L.A.'s Bunker Hill in Colour

Los Angeles, California - Franny Wentzel - Tuesday, February 19th, 2013 : goo

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It's the middle of winter so let's take a trip to La-la land and the lost neighbourhood of Bunker Hill. In the 1870s the area was developed as the city's first great mansion district. After World War 1 the area began a slow decline into low-income boardinghouses and the film noir fantasyland that by the mid-50s city planners deemed ready for the wholesale clear-cutting that was urban renewal.

This collection is of entertainer-turned-photographer George Mann. In addition to documenting the changing landscape he'd developed - amongst other things - the endless loop magnetic tape cartridge technology that was eventually incorporated into friend Bill Lear's 8-track system. He also designed a 3-D viewer for his photosets which he leased out to various LA businesses.

This is a sample of his series of colour photographs taken of Bunker Hill's dying days...

Foss/Heindel House, Bunker Hill Ave.

221 South Olive Street

Angels Flight Pavilion

Up the Angels Flight tracks

Angels Flight archway

The Melrose and the Richelieu

The New Grand Hotel & The Lovejoy

La Casa de Don Leon

201 S. Bunker Hill Ave. #1

201 S. Bunker Hill Ave. #2

Cars on Bunker Hill Avenue

S. Bunker Hill Ave. at 4th St.

The Castle - this building was relocated to another site only to end up getting torched by vandals.

The Melrose

Angels Flight Steps

Lima Apartments #1

Lima Apartments #2

City Hall from 2nd Street, Bunker Hill

246 S. Bunker Hill Ave - Rose's cat #1

246 S. Bunker Hill Ave - Rose's cat #2

Behind Bunker Hill

Sentous Block near Chinatown

The Astoria, Olive Street near Third

Sawyer Apartments

Victor Segno's American Institute of Mentalism

Explore L.A.'s Bunker Hill here...

onbunkerhill.org

Explore George Mann's work here...

www.thegeorgemannarchive.com

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