As seen in REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE and ROCKETEER and too many movies to list — the fabulous observatory designed by the architectural firm of John C. Austin and Frederic M. Ashley — completed 1935:
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Physicist Leon Hall explaining the Cosmochron Clock of the Ages, 1938:
Sculpting the Moon’s surface, 1939:
The Observatory by night, 1940:
Like many an Angeleno, this place is a source of awe and pride. And you’re so right about the numerous times the observatory has been used in film. This would be one of my favorites, from Devil in a Blue Dress:
Thank you — great movie, great location! Just got home from another Los Angeles tradition, Sunday dim sum in the San Gabriel Valley
‘The Observatory by night’ is now my wallpaper. Love from London.
It really does look like the city of dreams, enjoy.
I love the picture looking up the car and palm-lined avenue to the observatory on the hill. It is such a beautiful icon, isn’t it.
There are still places in Los Angeles that take my breath away, and the observatory is one of them.
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Your site is amazing! http://astronomy.snjr.net/blog/ Thank you so much for the article about Roger Hayward’s Moon!!!
Can you believe it? I have never ever ever been up there!!
Oh, I know exactly when we’ll take care of that – perhaps in a cloud of Chanel #5?
Oh Goodie!
Wonderful pictures.Hugely impressive building of great dignity.Hard to beat the black and white medium for this masterpiece.If I ever visit America I must see this.