Tag: Griffith Park Observatory

July 21, 2015 /

1948 COCKTAIL LOUNGE – DESIGNED BY JOHN C. AUSTIN (OF OBSERVATORY FAME)

March 19, 2015 /

Streamline Moderne – NBC Radio City Studios – Sunset and Vine – Architect John C. Austin (City Hall, The Observatory)

July 11, 2013 /

CBS – THE COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM – DESIGNED BY WILLIAM LESCAZE

March 23, 2013 /

THE PALOMAR – ARCHITECT SAMUEL B. BIRD – BURNT TO THE GROUND IN 1939

February 22, 2013 /

HOLLYWOOD STARGAZING – GRIFFITH PARK OBSERVATORY

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: . . . . . . Physicist Leon Hall explaining the Cosmochron Clock of the…

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September 21, 2012 /

LOCKHEED – BURBANK – WWII

I just have to say I saw Endeavour over Griffith Park Observatory and the cheers and the glory and size and the way it banked and tipped its wings and the two fighter planes aloft and escorting in the bright blue California sky – and the impact that this vessel…

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September 21, 2012 /

SPACE SHUTTLE ENDEAVOUR RETIRES IN LOS ANGELES

Today the Space Shuttle, built by Rockwell International, arrives in Los Angeles and will be on exhibit at the California Science Center. Fly overs will include JPL in La Canada, Griffith Park Observatory, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Venice Beach, the Long Beach Aquarium, The Queen Mary, the Getty Museum, and Exposition…

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