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Los Angeles City HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER Los Angeles City HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER VOLUME XLIIII ISSUE 2 May 2011 THE 5TH AVENUE OF THE WEST by John E. Fisher It began as an exclusive, residential area named after its developer. It became the classiest street in Los Angeles, was called the 5th Avenue of the West and was proclaimed to be the state’s most famous boulevard. It has been reinvented in terms in land uses served and transportation modes accommodated. It is Wilshire Boulevard. Henry Gaylord Wilshire was a colorful man of many pursuits. He was an avid socialist and founded a radical paper, the Weekly Nationalist. He married money, inherited money and lost money. His last ill-fated venture before his death in 1920 was the sale of an electric health belt called the “I-on-a-co”. Although he had his ups and downs, he Wilshire Boulevard and Western Avenue traffic circle, 1922 was right on target with his development assessments. He stated, “I have no doubt that… Southern California will be lacked street car access, continued to be a prime location the most thickly settled part of the American continent.” for upscale apartment houses and residential hotels, including the Ambassador Hotel. Thus, it was logical that In 1895, the flamboyant Wilshire followed up on that it should be zoned for residential purposes only. In 1924 vision when he developed a secluded residential tract west it became the first street in the nation to use neon-lighted of the swamp-turned-lake in what is now MacArthur signs to identify the names of the apartment houses. (formerly West Lake) Park. Through the tract, bounded by 6th Street, 7th Street, Park View Street and Benton Way, Wilshire Boulevard would enter he cut a gravel boulevard with a 120 foot right-of-way a new phase. After World War I through the middle. He named it after himself. when automobile use rose dramatically, the area became far Estate homes and residential hotels of comparable beaux less secluded. Business interests arts design continued to be built by others through the then saw a new vision for first two decades of the 20th Century, several blocks to the Wilshire Boulevard, based on west. During the early 1920's this secluded area, that the redevelopment of 5th Avenue in New York and the recent development of North Michigan UPCOMING EVENTS Avenue in Chicago. They lobbied successfully to have June 18, 2011 Wilshire Boulevard rezoned for commercial development. In NORTHROP LECTURE April 1926 the reach between The 1929 Bullock’s Wilshire Dr. Kenneth Breisch department store at Park View Street and Western ARCHITECTS & ARCHITECTURE OF L.A. Westmoreland Avenue Avenue was rezoned and 1950 to the Present (Continued on Page 4) 2 Los Angeles City Historical Society May 2011 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Los Angeles City Historical Society Greetings Everyone, Founded 1976 Now that we are well into 2011 I am happy to look back on two more successful Marie OFFICERS Northrop Lectures by Kevin Roderick and Dr. Thomas Hines and I am looking forward to our Todd Gaydowski, President th Charley Mims, Vice-President final lecture of the year on June 18 by Dr. Ken Breisch, the University of Southern Kathy A. Kolnick, Rec. Secy California’s Director of Graduate Programs in Historical Preservation, School of Architecture, Helene Demeestere, Corr. Secy who will be speaking on “Architecture & Architects of L.A. from 1950 to the Present.” Don Sloper, Treasurer DIRECTORS It is also significant to note that the long-time coordinator of the Marie Northrop Lecture Eddy S. Feldman Series, Irene Tresun, will be stepping down from that function. Irene will continue to edit the John E. Fisher newsletter and participate in LACHS activities as LACHS Boardmember John Fisher takes Tyson Gaskil over the Marie Northrop Lecture Series. I look forward to the ongoing lectures under John’s Catherine Gudis John Jackson leadership and I would like to thank Irene for her many years of service to LACHS through Diane Kanner the Marie Northrop Lectures. Giao Luong Clark Robins We will be rolling out an enhanced web site at the end of June. Please take the time to check it out at Paul Workman www.lacityhistory.org. We are also working to bring you more programs in the summer and fall. PAST PRESIDENTS Christie Bourdet Thank you all for your ongoing support. Patricia Bowie Paul de Falla Eddy S. Feldman Gloria Ricci Lothrop Daniel Muñoz Todd Gaydowski Joseph Northrop President Hynda L. Rudd Ann Shea Teena Stern Irene Tresun BOOK CONTRIBUTORS HONORED Marc Wanamaker At a reception following the Historical Society of Southern California’s History Conference on April 2, the 37 contributors to the Society’s publication, The NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE Irene Tresun, Editor Development of Los Angeles City Government: An Institutional History, 1850-2000, received Marvin Farber HSSC’s Jack Smith Community