML1l4u_AWFdiHul/w300-h400/Jean-Harlow-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-Sept-29-1933.JPG" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>JEAN HARLOW</b></td></tr></tbody></table>Blonde Bombshell Jean Harlow actually had the honor of placing her footprints in cement twice. The first time was on Monday, September 25, 1933 during an evening ceremony in honor of the premiere of her film "Dinner at Eight." For the first time (and probably the last) the footprint ceremony was held on the Grauman Theater stage due to traffic complaints related to the usual outdoor affair. However, in transporting the 500-pound block of cement to the forecourt, it broke in half. Harlow was invited back to repeat the whole thing on Friday, Sept. 29th for a noon ceremony held in the forecourt... with the cement block already safely in place. <br /><b><br /></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzgKg7Po2c8C3loMtFHdor5caaybSFe4eL_9GzAqtgVykvstRkwAXCurdEg-bThIisUjlifQUbWFYb-8PMwl6Igpz_C4Y5eSnFN-qrefPx-dbC_uLBbzzSWkM_hWEttFqFl_J3MM43eap0xitnN88jFz9_WaxM7GfOBVjFc4ZtUIHNcrFipUXIx1e/s1356/Carmen-Miranda-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-March-24-1941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="1356" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzgKg7Po2c8C3loMtFHdor5caaybSFe4eL_9GzAqtgVykvstRkwAXCurdEg-bThIisUjlifQUbWFYb-8PMwl6Igpz_C4Y5eSnFN-qrefPx-dbC_uLBbzzSWkM_hWEttFqFl_J3MM43eap0xitnN88jFz9_WaxM7GfOBVjFc4ZtUIHNcrFipUXIx1e/w400-h388/Carmen-Miranda-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-March-24-1941.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>CARMEN MIRANDA</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Portuguese-born, Brazilian entertainer Carmen Miranda had just completed her first American film ("Down Argentine Way") when invited to place her hands, signature, and platform wedgie prints in cement. The ceremony was held March 24, 1941, making Miranda the first Latin-American performer to be honored in the forecourt. Sadly, her block of cement looks to have weathered a great deal of wear and tear.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHMG0fdE0JKhsK6kyXfY8MBFaDulvsSY04oYVKgFnzZTIqNhqpGNG9R26gN5f7z9hnRExBkzbAGptLTDHDeDigLNbo6j2SfGMDNIFotlQ0XPgq-MlSckSLh5V0gmCv7T42_QStHYphMv1Jw5lRad8ChsJIKyl93h_I4rCmL5FTCXJaTf_NdN-lt3R/s1944/Joan-Crawford-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-September-14-1929.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="1944" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHMG0fdE0JKhsK6kyXfY8MBFaDulvsSY04oYVKgFnzZTIqNhqpGNG9R26gN5f7z9hnRExBkzbAGptLTDHDeDigLNbo6j2SfGMDNIFotlQ0XPgq-MlSckSLh5V0gmCv7T42_QStHYphMv1Jw5lRad8ChsJIKyl93h_I4rCmL5FTCXJaTf_NdN-lt3R/w400-h251/Joan-Crawford-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-September-14-1929.JPG" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>JOAN CRAWFORD</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">Then known as "America's Dancing Daughter," future megastar Joan Crawford's footprint ceremony took place on a Saturday evening at 11:15pm prior to a midnight screening. When Joan left her prints and autograph in the cement on September 14th, 1929, she was appearing onscreen in "The Hollywood Revue of 1929." </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrKVLNhXHy-w9r_1FeSMHTSWSIlD0cZ5R6lVuGM96Wbn0ombTzoMQNv8K2ORbh132ExCTP7RYQBTG3kH471zngTS9a5MLR-5kEMyQvUg0wGYiGv_Ot1Lpr9BKIXZDnjAdBeICotTZHCYqIcYfyw6e1gC-RC9bNHqR2JgyeIy90jCfcRIG9DqlWYn9/s1783/Judy-Garland-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-October-10-1939.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="1507" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrrKVLNhXHy-w9r_1FeSMHTSWSIlD0cZ5R6lVuGM96Wbn0ombTzoMQNv8K2ORbh132ExCTP7RYQBTG3kH471zngTS9a5MLR-5kEMyQvUg0wGYiGv_Ot1Lpr9BKIXZDnjAdBeICotTZHCYqIcYfyw6e1gC-RC9bNHqR2JgyeIy90jCfcRIG9DqlWYn9/w338-h400/Judy-Garland-Grauman's-Chinese-Theater-October-10-1939.JPG" width="338" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>JUDY GARLAND</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;">The premiere of the MGM musical "Babes in Arms " (co-starring Mickey Rooney) was the occasion for Judy Garland to put her prints in cement outside Grauman's. The event was held Tuesday evening, October 10, 1939, and patrons wishing to be the first to see Judy in her follow-up film to "The Wizard of Oz" had to pay a hefty $2.20. With Mickey Rooney at her side (he'd put his footprints in wet cement the year before with the premiere of his film "Stablemates") Judy Garland was the 74th star to be honored by Grauman.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ken Anderson©<p></p>Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-9638714025551329972019-06-01T18:45:00.001-07:002019-06-01T18:46:55.465-07:00REMEMBERING RUDY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">In 1979, another statue dedicated to Rudolph Valentino was erected in the park, <br />this time a bust sculptured by Richard Ellis</span></b></td></tr>
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For an interesting (if not downright bizarre) history of the park and these statues, visit <a href="http://allanellenberger.com/valentino-monument/">Hollywoodland</a><br />
