Click. Tropico was just a sleepy little village in the early 1900s. We provide our customers with reliable and sustainable water, and power services that are cost effective and innovative. It now houses a Chinese restaurant. Click HERE for contemporary view. 1905)^ - Early panoramic view looking north on Brand Boulevard at Fourth Street (later Broadway) with the First National Bank of Glendale seen at right. Rail tracks run north and south on Brand with electric power poles in the middle of the street. To the far right (N/E corner) stands the Pacific Eelctric station. The line crossed Fletcher Drive over a viaduct before continuing along a hillside ledge to the Monte Sano stop at Glendale Blvd. Architect Maxwell A. Starkman produced a design for an addition in 1962 that doubled the size of the office building and harmonized with Sarmiento's original design. (1924)^ - View of the NE corner of Brand and Broadway in Glendale where the 1923-built Security Trust and Savings Bank stands. The Glendale Line was pioneered by L.C. Walk-up customers may now use the credit card feature on the payment kiosk located just outside the first-floor lobby of City Hall. The only requirement was that guests had to arrive in their own planes and bring passengers. Surrounded by pepper trees and other mature vegetation, the picturesque old adobe had a commanding vista towards downtown Los Angeles from its wide sheltering corridor that ran the entire length of the long narrow facade. Young Headquarters is seen on the left. ), skirting Echo Park, through Edendale and the Pass between Elysian and Griffith Parks, over the trestles spanning Los Angeles River, through Tropico and then down the center of Brand Boulevard to the depot at Brand Boulevard and Fourth Street (today, Broadway), and finally further north on Brand to the end of the line at Mountain Avenue, the location of Casa Verdugo. Though the structure is long gone, a medical clinic still occupies the lot just south of the Sears today. The large estate surrounded by trees (center of photo) was the Betty Davis country estate (she did not live there but she did keep her horses there, entertained, etc. The film "Star Trek" is advertised on the sign. 7&6i76tN:8@"@b%"@JN Once these Interconnection Applications are reviewed and approved by the GWP Solar Team, the plans for these installations will be forwarded to Building & Safety for plan check and permit issuance. (ca. Lowe Railway, Santa Catalina Island and the famous Casa Verdugo.. It is said that he developed a "quintessentially American, and especially Californian, approach to modern photography" because of his focus on the people and places of the American West. For a number of years the Southwest corner was used as a commercial helicopter base. Here was drafted the Treaty of Cahuenga on January 12, 1847, signed the following day in Cahuenga Pass. Sartori and associates; the bank grew through the development of business and mergers and became Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles (ca. Most customers have a simple electric meter that is designed to measure the flow of electricity only from GWP to the customer. California Governor C.C. Solar System Metering *^, The Palace Grand Theatre was originally built and owned by Henry C. Jensen, who would later build the more palatial Raymond Theatre in Pasadena. By creating an account you agree to the Hunker. Yes! Men look at a severely damaged car, not far from homes (right), while other people are seen assessing other damage further down the street. However, Brand apparently bought many war surplus Jennies, some to tinker with and fly as a sport, although most languished in storage buildings. He then sold a tract to Huntington for Pacific Electric. The Inter-Urban streetcar route began at the Huntington Building (aka Pacific Electric Building) in downtown Los Angeles, passing Central Park, traversing Figueroa Street, Lake Shore Drive (today, Glendale Blvd. 1924)^ Postcard view looking east on Broadway at Brand Boulevard. See solar power prices, savings and payback in Glendale. The runways were torn out and replaced by a street named Grand Central Avenue. Bobs Big Boy became a cultural icon for Glendale teenagers in the 1940s up until the 1970s. After the widely popular Glendale and Hoover High School football games, lines of cars filled with local students would eat at Bobs Big Boy on Colorado Street. (ca. Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery contains the remains of many noted celebrities and local residents. From the time of its opening in early 1905, the Casa Verdugo was a big hit. The first six-story building in the city was constructed there by Security Trust and Savings Bank in 1923.