Enrichment Award. The award, presented by Cecilia John S. Fisher, Contributor Rasmussen, “recognizes men and women who have enriched the community of Los Abraham Hoffman, Reviewer Angeles by their dedicated service and accomplishments.” Those cited were: Diane Kanner Anna Sklar, Contributor Gordon Morris Bakken Frances Lomas Feldman Gloria R. Lothrop Bob Hattem, Sandra Bass Robert B. Freeman Doyce B. Nunis Founding Newsletter Editor Robert A. Bauman Todd Gaydowski Leonard Pitt Suzanne C. Borghei Mark F. Girard Charles F. Queenman LACHS Harold Blackman Paul Girard Judith R. Raftery P.O. Box 862311 Shauna Clark Todd Gish Mathew W. Roth Los Angeles, CA 90086-2311 Mara A. Cohen-Marks Judson S. Grenier Hynda L. Rudd www.lacityhistory.org Lawrence B. De Graaf Greg Hise Alan Saltzstein Phone: 213/891-4600 John T. Donovan James W. Ingram III Tom Sitton MEMBERSHIP CLASSES Michael Eberts Patricia Ingram Paul Soifer Active $35 Michael E. Engh Thomas P. Kirp Raphael J. Sonenshein Senior/Student $25 Steven P. Erie Jennifer I. Koslove Irene Tresun Dual/Family $50 Philip J. Ethington Sustaining $85 Life (individuals) $500 Editor’s Note: Material that does not cite an author is written by the editor. May 2011 Los Angeles City Historical Society 3 LACHS HOSTS THE LAHA MEMBERS’ NEWS by Todd Gaydowski The family of former LACHS Board member, Alma Carlisle, On May 7th LACHS, as “Friends of the City and her family are celebrating her son’s appointment as Archives,” hosted a quarterly meeting of the Los president of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Angeles Heritage Alliance, at the City Archives. Science starting July 1. David M. Carlisle ends his current The LAHA works to support heritage position of director of the Office of Statewide Health Planning organizations in Los Angeles to promote and and Development in Sacramento. Dr. Carlisle holds a Ph.D. preserve the region’s heritage through and M.D. from UCLA, where he was Associate Professor of coordination and collaboration between its 230 Medicine… Eddy Feldman, past president and current member organizations. The meeting was presided director, covered “Nonprofit Legal Issues” at the May 7 over by John Bwarie, Coordinator at LAHA. The Conference of California Historical Societies annual workshop group discussed a number of initiatives: Los Angeles Railroad Heritage Foundation’s offices in Alhambra…. Diane Kanner, board member, is a regular • LAHA member organizations are contributor to the Los Feliz Ledger. Photographer for the encouraged to enter their event information publication is another LACHS member, Michael Locke… into the Heritage Portal of the Marc Wanamaker, past president, joins Karie Bible and Harry ExperienceLA.com webpage. ExperienceLA Medved (all co-authors of the book Location Filming in Los and LAHA are partnering to create a web Angeles) for a special program at the Natural History Museum’s listing of historical events. 1913 original building, for the annual meeting of the Los • Stay tuned for more information from Angeles Conservancy on June 12. The structure, largely LAHA on Los Angeles’s birthday festivities unaltered since its construction in 1913, received this year’s this year. Conservancy Preservation Award for its restoration and seismic • LA Heritage Day this year was regrettably upgrade…. cancelled but LAHA resolved to focus on making next year’s Heritage Day better SOME NOTEWORTHY than ever. • LAHA committed to the "LA 230" ANNIVERSARIES campaign in recognition of the 230th Amtrak has turned 40 years old, celebrated at Union Station birthday of the City and the 230 member by the railroad’s hosting National Train Day events. organization of LAHA. Member Activities included entertainment, exhibits, tours of Amtrak organizations are asked to dedicate one of equipment and notable private railroad cars. Amtrak began their regular events between September service on May 1, 1971, as Train 173 (Clocker) left New 2011 and September 2012 as an "LA 230" York’s Penn Station on the way to Philadelphia. The new event. LAHA will develop its own publicity company was made up of 20 of the 26 major railroads in to publicize all 230 of the events, so stay existence at the time… The Los Angeles Fire Department tuned for that from LAHA if you are has been in existence for 125 years… Canter’s Deli has been looking for historical events to participate an L.A. institution since 1931. Originally located in Boyle in next year. Heights, it moved to Fairfax Avenue in 1953… In 1941, the cornerstone for Bank of America’s building on Following the business meeting LACHS provided Montgomery Street was laid… Pasadena’s 125th birthday a presentation on the City Archives by the City’s will be celebrated at the Pasadena Museum of History on first Archivist, Hynda Rudd, and provided tours June 11, with day-long entertainment, activities and to the group of the City Archives and City refreshments… Port of Los Angeles is celebrating its 100th Records Center.
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