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-21144972350241226972019-06-01T18:21:00.002-07:002019-06-01T22:06:12.063-07:00IT'S WHAT'S UP FRONT THAT COUNTS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">In May of 2019, Godzilla burst through the roof of the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood</span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;">The forecourt of the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood </span></b></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>The former Hollywood movie theater on Hollywood Blvd. is currently<br /> the home of the Guinness World of Records Museum </b></td></tr>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-60042473843657206002018-11-10T08:30:00.002-08:002018-11-10T08:38:15.581-08:00THE AGE OF AQUARIUS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b>When the Broadway hit "Hair" came to Los Angles for an extended run in 1968 (for two years, in fact), it opened at The Earl Carroll Theater on Sunset Blvd. The Theater, in operation since 1938 under various names, changed its name to The Aquarius Theater in 1968 and underwent a psychedelic facelift. In 2018, director Quentin Tarantino, for his forthcoming film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," restored the exterior of the now-abandoned theater to its late-'60s glory.</b><br />
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<b>The Tarantino production has been delighting locals and tourists alike with surprising recreations of Los Angeles, circa the summer of 1969, throughout the city. Here, the Pantages Theater on Hollywood Blvd. is outfitted with a marquee for "3 in the Attic" and other period-perfect posters.</b><br />
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-16782198815690009282018-10-19T19:50:00.004-07:002018-10-19T19:50:52.849-07:00NO BAD TIMES AT THE EL ROYALE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>The El Royale Apartments on Rossmore and Rosewood in Hollywood was built in 1929 by William Douglas Lee (designer of The Chateau Marmont on Sunset Blvd). The El Royale is now a designated Historical Cultural Monument and was home to notables like George Raft, Loretta Young, and William Faulkner.</b></div>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-30011073168184540212018-09-23T05:16:00.002-07:002018-09-23T05:16:38.602-07:00YESTERDAY ONCE MORE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Throughout the summer of 2018, various locations around Hollywood were transformed into the summer of 1969 for director Quentin Tarantino's forthcoming film "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." Here the Paramount studios on Melrose display posters for 1969 movie releases.<br />
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-31148678094681766612018-05-31T06:44:00.005-07:002018-05-31T06:44:35.011-07:00SOME LIKE IT HOT - SOME LIKE IT COLD <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Both on La Brea Avenue in Hollywood</div>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-53331812980269093222018-05-16T01:58:00.004-07:002018-05-16T02:07:25.303-07:00HOLLYWOOD BABYLON<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Hollywood and Highland Shopping Center (mall) with its design inspired by the Gates of Babylon set from D.W. Griffith's 1916 film "Intolerance." Built in 2001, the elephants, pillars and archway - towering minimally some three stories high - are identical in scale to the sets of the original classic silent film.</div>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-12129942212659096652018-05-12T06:16:00.001-07:002018-05-12T06:16:53.165-07:00WHO NEEDS OSCAR?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The Four Ladies of Hollywood statues creating the Hollywood Gateway on the corner of Hollywood Blvd. and La Brea. A stainless steel gazebo structure was created by Catherine Hardwicke, and unveiled in 1993. Atop the structure of these female forms reminiscent of the Academy Award Oscar, is a weathervane Marilyn Monroe.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-75613492471498476512018-04-16T15:25:00.003-07:002018-04-16T15:25:35.271-07:00I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-89899569529027291132017-11-28T15:50:00.001-08:002017-11-28T15:50:05.648-08:00Am I Blue?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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On October 20, 2017, various buildings and fountains throughout Los Angeles were bathed in blue light in honor of the Los Angeles Dodgers being in the World Series (first time since 1988).</div>
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The Dodger ultimately lost to the Houston Astros, but for a time the City of Angels was feeling Blue</div>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-37800202583587792672017-10-08T23:59:00.001-07:002017-10-08T23:59:12.190-07:00OH, WHAT A TANGLED WEB<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Jeremy Hotel in West Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. at La Cienega is joined by a web-like, netting art installation by Janet Echelman titled "Dream Weaver." At night the 10-story fiber structure is lit by multicolored LED lights.<br />
