Just Above Sunset
Volume 5, Number 10
March 11, 2007

Bleak Walls

 The world as seen from Just Above Sunset -

"Notes on how things seem from out here in Hollywood..."

Sometimes the signage says it all - Highland Avenue, a few steps north of Hollywood Boulevard

Seedy bar - Highland Avenue, a few steps north of Hollywood Boulevard

The Mayfair Theatre (formerly the Majestic Theatre), 1911, 212-216 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, a few steps from the ocean - Architect: Henry Hollwedel

It's a classic, nearly destroyed in the 1993 Northridge earthquake.  This is Churrigueresco, a Spanish Rococo architectural style from the late Baroque period. "The style was named for the Churriguera family of Spain, as many members of this family were architects and sculptors. Churrigueresco is characterized by elaborate ornamentation and open, curving shapes. This style revels in a plethora of compressed ornamentation, surfaces bristle with baroque swirls and such devices as broken pediments, undulating cornices, reversed volutes, insert shields, balustrades, stucco shells, and garlands." The full history of this place is here.  Opening night was December 12, 1911 - and now?

The Mayfair Theatre (formerly the Majestic Theatre), 1911, 212-216 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, a few steps from the ocean - Architect: Henry Hollwedel

If you use any of these photos for commercial purposes I assume you'll discuss that with me.

These were shot with a Nikon D70 - using lens (1) AF-S Nikkor 18-70 mm 1:35-4.5G ED, or (2) AF Nikkor 70-300mm telephoto, or after 5 June 2006, (3) AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor, 55-200 mm f/4-5.6G ED. They were modified for web posting using Adobe Photoshop 7.0

The original large-format raw files are available upon request.

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Last updated Saturday, March 10, 2007, 10:30 pm Pacific Time

All text and photos, unless otherwise noted, Copyright © 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 - Alan M. Pavlik

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