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-67223732459416588002017-08-31T15:21:00.002-07:002017-08-31T15:21:15.724-07:00SUMMER IN THE CITY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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West Hollywood interactive art installation titled "Kalidoscope" by Daveed Kapoor & Rob Barry is composed of color mirrored acrylic squares. It's one of a series of micro-parks throughout the city</div>
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Halloween came early to Hollywood when late August 2017 saw the materialization of the dreaded Neilbolt Street house from Stephen King's "IT" on the corner of Hollywood & Vine. A haunted house tour called "The IT Experience," it's a promotional attraction for the September release of the theatrical motion picture remake of "IT." King's book was initially made into a TV movie in 1990.</div>
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In the summer of 2017, select West Hollywood citizens were treated to the company of animatronic vultures and bobcats perched atop bus shelters throughout the city. They were eye-catching promotion displays for the Netflix series "Ozark."<br />
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-54994520587803512322017-01-30T15:14:00.001-08:002017-01-30T15:14:02.287-08:00Orange You Glad?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>Along California's Highway 99, the packing plant for Wonderful Halos mandarin oranges converted its building into the world's largest Halos orange carton. It's said to be 80 feet high and </b><b>11, 00 square feet.</b></div>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-740439774106973642016-12-28T08:10:00.003-08:002016-12-28T08:10:43.244-08:00CHRISTMAS PRESENTED<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Nothing says Merry Christmas and Joy to the World like a safety vested snowman well-trained in firearms. The only way you'll get your hands on this smiling bundle of Christmas cheer's inflatable gun is to pry it from his cold, melted mittens. Watch out, Santa, he might be gunning for reindeer! And look out, Frosty, better not say Happy Holidays, otherwise this cool-head camouflage gun-lover here might claim snow-blindness and take you out! Snuggle up with that gun tonight, Mr. Snowman<br />
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L.A. Eyeworks on Beverly Blvd. in Hollywood rings out the Christmas puns in this moo-ving Holiday window display.</div>
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These Hollywood buildings are still standing, just no longer as the business pictured here.</div>
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On the occasion of the 88th Annual Academy Awards held at the Dolby Theater on Hollywood & Highland on February 28, 2016, the iconic dinosaur perched atop the roof of Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium donned a top hat and tie. Since 2014 the popular curiosity museum has been dressing the rooftop dinosaur in seasonal attire (surfboard and sunglasses for summer, Santa Suit, horns and pitchfork for Halloween).</div>
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-62944221877682518992016-05-21T01:02:00.001-07:002016-05-21T01:02:10.145-07:00THE LAST MOVIE HOUSE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>The Sierra Theater, Chowchilla, Ca.</b><br />
The Sierra Theater was the larger (474 seats) of two motion picture houses in the small town of Chowchilla. Built in 1941, the Sierra Theater closed in the mid to late '70s, but stood, abandoned until it was demolished in 2006. As you can see in the last B&W photo, there used to be an outdoor ticket booth.<br />
The first three photos were taken by me in 1997. My partner was born and raised in Chowchilla, as was his father, who, as a teen, worked at the Sierra Theater.<br />
The last to photos were found on the site <a href="http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/15095">Cinema Treasures</a><br />
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-68519191240424288262016-04-28T12:02:00.003-07:002016-04-28T12:02:26.031-07:00THE MAGIC KINGDOM<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Ken Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04940648971296673233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614773582611370805.post-58148564220383657532016-03-11T03:15:00.003-08:002016-03-11T03:15:52.947-08:00I SEE ME<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="text-align: center;">Kenneth Village in Glendale is a shopping district located on Kenneth Road between Sonora and Grandview Avenues. The Kenneth emblazoned across everything is said to be the middle name of the son of one of the earliest homeowners in the area, a Mr. Walter Dow, who built a home there in 1896.</span><br />
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Ken Anderson's Bait Co. is actually painted on a building on Main Street in Disneyland in Anaheim, California. It's named for the late Ken B. Anderson, a longtime animator and art director for many Walt Disney films.</div>
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